The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-30
RANDOM POLITICAL NOTES.
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'aaipmRn AZ "oat Virginia OH 'ho no.
publican side, and indulgcd In spocula.
tions regarding candidates. Nothing
wau na;d abont tho Damoc,at,c aida NJ
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Nv quoa'ivh' iot TUG ienson .n"t Up 70
.ho P.osans, OWING 70 tno peculiArI1y OF
ny sltua.'on, thero nas poen very i,Itie
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sn.eMy aue 10 luz lucy .hat our pemo.
e cta. ir is havo naruly haa umG 20
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' M,oVouloer, auu 70 sho a9moraliAou aho
a!sossan..e1 coha,uoh IN Whch INC
.Lt. oloM ieIt 'hem ~ tno Gnu ol
tlias gtSas slugglhg matca' ~ Voty
e,eh'neu anu ap!o article, thia weet
s 'n.,. isgsis.e.' wh'en, W tne
WAYS WY, ~ ono ., .no 'aItess anu ooss nem a,
P ms'; organ; IN laetM ,. ta ,e
tho oovsrnorshin mattsr n constitm,ss
au ''openinv Of tho ball." az It were, on
the side oil tho Democracy, and, while
general IN Its character III ono respect,
10. In reality, q gun tlrod In behalt Of tho
first Democratic statesman who has had
the tomerity. under tho circumstances,
TO announce publicly his candidacy.
Tbs gentleman rotorred to Ia Hon. A. 3.
cambridge, OF Jefferson county, and his
homo newspaper presents his claims for
tho honor at tho hands OF his party In
tho strongest possible light. Tho editor
finds an explanation Of this early talk
about candidates for noxt yoar in tho
fact that the recent Republican success
in West Virginia has awakened an
active interest In tho next state election
lar In advance OF the time when It
might have been expected had thero
boon no such ovorturn rs We witnessed
Last year" He thon proceeds to submit
some practical considerations on tho
subject, which may or may not DO heed.
cd by his party.
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In making these suggestions, my
GOOD friend SNYDER. of tho Shephords.
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wv pN''', u's'' 'uA' '"e lu'u - m ~
inc who!e STATE arc paramount" mat
true; Out IN tho democratic party, as
IN 'he republican ranks. thcre 10 always
an ahte.eonVehtioh d'uercnce OF opin'
ION as 10 just Wnat lhaiV,auai among
the aspitah's VIII most correctly fopre'
sent these paramount interests. we
a.! OIL US nave our iaVori'es, anu eacn
OF US IL apt 10 look upon MS particular
the OH. ihls IL oh'y natural, anu II
hu, ra,ber m,ba.i,.s ~ ~ he lorai ~
the last TO the claims OF tho ono whose
cause is espoused. But some OF us. in
both parties. are logical in our choice
others OF us are not. The Shepherds
town Register, in presenting Mr.. Dan.
bridge Tor the Democratic nomination,
appears TO be among tho logical ones,
for 1t basis his claim on the facts tina.
he is citizen Of Jefferson county, an
old reliable Democratic stronghold I;
that no combines all the qualities nee
essary to fill tho position Of governor,
such as honesty, ability, progressiveness
and party zeal. 1t is truly urged OF
him, also. that he is gentleman OF the
highest character, and would make a
diSnificd canvass, and not dcmagogic
campaign OF personal abuse. character
lied by appeals to prejudice, an array
OF class against class, or resort to petty
vote-catching tactics that have 80 dis
gusted the people with certain Demo.
cratic candidates who have preceded
| him.
-.
So much for Mr. DaudridSe's claims.
Rnt s.d a, II NAV seem i.annear, al
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'N.' 0'.eo' ..A' 0.'o :"
spite OF the attitude he occupies, is go
Ing to have hard road to travel before
he obtains the nomination. Ihere are
situations IN West Virginia Democratic
politics that Will prove stumbling blocks
to any man who aspitcs to an honor
within the gilt oil tho party. First,
there Is the demoral'zaeon due to bit,
ter iacsionai contests that have wrecked
the organization. Mr. cambridge rep'
reaents the clement which has OPP
posed Tor years past the element DOM
San'zation in the state, and which iscom'
posed OF men who have political debts to
pay. Moreover, he represents the ultra
Tree trade element, OF whlch ar. WE
so h;a - NV, me us'.nsu,snea .eauet' hnu
No, haley, rcnrsssnts corrsctlv Tho
material interests OF tho state. 1t wa,
the latter which, last November, helped
to deliver the rebuke to tho faction OF
which MrHDandridle is member and
which favored the pursuance OF tarili
policy that would render sterile our val
leys and arrest the progress OF state de-
yclopment. These two elements OF the
Democratic party in West Virginia are
as far apart as they were then. Neither
has any idea Of surrenderins to the