The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-25

This proud trophy will look well on tie
msaly boaom Of tho Hon. L. Willis VIII
s,a q, Ls yilps the ci'c"t inths campaign.
THE action OF great party, embracing
citizens Of virtue and intelligence whose
chief uim ia good government, ought at all
times to bs treated with respectful cousid.
e,a:ion. Because party action il not al.
WAYS 80 iresied i. results that the criti-
cans oil the opposi.ion prees are likely 10
bs construed as mere partisan opposition
such as any man rsny measure advanced
by thst organization might hsvs been ex.
pscsed to encounter from that source.
That this depreciation Of the value ard
ior.e oI newspaper criticism is in q great
measure due 10 the press i.selI, ia not 10
be denied. That it is often a missppre.
hension is equally beyond question. Yet
the fac, remains that great parties may and
DO commit great blundeva, aud the INTEL
LlGEScEa conceives, with Difference to the
Wes. Virginia Democratic Convention,
ths. i! has blundered SO broadly. as 10
placs il, party OF the verge Ct defeat.
The lsrELllGEScER had hoped, for par
tissn reesons ss well as from the higher
motive OF the public welfare, that the
Democratic convention, by the decorum Of
it, proceedings and the wisdom OF lis
action, would place the Republican, party
upon i 8 ms..le to rival at Pa,kersburg the
excellent things done 3. Wheeling. Be-
lisvlng that the set Of the tide is against the
Democracy in West Virginia, the lsrELLl
oEScEE fel, that by wise counHels on the
other side it would be possible to over
come tho bes: the Democratic party might
do, that failing, that the Democratic
pr.y would at least have given IN esrnest
q djspiG-d, lsw.abiling, progressive State
Government fer another period Of four
years.
Who but the rankest opposing partisan
can tsks comfort from the Democratic
Convention which has irst assembled and
adjourned? 1t is not the venom OF par
tisan journalism, but the admission Of the
diguated delegates themselves, that such
unaeemly proceedings were lever witness.
ed in convention Of either party in Wes!
Virginia. With the opposition Of factions
The public has little need to concern itself.
In the manner in which great body con-
ducts itself whose action is but one remove
from the fiaa! result at tho polls, every
voter and every taxpayer in the State has
deep and abiding interest.
In the convention which has just spoken,
meL who assembled presumably to dclib-
crate. iorgo: the high mission which had
brought them together and spent their
dss energies in the public airing OF soied
linen, in p. rsonsl assaults and pergonal de-:
lensea, personal spits and individual de.
iance oyertoptipg the party business and
sinking oil consideration OF the general
welfare. The:s wau not uttered at any
time Of the convention an aspiration for
better government and determination to
have IL. Il wes throughout 4 G9ht Of lac.
tlors lor !actional supremacy and the
s:ate administration faction, loaded with
ot:nses against the Constitution, the lsT,
aud tho best purpose Of the party. wes
signally and overwhelmingly triumphant.
We mus! believe, in delerencs to the
good citizens whose birth and education
nsve made them Dsmocrst,, that this
action DOES not repreeent the bes. pur.
pose aud mobiles. motiva Of the D Democratic
party. Il is inconceivable that the en-
who have denounced the uaurpation OF
authority which has brough. West Vlr.
ginia's government into unenviable noto-
iitty, will feel that they were we'll repre-.
ssnted or fairly treated OF are in conscience
hound by what that convention hos done.
PAs'iesarejuAged by their acts, but it would
no an unmerited reproach to tho thousands
OF law observing Democrats who were not
in that convention 10 assume that they
will eudors, the rough.riding triumph
which iae!ens the Democratic party where
/! was, With no sign Of repentance, nc
promise ofhe.ter things in the iuturs.
itonly nlects the views Of tho calm
obserysn. men in that convention to fay
that it missed the great opportunity to face
the party about, and perhaps eave 1t from
diaaa'er. Republicans will ai1sc. no regrets
on this score. Their day OF mourning will
ccmeli nnbappiIy the action ol the con
ven,ion shall beendoreed at tho polle-:ht
old offensive policy continued, msn il
the Governors chas.r whose very preseIcs
there would be a. threa. 10 venture
seeking capital. IN - Inevitable oh
atruction to tho development. OF thi
young State OF vast slumberirg re
sources, formal notice to labor that Wes
Virginia hsd warned capital of the prem
ises. The ono consola,ion Is that, giyer
hall a chance, West Virginia will not wan
tonly cut her throat. x
i is Enough that convention, aittinl
in tha ranta ~ tha Danoarat;o nar,p lo