The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-02-05
A State Convention on The 2ed of this
Month.

A State Convention on the god of this
Month.
We are glad to see both the Berkeley
Union and the Parkersburg Times ex-
pressing themselves in favor of such
an arrangement in regard to State
Convention, as we alluded to yesterday
morning. The former paper has the
following remarks upon the subject:
We think it is about time that the
Union party in this State was taking
steps looking to an appointment of
Delegates to the Chicago Convention.
Any one at all acquainted with the ma
Lure OF our mountainous State,
must know that to call a Con-
vention for this purpose in the
winter, is simply impossible. The
Southern and interior counties would
not be represented in the Convention,
consequently we think our Legisla-
ture should meet with the Central Ex-
ecutive Committee at Wheeling, and
nominate these Delegates to the Chica-
go Convention. This we think will be
satisfactory to our people and much
more so than burdening them with the
expenses of a State Convention. Soon
State Conventions, Congressional Con-
ventions, Senatorial Conventions and
County Conventions, will tax the pock-
cts and time of the Union people suf-
fciently without having a Convention
this1winter."
The Parkersburg Times expresses
itself as follows upon the same subject:
"The above suggestions of our cotem-
porary are worthy of consideration on
the purt of our leading Union men.
The speckled Convention of Democrats
and Conservatives lately held in Wheel
ing has done much to strengthen the
arms and purposes of our West Vir-
ginia Republicans. The we'll known
fact that handful of men in Parkers-
burg nominated fifty delegates and in
Vited all the rebels of our coun-
ty to attend and participate in
the pow WOW, shows the general
character of such crowd. No
representation was made in many
part of the State, partly owing to its
impracticability. Our Union Senators
and Delegates, together with the State
Central Committee, will represent the
State generally, and we cannot see any
good reason whygsuch a Convention
will not give general satisfaction to the
party. We suggest, therefore, that the
Union press pronounce their views up
on the matter, and that the 22d of Feb
ruarY be the time named for the Con-
vention to be held at Wheeling.
We can not doubt that the substitute
proposed for regular Convention will
meet with general favor from our Re-
publican contemporaries throughout the
State when they reflect fully upon the
subject, inasmuch as the arrangement
will probably give us a more complete
representation from all parts of the
State than any other plan. We can
not reasonably call upon delegates to
come here at this season of the year at
so much sacrifice of time money and
comfort to themselves when there is
already upon the ground so full rep
resentation Of the party.
In regard to those few counties not
represented by Republican member
in the House of Delegates, the deficiency
can be supplied by choosing one of the
Senators representing the district TO
which the county belongs. This ar
rangement will give every county in
the State a representative in the Con-
vention, except Brooke and Ohio, and
these two. so near at hand, can choose
delegates in the regular way.
We trust that these suggestions in re.
gard to the proposed Conventions on
the 22d, will be favorably considered
by our Republican exchanges through
out the State, and that as speedily as
possible county meetings will be called
for the purpose of authorizing their
representatives in the Legislature to
meet in Convention on that day.