Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-10-14
Straight Democratic tickets and no

Straight Democratic tickets and no
scratching. Let that bethe order of
to-day.
Major Thornton P. Pendleton, for
merly of Clarkescounty, Va, but for
the past twelve months citizen of
Prince Georges county, Ma, died at
the residence of his son, in CG1pcper
county, Va, recently, after a brief
illness.
The Cleveland and Hendricks meet
ing in Wall street, New York: last
Thursday, was the largest held there
since the war. Itwas under the aus
pices of the clubs of the various bus
mess exchanges, and between rs, 900
and 100000 persons were present.
A Washington special to the Alex
andria Gazette, Oct. 8, says; Large
numbers of strange negroes in new
suits are in the city to-day, it is cur
rently reported, on their way to West
Virginia and Ohio to vote the Blaine
ticket next Tuesday," Some of
them are evidently already here, but
they will be watched too carefully to
be enabled to put in their dirty work
hereabouts.
The Republican meeting at Island
Park, last Wednesday, was very
marked in the absence of the big
guns of the party announced to be
there. The speakers were Messrs.
F. NJ. Darby, L. e. DTcComas, II.
Clay NALL and Francis Brcngle, of
Maryland; John w. Mason, of West
Virginia; James McCauley, a vir-
ginia cIector; Gov. Shannon, of
Montana, and Mr.. Taliaferro, colored.
Mr.. Purcell withdrew from the
Cleveland electoral ticket in New
York, but finding that he had been
grossly deceived, he has joined a
Cleveland club and is doing all he
can to elect the Democratic nominee.
DIR. Forrest has withdrawn from the
Blaine electoral ticket i'll the same
State, but, instead of joining Blaine
club, he says his conscience will not
permit him to support for President
a man who by his own letters is
proved to be personally dishonest
The Sunday Regulator the organ of
the laboring people of Cohoes, N. Y,
a manufacturing city of $4,000 in
habitants, comes out for Cleveland.
1t says: We have made a close
study of the lives and characters of
the two men who are the only real
candidates for President, and find
that, whereas Cleveland is all truth
and honesty, Blaine is the reverse. y
Itadds, also, eve give our preference
to Grover Cleveland because we be-
lievc that he would be the firmcr
friend of ireland and the Irish pco-
ple.''
~ Washington Star Grafton special
regarding the tariff question in this
district, says:
And to tell the truth, as far as
this congressional district goes at
least, the Democrats are not lodging
the issue. Their candidate for Con-
gress, Hon. VIM. l.. Wilson, handles
the subject fearlcssly inhis addresses.
and makes no apologies for his own
or his party's action on the Morrison
bill last winter. Imet Mr.. Wilson on
the train yesterday, and finding he
intended to speak at kcyscr in the
evening, 1 stopped over at that place,
hoping to meet at the gathering poll
ticians and others who would afford
an inside view of the situation and
state Of popular feeling in this section.
was not disappointed. As the cam
didate stopped from the train, he
was met among others by miner,
"AO0N III SU w NNSO W 10 IIISLG lC Sl4OlIIIt
touch upon the tariff in his speech in
the evening. Mr.. Wilson promised
to do so, and accordingly devoted
nearly all his entire remarks to ven
tilation of the subject from demo-
cratic revenue reform standpoint.
The chief interest of this section, and
indeed all of West Virginia, is coal
mining, and while arguing generally
in favor of reducing the revenue, Bfr.
Wilson insisted that he favored main
tanning the duties upon this article,
and charged that the reductions made
from time to time in the tariff on coal
had been done by the Republicans in
the interest of New England manu-
facturers.
The Cleveland & Hendricks Club,
of this place, was addressed on Thurs
day night last by Maj. Holmes Con-
rad, of Winchester. a torchlight