Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-13
WESTON,

PostofHce-Hon. a. A. Lewis U. Marshal
Hospital for the Insane-Hon. John j.
Davis Dances for Cabinet &C.. &e.
WESTON, w. Va, December l2.-Since
the fever impulses of politics swayed this
vicinity, postofhce applicants hold the fort
with burning patriotism and bravery that
only find rival in Molly Pitcher and Cas-
sibinacs The civil service bill looks dis
couragingly uncomfortable to some of the
aspirsnts. The present incumbent aside,
from psrtizan motives is an acceptable post
master But to the yictors belong the spoils,
therefore, to those who labored for the vic
tory won belong the benefits. Now, what
man here above all Others, for substantial
aid 10 the cause of Democracy rendered,
should the Weston pOstofiice be given?
None other than Judge T.. A Edwards, ed
i;or Of the Weston Democrat. He has done
more for the success Of the party in this
county than any twenty men in the county.
He is, without any limitation or qualitica-
ton, the truest man to the principles Of De
lnocracy in the State. He has
brain and heart enough to for
give the most bitter stroke Of ingratitude to
advance his party success. He has labored
day and night during the last twelve years
for the cause with zeal and willingness
amidst constant chickering's and industrious
antagonisms He has sacrificed much to
heal the schisms that here ranked in the
bosom of Democracy. We therefore nomi-
nate the Judge with SANDY Brown as chief
clerk for the pOstoffice at Weston. We
don't know that Judge Edwards
would accept the postoihce were it rendered
him-but he above all others here has the
pre-eminent claim where he is disposed to
assert it. Our polished apd courteous
friend, Hon. \. A. Lewis, would glitter ad-
mirably in the armor of a United States
Marshal, and 20 Democrat could it deck
more wofthily than he. The overcoat Of
District Attorney Flick wouldn't make a
vest pocket for any one of the legal lights
here willing to fill his place. Were il not
for fear Of Invading the patent right OF
Charles Selby (the gentleman who once
wrote his own obituary here to see
how the nation would bow ITS
head In sorrow and grief at his demise),
we would suggest fine piece Of legal timber
for President Cleyeland's Cabinet-but we
have never talked to Charles 0'Connor nor
any big man ike our anti pos,huuous
/ fame Selby. A visit to the hospital for the
insane q few days since revealed the man
agemeut of the institution in genuine order.
But it could not be otherwise with such a
CORPS Of officers and attendants, The nos.
/ pital is no'ed as the Gower-bed oil
matrimony. The hardest heart that
ever throb5ed in the breast Of q
misogamist would there be melted into
matrimouy. The attendants, Hersy, Krsus
: and Riley, will soon yield to the irresistible
impulse Some of our Weston girls want
Hon. II. Lewis, Andrew Edmiston, DR..
Holt to take a position there awhile. A
movement is on foot in the State, We under,
stand, among the colored people, 70 start 8
new paper This enterprise should be en-
| Outraged. When the committee gets
ready to purchase a press it would be vel
to take birds eve Hawk view Of Weston.
We notice, and with no stunning surprise
either, that the name o, Hon. John J. Davis
Of Harrison, is being urged for position ID
Cleyelands cabinet. As to Mr. Davis sbil
ity, ETC., We have uaught to say, but the
claims of Clarksburg to any position. either
national or State, or even district, are as
"baseless as the fabric Of vision" As
Judge Ferguson once said OF Clarksburg
She has never forgiven the mar who lives
out Of the county or Was not born in it. She
has furnished the: Congressman from thi:
district ever since the district was formed
and when Democrat was running for Con
gress, or the Senate, not native or resi-
dent. the Democracy of this aristocratit
eoGnty-slw4ys and without single excsp
iion-eSinced her selfish aad miscrean