Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-12
Charleston Notes.

Sosei1, Correspondence Of ne Register.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, December o
The citizens Of Charleston have been
surprised and disappointed at the ON
cial result OF the census enumeration
for 1890. They believed-and had good
grounds for belieying-that the official
figures would bring the corporation pop
ulation to about 5000, while the Subur-
ban increase would fall but little short
OF 5000 more. making our city, with her
progressive adjunctS, Il place OF not less
than II, 900 human souls.
But. alas. Porter'S enumeratorS have
alarmingly rcduced-justly or unjuStly
our supposed population. We cannot
resist the Government. And 50 the fig
ureS must stand until the end OF anoth-
or decade.
But. despite all this, Charleston has
her splendidly-paved streets, her cleo
trio lights. her iirSt-claSS system OF sew
erage and her street cars.
In other words, she is keeping well
apace with modern improvements and
progressive advancement.
And, not strange To say, she is mainly
Indebted for this prosperity to the
energy, enterprise and capital OF her
leading Democratic citizens.
Ignore her Democrats, and Charles
ton would cut but poor figure in COM
pariSon with her sister West Virginia
cities.
BY the way, Kanawha'S political re-
demption. wonderful any way you look
at IL, and almost miraculous in its nu-
merical proportions, is still matter OF
quiet but unalloyed Democratic rejoic-
ing. And why not so? To revolution
ize ligureS-So as to change 1000 major
ity for the Republicans to an average
Democratic majority of j00-iS in Itself
matter Of considerable self congratula-
tiOn.
Just think of it:
The entire Kama Sha Legislative tick
ct elected, backed 10y State Senator.
At one time we thought the LcgiSla-
ture ought To give us Watts Is PreSl-
dent of the Senate and Ferguson as
Speaker of the House.
Kanawha county, you know, never
banks on its mOdeSty. She cheeriully
takes all. if she can get it. But in this
case, both Watts and Ferguson declined
to bee honored. They preferred to serve
their constituents on the floor.
This leaves the kanawha Democracy
at liberty to select favoriteS outside the
limits of the county.
Ii has always struck the writer that
the Democrats of this State have, as a
rule, failed TO show in their distribution
Of party honOrS, a proper appreciation
of the Incompatible services rendered in
every election by the Democrats OF those
counties comprising what is known as
the Eastern Panhandle. Why, look at
the malorities given by Jefferson,
HAMPSHIRE. and other counties we could
name; and then consider what few party
houorS have been bestowed upon their
citizens.
IL has been years since the Speaker
of the House was selected from that
portion OF the State.
Now, we insist, that the Democratic
party, to be true to its best interests,
ought TO show some little gratitude to
that particular section.
The Hon. BraxtOn ID. Gibson. of JEFF
ferSon-nOw serving his second term as
member of the House Of DelegateS-a
Young man of vigorous intellectual pow
ers. has been favorably spoken OF as a
candidate for the SpeakerShip.
Apart from his high qualifications for
the position, combining in himself. as
his friends know he does, youth, quick
ness and nrmness with an unusual de-
gree OF courtesy and amiability, we
specially favor him as coming from that
part of the State so rarely hOnored by
any favors on the part OF our West Vir-
ginia House OF Delegates.
Ii isl mistake to appoint an old man
to the SpoakerShip. This is understood
by all persons familiar with practical
LEGISLATION