The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-09-25


which the National Democrat has to
perform, is to call the attention of
Democrats everywhere to the
healthfnl condition and the hopeful
prospects of the party in every
part of the United States. Where
ever we look we see the evidences
of harmonious feeling and of vigor-
ous effort, which bode fortunate re-
sults when next there shall be n
test of popular opinion upon the
great questions that are at issne
between the Democratic party and
its opponents Whether we in
quire into the condition of De
lnocracy in Massachusetts,, in New
York, in New Jersey, in Pennsyl-
vania, in Ohio, in Virginia, or in
any other State whore political cam
paigns are going on, we find that
the Democrats are standing we'll
together and are preparing to give
a good account of themselves when
election day shall come. Even in
the Territories, which are soon to
be States, the Democrats are show
ing a degree of vigor ard of capacity
for organized efforts which is caus-
ing the managers of the Republi-
can party to look sharply after their
followers and to make extraordina-
ry efforts to preserve the control of
what they have boastfully claimed
to be securely and permanently
theirs.
Beginning with Virginia, where
we have the sharpest and most in
teresting conflict of the year, we
find the Democratic party thor
oughly united and enthusiastic in
it's determination to maintain it's
own position and to infiict a last
ing defeat upon the bold champion
of a bad cause, who, with the whole
power of the Federal Administra-
ton at his back, is spending great
sums of money and straining every
nerve to gain purely personal
triumph and to make himself the
Dictator of the Old Dominion. We
are glad to say that in Virginia
there is every reason to anticipate
a sweeping Democratic victory.
In Ohio, where Democratic triumphs
have been all too rare, the party
this year enters the campaign for
the control of the Governorship and
and the Legislature with unwonted
zeal and enthusiasm, under excel
lent leadership, and with platform
which should, of itself. command
success at the polls. That Demo-
cratic victory in November is not
only possible but probable, is the
belief of many Democrats and also
of many Republicans who are aware
how little real desire there is on the
part of the Foraker party to place
that blatan and conceited dema-
gogue for fourth time in the gov
ernor's chair. The fact that u
United States Senator is to be
elected by the next Legislature adds
materially to the interest in the
strupple in Ohio. All the intelli-
gcnce which comes to us from that
quarter indicates that the outlook
for the Democrats is a very favor
able one. If the Democratic cam
paign is carried through to the end
with the same spirit which perva-
ded the recent State convention at
Dayton, there will be good reason
to expect a handsome Democratic
victory when the polls shall close
on election day.
The Republicans of Ohio are very
far from being as united or as har-
monious as are the Democrats in
support of their candidates. The
same is true of New Jersey,
where the Republican differences
and feuds are notorious, while the
Democracy, who have again placed
Leon Abbott in nomination for
Governor, are prepared to march
in solid column to the polls and
return him to the Governship.
The platform as adopted by the
Pennsylvania Democracy last week
are published elsewhere, and show
how completely the Democrats in
all these important States are satis-
fed with their position on all the
great issues of the day, and how
handsomely they will stand together
in the greater contests that are to
occur in the future.
That the Democratic State ticket
to be placed in nomination ut Syra-
cuse will be victorious in Novem-
ber, by majority of more than 5O,-
600, we have reason to believe. All
the signs point to such result in
November. In Massachusetts,, the