The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-12
Democratic Anxiety About West virginia.

Democratic anxiety About West Virginia.
Our esteemed friends the enemy have
had their rurkcrsburg demonstration, and
the main feature thereof was council OF
war. There were four members OF the
National Democratic Committee, three
4, United States Senators, State Committee
! men, congressman, nominees for all sorts
"a OF things and q miscellaneous assortment
n OF home statesmen. Senator German"
says tho Register, "did not disguise the
4 anxiety felt abroad about the result OF the
4 October election in West Virginia, and he
Z has taken the management of our Demo-
cratic campaign in ltand.' Hence this
Conference, which ran for four mortal
hours.
There must be more than ordinary anx-
II icty at home rs well MS abroad when these
S things come to pass in Il Slate which has
been supposed to be joined to its Bourbon
& ido!s-whicl the Bourbon stumpers lave
I promised to carry this year by 10000 or
i $4,000 majority. Indeed the Conference
seems to have: had modifying effect on
the Democratic arithmetic, for after. the
situation had been carefully looked into,
Z ,"Senator German said [Rcyistcr report
that the National Committee would be sat
isiie(l and rejoice il We shall swell Cover
nor Jac!sson's majority Of 300 to Il ma
4 jority Of 5000 or 5000" That is right.
( The National Committee should not exact
too much OF the Democracy OF West vir-
ginia in SO dryu season, and it isn't well
to claim too much for an October State
which may have somovicws Of its own.
i. And yet these figures settled, upon so
{ early i'll the campaign, indicate n spirit
already chastencd. With the eye OF faith
4 one can sec the iron quivering, SO to speak,
lin the Democratic soul. For these figures,
conclusive us they, would be, are not the
! stuff that glorious victories arc made Of.
i They would afford no pretcxt for general
Bourbon jubilation or for these rejoicines
Y in big black type which delight tho faith
full in campaign years. We may be sure
that i'll the report from which we quote
tho Conference is permitted to put its best
I. foot forward.
We may be equally sure that somebody
was bold enough to tell the whole unpal-
I atable truth and it must have been about
this time that Senator German spoke OF
y the National Democratic satisfaction and
rejoicing that would follow n neat little
majority OF 5000 or G,0oO. Here VIC may
imagine the local talent looking downcast,
I wagsins its head in mournful, hopeless
4 sort OF way, drawing neither comfort from
the situation nor enthusiasm from the
gentle tones OF German.
81 What West Virginian was there in that
4 Conference who did not know, what the
Senator's figures showed he knew, that
this State is, to say the least, doubtful !?
WHO was there that did not know that to
say that the National Committee would be
8rcjoiced by n majority Of 5000 in October
was to admit that tho Committee had
been figuring ona very narrow margin
And who did not know that this admis.
sion. ii made public, would discourage
every West Virginia Democrat who cares
anything for the success OF his party this
year? I.
I Il is plain that the National Democratic
Committeeman be greatly relieved ii West
Virginia pulls througha at all, and it may
DO Inferred from Senator Gorman's modest
figures that he said something Of ills
kind. b.; e.; y l. 4
y There is marrow in this bone The
whole thing admits that tho Bourbon
party OF West Virginia is III had condition,
and that the people are in good shape TO
drive that party from power. Notably it
admits that fusion is a iact-that the
organized forces which have opposed /,
Bourbonsm on distinct lines have come
together and are moving forward rs one
army It recognizes the power OF The
coalition Of popular clements against d 5
partywhich has }misgoyerned West Wiz. d
GINA, run up n debt in violation Of law, 4
burdene,l the people with unlawful taxes q
and even seduced the highest judicial 8
in the State to abet its iniquities.
3il. the people needed any encourage X
m EN- IN this conflict for the supremacy 81 i
: :leD8 laws and the rights Of citizens they n
you'd find enough and 70 spare In the R
admissions sot the Democratic (
council 81 war. III, !,