Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-29
Mode of Making County Nominntious.

EDIroR LEADER The communication of
yesterday signed Republican contains no new
plan or mode not hitherto proposed, but only a
fuller development Of those plans From his
own figures it will be seen at a glance that the
city with only moiety Of it's suburbs OF Brook
lyn and East Cleveland would have the entire
control Of the county by either plan which he
proposes. He therefore does not obviato but
rather confirms the objections TO those plans
which made in former communication. |
regret that he did not attempt to answer them,
Let us look moment at his two plans:-lst, A
delegate Convention based Exclusively on aumJers
Of Republican goters, the fallacy Of which, so far
as equality is concerned sufficiently noticed in
my former article, This plan he says 'cxists
in nearly all the counties Of Ohio, including
Hamilton, Franklin, Montgomery, and MUS
kngum, in all Of which there are cities as in
Cuyahoga." l admit this, with certain quail.
tioations. What arc they Why, first, that
Zancsvlle in Muskingum and Dayton in Mont,
gomery counties are only good sized villages,
or inland towns, neither Of them containing a
1.-THE Of the floating purchasaJie population and
Dotcs Of CieUeland Second, that large major
| ay Of The Republican goierS, even there, lire in
| the country and not in the cities. | have not
the data at hand, but think this is also true Of
Franklin Co. This rlan therefore may possibly
answer for those counties, but as TO Hamilton
county, Republican" is welcome to all tho ar
gument and consolation he can draw from that
quarter. county in which the nominating
/ conventions of all parties are obliged, in order
10 insure he liUeS Of their MEMBERS to 60 out of
tue city and into some country place to hold
their sessions If "Republican" wishes to in
troduce such rowdyism and ruilianism into OUR
conventions he has only to persevere in bis
efforts until he gets Guy ahoga TO initiate Ham
lton. But Will venture to suggest to him hat
she will then have lost the sympathy of the
people aud will bo.cme like his iayorte coun.
ties, Democratic and not Republican with 1000
majority.
AS to his second plan, viz nominations 6v a
| PoPaiar Uotc At primary meetings, l will say thut
ItIs the most whlted OF the two political sepul.
ehrea into which he asks the Republicans OF
Cuyahoga to bury their political liberties. He
assumes that this plan will edo away with clique
management and such bargains as are often seen
| in delegate conventions" He does not tell us
as he ought, that this would be true with one
portion of voters an utterly untrue as to an
other portion. He does not tell us that the
honest portion, the intelligent, independent, un-
/ purchaseabe voters would scatter their votes a.
mong dozen good men, candidates for the same
office, while the viler and more purchaseable
would combine as they always do and vots en-
LnasSe for crony INSCRIPTIONS enough to
lavish money on them. lie zeaous,y ha
los Equality aud points our admiring
eyes to the goddess of Liberty, but is equal
! ly essiduous TO keep his coat tail over the
Old No Engine Co, (to say nothing of the
others now eXisting) over the 50J forty rod
whisky shops-over tho gambling hels with
their murdered victims, and all the other facto.
rles for corrupt voters within our city. To keep
ns from peoping under his neither intpguments
and discovering the real base on which che
bottoms himself," lie points us to "Wayne,
Columbiana, Warren and other counties, az if
these rural counties, Gn some of which at least
not an open selling whiskey shop can be lounO.
were proper examples for us to follow, who
are afflicted with one of JelIerson's "great sores
on the body polite, and all It's attendant evils
Why does he not mention Medina and other
counties that have both tried and tired of the
popular VOC nomination, and returned TO the
delegate convention plant
conclude by exhorling ali good and true
men TO attend the primary meetings proposed
to be held on the 10Th of December and see
that delegates opposed to ann change qohafeper
be sent TO the convention. The present plan
Is nor, it is true, perfect but is more perfect
than any plan yet proposed, and to vote sud
G'uIy Tor some now plan, not yet proposed or
investigated, will be dangerous. A cat will
very likely be eventually found at the bottom
OF the meal tub" DO not stay away because
you don't want any change, The County
Committee have regularly issued the "calr' for
It and its results will be held by them to be
obligatory in calling the next nominating con.
yention. II therefore you don't want 10 see tho
Republican party of our county ruled or ruined
by the eorrupting influences Of our city, send
full delegations of the right stripe to this com.
ing convention instructed 10 role against anu
change,
CLEVELAND REPUBLICAN,.