The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-21
Our Regular S0ninee--WhO
is He.

ton that is occupying INC iiliiids OF many
of the Republican voters Of this SENATOR
nj District, at this tine. There is war in
our own camp; we arc divided against
ourselves; and if that division remains,
we must fall Lei us look candidiy for
the facts, and let them decide our action.
Election is almost at hand let US keep
the ''bundle of stick" bound firmly togeth-
err, or Democracy will triumph over us.
We now WELD the sceptre of power, will
we be striving among ourselves until it is
wrested from our grasp!
We claim that Mr.. GEORGE STRONG,
of Hudson, is the regular nominee Of the
| Republicans of this Senatorial District.
Mr. MooRE's, friends claim tl:at he is
the regular nominee of the Convention.
We will let the proceedings show.
In the first place, GEORGE STRONG was
the only man declared nominated by the
Convention. Mr. MooRE's friends claim
that he was the regular nominee from
the fact, that he received a majority Of
the votes on the first formal ballot
We admit this to be the case. But he
was never declared nominated by the
Chairman, nor by the members of the
Convention; and further the man that
cast seven out of the nine votes he recei-
we'd. moved a reconsideration of the vote
previous to its being declared passed,
which motion was carried.
Those that claim Mr.. MOORE, as the
regular nominee, tell us that after he had
received a majority of the votes, they had
no right to reconsider it, and nominate
another man. We consider such an as
sertion as this simply ridiculous! Mr..
MOORE, in his letter ''to the Republicans
of the 2sth Senatorial District, says:
That to attempt to nominate another
person, without consulting me in the
premises, can be viewed by me in no 9TH
er light than personal indignity too gross
to pass by in silence.
We should consider it an indignity
upon the COED sense of the Republicans
Of this District, to assert that Mr.. Howard
had no right to move reconsideration
of the vote before it was declared passed.
Conventions are governed Iy the same
parliamentary usages of all legislative
bodies, and every one knows that such
bodies, often pnssa measure, and previous
to such measure being declared passed,
reconsider their vote, and pass another
entirely different.
Nh. MooRE's friends tell us that the
Eau Claire legation were instructed to
nominate Mr.. Moore, if they could.
Why, then did they not show their true
colors, when they came into the Conven-
ton! Why, did they keep back Mr..
MooRE's, name on the informal ballot,
and then attempt to force him upon the
Convention, on the first formal ballot?
Al know the object of an Informal ballot
is to bi ug out the different men, so they
can decide UPON the strongest aud best.
Yet the Eau Claire delegates, voted for
some one else { OF the informal ballot)
when they intended to support MOORE,
on the first formal ballot Why,did they
do this! Were they ashamed of their
candidates Or were they afraid if known
who they wcr: going to support, they
could not nominate him? We leave our
readers to answer
Again after Mr. Howard had voted for
Mr. MOORE. and before the vote was de-
cared passed he moved reconsideration
which he had perfect right to do accor-
ding to all parliamentary rules, land after
consultation with the different members
of the Convention, voted for GEORGE
STRONG, who received a majority of the
votes, and was declared nominated.
Who then IS the regular nominee of
that Convention Most certainly GEO.
STRONG. And as such we shall do all in
our pewor tie ensure his election. Why,
then should the Repub leans of this Sem
atorial District, oppose the election of Mr..
STRONG, when he was nominal ed by their
own delegation; and further Mr.. MooRE's
trends tell us that the Eau Claire, dele
gates were instructed, if they could not
nominate Mn. MOORE, TO VOTE FOR GEO.
SgRoSa. Why. then do hey bolt their
own nomination? If they couiI not get
the man they would Bave preferred, sup
port the mau the Convention nominated,
If he has prosrccl of election, and is q
man of undoubted Republieanism, and
in every way capable to Gil the office for
which he was nominated. We have ev-
cry reason to believe Mn. STRONG, such
man. Thea let US join heartily for bic
support; let not our Republican princi-
pies give way to sectional strife forget
not the noble cause for which VIC. rs Re- |
publ;cans are laboring, in the petty st ife
for locality, or peeuniary interest. But
LET LIS po forth 10 meet our nolifieal foes |