Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-09-06

ing. would have been virginan he would have be-.
held up the Virginia candidate.
"a Virginia candidate Ii Is q phantom When sh.i
we see these unworthy prejudces buried. When shall
the people be permitted look for the star in thu
political armament, without regard to BIRTH 10 locality
10 sectional eengs' Virginia is not mporunate i'm iavo
oil any OF her sons Such Of them AS have enjoy ed th
honor, were the unbiased choice Of her
ter States as she TO be blamed for voting with suci
overwhelming majores, and on so many occasions. IA
regard TO the approaching election, she has been studou
o 10 expose herself to the unworthy inpu,s,ons which
writer has hesped upon what he calls the Richmond
party. IL We understand any thing Of the spirit Of lie
c"zens they have been cautious well in making ut
,her opinions, as in expressing them. Whatever pred
ecuon they may feel tow ards any psc ular voite will
De cheeriuy yielded TO the paramount obligation which
'hey owe TO the republicans o the Union, who have
ready accorded SO much TO herself This the public
timen here and throughout the State, far we have
been able TO coectit Is it the dgned and honora.
Bile eourse' the opinions Of Others TO the contrary notw.
standing.
"would il not have been precpitae for Viryui, IN
nave thrown her weight into the scale Of any one of the
candidates without calculating the chances of his
might not his course have contributed defeat the cleo
ton aud put IL into the hands OF the House f
tauves-a result SO much to be deprecated! When the
he comes (and that time far disau) for the
avowai OF her own wishes, she will frankly CLOSE the m
we snail expect TO division of scn,men nj upon
ne eauiua'es-bu', to whatever side the majority Of her
cnLeh' may incline, while they frankly declare their
"shes they will do it with the courtesy and
whch she particularly 10 her sister States She will
speak QUIZ out she viii not speak TO dictate direct
ho0Ve an u there be any one fixed purpose which we
understand her to have formed, il will be- to obtain de-
eson IRON the electors of the people, and avoid ag
'aung contest before the House OF Representatives"
I'll From the same Of Morch rs, 1928
"Ihere are lew crises when caucus, a convention
some arr angemcn' Tor producing among the cleo
'o's' may oe conveniently adopted. We are so Jealous
however oil this alternative that we must see the
wei made out; the necessity Of answering some great
its propricty. ~
The grea, difficulty is. when those paramount cases do
occur WHAT'S the best mode OF making the selection In
the states we have mentioned they have generally re-
sorted caucus made Of the members of the Legsla
ture In Pennsy lvania when the from
any county does not agree in sentiment with the party
a hois inc caucus the party OF that county appears
special delegate In that State, too legislative caucus
has sometimes been dispensed with, and the nomination
haue oy special convention constituted for tho pur-
III such cases. however, supposed ggest the
serves under some OF tho State governments, much
stronger may case be made out undcr the U. States
PRESIDENT OF the u Satesi elected I one man so
lar towers above the a. to fix every eye upon
him and unite every voice in his favor LAS wa, the
case at Mr. Monroes last election there is no necessity
Tor any caucus for any previous arrangement for any
concert But the next election is blessed with such
nnahiniiy we have not less than "6ve Richmonds in
me held There is This particularly also the election
that ~ there be majority in the of the electors
ne nna' election must be made by the H. Of Representa-
e"here The votes are given, that the gre al prnc
P'e u a republican government the will OF the majority
Is rodden under fooi-he choice is made by the States
the smaller States having much influence az the
-Delaware raised TO the same level New York-and
81 members having the right dictate TO 2I2 But this is
MOI an 'he election Is put off till period, when every
ming al s'ake-when all the angry passions all the
worst elements OF nature brought as il were n
iocus-when the election Of chief maristrae can M
longer DC delayed and when scarcely effected in
way 10 prospect the public peace the public morals
"Surey this is great ev-and ought not to be lightly
hazarded' Blu, how is il to be avoded' Gentlemen may
rail as much they please against Congressional
Gus: Save il possible from tive cali upon The Vie;
men oil the nation TO employ this interval to devise some
oet'er arrangement we do not much admire a caucus
ka fahc IL t.
but unless wiser politicians shall point out some be,cr
mode oil concentrating the electoral vote how can IL he
avoided viii the scheme of State nominations answer
al present II seems to have faled-wi convention
composed of deputies of State Legislatures be adopted
No step has been taken TO eectit-and none will be Ia
ken.
Must we not therefore be compelled to sort TO con.
gressonal caucus? Why rail against it, unless some better
substitutes 10 be devised?-Col TAYLOR
constitution, would have saved from the necessity Ii
would have sent back the election the electors and
compelled choice TO he made from the two g csndi
dates His proposition died natural dealt last winter
ana s'ahus no chance OF being revived and realzed.-
What then is TO be ,iune!'
tGl-( from the same of October 7, 1921
Nv consider Caucus as most other measures, when
me Constitution does not forbid Them relative things
u there were less Objectionable mode Of
the public voice upon my candidate we are
'oa'JuTe congressional Ii il liable eXcep
tons; but those exceptions strong in our eyes
as an eventual election by the Fl. of R-Give better
mode oil co-oPeraon and we would ALLURE il Tomorrow
less exceptonabic but we have had not one voice not
one paper 10 second our proposion.-We anxious
Tor Col Iayors amendment 10 the constitution prev
but the lateness Of the period, the influence of the
small States; arrested its progress Pha then
n0c 40! We would hail the who would answer this
question iay and concusvely in the words OF Virgil
"Iu er's mihi mogn,s .dpoho."-We have seen no
such propositon.We abide by the issue II is too
late even TO project such substitute. We bow the
nee essily OF the case"
TILL From the same Of Sept. 1924
GAS to the Caucus ITSELF have sufficiently argued this
question with the Editor Of the Register himself We
nave shewn that in 1916, lie himself OF the
decided advocates OF caucus-and that he ridicuied the
idea oil the members OF Congress acting in any other
Than their mere "pnvae capacities I've Showed, that
the grounds which he assumed in 1928, 10 justify his
and contrary TO common senseWe have frankly stated TO
him mat caucus was not per agreeable TO
selves than il to himbut that would rather see
nomination attempted by caucus, than to New
iok aud Pennsylvania FILTERED down TO the level of the
State of Deldwareand the election transferred ION the
lion may yet be- during the session of Congress- time
alone te"Suficen TO the day be the evil thereof
Prevent the recurrence Of these evils by amenme
OF the constitutions aud let be done with caucusses
Let us al all set seriously about this sUbject-le
see whether cannot so amend the constitution
cannot rest Mr. Crawford pretensioDs upon the
nomination at Washngton.-He must stand upon his ow
innate reconmendaiionshs merits, his services
upon the respect aud love Of the people"
ELECTIONS
.MssoHi.-It was once a saying in Pennsylvania that
no man could tell tcho The Governor H after The
election But the is still in Missouri The cleo
ton Tor member OF Congress has been
aud they are as much at loss determine Which
is The man. The very same mail brings us three very
different statements. According to the Louisville Adver-
itcnr al tho al, al y,In Al.