The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-06
The Democratic Convention.


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The Democratic Convention.
The wonderful aggregation, known
as the Democratic State convention,
after two days session, adjourned this
morning some time after midnight 1t
was actually the most disorderly,
aimless, eccentric body of its kind
that ever met in the State. What it
did was a series Of surprises even to
Itself. 1t came here heralded as the
most stupendous aggregation that
ever assembled in West Virginia, yet
was probably the smallest State con-
vention in twenty years Of either par
ty. 1t put in most of it's time on
matters on which it took no action
1t discussed at length in terms not
to the white women of West Virginia,
the matter of white mans party,
and then at the behest of New York
Democrats was too cowardly to carry
out it's own views. 1t talked in fam
boyant terms of it's great leaders and
then nominated for Office a set of no
bodies. 1t boosted Of it's strength and
its power and it knows in its soul 1t
has the seeds of death in it's vitals. 1t
cheered Henry G. Davis to the echo
in its assembling, and then repudiated
the main things for which he contend
ed and jeered him behind his back.
1t pretended to have principles and
then adopted a platform that con-
tains no reference to any live issue.
of the day. It protested to favor
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State affairs, and resolved that con-
stitutional convention should be held.
which would plunge the State over
whelmingly in debt. 1t howled in be
half of tax reform and then adopted
resolution on the subject as meaning
less as the gibber of an idiot. 1t had
oratory galore but threw common
sense to the winds. 1t was in short
farce and failure of the first
water, thing of many words and
few meritorious actions, an assem-
blage that made no history, enun-
ciated no principles, built no enduring
or noble edifice.
This satire on convention nomi-
mated a man for governor unheard of
in connection with the position until
the night before he was supposed to
be honored by being selected, in or
der to defeat a worthy gentleman,
who was Objectionable to the bosses,
selected for secretary of state boy
who was aspirant for attorney gen
eral, put up a preacher for state SUI
perintendent of schools, chose man
for attorney general never before
heard of, excepting as his fathers
name is connected with an excellent
quality of beer, elevated the editor of
an obscure country newspaper to au-
ditor, put forward an unknown, I'M
honored and unsung lawyer for judge
of the supreme court, and wound up
by nominating poor old Bob Carr,
with his big head and beautiful hair
for the most insignificant place on the
ticket, that of treasurer. What a per-
fectly radiant sane business it was!
1t is calculated to make all the bray |
ing creatures who lie moldering in
the dust from the beautiful and ro-
mantle Potomac to the murkey Big
Sandy, from the historic James'to the
silvery Ohio, turn over in their
graves from envy.
Well, somewhat paraphraSing one
William Shakespeare, we shall not
soon look upon it's like again, prob
ably never. 1t has come and it has
gone. The lights at the wigwam are
out, and not even the voice of the pea
nut seller echoes any more in the
place that was so lately occupied by
the ladies of Parlersburg and a gy-
rating mob. The Republicans will
reap the fruit of it all when Jimmy
Whitcomb Riley's pumpkins on the
vine and the November frosts are on
the umpkin. 1t will be thirty thou
sand majority for Roosevelt, Dawson
and the rest OF the ticket.-Parkers- |
burg State Journal.