Year: 1876

distributed through the State as follows:
, The Governor from Hampshire county.
the Auditor from Marion county, the


Treasurer from Wheeling, Ohio county,
the State Superintendent of Free Schools


from Kanawhs county, and the Secretary
of State (appointed by the Governor),
from Ksnswha county.


The clerks IN the several departments:
one from Hampshire county, one from
Kanawha county, two from Greenbrier
county, one from Marion county, and two
from Wheeling, Ohio county.


This distribution seems to excite the
jealousy OF the Wheeling Ecenimg
Standard, which probably arrogates to
itself the authority to speak for the
county of Ohio and city of Wheeling,
and in their behalf, calls us State House
hunnners, and W make US as odious in the
.ye> of other people as 1t claims US to be
IN l,l. eyes of Chic county and the city
of " heeling, charges us with meddling
with the politics of OHIO county to such
AN extent as to make 1t necessary to
change the old rule of admitting all
Democrats to voice in the State and
Congressional Conventions soon 10 be
held. in fear that We Estate House bum
mers'' would volunteer or be hired or
bribei to 90 to said conventions and cast
our votes against the candidates who, in
the language OF said paper, captured
the convention of Saturday last, sand
nominated and elected delegates favor
! able to themselves"


In behalf of the State House bummers,
| beg leave to inform the standard and
its correspondents that they wholly mis-
understand the character Of the State
officers and their clerks, if they suppose
for one moment that there is one among
us who would presume to attend either
convention as citizen OF OHIO county or
the city of Wheeling, and cast his vote
against the will of the Quotation from
the Standardl particular candidates
ia this county who rallied their friends,
secured q majority of the votes, captured
the organization at the start, decided on
the committees. nominated and elected
delegates favorable to themselves, de-
feated resolution which would have let
in their enemies, and adjourned"


We beg your pardon, Mr.. Standard, /
and beg leave to protest that we have no
desire whatever to meddle In any way in
Ohio county politics, and more especially
do we above all things not desire TO med
die with so honorable political arrange.
ment for their success, as represented by
their advocate to have been made by
their particular candidates who csptur-
ed" SATURDAYS convention, you are en-
tirely mistaken in your men. We beg
leave earnestly, but most respectfully to
spDrise YOU that We must fully recognize
the fact that we are aliens in 8 land of
stran gers, and we beg OF you that while
our calling compels US to stay among
you temporarily, You will not treat US as
aoutside barbarians.n but that you will
be rs lenlent with US as your position
will permit you to De. In due
| time we will abdicate and
return to our constituents and proclaim
to them and to the world, the great kind.
ness and consideration We have received
at your hands.


We do not thiuk we would be doing
ourselves full justice nor the correspon-
dent sVeritas," if we did not make TO
! him as humble an opo!ogy as we Know
how. to do Tor reminding us OF the great
impropriety not to say snare into which
we might have fallen if he had notg given
us the benefit of his counsels IN the iol-
lowing well.timed aud select paragraph
from his letter. IT, would be but family
expressing our gratitude to say SIMPLY.
that we thank him. but as We have no
time for further expressions OF our most
sincere obligations to him. We give the
paragraph that II and its author may be
ever cherished IN our most sacred al
| iections.


The adoption of the resolution OF that
"dou.hty warrior, Colonel T. O'Brien,
would have resulted IN a large proper
tion OF the vote Of Ohio county IN the
State Convention being polled by tenn
porsrv residents, even from Charleston
and the Third District, by men who
have no interest in common with us, by
men who pay no taxes here tand not
much anywhere We expect); by strang-
ers to our voters, and finally by men
who would be the tools OF Walker,
Burdett and Bennett, and the friends
of Charleston for the State Capital Oh,
We men, who spent your time and ehorts
in removing the Capital to wheeling IN
the interests of pure government, are
YOU ready to have halt or more OF the
vote of Ohio county given to res~iu-
,ion pledglng the Democratic party as
psrty measure to remove the Capital
irom Wheeling to Charleston? Such
would be the inevitable result OIL the
adoption of the resolution.
The resolution itself Is patent instru-
ment to work ruin to our city. The real
friends of the city of Wheeling about the
state House are not meant by lis, and
will take no offense; but the blatant enc
mics of our city and of purity IN politics
sre meant, and of this class among us,
probsbly all would take the opportunity
| for a cheap trip home to the Third dis
trict and when there, betrsy our own
secrets sndIplans to our..enemies.


How grateful should such OF Us ss are
from Charleston and the Third district
be TO our magnsnimous friend "Veritas
for giving US this timely and most ac-
cep,sble information, that We have no in
To- est in common with the city Of Wheel
ing and the people of Obi" county, and
especially that We pay ht;le or no taxes
Why, my dear sir. We never presumed 70
claim any interest in common with your
people, but have always been oontented
that YOU should arrogate to yourselves
whatever you would, even to pay In all
the taxes, and doing your bidding IN
whatever YOU like, even to being for you
hewers Of wood and drawers of water.
| and unless who writes this, as an apo
ocy for myself and the other third dis
trict bummers especially are greatly mis-
taken. since you have so kindly given US
TO understand you thoroughly, no third
district man whether hummer or some
thing better will never cease TO thank
1 ron for vour generous cor sideration and