Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-04-29
COMMUNICATED.

Gentlemen: / write you this for no
other reason than to let you have
something to think about on rainy
days, and talk about when we meet
at the different blacksmith shops.
have smoked my fragrant Havana
on the sunny streets of old Madrid;
| have quaffed the fiery brandy of the
North, while the reindeer munched
his fodder beside me in the tent, while
the pale light Of the midnight sun
threw the shadows OF the pines across
the snow; but l have never seen such
brazen effrontery as is shown by the
old sheriff ticket in this county.
Really, to hear them talk, they are
the only five gentlemen that should
be sheriffs. The boast of the old
ticket is that 1--WE can carry the towns
and this will insure our election. :"
The farmer may go as Vanderbilt said
the dear people might, so his railroad
bill passed My impression is, out of
the 1000 votes east in this county 200
of them live outside of the towns, and
it seems to me that just as soon as we
country people think about it we can
down the old ticket with their towns
but the truth is the towns are nearly
evenly divided between the old and
new ticket.
The new ticket is making its fight
on the principles laid down in the
Code of West Virginia. Article TX of
the Code, Section l, says distinctly {:
There shall be sheriff and other
officials elected for the term of four
years" Section 8 says: The same
person shall not be elected sheriff for
two terms consecutively, nor shall
any person who acted as deputy be
elected successor to said sheriff; noT
shall HE during his term Of SERVICE,
or within one year thereafter, be ELI
gible to any other OFFICE. The re-
firing sheriff shall finish up all bust
ness remaining in his hands at the
expiration of his term for which pmr
pose his commission and official bond
shall remain in force.
We new ticket people claim that If
it is illegal for deputy 10 succeed a
sheriff. then he must necessarily fol
low in the wake OF the sheriff he
serves under, and stand aside to set
tie up his accounts with said sheriff :;
and further, if it takes four years for
the sheriff 10 arrange what business
for the deputy. Under the rule that
the sheriff and deputies are elected.
there is really no difference between
them, one is as much sheriff us the
other. Before the election these
gentlemen enter into compact and
agree that one of them shall be called
sheriff. They agree as to what dis
tricts they shall ride in, and also agree
10 share and share alike all the eX
penses as well as profits of the Office.
They do more than this-they each
bond TO the high head and he bonds
to the court. After elected, if you go
to the sheriff (so-named) with an order,
if it's not in his district he will refer
you to the sheriff of that district, tell
ing you he has nothing to do with it.
Oftentimes the deputies are stronger
than the head Of the ticket Gas in the
case of Col. Morgan four years ago..
Morgan's vote at Shepherdstown was
2S6. Does any one deny that Sheriff
Morgan carried Shepherdstown, and
not Sheriff Davis? And he was under
the rule sheriff Of that district last
term how can he be eligible this term?
The principles of democracy is
TO rotate in office, letting every one
have his equal share as to fitness for
the place. But this old party, with
the advantage Of tax lists, executions,
pocket deeds, and so on, holding over
Tue NOleTs, anu DtluS III OlllOV W.
twenty years, mourn and groan be-
cause some other good Democrats
want their place. We farmers think
we have done enough for this party
and want change of four years to
allow these gentlemen to have plenty
Of time to settle their long standing
accounts with THEIR FRIENDS. For
myself, l have been supporting the
ticket al the time. When Mr. Hurst
ran for the Office before he told me he
only wanted it that time and would
not b. q candidate again, perfectly
willing then TO stand aside if | would
support him then. But he has changed
his mind and | claim the same right,
| am converted.
A NEW TICKET MAN.
Summit Point, w. Va.