Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-09
FOR CONGRESS.
A Clarksburg Correspondent Suggests the
Name of John w. Davis to Democratic

"A olarksDurg correspondent Suggests the
| Name of John w. Davis to Democratic
| Voters.
To the Editor of the Register
| Clarksburg, w. Va, March THE
| time is rapidly approaching when the
| political parties will be called upon
| to select their standard bearers in the
| contest for political supremacy to oc-
cur in November of this year, and the
! time is now here when an exchange
of views and a thorough canvass of
the needs and requirements to enable
| the Democrats to redeem the First
| Congressional district as essential to
victory this fall
| The writer of this thinks the first
| thing necessary to win is the selec-
ton of a good and clean candidate, one
who is honest, competent and faithful
to the Constitution. This necessarily
means that he Is a Democrat. Since
| 1870 have been a voter and an in
| terested observer and student of poll
tics and politicians, and in all the time
! from 1870 to the present date, | have
| not at any time seen so much unrest
and dissatisfaction as now exists
among the people. In vain do Repub-
licans cry. Prosperity is here" and
every reiteration of this cry drives
home the charge and conviction that
their category of people includes only
bankers, trusts and monopolies, and
when their pets are fattened and
waxing strong upon the earnings of
others, their ideas of general prosper
ity are filled
AS said before, the people are rest
| less and feel that they have been be,
trayed; first by Cleveland and MS
satellites in the Democratic party, and
next and now by the McHannaites of
the Republican party, who by their
magnetic, or rather, metallic power
have attracted TO the Republican fold
all the elements opposed and inimical
to just and equal government of, for
and by the people. In this condition
the letters Of political prejudice have
become loosened, and the people are
ready to flock TO the party who offers
them in good faith the most hope, and
no party can offer an earnest OF good
faith and hope unless they embody
them in the person of their candidate
While | do not wish to utter one word
to the prejudice and Disagreement of
any one who aspireS to represent the
First district in Congress, or to any
one whose friends may push their
claim for the Democratic nomination,
T do wish to say and with emphasis,
that the First district is at this tune
fortunate in having one young man
who will have attained the age t25
yearse requisite for membership in the
lower branch of Congress, just before
the election in November, and who en-
bodies in his person the best pledge
that the Democrats can offer to the
voters of the First district. [ refer 10
John w. Davis, of Clarksburg. His
record is short but brilliant, his char
acter is clean and pure. he is honest
and competent He is intelligent and
courageous, he has convictions ana
will ayow them; he can meet and con-
ouer in debate any one the Republicans
can pit against him. He is just such
a man as every intelligent man would
want to employ If large business IN
terests were to be entrusted to any
one, and he wanted to lie down and
sleep in the full faith and assurance
that every trust would be observed
and every duty faithfully performed,
and why should he not be just such a
man as the people would want to look
after their interests in the National
Legislature?
The writer of this does not know,
nor does he believe, that Mr.. Davis
wants this nomination, but he knows
him to be true and conservative
Democrat, and as such will hearken TO
the voice of his party. If we Demo-
Gratis of the First district would as
cemble as citizens to select ore of our
number to be entrusted with the man
agement and control of some large
business enterprise, in which we were
all interested, and would be required
ia mt the hand down in our pockets
to get the money with which to pay
him we would carefully, and only
after full investigation, select the
man and should such a man as John
" Davis be among the number from
which he could be selected. 1t is more
than probable that he would be chosen
without dissenting vote. Then why
is he not the one for us to select as
Democrats?
There can be no question that he
will or would develop as the canvass
proceeds. the strongest candidate we
could nominate.
To-day. in Harrison county, where
he is best known, he is stronger than
his marty by several hundred votes,
and these votes would be drawn from
all classes.