The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-17

it is that of which we are now com
planning scarcity of money. 1t
is only question of time, if this
thing goes on, until we shall have no
money.
Some Reflections Upon the Com.
ing State Canvas.
Wheeling Register.l
While the open boast of the Re
publicans that they will carry the
next Legislature in this State is pre-
mature, it is worthy of attention.
Gen. Golf announces officially that
he will not accept denomination
to the House of Representatives
The issue may therefore be under
stood to be squarely made that this
ambitious gentleman is to be an
avowed candidate, which he is, for
the United States Senate. That
such a condition of things should be
witnessed in State which is relia-
bly, Democratic, and whose Legisla-
ture at it's coming session will cores
pondingly represent reliable Dem
ocratic constituency, would strike
the casual observer as anomalous.
What is there behind it all. What
does it mean? The Register has
given some thought to the subject,
and is prepared, it thinks, to state
frankly to the Democracy of West
Virginia precisely the scheme which
is behind these conditions. Every
body knows that no Republican can
hope by fair means to witness the
success of his party in this State
Everybody must know that while
the Republican party cannot defeat
the Democratic party in the coming
election of West Virginia, the Re-
publican party at the same time is
stalking its hopes upon the assumed
fallacies which might cause the
Democracy to defeat itself Let us
look at it. In the first place it has
been whispered in number of quar-
tiers that Democratic candidates for
the Legislature are to be pledged for
or against this man or that as a candi-
date for the United States Senate.
On the same theory of course each
Democratic candidate would be cal
led on to pledge himself on every
Leading topic of legislation going
outside the pale of his representa-
tive duties. He could likewise be
called upon to pledge himself touch
ing the removal of a court house, or
the temperance question:" or the
dog law" and if our Republican
enemies are to give color and direc-
ton to our canvass the average
Democratic candidate would be in
~terviewed upon the mormon ques-
tion,' the 'Chinese issue," and
dozen other kindred topics. 1t can
readily, therefore, be seen that in
stead of patriotic course, prompted
by spirit of good government,
leading to the selection by the De-
mocracy in each county in the State
of it's best and ablest and purest
men for the Legislature, theories of
the Republican party for our disrup-
ton, if allowed to be injected into
the camp of the Democracy, would
make cat and dog fight in every
locality and render almost secure,
not so much Republican victory as
an inglorious and inexcusable Demo-
ocratic defeat
The talk of State Convention to
enable any majority of counties or of
population represented in such con-
vention to dictate to other counties
and other sections of the State what
their policy shall be, even in the
selection of their representatives, has
the same tendency and is doubtless
designed for the same purpose.
All this means, and can only mean
one thing, that is, to arouse the in
spiration of every true Democrat
in the State to repudiate every at
tempt, from whatever source, to
create discord, foment strife or lend
embarrassment to the party canvass.
The one thing which ought to be
done is the natural, the easy
and the right thing. That is,
that the Democrats of the various
counties shall utterly repudiate and
condemn every manufacture of ficti-
tious issue and go into the coming
contest upon the one issue which
alone may be depended on to carry
the party triumphantly to success,
Pand that issue should be the selec-
ton of the very best and purest men
for representative honors. Let the
Senatorial question take care of it.
| self; let matters of public legislation
take care of themselves; let the dog
law take care of itself; or rather in
each and every case let the people
and not the politicians take care of
/ all these questions Let the people
and not the politicians nominate
and elect their representatives; let
| the people, the Democratic people,
nominate and elect in each and in
cvery case, and with full measure
d confidence TO which they are en-
fitled, their best aud abi6ot and
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