The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-23
They Are Men..A sketch of the
County Nominees.

The majority of voters in the coun-
ty do not need to have introduced to
them such we'll known men as were
put forward by the County Demo
cratic Convention. However, good
thing can not be too widely or thor
oughly known. Hence this article.
These men are worthy of fuller ac-
count than we can give them to-day.
The convention was particularly
fortunate in its nomination for Sheriff
of the county John T. Fleming is
a magnificent man. He is one of the
solid farmers that help make the
backbone and strength Of people.
He is not without experience in the
office to which he aspires, having
twice been Sheriff of the county. In
1854 he was elected to that office for
two years and reelected in 1856. As
a Sheriff he has clean, business
like record. His collections were
prompt and he left the business
affairs of the county in perfect order.
He is a member of the M. 4. Church
and is every way an honest, able,
worthy man. He is not bitter or
strenuous in his political belief, but
simply firm in the faith as he under
stands it.
John J. Brown, Esq, who was
recommended by the convention for
the office of Prosecuting Attorney,
has had many years of experience at
the bar. He has tried all kinds of
cases and knows the knotty points of
the law. He is friend of all that is
right and just and bitter enemy OF
every form of violation of the law.
He is not a novice through whose
inexperienced fingers criminals could
slip and go scott-free. The interests
of the commonwealth for this part of
the State would find good protector
and defender in John j. Brown. He
is known all over the county. The
convention voted unanimously for
him, and for him, we have no doubt,
every Democrat in the county and
host of Republicans will vote in
October.
Very few men in the county are as
well known to the people of the coun-
ty as Marshall M. Dent who was
unanimously recommended for Clerk
of the Circuit Court. No other man
in the county has had as much ex-
perience in the Clerks office as Mr..
Dent.
He was elected Clerk of the County
Court in 1852. In 1856 he was
elected Clerk of the Circuit Court to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Geo. S. Ray, and held both
offices till 1858, in which year he was
reelected Clerk of the County Court.
In September 1871 he was appointed
Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court,
which position he held till the death
of Augustus Raymond in Oct. 1888,
when Judge Fleming appointed him
principal Clerk until the next general
election. In March 1878 he was APP
pointed Deputy Clerk of the County
Court under VIM. S. Cobun, which
position he held till the fall of 1878,
So that altogether Mr.. Dent has been
principal Clerk of one or the other OF
the Offices for over IL years, and Dep
uty Clerk for over II years.
Added to this he is a good penman
and exceedingly accommodating in
the office-qualities that highly rec
ommend him for the position for
which he was nominated.
We have not been able to get the
full record Of Mr.. Gass, but know
him to be an exceptionally worthy
young man, eminently we'll qualified
for the position for which he was
named.
Gentlemen, these men are before
you. Their record is pure. Their
skirts free from the touch of all that
is unclean. Their ability is not
questioned. What more would you
have?