Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1884-10-07
Address of the Democratic Co.
Executive Committee to the
Voters of Jefferson Go.

true Democracy, we invite you to
earnestly consider the important cleo
lions that are just ahead. On the
14th of October you will each be
called upon to cast your vote for State
and County officers, and again on the
18th of November for Congressman
and Presidential Electors. In both
of those elections there is an absolute
necessity that every vote be polIed.
The Republicans are claiming this
State by handsome majority, and
arc using every means to carry it that
thorough organization and unlimited
funds can supply. They declare it to
be the pivotal State, and as it goesin
this campaign so goes the Union
With this idea of its Importance, it is
self evident that no stone will be left
unturned, no means remain untried,
to add West Virginia to the column
of Republicans States. We, therefore,
appeal to each of you personally, to
let nothing keep you from the polls.
Let each one of you regard himself
as especially charged with the duty
of seeing that every voter in his
neighborhood casts his haIlot,-not
only vote yourself, but see that your
neighbor does; and in doing this,
that there may be no mistake, re-
member that by a recent Act of the
Legislature, every one must vote in
the district in which he resides. - Let
no one underestimate the Importance
of his ballot, it is the aggregate of
single votes that constitutes the ma
jority. Our county has always been
esteemed in the councils of the De-
mocracy of the State, as the banner
county. Our sister counties have
looked to our , 900 Democratic voters
for victory in every campaign. Now.
that such a strenuous effort is being
made by fusion of Grcenbackers
and Republicans to overcome our ma
jority in the State, and to impose
upon us q Republican governor,
whose record tells the story OF pro-
scription and disfranchiscmcnt,l let us
do better than we have done here
tofore, and by having every legal
voter, young or old, sick or we'll, at
the polls in the two approaching cleo
tions, endcavor to increase our Dem
ocratic roll to $500.
We call your attention to the Con-
stitutional Amendment to be voted
upon on the 18th of October, chang
ing the time of our State elections SO
as to make it correspond with the Ma
tional, on the 1st Tuesday after the
1st Monday in November. This
change, should it be made, will fix
our general election at more con-
venient time, when those engaged in
agricultural pursuits, especially, are
not so busy, and will also bring our
National and State elections on the
same day; for these reasons we re-
commend it to you as measure
calculated to benefit the State, and to
increase the attendance at the polls.
See that your tickets have on them,
For Ratification.
We ask you to consider another
matter. Humors are in circulation
that there will be an attempt on the
part of the Republican party, to i'm
port non-res;dcnts for the purpose OF
voting them on election day, and by
thus colonizing the State to increase
their vote. We particularly request
each citizen to report any information
on this subject he may gather, to the
committees appointed in each district.
or the Cleveland & Hendricks clubs
throughout the county, that any il
legal voting may be prevented, and
any one exercising the right of suf-
frage without being entitled to do so,
may be punished to the full extent OF
the law.