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Alabama goes pemocratIc.

{ MoSTuoMERY, Ala, Aug. There
was 20 little opposition 70 the Demo.
eratic State and county ticketT that
tliefe was little etrJrt 10 secure luows.
The Republicans did not save the
county tickets in half q duzen coua-
ties and there we're very few indepen
dent tickets Local contests wero be-
tween Democrats. The legislature il
overwhelming Democratic in both
branches while Gov. Seay and the
Democratic State ticket carry nearly
every county by a considerable mas
Iority.
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Mr.. sanderIin's Popularity.

Z Chairman Whitaker informs us
that he is deluged with letters from
all parts of the State earnestly solicit'
ing him 10 send Mr.. lSanderlin, our
nrxt Auditor, to speak, The people
have heard Of him all along the line,
and al who have not yet heard him
are eager 70 doso aud those who have
once had q taste Of his genial humor
add irrepressibility are still more
eager to hear him again. The pops
uIarity which he has won during the
short period be has bean In the cam
paign Is something phenomenal. He
Is truly North Carolina's second
Vance and we predict that when the
Democratic, victories are counted up
ia November he Will be found with q
full share. '''.''''' ~ W. W.
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.aIPiain Talk:

f Il Fl & s4 ~ -
Calvin Edgerton, a life 4time Repub.
lican and leader in California, isout
/ for Gleseland and reform He, has
written a letter to the San Francisco
Erdmi,ier, setting forth his views.
WeIquote a suggestive paragraph or
two.
I'm Republican success Isee' only
| hetriumph Of the few rich, over the
many poor. aud a victory for ponops,
| oily i'm which labor will more and
more be pressed down, until at last
It will assert itself iniIa revolution
lthat will lot be tinged by but drenchs
ed % blood. NM, od ,.s4 Il,
IL is wise craftsmanship TO face an
evil and provide against it, l's',l s'4
Cleveland has done this.o Dembs
cratic, Congressinen are fighting FIR
this relief against their Republican
col leagues, who are arrayed in bitter
opposition T., reform. except through
measureslthit would give intemper-,
anse an open aud flee field for its
defil's work and by the continued in-
crease of tixstioa that, in it, own
Language, is AL unnecessary burden
upon the labor and indnst jail inter.
tests OF the country. - 80.
fAs an old Republican, j cannot
and will not vote for this, aand | am
actively and earDestlyin favor Of the
elction Of Cleveland and Thurman,
BECAUSE / believe it will be the saliva
tion Of labor and the great and unis
yersal good of the country! tisi's'aS u
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-15
WHITE. GOODS.

ID null De Paris, Persian lawn,
Esyptisa lssp. Bulgarian lawagviOG
tSria lava. India lawn, ljatiste, AriAl
stripes, silk mulls, India linen India
dimeties, spotted nailso9ks, Joues
lcambtIe, Frtnch lawns. sc. ''ld"'iE
. 100 pieces l6-cut IIndia linen will
beIofieredr dnrisg The week q. Sic
We propose to make this 0
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-15
POMONA hill NURSERIES,
POMONA, Nc q
TWO ANDA HALF MILEswEsT
.~lr :. III TaIgiIF ,TEfIoa 4U En tEHis9
OF GREENSBORO, \. n. 2. ..,.oi,

/ The main line Of lbt Riehmcnd b.
tDauyilla Railroad passes through the
n, oupds, aud within 100 feet of The.
Office, Salem trains make regular
stops twice vice daily each way. Those
interested IN ffuit and ftuitlgrowihg
are cordially invited 70 linspect this.
the largest nursery 10 the State, and
one Of the largest In the South.
Stock consists Of spples, peacb. pegr
cherry. plnmS japanese persim'peotl,
cpricots, nectarines, mulberries.
ounce, grapes, figs, raspberries,
eooseberties; currants, pie. plant,
English walnut, pecans, chestuuts,
strawberries, roses eyefgrcens, shRds,
trees. &c. All the new and rare va
rirties as we'll as the old ones. which
nv new catalogue for 1855 viii
show. Give your orders 20 my au.-
|! thorized agent, or order direct from
| the nursery. Correspondence solicii
ted. Descriptive catalogue free to
applicants. Address. y NitIlh Ioi fii
| ~ !. "a sJ!VANfLINDLEi,.l I'D
| f. Pomona, Guilfori Co, n. 4. I,
| Reliable statesmen wanted IN every
county. "A good paying commission
will be given. lsil0iH t'''" ,'a Il 3h
| n zSiha a ae,1aoa nsylsIfgi
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3IIHN8EIIE 9EIHlF 4 IHF iiIfW HIFI8itEF :
slr led 'gs1i s'4agll aN +
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A Good one for Rheims ond.

"Richmendp sends in this one; "
A Richmond girl. whose father Is
an attorney, recently, al 4 friends
table, was asked whether she would
have'tea or coffee. tda llg tta ,.al
.Cofree of course - she replied
quickly. s"You don't suppose I'D
refuse anything that had . fec at
/ cached 10 u" r "'''a 5Ss.5 a'.i %.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-15
extensive Telegraph Enterprise

! RICHMOND. Va. Aug. The Gray
National Telegraph Company has
been chartered by the Circuit Court,
with capital not 10 exceed $4,000.
900. The principal Office will be 10 {.
Gated In Richmond. The officers are
President, Thos M. Logan; vice.
president, Charles K. Coon, Of New
York; secretary, Dayid l. Carson, Of
New York. Among che incorpora.
tors are: United States Senators
Plumb and Hale, John II. Innan,
Geo. s. Scott. @. 5. Bryce, ]. b. Pace
and jas H. Dooley. The company
viii engage 10 general telegraph aud
telephone business under the system
invented by Prof Elisha Gray.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-15
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Z = 5E q ~ =
Chairman Whitaker receisei u,ell
huepos ysrierdny that Mr. SpRderhp
Lad been taken very vi and had been
forced To discontinne the canvass and
10 home. llismaihdy is Of fuch .
serious natufe q at II ls ieati d he
viii not be ablu 10 re.unne bis aps
pointmcnts for several days. The
announcement Is received that geher.
,al-regret sserywhere, and thero y
great disappoiptmfpt. an2ng mum.
N ID .st safions l,olnts " hh hage been
|lbs Gforwatd td hdlrias Mr. San
,dcfliu,. By hhiosikl bcatlpi end n
fesisiible charm of manner he lias
1captivsttd sil wherever ~, has bcu
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-15
RuuKLEN,s ARNIcA IsALvE

Tur BEsr Saws In The world far Cuts
Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rhcum, Fever Sores, let.
,sr Chspped ftands, Chiiblains, Cbrhk and
all skin Eruplious, and positively iclfes
PILES, ornp ray required. y ls g'Iarpltee,ii .
In give perfect satisfaction, ot money fefunds
m. pfice25 ceua psrboxlgg. au .SIsl
For sale byR. Blacknall 4 Son Durham
N. & au2kly
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
A HAPPY THOUGHT.

A writer for the N. Y. Post, sign
inc himself "Machinist," has struck
it. He says:
/ believe in protection. My EN-
ployer buys labor in a. free-trade
market. want my labor protected
from the foreign labor of Europe /
want a tariff tax on the price of for
eign labor which will prevent my
employer from hiring it. Thus, ifa
forein laborer costs so cents;-tax
him 5O,cents; then it will be cheap
err to hire me at 80 cents.
] am not actuated by personal,
selfish interest Oh, TO. AIN
looking solely to the welfare of my
employer. To restrict the home la
Dor market exclusively to Anne rican
laborors will create home compe-
tition between domestic laborers and
thereby bring down the price of la
Dor. Mr.. Blaine says, protection
cheapens the protected article
Then protect labor and it will be
cheaper. The cheaper the labor the
better it will be for my employer.
If we should form labor Trust,
it would be with an eye single to
the interest OF our employers and
not from any mercenary motive.
Methinks l hear my employer
making a reply about like this:
"Den't take me for fool. Ihave
constitutional rights. l am bust
ness man and do business on bust
ness principles. The Government
has no right to step in and tell me
not to buy my labor where | can
buy it cheapest. Your suggestion
strikes at the foundation of constitu-
tional government"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
4th District, Aug. Is.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT -

EDITOR DEMOCRAT -
In a recent issue you quoted me
as having said that there are not in
Marion county dozen families that
are making money. l have lost or
mislaid the paper and cannot repro
duce, literally, either what you attri
huted TO me or what l actually said;
but know that your report of it is
by no means correct. What | said,
and what / have repeated to proba-
bly, fifty intelligent persons within
the last year is, substantially, and
almost verbally this: That not
dozen families in Marion County
live in that degree of comfort and
of freedom from the gnawing ankle
ty which proceeds either from act
ual present poverty, or from the ap;
prehensiOn Of poverty and distress
coming out of the not distant future,
to which human beings are entitled,
which are essential to happiness and
content, and to even q tolerable NOR
al and social condition. Every man
and woman to whom / have stated
this proposition has either assented
to it or has opened his eyes in silent
surprise as one who cOntemplates
an unwelcome truth which has been
suddenly brought to his attention.
True, the people preserve rem
nant of pride and spirit which, in
manner, forbids them to acknowl-
edge, perhaps even to believe. truth
so depressing.
1t is not forgotten that these
opinions will be set down as merely
the despairiug and lugubrious prog
nostications of an obscure pessi-
mist, by those self-complacent PEG
pie whose crazy and inane vaporings
about "the best government the
world ever saw" exclude all 'practi-
cal truth and wisdom from their I'M
derstandings.
Certainly it is not intended to
suggest that our population is even
tending toward that condition of alb
ject and appalling and covering
wretchedness to which the hosts of
miserable poor are condemned, who
inhabit the large cities. Indeed we
have not much suffering, though a
great deal more than most people
are willing to admit.
Our people. by the mere labor of
their hands directly applied, of
which they cannot be wholly de-
prived even by the most rapacious
scheme of taxation, have greatly
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
WEST VIRGINIA. DEMOCRAT. SEPTEMBER z. 1855.

below the demand that our govern
ment notify our consuls abroad Of
such demand; all immigrants to
furnish to our consuls good and sui
ficlent proof of their good character
and fitness to receive American
citizenship. II our consuls are
satisfied that the recommends
tions offered are genuine they will
then indorsc or stamp them, giving
said papers to immigrant for pre-
sentation to commanders of vessels
if coming by sea, or to conductors
OF trains, or to any one who under
takes to conduct him into the coun-
try. When he has arrived here he
shall present his papers to the prop
err authorities appointed by our gov
eminent, said papers to be Endorsed
by them if found correct, and then
giving to immigrant such papers as
will be useful to the stranger in Sc
curing work, and, be he rich or poor,
his credentials will prove him the
equal of any in the country. Any
immigrant coming without papers
from our consuis to be sent back at
the expense Of the parties bringing
him here.
fifty per cent. of your petitioners
are of foreign birth, so you must not
set us down as belonging to know.
nothing society. If we have any
friends in the old countries that wish
to come here and cannot pass the or
deal, why we and our adopted coun-
try are better without them. We re-
specially ask you how can we keep
up or build up the moral and social
character of our people, when SO lit
tie care is taken Of our government
as to the morals or characters of the
thousands of immigrants that are
weekly landing on our shores. We
feel assured that the absorption 0f
the vast number that are now COM
ing with or without character, good
morals or bad, will debase and lower
the standard of our people"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07

The n. Y. Times for the Sd says:
The National Democratic Com
mittee has Just discovered plot to
carry West Virginia. Steve Elkins
is building the w. V. Central, in
which Blaine is stakeholder. FL
kins is supreme in Tucker county,
which is Republican stronghold,
and is importing 5000 negroes from
Virginia and North Carolina to work
On his road so as to vote them in
November.
The National Committee seem as
ignorant as mules about West Vir-
GINA politics. 1t listens only to
what is said by the Federal Patron
age Ring and is laundering terribly.
This State is in danger, not from
Elkins, but because the Ring has
undertaken to Ostraeise every man
of brains who will not make secret
pledges to betray the unOrganized
masses to the money power. The
trouble in West Virginia is, that
the rank and file know perfectly
well that our machine politicians
are not sincere, are not actuated by
conviction, and viii certainly betray
them to obtain personal promotion.
If the Times and the National
Committee will read these columns
they will learn a great deal about
the politics of this State they will
not get from other quarters.
The n. Y. World of the Sd says:
The party in West Virginia is di'
vlded into two factions, known as
the Mason-Johnson and Wilson fac
tiOns.
The World is worse mixed than
the Times. There are no factions
here. A Ring representing the mon
ey power has possession of the ma
chinery of our party and is using it
to suppress the popular will. Those
OF us who understand the situation
feel the hoof Of an unclean beast on
our necks, and we must throw it of
tho we die.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
FREE RAW MATERIALS.

Silk is luxury; it is an article
of wearing apparel used by the rich.
Raw silk is on the free list; man.
ufactured silk pays an import duty
of so per cent; while the wooden
dress goods, weighing four ounces
or less per square yard, pays SO per
cent. In other words, a woman
buying a wooden dress at so cents
pays Al cents tax, while the woman
buying silk dress at 81 pays 50
cents tax.
But with free raw materials the
silk industry fourishes.
Quinine was formerly taxed, as
we'll as the bark from which it was
made. Quinine was placed on the
free list and the bark was placed on
the free list, and the American pro-
duction of quinine has increased
without any diminution OF wages.
Hides were placed on the free list
fifteen years ago, but leather, the
product of hides, is still taxed. We
have increased our exports OF leath-
er and leather goods 500 per cent
since the repeal of the duty on hides,
and if leather, too, were on the free
list, our exports would exceed 2 per
cent Of the product.
Possessing the best machinery
and the most skilful labor in the
world for making shoes, our shoe
manufacturers are prevented from
controlling competitive markets, be-
cause of the tariff on certain kinds
of leather and the tariff on findings
which enter into the fabrication of
shoes. English manufacturers get
ting German and French calf skin
free of duty have an enormous ad-
vantage.
The Mills bill leaves the leather
duties untouched.
With all these practical evidences
of the value of free silk, free bark,
free hides, why should the laporing
man fear to put wool on the free list?
The man dependent ON his daily
labor for his daily bread is of all
others interested in free list.
If labor is free why should not
wool be free from an import duty?
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
A PETITION IN REGARD TO I'M
MIGRATION.

The Democratic voters of Elk
Garden, w. Va, in the coal mining
region, have organized Cleveland
and Thurman club, 113 strong. To
a man they indorse the platform OF
the Democratic party, and also the
men who have been chosen to stand
on it. The following petition to
Congress has been circulated at
Elk Garden and numerously signed:
I'VE, the undersigned, citizens Of
Mineral county, W. Va, respectful
ly request that whenever the supply
of labori in any branch Of business is
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
Order of Publication.

THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.,
jefferson County, to-wit:
At rules held in tile Clerks Office Of
the Circuit Court OF Jefferson County,
September, 1888.
IN CHANCERY.
Everett w. Bedinger, Jr., Plaintiff.
VS..
William s. Bsdinger, Sarah T.. Beding-
er, Benjamine Il. Bedinger and Mar
tina Bedinger his wife, Geo. M.Beding-
erard - Bedinger his wife, Daniel
j.. Bedinger, Daniel b. Lucas and Le-
ma Il. Lucas his wife, and Daniel Il.
Lucas, Executor OF William Lucas, De-
PENDANTS.
The object OF this suit IL TO partition
the "River Farm" lately occupied by
William Lucas among his heirs and tho
heirs Of Virginia Lucas. IL appearing
on affidavit filed In this suit, that the De-
PENDANTS William y. Bedinger, Sarah
Il. Bedingor, Benjamine +. Beding6r
and Martha Bedinger his wife, Geo. M.
Bedinger and - Bedingsr his wife
and Daniel l.. Bedinger are non-resl-
dents Of the State of West Virginia, they
arc hereby required TO appear within
One Month after the due publication OF
this order, and do what Is necessary TO
protect their interest in this matter.
T. W. LATIMER,
Clerk OF the Circuit Court.
ID. b. Lucas, T. q.
Sep. At.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07

These are the highest wages paid
in the English mills and the lowest
wages paid in the American mills.
The wages paid spinners were $9.0S
in England, 1896 in New Hamp-
shire, $4.56 in Vermont, $3.50 in
Iowa, $5.40 in Illinois, So in Cali
fornia, STA in Massachusetts,, $3.50
in Ohio, $50 in Maine and 80 in
Michigan, Missouri, Rhode Island
and Wisconsin. They are given in
the census by days wages. from sc
cents to $3.50 per day.
Why did the spinners in the mills
of twelve States receive less wages
than are paid in England, if Protec-
ton is a bulwark for high wages,
and how will Protection prevent
wages in other States from falling
TO the level of these? These are the
questions the Tribune should an
swer, if it can.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
Every Home Should Have 1t.

1t is not always convenient to call =
Physician for every little ailment. Hav-
ing Red Flag Oil in the house you have
q Physician always at hand, it kills
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Burns, Bruises
and all Aches and Pains. Price % cts.
There are few things in this life Of
which we may be certain. but this Is one
of them, Puritan Cough and Consump-
ton Cure has NO equal for Coughs, Colds
and Consumption. Price Is cents. IT Z.
Jones' drug store. mayll, 'S-y.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07

A prominent Ohio farmer sends
us an editorial from the New York
Tribune entitled, Figures on the
Tariff Question, with the request
that we should put it in our politi-
cal pipe and smoke it. We have
put it in our pipe and found it to be
all smoke and no ashes. The Ohio
letter, with our reply and the clip
ping from the Tribune, is printed on
the first page.
A complete answer to and expos
ure of the figures in the Tribune
was published in the Chicago Times
early in August. 1t was by Hon.
Geo. G.. Gorham and covered the
case entirely. We clip the following
from the n. Y. World of Sept 9TH:
PROTECTION AND WAGES.
The New York Tribune is engag-
ed in manufacturing statistics con-
corning wages in this country and
England. Two weeks ago it con-
tanned a table of wages in woollen
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
THE HUNTINGTON CONVENTION.
HOW 1T WAS DONE; WHO
DID 1T AND WHY.--PLANS
OF THE RING.

l promised to write the inside OF
the Convention for your last paper,
but could not do so until to-day.
For three months past se.ect-
men of the bosses have been fitting
from county to county arranging who
should be delegates. In the lower
part of the State two State senators
fixed five counties, three Federal
ofiee-holders fixed the interior, but
have no specific information as to
who attended to the other sections.
These gentlemen generally managed
to be at the court house the day be-
fore county convention met and If
satisfactory delegates were appoint
ed they Immediately left; ifnOt they
tarried and seldom failed to secure
delegates Of their own way Of think
ing. The remarkable thing was
that these geetlemen who took the
trouble and spent their money 20 sc.
cure the presence in the Convention
of certain men and to exclude others
were not specially anxious for any
particular candidate, though they
were solicitOus to nominate anybody
except the old Judges and to pre-
vent the nomination of any one who
sympathized with the course of the
Kiekers.
Hence, the Convention which APP
peared fair enough on its face was
in fact the exponent only of the act
i've and machine element who are on
the make or else hold office. There
was sprinkling of the solid men Of
the party, but they were unorganized,
unsnspiciOus and pOwerless. This
latter element took for granted that
the Convention would reflect the
sentiments and opinions which pre-
walls among the rank and file. In
this they were terribly mistaken, be
cause the Convention reflected only
the sentiments of those who regard
party machinery as q means TO keep
the common herd of voters in sub
lection. The result was that imme-
diately after the Convention met 1t
was evident to all that the last thing
to be expected was the nomination
Of candidates who were strongest
with the masses Of the party. There
was o day when such a Convention
endeayored to select the choice of
the majority; that day has passed
never to return until there is a revo-
luton in politics. The hotel regis
tiers at Huntington furnish key to
what was done and l enclose list
Of 131 Well-knOwn henehmen and
strikers who were present. not one
0fwhom is trusted by his neIghbOrs
wherever integrity or fair dealing is
involved and not one of whom is re-
garded as truthful or honest in the
relations Of life. These are the men
who now make our nominations
The bulk of citizens do not con
Germ themselves about nominations
and let matters drift. They think
that the political managers will not
dare to set popular judgment at de-
fance. But our managers have
found out, or think they have found
out, that the party whip is long
enough and sharp enough to drive
sheep the way they should go, and
q convention nowadays is intended
to prevent the election of men who
would be chosen by the body Of the
party.
TWAS soon developed that about
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
DYSPEPSIA.

rs that misery experienced when we
i suddenly become'aware that we pos
sess diabolical arrangement called the
stomach. The stomach is the reservoir
from which every fibre and tissue must
be nourished, and any trouble with it is
soon felt throughout the whole system,
Among dozen dyspeptics no two will
have the same predominant symptoms:
Dyspeptics OF active mental power and
a bilious temperament are subject to
SICK HEADACHES: those, fieshy and
phleSmatic have CoNsTIP ALTON, while
the thin and nervous ale abandoned to
gloomy forebodings. Some dyspeptics
are wonderfully forgetful; others have
great irritability of temper.
Whatever form Dyspepsia may take.
one think is certain,
The Underlying Cause is in
the Liver,
and one thing more is equally certain,
no one will remain dyspedtic who will
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07

mills, showing that the wages paid
in this country were 81 per cent
higher. 1t appealed to volume 20
of the census. A reference to that
volume shows the following reports
from the payroll Of mills of the
weekly wages paid, reversing the
Tribune's method:
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-09-07
F. l.. BELLER,
Contractor and Builder.

OFFERS his services and will vigoi-
" eusly prosecute his avocation as
Carpenter and Builder, and will take
orders and execute the same promptly
and satisfactorily. His experience Is
such that he can guarantee perfect
workmanship, and his prices will conf
pare favorBbfy with the most reasonable.
Those desiring to build or improve
should give him call.
jan6, '8S-y.