Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-13

at III O'Clock q. m, to nominate the cahuiua'o
of said party for Representative In the FIFTH
eth Congress of the United States from said
District. The Executive Committees Of the
seyeral counties OF the district are requested
TO take the proper steps for the appointment
of delegates to attend said Convention; ana
IL is recommended that each county appoint
not more than one delegate for each one
hundred Democratic voters In the county
and one for any fraction ofone hundred over
fifty. By Order of the Committee.
w. DALEY, Chairman.
w. s. RAYMOND, Secretary.
J.C. MATTHEWS, the colored lawyer
from Albany, has been reappointed to
the position of recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia, for which he was
rejected by the Senate, and Dorsey Ga
gett has been appointed register of wills
for the District, in place of I'll. j. Rams
dell.
THE Democratic party in this State is
in good shape, and there is strong
hope Of sending solid Democratic del
egation to Congress from West Virgin
ia this fall. We hope our Republican
brethren will continue their political
uuarrels. 1t is just so much the better
for us.
THE President and Mrs Cleveland
will start on a summer vacation next
week. They expect to spend about six
week i'm the mountains of New YORK.
The only drawback to the pleasure OF
the proposed visit is the fact that the
Presidents mother-in-law is to accom-
pany the party.
IT is said that the Administration Will
follow the plan suggested in the surplus
bill that failed to become law, namely
to pay off part Of the debt whenever
there is more than $3.50, OO0, 900 on hand.
We suggest this plan to our brother
country editors. 1t is an excellent way
of getting rid of surplus cash.
Mr.. WILSON is credited in the Baltl-
more Sun as saying that the anti-Cam-
denites Of this county are making quiet
but determined fight to control the Leg
islature. Itstrikes us as rather funny to
speak of "quiet" fight being made by
the party of which the editor Of the
Democrat is the mouth-piece.
CUTTING, the American editor VINO
has been the cause of all the rumpus
with Mexico, has been tried and convict
ed by the Mexican authorities and SEN
tened to a years imprisonment and fine
of 5000. Diplomatic correspondence is
still being carried on, and it is Thought
the matter will soon be peacefully set
tied.
NoTwlTHsTANDING the severe laws
against them, the Mormons continue TO
thrive, and multitudes of converts are
still being brought to this country. Ii
does seem as if Mormonism, like can
Ger on the body polite, can only be
gotten rid of by complete extermlna'
ton. The sooner this is done the
better.
WITHIN the past week or two several
cases have been recorded of young men
disappointed in love giving vent to their
feelings by killing the object of their
affection and then destroying them
selves. If only some way could be IN
vented to get such idiots to kill them
selves first this world would be n nice
place to live in.
Hon. GALUsHA A. GROW in thu course
of a recent speech gave utterance to the
following: 81 am in favor of making
vice pay the expenses of vice. High
license would do that. Virtue does not
need almshouses or police, and she
should not be forced to pay for either.
Vice makes criminals and paupers, and
should pay for BOTH"
WE publish a card in another column
announcing the withdrawal OF MI
Charles II. Knott as candidate for the
Legislature. Mr.. Knott witadraws in
favor of Capt. NJ. j. Billmyer, whose
card appears in this issue. We can full
4, lo.,o Con,a;, Rillmvar for thp mo-