The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-07-07

IFrom .ha Wheeling lnlelligcpssr.
a resolution reccommers.hg the ad.
option Of tho Click Am6iJm ant failed
og large mJoii'v 10 LIE Committee on
Re7oluiIoOs.-- fdrkegtarg asbdtss 10
Yielding Rvhler
This l' positsely untrue. No. vote
Wss taken reference 10 the Flik
Amendm'q I8o propositions were
os'ofe lh' Jqmmiitse. As.has been pre-
s'eusly Sasdfin our col0mns, meeting
oldeleg aiioos tmbrting ubout athird
Of lsStsle bad agreed on tho Two fes-
olpughs whirN appenr ia the platform as
tbe budh snd fifth The rssolOlcnso Of,
teQd in the Convention BY Mr. Hub.
psd were accepted by the Committee
the basis Of the platform, aid
Nese two resolutions Of The meeting
ysfe offered 10 lisa bsibe CORE ponding
RESOLUTIONS Ia Tie series offered bS him.
No voiesWss iaken on substituting the
ons for tho Other. nor was any sote nee.
,essSrys fof MI. Hubbard percsiying That
I iIe;goreIl .lls substance ofhis own rsso.
iu!ions very willingly psesptsd. IN place
-of then The resolutions adopted BY the
meeting the previous evening which
o,hstaWeTe satisdedto lake as q basis 81
cotnpletehsrmo1y, Mr. Hubbsrd's res.
olutlon endorsinethe Flick Amendment
was not tjsctsd BY the Committee; il
t.Rds not dcled on by the Committee, for
he withdrew il 10 l8Rof OF another which
fi6s1red complete harmony and yet was
.justBs full an endorsement Of tho amend,
ment ss nisoWn. The Registers reporter
dos no; preserve consistency. for 10 the
same dispatch from which we have quo.
ted ho says the platfOrm reported by
tho Committee "endOrses the LegislA
ta5o for submitting the Constitutional
Amsnime tot he people," Now IL 10
true thptthe Committee had voted down
,oneresolution olthis character a0dtOdOp
ted another Identical in substance, what
oft? II would only show that the pref.
eeaoe was about tie yerbisgs. But as
we have said the Committee did not
vote as between The two resolutions .
all.
What gr,veIs The Register is the fac
tthSt-tho Convention did accept AMI en-
deHe The Flick Amendment, and that
this action ofour party renders moi only
sahienable but fatal the attitude i6to
which the managers Of that concern for
sced their ownparty at Charleston, which
inevitably forces into inaclion and luke
wGtmness. il not open revolt. the most
Intelligent and progressive men Of that
parry. besides chilling AID rspuIsing aud
driving into sympathy and future. co-op-
GRAFTON with the Republican party. the
now disfranchised men OF the Stale who
ore looking to the Flick Amendment Tor
10 this connection, we make another
quotation from tho came source:
1.-THE liberals ofihe Convention are
disguised with. Hubbard for not insist
ing upon pledging the party TO the Am
'eadment. and claim that he deserted
them because they were SO badly out.
Dumbered."
This is a silly falsehood. shown hy
what we have already said and by the
action Of the Convention. The fight Of
che extreme wing Of our 1atly was made
on the Nofbcott- Newlin minority us,'
iaIion, which was a cross between Carl
-Sbuhz's plank Of The Chicago platform,
and MIR. Newlin's pet scheme Of legislS-
Awe class or graduated amnesty. The
talk Of tbs liberals being ouInumbeIrd
is simply foolish because untrue. IL
ethe committee. seven signed the report
Of the libetsIs aud four the report OF The
other wing. 10 the Convention, The
pote.wls 4l2 for the liberal platform and
26O for the Northcot,- Newiin platform.
That our readers may sec what we
tiafe os to The action of the Convection
is true, we append here tie 5.h plank
Of The platform, which was adopted
without division with great cheering:
9Th. That The Republican party of
West Virginia fully endorses the &C ion
of lis representatives. 10 the last session
Of The Legislature 10 submitting the
question Of amending the Constitution
Is the people Of the State, and at the
same time recognizes the right of each
Individual to think speak and VoIe there.
on according to bis best Judgment an 4
The dictates Of his own conscience.
: W. vnJ.,siond ,ho, Sheriff Rias If