South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-09-19
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To the d mccrats of Hampshire
county:
Eight years ego when you honored
me 10y Placing me al Che heed of the
political organization of your county,
| made firm re- solution, that nei' her
my own private, public or busin, So
interests, neither social ties or those
OF close nature should move me
one step from the line OF duty mark.
cd out before me. in serving the peo.
pie who lad thus honored me. Time
and again have you affirmed your
confidence in me by, rc-electiug ne,
by needing every warning / have sent
out, by nooly answering every call
have made, until the Democrats OF
Hampshire county, are known anil
honored the country over for their
tried, uuc and answering devotion
to Democratic principles.
Again fellow Democrats seeing the
danger that now menaces the country
and the party / send ont q word Of
warning against the intri CUES Of a
set Of as INSCRIPTIONS Republican
politicians, backed by The money and
the influence Of as inscriptions a
party as ever Attempted u ride
rough shod over the rights and lib
critics of the people of any nation.
These Republican politicians and of.
sce-holders met in convention at
Piedmont aud after v.inly using ev-
cry effort to get Stephen B. Z kins
to accept the Congressional nomins.
ton at their hand, that they might
have TO use In corrLpLing votes the
vat amount Of money that he could
bring TO beer. they nominated Geo.
Harmon, Of Grant county, high tar
iiT monopoly farmers politician, and.
United Brethren preacher whose
chief interest in the farmer is to pile
up the tariff tax, ard buy the cattle,
hogs and sheep Of he smaller farms
ers as low as he can possibly get
them. Thinking by this t5at they
could delude emo ugh Democratic
farmers into voting for him to defea;
W. l.. Wilson. For the SINE bur.
pose they nominated for the State Sen
ate IN this district, r. &. Parsons a
Republican and q member OF the
great farmers organizations. They
both accepted the nomination on the
platform endorsing the Harrison high
tariff administration which includes
the Mckinley high tariff robbery, and
the ReeG - Lodge force bill for the
federal control of State elections.
Democrats Of Hampshire county. be
not deceived by any promises these
candidates or their friends make TO
you, I know them both well, prob,
ably better than any other in lamp
Shire CO., one through business trans.
actions for n number Of years, and
the other through a close relat on
ship, Und I tell you there Is not a
measure Of the republl can party they
will nos support; that they are rCpnb-
licnus after 'tse most straijest scc'
and republicans they Will remain.
The leopard can n t change bis
spots
Fellow democrats, from the out
spoken out and out republican you
have nothing to fear, you know whore
to place him, bat what ] want 10 warn
you especially against is be iusinu-
atng pretouder democrat who comes
TO you ani tells you J am demo.
crat, ! am opposed TO The high tar #,
bat the democratic party has done
MS no good. is time We arc cutting
loose from both Tie OLD parties that
we cugqt 10 vote for and elect Har-
man and Parsons, they will 90 for
thr farmers interests
Fellow democrats be not de'udcd,
they are republicans, and o. ma ters
not whether they arc farmers. me
cLaniJs, lawyers, doctors OF mer-