The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-06-03

The Democrats of Wayne county,
i'll convention Saturday instructed
it's delegates to vote for Hon. @. @.
Watts, of Kanawha, for governor
and Hon. Rankin Wiley, of this
county, for congress, This action
of Wayne practically settles the
nomination in favor of Mr.. Wiley,
A letter from Governor Claude
Mathews to personal friend of
his in this city defines the govern
or's position on the money ques-
ton. He says:
"With a positive, yet not too radi-
cal, a declaration for silver iii our
platform, the maintenance of the
double standard, both gold and
silver, for speedy return to the
conditions existing prior to 1873,
l believe will not only tend to the
restoration of prosperity to our
country, but insure party success.
We must have no straddle or
evasive declarations; this would be
nearly as disastrous as Il pure gold
platform"
He thinks the party would make
n mistake to put an eastern man at
the head of tho ticket this year,
and states that he docs not hold
this view from any selfish stand
point. Kanawha Gazette.
1t has been very short while
since Calvin S Brice gave the
most positive assurance that the
AS delegates from the state of Ohio
to tho Chicago convention would
all vote for "sound money" plank
in the national democratic platform,
but now he is content with claim
ing IS out of the 46, leaving 30
free silver delegates from that State.
The indications are that he is still
claiming more than he will actual
ly get. He declines to go as dele
gate at large but it must be re-
memhered that he has not yet
been rendered that honorable po-
sition.
The indications are that Adlia
e. Stevenson will be nominated at
Chicago on free silver platform.
With Solid South and all the
Western States this ticket can be
elected by an overwhelming ma
jority, and it can succeed even by
giving to the Republicans the
Western States of Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Ohio, North Dakota
and Wisconsin and then have 10
votes in the electoral college to
spare.-Kanawha Gazette.
Prosperity, we were told, was
sure to come when the Democrats
should be deprived of power in
Congress and the Legislative branch
of the government should be turn
ed over to the Republicans. But
no such thing has happened. The
new Congress has done nothing i'll
the interest of the people. On the
contrary, quite thoreverse. Why
should the people again be fooled
by rosy promises from which moth
ing is over realized. - Charleston.
Gazette.
The Kanawha Gazette puts the
case exactly in the following:
"The Peoples party of Mason
county, in convention the other
day, nominated Uncle Jonathan
Peter Roman Bureau Smith for
Clerk of the County Court. This
means that uncle Jonathan is n
free silver man of the deepest dye,
and of course the Democrats will
also nominate him and with the
votes of these two parties and the
free silver Republicans of that
county. to which must be added
the many one armed mon, made SO
by the hearty handwriting of the
Colonel, he will be almost unani-
mously elected again to the posi-
ton which he has SO long and so
satisfactorily filled.
There are enough Democrats in
Mason county to elect straight
Democratic ticket this fall with
several votes to spare. If full
vote is pollcd the country will show
a good Democratic majority. Tho
party is practically united and
everything points to great gains
over the last general election re-
turns
After the National Conventions
ar over there will be one of the
biggest mass meetings held in this
town ever seen in the county. 1t
will be composed of the free silver
men from all parties. Particulars