Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-28
AGAIN In THE FOLD.
HARRISON COUNTY DEMOCRATS WILL EF
FACR THB NUGwUMPIAN STAIN
From Their Garments and not Thrust The ASSaSSm's
Knife into President Clsvslands Honest Heart
By Voting for General Gof-0thsr State
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To The Editor Of the Register:

To The Editor Of the Register:
HARRISON COUNTY, October 26.-I read
with much interest in your paper of a few
days ago the report of the conference be-
tween numerous Democrats of this county
who had voted for Golf in 1882 and 1884.
The Democrats in my section who are in
a similar category with the Democrats en-
gagged in that convention unanimously ap-
prove of the anti-Goff resolution there
adopted and feel considerably chagrined at
their past conduct, and have solemnly
vowed that at the approaching election
they will, as far as able,
BLOT OUT THE MUGwUMPIAN STAIN
upon their political garments, and give to
Brannon, at this time their hearty and
unqualified support. In reviewing their
past conduct they declare that their votes
were cast for Goff through no dissatisfaction
with their own party, nor any shaken faith
il the true, broad principles of Democracy,
but admit among themselves that they
operated and were moved in that
direction too much by generous
and kind feelings for past
favOrs.' received, but as they now stand
don't believe that a single Democrat
in our region who voted for General GOff
heretofore will give him his vote at this
election.
We were weak and frail enough when he
beSeeched the office as personal fdrOr, to
give him our votes, now he is not seeking
the office, but is lending himself to destroy
our party. What will he think of US now il
we violate our .party ties and
vote for one who despises
the Office our suffrage secures him? and
whose only aim and object in consenting to
run, is
To CRAFTY THOSE WHO vTELY ISLANDER
THE PARTY
of our choice and yilify our honest Presi-
dents administration? Gen. Golf had
more than once, shortly before he accepted
the nomination, proclaimed abroad by
words and by letters that he could not and
would not take the Office, and all that in
fluenced him to change his course was
the earnest solicitations of wOuld he die
tatOrs, Doodle sharks and political bosses
OF the Republican party, whose motives
all deSpise and whose political intIigues
and corrupting policies outrage all sense
of right or public decency. And these
same bosses urged upon him, unless he did
run, that honest Democratic government
would surely triumph, and that the al
ready too much SOiled and mud bespat-
tered cOlOrS Of Republicanism would trail
again in the dust, and nc doubt exclaimed
to him, Save us, o mighty Juggernaut,
ere we perish"
Under the circumstances
WHERE Is THE DEMOCRAT
who will give aid in any shSpe or form to
boost up the rotten Republican party at
the expense Of our party principles. and
thus, like traitor, thrust the aSSaSsin's
knife into the great heart of our honest,
noble CLEVELAND?
Now, have we Democrats who hereto
fore voted for Cot, united our forces for
BrannOn, and will we remove as far as we
can the cdium uDOn our County Democra-
cy of having by our votes given, contrary
TO our party convictions, twice elected to
the Congress of the United States, q Re
publican member instead ofa Democrat.
Fellow Democrats who stood firm and
steadfast to your party lines forgive us,
pardon us, aud cast the mantle of charity
over us and we will err no more forever. |
am once more in the fold though
''SICK DEMOCRAT"