Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-02-26
DEMOCRAT" RUNNING AMUCK.

Someone. signing himself Demo
crat," has writtena rather remarkable
communication to the Wheeling Reg
lister from Jefferson county. After
agreeing with the REGISTER i'll its OPP
position to third term for Auditor
Duty the writer says:
do not wish to speak Of any other county
but my own, which Is Jefferson. ii, how
ever any county in West virginia has OF
nci,ls that have ueen la office tor number
of years, would sly 10 the editors OF those
county papers that first preach the gospel
o. third term repentance at nome. put out
those men who have been mouopollZng
county offices To the detriment Of the people,
and then turn your guns on Auditor Duf1y,
or any other State Official who Is inclined 10
think that ne is SO much greater than any
vi his party lrlenus VINO may De lhclueu I'D
take his place.
Now. Audit r Duffy has been in his
present Office for eight years. The editor oil
the -hepherdstown REGIoTEH learns that he
is IA candidate for reelection, ana being "op-
posed TO a third term for any man 80 long as
there are men In the State qualified to take
Mr Duffy's place, he starts the discussion IN
the papers opposing The nomination oil any
man for a third term. In Jefferson county
there have been the same men elected on
the sheriffalty ticket, not for eight years
but for over twenty years The state law
4 q
but SO nicely has the devil been whipped
! around the stump" that first one OF three
| men would be elected sheriff. II EN- his
deputy would take the next term as h!gh
sheriff and then another change would be
made, by which fresh man would always
| head the ticket, providing ne was one ol the
''big three, so that the same men have held
| this important, well-payiIg Office Tor I'VE
terms, with every indication that the dose
! will be repeated at the election next fall.
What want to know is why in the name OF
all that is decent does not Snyder OF the
! Shepherdstown REGISTER and the other edi-
tors of the Jefferson county papers take thls
| third or fifth or sixth term beam out OF their
own eyes and then pitch into Pat Duffy, and
fish the mote out oi The eye Oh the Democratic
party Of the state.
| do not wish To be personal, but although
| the clerkship OF the Jefferson County Court
mas been III the same family for y ears, and as
before stated the same old sheri1dlly ticket
has been elected and reelected in jefferson
| for twenty years, the editor ofthe shepherds
town REGISTER, as well as the editors OF the
spirit of Jefferson. Free ffess anu FARMERS
Advocate have been as dumb AS oysters ON
the subject and have never lifted their voices
| or scratched pen TO build up the Democrat
| ic party in Jefferson by demanding that 9TH
| er good Democrats have SHOW to NIL these
| important offices. AS before stated, do not
| wish to be personal 90 but would like To ask
| the press of Jefferson county, Mr.. snyder, Of
| the REGISTER, Mr.. Gallah I, of the Flee
Press Mr. Hainrs. oflhe spirit, and MIR. Nor
row of the Advocate, just one question.
suppose Mr. j. Garland Hurst, Mr.. Eugene
Baker and Col. w. A. Morgan run for sheriff
and deputies Ies ,ectively. or suppose Z. III.
Trail runs for assessor, Or w. ii. L. Lewis
tries to be renomiEated as one OF the COM
missoners OF the County Court, do you gen
tlemen propose to stand up then and howl
down with the third terms?" IL you do.
We say then you have right to pitch into
Auditor Duffy. but il you do not, yor mad
better keep quiet and let some other Demo
cratic papers who have cast the beam out OF
their own eye teach MIR. Duffy his duty TO
the Democratic party of the state.
Democrat drags the Charlestown
editors into this question, when they
have never said word about Auditor
Duffy and his third term-they are as
innocent as babes from otfense. Prob
ably, however, he thinks they ought
10 have been in it.
Now the REGISTER would like to
ask Democrat" lust one question:
why, in the name of all that is de-
cent" does not Democrat" write
over his own signature, instead of
hiding under nom de plume? He
needn't 20 all the way to Wheeling
to have his answer TO this question
published.