The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-05-31
The huntington Advertiser.

The Huntington Advertiser, hav-
ing nothing else to do, has COM
menced assailing the candidates of
Mason county who have had the
audacity, according to the Advertiser,
to offer themselves before the Dem
ocratic State Convention. The ar
ticle alluded to appears in its issue
of May 18th, and is no doubt
prompted by one of the candidates
in that county for a State Office, and
penned by the young and brainless
fool, who claims to be the editor of
the Advertiser.
The holding up to ridicule of the
candidates in Mason county is not
apt to turn our twenty-three votes
to their candidates in any event.
The gentlemen of this county who
are aspiring to nomination at the
hands of the Democratic Conven-
ton, are men worthy of the support
-esthe convention, and as well quail
fed to fill any Office as are the can
didates of Cabell county. The
charge that &c. Wash. Tippett,
Esq, so elegantly put by the editor
of the Adrertiser) is aagain" a can
didate for Auditor, shows that the
brainless youth who runs that pa
per is not posted. We never have
been candidate for any State Office
before this time. Now we are a
candidate for Auditor. 1t is the
first time we have ever asked an
Office at the hands of the Demo-
cratic party of the State, and if our
services to the party is a claim to
that nomination, we expect to be
recognized by receiving the nomi-
nation. If the Advertiser cannot be
liberal enough to treat us decently,
because it is championing Mr.. Cam.
Thompson for Auditor, it should
not baseIy and cowardly attack our
candidacy. If we had known the
consent of the editor of the AdUer-
tiser was necessary before announc-
ing our candidacy, we certainly
would have asked his permission to
let us become a candidate. We
regret that we have been called into
this resentment of an article in a
so-called Democratic paper that was
personal to ourself, and intended to
hold US up to ridicule before the
people of this State. Fair criticism
we submit to, but when an attempt
is made to assail our manhood, we
draw the line, and resent the insult
in the same manner in which it is
given.
The attack upon Mr.. Eastman
and others by the Advertiser is a
matter that they are able to attend
to themselves, and suppose they will
in due time. The whole article was
uncalIed for and comes with bad
grace from Democratic newspaper.
1t does no good. and only Injuries
those whom it is intended to help.
If a man cannot succeed upon his
own merits, he should not do
SO by dragging others down by
insinuations that are cowardly and
more dangerous than words that are
spoken out bravely and fearlessly.
The Democratic party is not 60
ing to succeed if Democratic news
paper editors are going to precipi-
tate bitter fight in the ranks of
the party before the convention as
sembles, to be continued there, and
carried on throughout the whole of
the campaign.
The REGISTER has pursued a
course of kindness to all candidates,
and especially have we done SO to-
ward those opposing US for the NOM
nation for Auditor. If it becomes
necessary to our success to defame
or belittie the other candidates, then
we are not going to succeed. If we
are so fortunate as to be honored
with the nomination, no man will
be able to say that we have uttered
a harmful word against him during
our canvass for the nomination.
The article alluded to is not only