West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-10-19

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ing. | intend to scratch his name
off my ticket Twill not help to put
such man in Office, nomination or
no nomination. More than this, /
have resolved not to be pulled and
hauled about when | 20 to the polls
to vote. will fix up my ownticket
and vote as / please. will vote for
Cleveland and Thurman because the
machine politicians were all against
the denomination Of Cleveland until
they felt ground swell they dared
not resist, and because / have an
abiding faith that if elected he will
brush away the spoilsmen. lie may
not do so. but there is every reason
to believe he will. On the otlrr
hand, we know to dead certainty
that Harrison will be rua by Blaine
and Elkins. / think it likely Har-
rison is as much opposed to the una
chine in his party as Cleveland is to
that in our party, but the difference
is this: il reelected Cleveland will
feel strong enough to defy the hos
tilty of the Barnum German ele-
ment.whie Harrison would certainly
wreck his administration should he
antagonize the Elkins element before
he has rallied around him the body
of his party. Besides, Harrison will
necessarily he more in the hands OF
monopoly because,s say what you may.
the Republican party is the party of
the capital class. and being new in
Office he cannot at once be stronger
than his party. There are still other
reasons why | ain Jealous for Cleve-
land, but these are enough. With
him the views Of the DEMOCRAT sand
some chance. and they have none
with Harrison, surrounded as he is
and must continue To be. Thurman
is more apt to advise IN the interest
of the masses than the Banker Nor
ton. But while l am So Jealous for
Cleveland, | won't vote for the nomi-
nee for the House of Delegates in
this county. He has always been a
striker for the Ring, and will vote
any way The railroad lawyers tell
him. He never would have been
Thought Of were it not he can he re-
lied on for Kenna. Nor will | vote
for Brannon and English. To scratch
them of my ticket is the only way
left me TO rebuke the Ring for defeat
ing Judge Woods and Judge John
son. We can't he hurt by Il tempo
rarv loss of the Legislature. Gov.
Wilson will veto any bad bills, and
he holds office ali thro' the next SEES
sion. To lose the Legislature will
destroy the Ring and weed out all
the machine managers. Kidding this
State of the Ring will do us more
good than a small Republican ma
iority for one session can do harm.
Those who pretend to have fits at
the mention of Republican Legis
ture are men holding office under or
expecting office from Kenna. If
electing Republican would help
Kenna they would be for him. tits
bosh to shout against Republican
candidate for the Legislature and at
the same time clamor for a Demo.
cratic railroad pimp. This sort of
bait will not hook my vote this cleo
tion,-especially when the henchmen
who shout loudest have helped the
republican candidate frequently to
beat an anti ring nominee.
But to return to the purpose of
this letter. | was struck by your
remark two months before the Hunt
ington convention. You then said
san unseen hand is at work to defeat
the old judges" You begged the
Ring bosses to pause. You said,
about the middle of October others
will see what we see now. The
strikers can steal nominations while
the people are asleep, but when the
election draws near the rank and
file will notice this truculeAt, inso-
lent, high-handed outrage and will
rebuke it. Others will see then what
we see now,-f0is State going Re
publican for no reason except that
West Virginians cannot be bull
dozed"
Like all your other predictions,
this comes true. The Ring does see
now what you saw then. and if our
party should be defeated its epitaph
should be-"Killed by the Ring"
NnrpNS