Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-28
Election November I'd

ldE ploduiuB cuOilo Mduc Uf Luc OOm-
ocratic candidates for county offices to
secure Republican votes is the best pos
sible evidence that without Republican
votes they cannot be elected. Belmont
county is a Republican county, and
there has not been a single Democrat
elected for years, who was not elected by
Republican votes. The ablest Democrat
ic party workers, in this county are VIM.
Coffiand, 81. Eaton, E. L. Feeley, Thos.
Cochran, R. r. Barret, W. B. Cash and
n. X. Kennon. Before their election to
public position they we're scarcely known
in the county and had very little political
influence. Placed in position by Re-
publican votes, the money, leausure and
opportunity to form acquaintance Sc
cured by their election, greatly increased
their influence, and their opportunities to
work for and strengthen their party, and
all have been active. earnest partisans. If
all Republicans had voted for the Repub-
lican candidates who voted for those
Democrats. the Republicans would have
been elected and the full influence of the
officials would have been favorable to
the Republican party instead of against
it. Each year we have to put forth ex'
traordinary efforts to counteract the in
auence exerted by Democratic county
officials elected by Republican votes.
Is this right? Is this the proper way to
build up party? You, who do this
voting, more than nullify your influence
as Republican by giving prestige and
power to a Democrat to work against
your party. But for these foolish prac+
tices in this county, by which we have
strengthened the enemy and weakened
our own party by bad treatment of our
own active workers, who are candidates,
and by these methods defeated, the Re-
publican majority in the county would
now be more than one thousand, and all
the offices in the county in the hands of
Republicans. 1t is about time We would
begin to exercise little common sense
in this direction and take care of our
own party and its supporters. We have
an excellent county ticket this fall.
There is not a man on it who is not at
least the equal in point of character and
ability of his competitor on the Demo-
cratic ticket, and it is the duty of every
Republican in the county to support the
candidates on his tickit. Remember
that each one of the candidates elected
this fall will be in position and exercise
the influence of that position in 1888 for
or against the Republican party in its
great struggle to reclaim the control of
the general government from the rebre
.ssn4atiyes of the Solid South If you
vote for, with the knowledge that the
increased power is to be exercised all the
time in opposition to your party and its
principles, and concentrated against it
10 the next Presidential contest. If you
are an honest Republican, deserving the
success of Republican principles, you
ought not to allow your personal friends
ship for candidate upon the Democrat
ic ticket to lead you to do an act of i'm
justice to your praty and of damage to
its principles. He would not do it to
accommodate you. If you have any
doubt on this subject, AJAX him, when he
solicits your vote, whether he will in
turn vote for the candidate for an equal-
ly importrnt office on your ticket, and
you will soon get his answer. Bel
mont county is Republican, and is entitl
ed to the prestage, patronage and emolu-
ments of the county offices, and we hope
the voters of the party will not be silly
enough to donate these to the Demo-
Garlic party .-Bellaire Tribune.