Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-03-28
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The people of St Clairsyille will do well
to weigh the character and merits of the
rival tickets presented for their support
on Monday.
The candidates for Council upon the
Republican ticket are among our fore
most citizens-men of sound judgment,
enlightened, and public spirited-men
safe to trust under all circumstances to
deal with the interests of the people
! Dealing with matters relating to the ma
terial interests of st. Clairsville, they will
have breadth and grasp that can not be
hoped from the other ticket. 1t is time
superior qualifications shall prevail in the
choice of a Council, if any progress is to
be hoped for in the future.
The candidate for Clerk, Mr.. W. B. Gil
more, is faithful and industrious man,
and will discharge the duties of that of
fee with fidelity and care.
Why should not ST. ClairSville put itself
abreast of the times, by becoming Re-
publican town, especially so far as local
affairs are concerned? Why should it
longer be dragged at the chariot wheels
of an old fOgy, slOwgOing, effete party,
which has made no progress in quarter
of century? Belmont is Republican
county. Why should not its capital head
the procession. instead of follow at the
heels of political organization that is
always in the soup?
Mr.. Thomas Burtoft, East of town, in
a conversation with the writer few days
ago, remarked that an ex-Confederate of
ficer, resident of Texas, said to him that
he was Republican because the Re
publicans are progressive and enter
prising people" So it is everywhere
Look around this town. Generally, are
not the enterprising men Republicans?
Of course there are few public-spirited
men among the Democrats of means, but
they are not the men who control elec-
tiOns here. Look over the men who beat
the Democratic party drums and assume
the control of the Democrats of this town.
What have they ever done for st. Clairs-
vile? Who "blazed" the way for a Ma
tional Bank here, and for turnpikes and
railroads? Who devised and directed and
carried forward to completion every i'm
portant measure calculated to benefit the
town? Who took hold of the little mar
row-gauge, when apparently hopelessly
undone, rebuilt it, and from an insignif-
cant narrow-gauge prepared it for Balti
more and Ohio trains, which now run
over it?
1t is not necessary that men shall aban-
don their party in national or other elec
tions, where principles they believe in are
at stake, in order to accomplish munich
pal reform The time never was nor never
will be when man should be elected to
a municipal office solely because he be-
longs to this or to that political party
For such places the essential requisites
should be fitness and integrity. There,
above every other place, the Jeffersonian
tests should be applied Is he honest, is
he capable, is he Faithful" Applying
these tests to the candidates presented
for your support, men of st. Clairsville,
whom should you vote for? We submit
the matter to your judgment.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS
The township meeting of the so-called
Democrats on Saturday afternoon was
not as well attended as usual. The old
party hacks and bosses were on hand, but
the masses seemed to take little interest
in its doings.
An effort was made to bring forward
Mr.. Isaac Davis for Trustee. The propo-
sitiOn "took" with the masses, and if bal
loting had been permitted he would have
given the bosses some trouble; but they
would have none of that, and, gathering
their trusted adherents around them,
motion to renominate DightOn Bailey
was carried by storm. The denomination
of James A. Patterson for Treasurer and
of William J. Miller for Assessor follow
ed, and the meeting hurriedly adjourned.
The candidacy of Miller was surprise.
He recently bought small farm, and an
nounced that he could not consent to be
a candidate for reelection. Whereupon
Mr.. H. H Ault proclaimed himself can
didate and he and his friends went active
ly to work. It's said Miller will farm out
the work of assessing.
Mr.. Bailey, renOminated for Trustee, is
one of the gentlemen who took the peo-
pies money $4,000 to pay his lawyers
Now the People have an opportunity to,
in a measure, punish him for his defiance
of law and the wrong he has done them.
If they do not do it they deserve to be
robbed.
TOWN NOMINATIONS.
Eighteen or twenty persons assembled
in basement room of the court house
used for elections Saturday evening, and
the acclamation business was repeated
John T. Norris, William Seidwitz, and
Amos Mcbride were nominated for COun-
ell, and R. c. Meyer for Clerk.
The latter person shares with Bailey
the distinguished glory of having taken
$500 of the peoples money to pay private
debts. He deserves to be roundly beaten.
BEAT THE JOB.
1t is announced by men not unfriendly
to the Council ticket nominated by the So
called Democrats last Saturday night
that the election of that ticket will mean
a lookup and town-house luxuries for ST.
Clairsville.
Such undertakings at this time would
be the height of stupidity and folly. If
we had good streets and other needed i'm
provements made and paid for, town
and township house would be desirable