The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-06-04
Political.
From the sandusky Register.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
INSIDE.
Hon. B. F. Wade.

Benjamin +. Wade of Ohio was a
prominent candidate before the re
cent Chicago Convention, for the
second place on the ticket. lie fail
ed TO secure the nomination, aud now
a few of his over jealous partisons
not Mr.. Wade himself-arc charg-
ing the failure to the obslinacy, if not
the bad faith, of the several members
Of the Ohio delegation who cast their
votes for Colfax after the FIRST ballot,
and thus ruined the prospects of the
venerable Ohio Senator. just how
far the division in the Olio dclcga.
sion contributed to the defeat of Mr..
Wade, can never be known. IL was
undoubtedly the prevalent belief in
the Convention, among the friends of
both Wade and Colfax, that had
Ohio persevered a united front 10
favor of Wade, he could not have
been beaten. This is not at all Ger.
tain, but as the intention of the Ohio
delegates who opposed the nomina.
ton Of Mr.. Wade was to defeat him
if possible, they arc not disposed to
shirk any responsibility they may
have incurred.
As one of the four Ohio delegates
who actively aud openly opposed the
nomination Of Mr.. Wade, and speak
ing only for myself, l made the fol.
lowing statement:
l. | was not instructed to support
Mr.. Wade's nomination at Chicago.
ii. This Congressional district dis
tinctly refused to instruct its dele
gates in favor Of Wade.
III. l never agreed, in caucus o,
elsewhere, (as charged by Judge
Spalding) to support MIR. Wade be-
yond the first and complimentary bal,
| lot
IY. | acted in accordance with
what ! then believed, aud now know
to have been the wishes of a very
large majority of thinking radica
Republicans in the ninth district.
l. At the Ohio State Convention
last March, the resolution naming
/ Mr.. Wade in correction with the
Vice Presidency, (but not instructiua
anybody to vote for him, toas hcic,
v0tcd dozen IN The committee on resolu-
tions, and was finally adopted by
bare majority only on the assurance
that it was intended simply as a com
plimeut to an old aud faithful publ,
servant who was about to retire from
political life, aud that it was not t
be used at Chicago. After bein.
placed in the middle of a platform /
of course went through in open Con
vention with the usual hurrah. Al
emphatic protest wac, however, made
before the Convention by delegat,
who insisted that Mr.. Wade
speeches last summer gave his coun-
ty to the Democrats, and that hi
nomination with Grant would delea
the ticket So much for the unanim
ity with which the Ohio Convention
endorsed Mr.. Wade for the Vic,
Presidency. 1t is not difficult to in
fer how much moral weight this Co
lumbus endorsement had with dele
gates who knew the manner 10 which
il was obtained.
| 2. Until the assembling of tn,
Chicago Convention, no one believed
nor pretended that district delegate
were at all bound by the action o
the Ohio State Convention. A ma
jority of that Convention had u,
more right nor power to instruct dis
trict delegates how to vote at Chicag,
than it had to instruct the delegate
Of Indiana; aud no one who under.
stands what he is talking about will
argue otherwise. However, had tn
Wade resolution of the Ohio Couven.
tion expressed the average sentimen
Of Ohio Republicans in all parts 0
the State, no delegates would hav
wished to act contrary to its tenor
The district delegates were not tn
creatures of the State Convention
aud are not responsible for thei
action to any but their owU constitu
ents. The delegates at large from
Ohio might properly enough regart
themselves as bound to supper
Mr.. Wade to reasonable extent, /
they believe it was the intent of th,
Columbus resolution SO TO instruc
them, but district delegates wer,
wholly free to act in accordance with
their best judgment, unless instruct
ed by their own districts.
3. Now, as to the Ninth District
have said above that this distFie
distinctly refused to instruct its del
egates TO support Mr.. Wade. NJ
proof is this: l have before me tn,
official report Of the proceedings Of 1
meeting Of the delegates from tn,
Ninth District to the State Oonven-
tion in March last. This meeting o
county delegates selected delegates
and alternates to represent the Ninil
District at Chicago, and aiterwarC
took the following action;
"Mr. Chance Of Fremont moveC