The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-16
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Radical Convention.

-. Presidential electors, q State
r.t., apd uiso Congressional and
s.r,tyrial candidates. -a.
This plan of making .Ee job of the
.,io,t,ou busimess--ap plan which both
tits have heretofore pursued in this
I,.,,--is we'll adapted to the present
,,l,tion of the Radical party. We
...ume that, considering its size, there
s.ysr were so many hungry aspirants
n .uy organization as in what is left OF
~. Radical party Of West Virginia.
r,,ry private wants to be Brigadier;
,.,v fellow wants position; nobody
,.si-e> 70 work in the raEks. General
v,yrucOrr tried for while
=, keen the run of the candi-
l,,es as they popped up, but
,brir multiplicity exhausted even
ri. y,tisnce, and he found that scarce
rr ANYTHING short of census of the
,,,rty would do justice to the stern
,,.riots who seek to be sacrificed in fat
op,ces Because of the number of
,s,;rapts in their ranks, the plau of
,,uipating candidates for all the high
.. ofic.s at tho same time and place
uHl Ia. very convenient for our "lOyaP
fr;.nds They eau arrange compromises
and complete them on tho spot. If Cen
eraI HARRIS, for example, cant got to
,nu for Cuagress, they may console him
with IA, nomination for Governor;
filling this there is the Electoral and
,i, balance of the State ticket to fall
hack ON. What with these, and the
Senatorial nominations there ought
to be- places enough TO satisfy
r,,r, every one of the "loyap
multitude. but for fear there might
b. an insutiiciency, Ne beg 10
suggest that the State Committee
take with them rs u provision against
rlr rcmorcst contingencies, few bun
dies OF old clothes, wherewith to
console such of the disappointed
- refuse to be otherwise COM
tortrd. We understand that supply
of,uitable "duds" for the occasion is
easily available, 4 large lot having been
left over from Hospital and Sanitary
Commission stock.
Ii the Radical party had not already
exhausted itself i'll West Virginia, there
rOald be NO better way "f getting rid
cf the concern, than to abate all Oppo-
sitiuu, aud let its aspirants loose upon
each other, after the most approved
Kilkenny cat custom. Imagine PIN
NELL punmellimg BRIsToR with his
pothecary's pestle, and FARNswoRTH
goriug MCGREw OF DORSEY with pair
Of b5ars tusks, sci lected for the purpose
in the usual course of business. HARRIS
aud HUBBARD would group gracefully,
each with characteristic emblem con
yeuient-Say gibbet for tue former
aud the conscience fund" for the latter
aud then with each to thump the other
with his record, Very enjoyable enter
taiumeut would DO afforded. BORE.
MAN aud VAN WINKLE would make a
handsome wind up" for the Senatorial
belt. Nat. HARRISON, from his expe-
rIrnce at the Wheeling Canterbury and
other similar institutions, would be
OK Jdit rs referee general, and might
vita propriety be supported by some
seductive BLACK Crook" damsel, dis
playing the suggestive motto, "none
but the brave deserve the fair" and
thus holding out All inducement not ex-
actly down on the bills to the winning
apostle Of "lOyap wind aud muscle.
Speaking of NAT. remiads us that
great Injustice is now being done him
BY the newspaper part of his party Ill
iAiS State. 1t will be remembered that
Tie loyal" portion of our Legislature
'rnsed to elect NAT. to represent this
''ate in the Chicago Convention. We
aust that those who voted against
Aim were not envious of his emi-
Jeuce in one of the favorite
pursuits of "lOyalty," an eminence
which partook largely of the ele.
ueut of social evil" Never
theless Nat was "loyap to the cere
even to the "Black Crook" corps, and
mis- defeat scared him sadly. But tc
defeat is now added neglect. But q
single "loyal" paper in the State has
noticed his late proclamation as "Mem-
Der Of the Soldiers and Sailors National
Executive Committee for West Virgi.
nia.' 1t is as follows:
To the Union Soldiers and Sailors Of U'eSt
TTSiHia =
BY virtue of the authority vested in
me as member elect of the Soldiers and
Sailors National Executive Committee
Tor the State of West Virginia, l do
hereby appoint the Goth of April, 1868,
aud the town of Parkersburg, as the
time and place for holding a Conven-
Ton of the Union soldiers and sailors of
West Virginia for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the Sol
'lers and Sailors National Convention,
WGleh will meet at Chicago on the 10Th
oi May next. As will be seen from the
,aGJoined resolution, each State is en-
utled to twenty delegates at large, and
20 twenty delegates for each Congress
s1onal District. All Union soldiers and
sailors Of West Virginia are respectful
y requested to attend the Parkersburg
convention, on the Goth of April.
:, N. HARRISON,
Nember of the Soldiers and Sailors Ma
Uonai Executive Committee for West
Virginia.
March 22, 1863.
II is not stated on which side of the
iA'e national uneasiness NAT. "soldiered
-na sailed" but this we suppose is due
~ 'ne fact that during its progress his
'Ocatlon near Richmond rendered his
''4Ias somewhat doubtful. That, hSw-
Nef' Is Of no consequence now. Every