The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-04

'' tOOhtthhe1 JFOHe' Jlrst 'ilage.
II q sactiacs, but I'VE b6lloF61h6 wotld
cheeFlully make IL and in our Judgment
there b no time 70 be lost II giving prac.
tlcaleilectt0 the alliance Of the names' oi
Adams and Tfdmbull.. g +s'AtA VaH v
"This morning the Greeley Protection.
istepEopose 10 attack the resolution about
Fed1raftnxation In the platform, though
It's very mid indeed, IN order 70 prepare
tho WBy.to yield gracefully. provided MI.
Greeley 10 nominated. They wish to
place themselves In the position % con-
ceding something 70 the platform that
they may demand concessions as to the
Z ticket a u n "A Il AAr.g isBNar
"Atler 0 sharp struggle and q show Of
mAgnanimity, comes the moment TO bal.
lot Tor q candidate for President and add
the strength Of Brown 10 that Of Greeley,
giving the latter the nomination for the
Presidency and the second place 10 Brown.
This IL o scheme that hangs well together
geographically and personally, and Il will
succeed II notmet promptly with Adams
and Trunibull together.rr ' 7
The 9GlGttS takes O different view Of the
situation, and under the head Of "Con.
5yentlou 1mpo stufesh says; % Vii
"The absence oil regularity In the con.
stltuent elements of.the Cincinnati Con.
Vention leaves It peculiatly subject TO i'm.
postufes and 70 calunanions reports, iabri.
Gated by the spartisans Of candidates to
defeat the others, This Is noticeable in
the methods used t0,promote Mr.. Adams.
His great strength before this movement
LAWS iii his elevation above the strife Of
parties and factions, and In the lofty atti.
tnde Of independence that was as
cribed 10 him, which would not stoop to
negotiate for, nor TO be recommended Tor,
nor even desire q nomination, and which
would receive II from the good people, Il
iiscama At all, with God.like impassive.
ness, as Jove does incense burned under
his nose But when the matter comes in.
to the presence Of gathering Of the ele.
lnents otsthe Convention q ilittlellEnot Of
Journalists assumed the cause OF Mr..
Adams and proposed to iabricate sem.
ablRnce yof public opinion for him and
spread cSlumniOus against other candi-
dates andt0pf0nounce asifthegEwere the
gods Of the machine It Is inevitable that
the Republican candidate will partake Of
the character Of his representation in such
q struggle. Il has brought Mr.. Adams
down from his pedestal, and linked him
With bad fnanners, irresponsible char.
actGfsand transcription pursuit The
attacks msde on Judge Davis by one Of
the Cincinnati members Of the little news.
paper ring that has assumed to run the
Adams AFFAIR are outrageous Il Is so
foolish as to assume to bully the. friends
Of Judge DAVIS All this has greatly
damaged Mr.. Adams Chances.s II heshall'
be defeated it may be justly charged that
this vicious advocacy turned the scale.
il. be shall be nominated 1t will
be under o load OF the conduct of
his case here, which must inevitably make
the friends Of his most popular competi.
for, IL not Of all others, hisbitter enemies.
Besides the resentment raised by these
attacks upon the character OF Judge Da.
Wis, they will feel that his nomination
was carried by imposture. Good man.
-ners ID good policy, especially IN q contest
for apolitical nomination, TO say nothing
oil decency and common honesty. There
has beena distinguished lack Of Judgment
in Ihis little Adams ring. Their course
was such as, to introduce q new and
fefcer conflict, when before there were
sufficient difficulties in the way Of unity.
By their ioolish conduct they have done
the they could to bring about state
Of hostility which compels the Conven.
:. ton to put aside all implicated contest.
ants and take . new man. =, =
Relative TO the exclusion of Miss Cor.
don, yesterday, the Gazette makes the fol.
loving point: - zss,-z'a5sz2ss.s5.7' .
Z s"T6e exclusion Of Miss Gordon, Of Cali.
iornia, yesterday by the Convention, was
an example of the untenable grounds on
: which 1t has been placed by the attempt
to turr'a mass meeting into delegate
Convention. Miss Gordon came under
the call Tor Liberal Republicans favorable
to the specified reforms to come in mass
under the call 10 q mass meeting. No
% credentials as delegate can be given or
demanded, yet the chairman refused tore
!, cognize her because she had no creden-
iiRls. The fact was that men having no
more authority than she, had usurped,t the
character Of delegates and made their
a own credentials. The Chairman even re.
fused to hear her on herright to be amen.
Der because she had no credentials. Thus
eizthel5 Convention proscribes those /,
invited. Thus the new reform movement
starts at tts birth with fagrant wrong to
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