Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-04-01
FROM the Colbmbos Journal Of March 24l
THE STATE CAMPAIGN
Republican state Central Committee
MaotfnU

MeeinHs
A meeting composed Of the members ofthe
Central and Statc,Excutve Republican Commit
tees, the cololed Republican Executive Commit
tee, the Republican members Of the Legislature,
and Other prominent members Of the Republican
party, was convened in the Senate Chamber
last evening ut eight o'c'ock. General Robin
snn, of Kent0n, acted MS President, and Captain
Foes as Secretary. There were not far from
one hundred gentlemen present, md the meeting
proved very interesting and animated one.
There was full and quite general Interchange
Of opinion on difcrnt topics, but chiefly cpnccrn-
| ing the proper date Ia be fixed for holding the
next Republican State Convention. Snme speak.
ers warmly advocated as early date as The 22d
Of June, while others favored the 81 NJ Augdst,
and still others the l7tli day of August. An
amendment naming The 10 h day of August, rs
the designated time for ho ling the State Com
vtnlinn, was finally carried by handsnrne ma :
joritv, and the meeting soon after adjourned.
The decision of the majority was gracefully ae-
quiesrd in by all, and the best Of feeling pre-.
vailed thrOug0ut the discussion. lH choosing
August 10th for the Convention we are Of the
opinion that the meeting selected a data which
is'neither too early nor too late, but just right.
The reasons that prevailed for favoring this
comparativly late date were that 1t has been
found BY experience that our INVENTIONS ha 70
heretofore been held too early, long before the
people have begun to feel any interest in the ap-
preaching election, and hence there was not thai
general attention given to the selection Of cans
didatcs that there would be at a later date II hal
also been found impossible to awaken an iniercs
in the issues of campaign four or Ave months
before an election was To be held, or to keep up
nm interest, IL wnkencd, during the harvest sea
son that tcrvened between the time that The
candidates were nominated VA the fall meetingI
were commenced Il was thought thai the nc
tive campaign should begin snOn ns the tick
ct WAS in the field aud the platfnrm nf principle,
| announced. short, sharp and decisive contest
bling better than long campaign in which ;he
interest Jagged sud the work dragged. II wal
also shown that the harvesting season would mo-
be over before the 10th W August 81 that a. ear
lier day in August cunld not be selected. SUI
ficient time would intervene between that dat,
and the first week IN September which woult
be quite early enough for holding mass meeting,
to perfect all the plans II the campaign. A
special reason existed Tor holding late cOnven
tiOn this year in the fact that Congress wnu'C
not probably adjourn until late in July, aud NJ
the mlst important measures would not be acte'
upon until the last sf the session, il would b' i'm
possible To know earlier than July or Angus
what shape the most important issues before thu
country would ASSUME. The Republican part'
of Ohio could not approve or condemn the poll
cy Republican Congress on financial or 9th
er questions, until that policy was fully develop
ed. By a late convention we should have tim
~ ascertain the sentn mt Of the people concern
ing work which Congress had perfected AM
performed. The issue Of the campa ign must u
chiefly those growing out Of Congressional leg
islation; and as 1t was to be m iiniy conGres
sional campaign, the whistles of thnse most di
rectlv concerned should be cn suited. All III
Republican members Of Congress we're known :
favcr a late Convention. These are among th
reasons which induced last nights meeting
agree uron the date stated. The Central ana Ea
ecutive Commttces'htve recommended u still Va
ter date the 18th Of August but the change Of thi
date to the 10Th, met the approval ofevery mem
Der OF these Committees.