The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-03-23

AS the complications over the tri
une governship become more public
the more potent becomes the fact that
the Democratic members of the Leg
islature made serious mistake by
failing to publish the returns on
Governor Their action in refusing
to comply with the plain provisions
of the constitution sayors of Repub
licanism. The history of this coun
try as a whole or by States proves
that the Democratic party has al
ways been the loyal and staunch de-
fender of the constitution of States,
while the Republicans have never
failed, when it advanced their aims,
to rape con titutien with as little
compunctions of conscience as some
men would have at destroying a
trublcsome parasite. But even if
the Democrats had Republican pre-
cedents and excuses, it was a bad
stroke OF party policy. II, in the
contest between Fleming and Gofr,
the latter wins, he will take his seat
amid the plaudits of the people Of
this country and pose as an unmar-
tyred martyr, heaping up the already
large pile Of cheap notoriety that
enables him to gain emoluments that
merit does not in many man.
While on the other hand If he had
been made Governor, pending Elem
ing's contest land the latter had prov
en- fraud and corruption, Golf would
have to vacate the seat, sand would
stink away like a whipped and dis
honored cur. It would have been
his death blow If not the death blow
to his party, which simulated
chastity while it practiced fraud and
stimulated corruption. But the Dem
ocratic party of West Virginia has
made many serious mistakes in the
past, and the most serious has been
that it has allowed itself to endorse
men first and principles second. Its
history has been one of personal
politics. The slogan has been are
you for so and so for nomination or
election are not you for the success
of your party first and the aspirant
afterwards. Citizenship is above
partisan politics, and partisan poll
tics above personal politics. The
Democratic praty of West Virginia
is tottering. Will you let it fall?
The way to save it is to infusc new
life and vigor into its body, by a
united effort and thorough and i'm
mediate organization. Let the past
dead bury it's dead. Let past mis-
takes and past differences be all for
gotten In one united effort to save
the party from ruin. Let us all be
Democrats and not a member OF any
faction thereof. Let all true Demo
Gratis bury the fractional Ratchet,
sheath the personal knife, that has
done such deadly work and draw
from it's scabbard the keen blade of
Democracy, ON which is engraved
truth, fealty to the peoples rights,
pure government, and strike down
the foe of Democracy and its people,
which is now building up an aristoc-
racy of riches with it's distinctly
drawn lines of poverty and wealth
making our free institutions a
laughing stock and farce, and
threatening them with distinction
the Republican party. The time is
at hand in this State when every
Democrat must stand to his colors,
and not be denied 40 to the distance
IF the point that threatens his party.
r must not only stand to his col
org but rally the disorganized ranks
aroul I'd Democracy's unsnllied ban
uer. The time is Al hand which
calls s,r leaders and good leadership,
for otasaiz alton and unity. Let the
call he e soyn> led now and the rally
made for 1850. Putnam Democrat.
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