The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-06-02
Democratic state Conyentlou.

This body assembled ut Harrisburg
on the Oath inst, and transacted the
usual business. The nominees for Aud
itor General and Surveyor General
Gen. VIM MCCANDLEss and Capt. j.
ii. CooPER-are such men as are flt to
DO put forward for the positions in ques-
tion, and will receive the hearty and
unanimous support of the party-and
II Is hoped of many Others. They are
respectively much the superior of their
opponents, In respect to public services,
experience and peculiar qualification,
rs well as in established good public
character. Besides his services in the
field, wherein considerable distinction
WIS won, Gen. MCCANDLEss has also
served term In the State Senate, where
he also won distinction by his ability
and probity, and there acquired the Pc
culiar experience so necessary to make
even an honest and able man efficient
in the Office of Auditor General. Capt.
COOPER also won distinction in the
war rs the Commander of "Cooper's
battery" We are not aware that he
has held civil Office. He is very highly
spoken of by those who know him.
Any man Of good sense and integrity
may make good Surveyor General.
The resolutions, excepting the 9th,
embrace the usual platitudes and do not
require special comment at this time.
We are not of those who have respect
for platforms set up by conventions un-
less the principles they enunicate have
been previously fully discussed and de-
cided by the people in the selection of
delegates. Otherwise they are only the
expressed opinion of the dapper gentle
men who vote for them. These words
are peculiarly applicable to the 9th res
olution adopted by the Convention. 1t
means, in plain terms, that the Democ-
racy yield acquiescence in the 10Th
Amendment, and will not in future op-
pose negro suffrage or the interference
in State elections by the Federal gov
crnment!! This resolution, we mean
to say, in no wise binds or compromises
the Democratic party, and is only the
pretended opinion of 76 gentlemen who
happened to be able to find their way
into a Democratic Convention as dele.
gates. But the discussion of this plat
form may well be postponed to some
future period, so far as the Democracy
are concerned. Itseems to afford very
large fund of amusement to the Radical
editors and orators, aud may effect some
good in the way of keeping them in
pleasant humor.
Hon. W. A. WALLACE was reelected
Chairman of the State Executive Com
mittee. Although he has several times
before held the position he has complete
ly failed to show marked ability in it,
and we would much rather have seen
the honor conferred upon some of the |
active spirits west of the mountains,
who would have at least infused the |
greatest amount of energy into the
campaign.
Regarding the main points, however,
the Convention has done well-has CIV
en- us good candidates, which is the
greatest favor the Democracy asked.
The business now is to elect the candi-
dates, and to this end every Democrat
should devote all his powers from this
hour until the election closes on the
second Tuesday of October. Let all !
differences be adjourned until after that |
time, and let us move on in solid, in
vulnerable, invincible mass to a sure
victory upon which the welfare Of the
whole country so deeply depends. At
this period there is power in harmony
that will command triumph.