Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-11-10

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TEDDY ROOSEVELT, the Rough Rider,
seems to have made a successful charge
upon Van Wyck up in New York.
IT will be noted that broken prom
ises were remembered to certain e1-
tent this year.
Down in North Carolina the Demo
Gratis were resolved to win or make a
lot of trouble for somebody. They
won.
Mr.. DAYTON carried one lone pre-
cinct in Jefferson county. Bolivar Is
the place that has this doubtful dis
tinction.
If President Mckinley was looking
for an endorsement of his policy, he
will have to be satisfied with very
limited one.
THE attempt of those self-impOrtant
fellows up in Morgan county to make
division in the Democratic party re-
suits in stupid failure.
MATT Quay has won as usual IN
Pennsylvania, and has dOwned John
Wanamaker and all his other enemies.
Why not call the keystone State
Quaysylvania hereafter?
THE Democrats of Shepherdstown
never made better fight than they
did on Tuesday. And they reaped
the reward of their labors in hand
somely increased majority.
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ONE reason why the soldiers in the
volunteer army did not express them
selves at the polls was because the
officers would not permit the Demo
Gratis to come home and vote.
WHATEVER may be the issue Of the
election in West Virginia, now SO
doubtful, it is certain that no party
can claim the State as its own. West
Virginia is debatable ground.
THE Offices are a fatal gift. The
result would have been different with
good many Congressman if they had
not been obliged to parcel out govern
ment jobs among their friends.
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GRANT PITzER made a great mis-
take when he permitted the Rspubli-
cans of Berkeley county to give him
tsffy. He is too good fellow to have
been the victim Of so unnecessary a
sacrifice.
WE are inclined to think Mr.. Nc
Graw was mistaken when he said that
Republican campaign money was sent
to Jefferson county. The vote doesn't
indicate that such was the case. fit
came, where did it go?
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OVER in the Sixth Maryland district
Pearre, Republican, carried every
county in the district, and had ma
jority of almost 1000 over Poffen-
berger. No wonder the Democrats
had such hard time finding nominee.
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A GREAT many colored men in
Jefferson county broke away from the
Republican party on Tuesday and
voted with their best friends, the
Democrats. This will not be forgot
ten by their white friends when they
need help.
THE Martinsburg Herald, speaking
of its part in the campaign just end
ing, says:
So momentOus are the issues, that in |
our zeal for the right, as we see the right, |
we may have overstepped the bounds of |
propriety.
Well, we rather think you did. But |
go-and sin no more.
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A vote for James j. Singleton, the in
dependent candidate for the Legislature, |
means vote for sound and honest mon
ey free bridges, free pixies, home rule |
and equal ights.-Harper'S Ferry Sen |
kineL
THE people Of Harper's Ferry must
have been deeply impressed by this
glowing inducement to vote for Mr..
Singleton. He ran one vote ahead of |
his ticket in Harper's Ferry
AS was anticipated, the Spanish
peace commissioners have refused to
yield to the demands of the United
States for the cession of the entire
group Of Philippine islands. They
say that such a proposition was not
presented in the terms of the peace
protocol, and they maintain that we
can have no claim upon the islands
now. We demand, Spain refuses.
What will we do about it?
PERHAPS it is not an unmixed evil
that Theodore Roosevelt is elected
Governor of New York this year.
Teddy is Rough Rider in politics as