Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-16
THE DISTRICT CANDIDATES.
A Misunderstanding as to the Objects ofth'
Advisory Meetings.

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Advisory Meetings.
There appears, for some unaccountable
reason, to be considerable popular mis-
understanding of the nature and purposes
of the Democratic district advisory meet
ings, of which the first were held Saturday
evening, in Union and Richie districts,
for the naming of candidates to be voted fol
at next Saturdays primary election.
Those Democrats who have the wrong idea,
seem to think that when one person, at
these advisory meetings, has been named
for any Office, that no other names should
be put before the meeting for that position,
and that the next Office in turn should be at
once taken, thus shutting out perhaps hall
be put in nomination by their friends and
60 on the regular ticket to be voted
for at the primaries proper.
Nothing could be further from the pur-
pose Of the advisory meetings than that
this idea of single nominations should
prevail. The great object to be gained by
holding meeting before the regular pri-
maries is that the friends of each and
every candidate for any one Of the offices to
be filled may be given an opportunity to
suggest the names to the meeting and
have them put upon the ticket, so that,
when the regular primary election comes
around, the Democratic voter can select at
discretion any one man from among those
standing as candidates for a particular
office, and the candidate thus obtaining "a
majority will be the choice of the party at
the election by the people This is Demo
cratic; it gives everybody fair and equal
chance; and, when properly carried out,
prevents in the most effectual way any at
tempt to set up the pins for or against any
individual The Union district meet
ing of Saturday evening is a practical il
lustration of the beneficial results of the
system, and the course of the Democrats
of that division Of the county is recon-
mended to the attention OF those who seem
to not fully understand the situation.
In Richie district, where another course
was observed, the result was rather unfor-
tunate, the friends of those candidates
who were shut out being determined to
Hall, corner of Thirty-third and Market
streets, on Monday evening, to nominate
new ticket to be voted for on Saturday.
The Democrats of that district will, in
place of one ticket, with one, two, three
or more names of candidates for each dis
trict offices upon it, to be selected from, thus
have two rival tickets, each made up of
one candidate only for each otiice-a state
of affairs far from satisfactory and one
never intended to be brought about.
The following tickets Were made up at
Saturday evenings meetings:
UNION DISTRICT.
For County Commissioner-JohnB Boring,
James Mckinley, James Ewing, p. J.
Farrell.
For School Commissioner-James r.
Acker
For Justice of the Peace-William II.
Davis.
Delegates to the County Convention
Fred Happy, Frank Smith, Henry Foster,
Richard Robertson, Dennis O'Keetfe, Z. j.
Farrell, Alex. Young, J. M. DOddridge.
RICHIE DISTRICT.
For County Commissioned A. Stoker.
For School COMMISSIONER. j. ID. Bin
CELL.
Delegates to the County Convention
Michael Finley, Simon Haley and James
Meunchemeyer.
TRIADELPHIA DISTRICT.
At n meeting held at Elm Grove, Satur-
day evening last, which was presided over
by II. S. Thornburg, ESD, the following
delegates, to be voted for at the primaries,
were selected: Louis Steenrod, John Hell
fcnbinc and John Robinson. w. II.
Tyler was selected for County Commits
sioner of Triadelphia district. The follow
ing resolution was adopted
Resolccd, That it is the action of this
meeting that we, by unanimous consent,
do agree to vote solidly for w. II. Tyler for
Commissioner of Triadelphia district, and
that the delegates be uninstructed for
members to the Legislature.