The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-08-06

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brought us the usual surprises, the
inevitable disappointment, but also
the sober satisfaction which follows
calm review Of the situation when
personal ambitions and preferences
have been eliminated.
There never was popular conven-
tion that did not disappoint some
body, but it is fair to assume that q
ticket selected by a body of men
drawn from every section Of the State
and from every class and interest Of
the people, is representative ticket.
1t is the choice Of the majority. 1t
expresses the popular sense, even if,
in any case, it should fall below the
standard which single class or Sec
ton would have chosen. Popular
government is based on compromises
and the mission Of popular conven-
ton is to weigh the warning interests
and views, strike the difference and
declare the result. 1t is the business
of all to accept that result.
We accept the Petersburg ticket
as a representative ticket. 1t will
carry the full strength of the party.
1t will be supported with all the en-
thusiasm and heartiness which char
acterizes the Democracy of West Vir-
ginia. And it will give US good,
safe, and vigorous administration.
The head of the ticket, Mr.. Nc.
Corkie, is young man of marked
ability, and full of the energy and
courage which carries success in ev-
cry undertaking. He will give us one
OF the most vigorous campaigns the
State has ever known. He will be The
peer of any man the Republicans may
nominate against him. Whatever
may be said of the merits of his com
petitors in the convention, it is con-
coded by all, that McCorkle will be
the hardest man to beat that could
have been named. He was born I'M
der a lucky star. Fortune falls into
his lap, and what does not come by
chance he conquers. He has wealth
and talent and physical vigor, with
all the other requisites to make red
hot campaign. If McCorkle cannot
get there no other man before the
convention, could.
The nominee for Auditor is one of
the most popular men in the State.
He is an old clerk, and specially suit
ed by experience and natural equip
ment to make a most efficient Audi
tor. He adds strength to the ticket.
For Attorney General, Mr.. T. S..
Riley of Wheeling was the success
full candidate. He is a lawyer of
standing and character at the Ohio
county bar, and his services as chair
man of the State Executive Commit
tee heretofore, ought to enable him
to bring valuable aid toward an eff
fective campaign.
In the nomination for State Super
intendent of Schools, and in that of
one OF the vacancies on the Supreme
Bench, are the positions where the
disappointment to this section of the
State comes in. While there is no
personal antagonism to Mr.. Lewis.
we naturally felt preference for one
ofthe University boys, three of whom
were his competitors for this office.
But while any one of the University
boys might have been more than a
match for Lewis, the three divided
the forces that would have given any
one of them the nomination as against
Lewis, and let the latter in. However,
we have had the office for the last
two terms and ought not to complain.
While our people were specially
sore that Mr.. Moreland failed to Sc
cure the nomination for one of the
vacancies on the Supreme Bench, like
all good Democrats, and like the can
didate himself, they are gracefully
submissive. We swallow our disap-
pointment and will come smiling up
to the polls in November to cast our
ballots for the choice of the conven
ton. We can console ourselves that
without the aid of any combinations
or unseemly scramble Mr.. Moreland
received a vote in the convention of
which any man might be proud. He
had the personal support of many of
the best lawyers in the State, and
when the roll call on the last ballot
was finished he seemed to be the sue
cessful candidate, but at that period
in the proceedings of convention,
delegations begin to pay debts and
avenge sights on previous ballots,
and these influences brought about
changes before the announcement of
the ballot that lost him the nomina-
ton. But Mr.. Moreland has no COM
plant to make. He is fully satisfied
with the result, and he will join the
Democracy of Monongalia in rolling
up bigger vote for the ticket next
Fall than we have ever given before.
1t is lamentable state of affairs
and it must be very humiliating to
to the people Of the great populous
county of Fayette to think that the
authorities are unable to suppress
the handful of cut-throats known
as the "Cooley gang" Almost daily
they commit some depreciation in
the southern section of the county
and go scot Free In another column
is Uniontown dispatch giving an
account of robbery and other das