Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-07
THE GrnERxAroRIAL NOMINATION..


5rept for the Democratic nomination "a
more bitter rivalry than has ever occurred
between candidates Of opposing parties.
!. II Is moved to remark that 'the spirit of
hate and all uncharitablenesS has been in
famed to that degree that the Wilson men
will not vote for Faulkner, and the Faux
ner men viii refuse to support Wilson" 1t
proposes as the true way out Of this dire
dilema, that the. factiOual candidate must
be thrown overheard, and candidate of the
Democratic party in its entirety nominated
We repeat our statement that this is a most
remarkable editorial article. 1t voices the
), folly Of casting aside men who ara
the positive choice Of large mum
g Der of voters in order to unite upon can
didate whom everybody wants. The prom
inerce reached by MeSsrs. WILSON and
FAvLxNgR in this race, is due to their
ability, their high character, their efficient
party and public service, and just recog-
4 milton Of their merits by the people. So
complc,cly have they occupied
TIE field of popular thought,
tina, nobody else is considered at all And
& now to give some unSeryiceable nobody a
chance. and especially to give expression to
the distress oE sundry gentlemen who lack
the ac,.,, Worth TO commani the Partys
support s'.t vho are scl6,hly impatient of
merit rut popularity in Others, the Gazette
pro,,-.> tu dismiss the men whom
th~ ..f.. want, and saddle upon the
perry s-Ee candidate whose chief charm
rests ia the fac; that he has never done any
thing to wake the hostility Of his political
ene,1ivs or deserve the approval Of hi
OlGcal friends.
The picture Of factional rivalry, the spir-
1t Of hate and all uncharitableness is called
up for the occasion. The bitterness spoken
Of does TO; exist. The friends of
fhese gentlemen are Faulkner men or VIII
son men as ;he case may be, out above all
and before ali they are Democrats. They
are no, of The material Of which boilers are
made They always have and they always
win subordinate their individual purposes
for to the general good. Can the |
Gazette say as much in be-
half of the candidate in whose
interest it puts forth its phenomenal pro-
punciamento?
We hope to see the Democratic Couven-
hon make its choice between the two gen
klemen now prominently named. They
teprescut the preferences of n;ne-tenths of
Die Democrats of the State We confess
Ne do not contemplate with unmix-
ed satisfaction the scheme for allow
ing one-tenth or less of the Demo
cratic voters to drive those two gentlemen
.out Of the Convention, and to fasten upon
the party a candidate who can only be
forced upon public attention BY adopt
ing the novel rule Of dropping the fore,
most.
In the contest for the nomination the
REGIs-4R has had neither lot nor part. 1t is
,inserested in Democratic success as
h means OF securing good govern,
nent. 1t does not believe that mas who
lsss served his party well, and made friends
aherelyy, will necessarily make a poor candi-
5ate or a bad public officer, Much less doe
d belieye tha, his activity and efficiency
shou'i he made the excuse for Ostraoising
.hia in the conventions Of the
psrty in whose behalf his efforts have
/, been put forth Il does not believe that
fhe man who votes his party ticket because
his own name is on it, and whose most con
spicuous public success has been IN avoiding
hurtful contrasts with the common enemy
sill necessarily make the stPOPular candi-
.dsteorthe most useful public servant. ltdoes
believe that the future OF West Virginia
Democracy is largely in the hands Of the
active, aggressive, faithful men, who main
tain the organizations, and eonquests OF
Democracy in time Of peace, and fight its
battles IN time Of war. And 1t notes with
more than ordinary comPlaceney
a growing disposition on the
mart ofthese men to insist upon the right
.of al honest majority to rule in Demo
cratic councils, and upon the duty Of the
minority to acquiesce therein So tar from
..beHez;ag that the differences between
s. FauIlner men and Wilson men are irrecon-
icilable. the REGlSTER sincerely hopes that
ehe f-iazds of these gentlemen will unite in
placing one Of them at the head OF the
.toLet snd in giving to that ricket such
heart supyor; as shalt MAKE Democratic
Success IN West Virginia in ISL, memo
rab!s n n, history O: the party.
4 PEAYsR is an excellent thing IN proper
( .toses and under proper circumstances, but
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