Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-24
Republican County C0nVention---hroposeo
ChauEe az the Basis of Delegation


A Republican County Convention for the
nomination of Sheriff, Auditor, Judge OF Court
ofCommon Pleas, Recorder, and Commissioner,
and for the appointment of Central Commit
tee. will be held at the old Court House, on
Saturday, Sept. 4th, at halfpast 10 A NJ Each
Township and Ward will be entitled to SIX Del
egates, and primary meetings for their election
will be held at the places of holding the elee-
tious, on Thursday, Sept. %, in all the town.
ships except Brooklyn and SOlOn at 3 o'clock
P. NJ, and in Brooklyn and the Wards Of the
City Of Cleselahd at half past P. n and IN
Solon at . P. n.
The Importance of the Offices to be filed
should call out full attendance of the RePub-
can voters at the primary meetings, and secure
the appointment of sagacious, independent, un-
pledged Delegates, who will come up to the
Convention and fully and faithfully represent
the wishes of the Republican voters OF Their
respective Townships and Wards by putting
good and competent men in nomination. with
out regard to cliques of seheming politicians
who would parcel out the offices in advance, or
the combinations of selfish candidates to help
each other into fat places, whether they exist
in the city or the country Such a course would
90 far towards putting an end to inordinate
Office hankering and uDscruPnlOus office hux-
tenng, would aid in restoring the days Of hon
est patriotism when offices were neither sought
nor declined by men qualified to fill them, and
would do much to give greater efficiency to the
Convention system and the Republican organi-
zation of Cuyahoga county
Another matter of importance will be sub
miticd to the action of the Convention-the
prOpriety of so changing the basis Of delegation
to future County Conventions, that delegates
shall be apportiOned upon the Republican vote
in the various Townships and Wards. The
propriety may well be questioned. The basis
of six delegates 10 each Township and Ward
has been tested for some years. During that
time the City delegation has been much IN
creased by the creation Of new Wards, while
the Townships have remained stationary. The
basis now gives the City &c, and the Townships
ia delegates. Considering the advantage OF
eompactness, concert, and political influence
the CITY has little or no cause TO complain. 1t
is the political centre, and for series Of years
has had most of the nominations. The Town
ships have been generous in not'Only eoneedIng
a full share of the candidates to Cleveland, but
in rolling Up the majorities by which they have
been elected Since the organization Of the
Republican party. the average Of more than
thousand majority in CuyahOga county has IN
almost every instance been given by the reliable
voters of the Townships. Unless they seek It.
no change by which their influence in the Sc
lection of candidates will be lessened, should be
made. So lsng at least as the Townships fur
nish the majorities, the City should be liberal
in giving them good majority voice in COnven-
tons. A spirit of fraternity between city and
country should be cultivated, and no proposition
should be passed, however fair abstractly con-
sidered, that is calculated in practical operation
to impair confidence, excite JEALOUSY, and alien
ate voters. We should bind closer the bundle
of sticks, lest if separated, the enemy take pos
session of and break them
The call for the Convention does not desig-
nate the vote to be made the basis of the ProPo-
sition to be submitted. We will take that un-
der which the late Congressional Convention
was held, and see how the Townships and
and Wards will stand