The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-09-06
the Republican Convention

Whatever else NAV qualify or dis
qualify an aspirant for the honors OLA
nominating convention, we respect
fully submit that the weakest argu-
ment for or against any man is that
which often has the greatest effect
hi. place or residence. Ii seems to be
a stupid piece of political ~sBmon
law III force In all parties, taa. i'll Il
State the geographical sections, and
i'll a Congressional district, the coun-
ties are entitled TO the honors of can
didacy in turn; that if Northern Mis-
souri, or Northern Illinois had the last
Governor, Southern Missouri or
Southern Illinois should have the next.
and that if Franklin county had the
Congressman for the last term, Wash
ingtOn, Hamilton or Adams county
must have for the next. If it is often
the strong plea of weak candidate,
not that he is an ADLER or better MAJ
than his competitors, but that he lives
in a certain part of the State or dis
trict or county which has hitherto
been neglected in the matter OF nomi-
nations. He never even stops to con-
slider whether, if it be granted that
IiS hIiSiboi Itopu VI toultN IL Clltitlttt
to the honor, he is the only man in
that neighborhood or county who has
a right to enter the lists for il.
Ohio recently lost one of her ablest
Congressmen-Hon. John A. Bing-
ham-in obedience to this n~Onsensical
| party usage. He had represented his
district for several years, with singu-
lar f%aithfulness and zeal; no man in
| the party had a word to say against
| his record as a man or a politician;
! all his eminent qualities were once
ded. But some gentlemen, unknown
to fame i'll the past, and likely to be
known in the future only as NJ"
BinghaM's successor, had succeeded III
getting up a widespread belief that
Mr.. Bingham's county had had the
Congressman long enough" and when
convention day come round most of
| the other counties were leagued
against Mr.. Bingham's county," to
put out a statesman, and put in a
trickster. We quote this merely for
illustration. The rule of rotation in
sections and counties is the most alb
surd of the many absurdities of party
economy. 1t Is never enforced ex-
cept rs u help for incompetency.
We have no candidate to recon-
mend to the convention, and we are
not WARE that any citizen of st.
Louis desires to be, or would consent
to be, the Republican nominee for
Governor. Our advice to the con.
ventiOn is, to select from the material
at hand the men who will make the
strongest ticket, and to do this with
out reference to residence or locality.
liza better candidate for Governor
can be found in St. Louis than else
where, nominate him; if not, select
one from some other city err county
If the whole ticket can be made
stronger and better by selections from
the Arkansas border, take every car
didate from the Arkansas border
The people do not share in this mean.
ingless rivalry between sections AID
localities. They never ask where n
man lives, but what he has done in
the past, and what he would lie likely
to do in the event Of his election
They want good State officers, and
we sincerely believe they will elect
them if the convention shall nominate
them. The Democratic ticket is weak
and the Democratic party is neither
united o enthusiastic. There arc
twenty men in the Republican party
any IN of whom can get more vote:
than Mr.. Woedson, Weappeal to tn,
convention to act with wisdom, be
lieving as we do that upon its choice
depends the result of the contest il
Missouri. This State can be carried
for Gen. Grant and the Republican
State ticket.-(MO. Democrat.