The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-04-25
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
Thursday, :::: April %, 1872.
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party over The recent nominations for State
officers, and denunciu,ions bo'h loud and
deep are INDUCED in a! the manner in
which the Convention wGs manipulated,
Federal interference. m agency that dur
Ing the whole Of Grants administration
has had q controlling influence III Pennsyl,
yania politics. 10 suddenly discovered. aud
the existence Of The fact that the Conyen-
ton was packed" not exceptional to per-
haps single Radical nominating assem-
bluge 10 the State for while past, as sud.
denly developed, giving rise to tli. out.
burst Of virtuous indignation. To have
Grant pi'loried nov for lic1alion aud
Cameron for intrigue, by Republican joar-
nails, sounds strangely after they 80 long
continued wilfully blind to sachia Aueoces,
but it must be accepted as establishing the
indubitableness Of the prof in this instance
The candidate for Governor, Gen. John y.
Hartrauft, 80 6,y eEemp|iics the admins.
tration's practice of its promise for re
form tina. no better evidence Of its band in
the business Of nominating him is needed
lie is at present the Auditor General Of
the State, and is deemed by public opinion
to be implicated in the worst Of official IT.
regularities, alleged connection with tho
Evans embezzenont, and participation in
schemes Of jobbary being among his short,
comiDgs. The additional circumstance
that he pcrformed-the functions Of hang
man Ut the execution Of Mrs Surratt, how
ever much it may commend him to tue
military ring, isra,hor calculated to ere
ate repuensncs in the minds ofpcople who
believe that an innocent woman, was mur-
dered by tribunal organized to convict,
and one Of the very best signs Of decline
Of Radicalism that the Pennsylvania disaf
fiction affords ia the conviction that the
inssrumentaltics Of su'h tyranny are not
the proper kind ofmeu for high and honor
able trusts. The vigorous terms in which
a number of,hc leading Republican papers
Of Pennsylvania dissent from the action Of
the Convention will give fair idea Of the
widespread opposition the stanaardbesrers
Of the Grant Cameron party will encounter
IAN opposition that must Of course react
disastrously on the prospects ofiran. him.
self, as the presidential candidate, aud in
this aspect attaching to it much greater
than simply local importance, Forney's
Press, after characterizing the Convention
as "nctoriously packed BY a ring Of un-
principled party managers, denies its
right to appoint delegates to the National
Convention, as was done, aud repulistes
the delegates appointed as men utterly
without character or influence, except with
foughs or bummers Of their own stripe
The nomination for Governor i. speaks Of
as "a most inuuspcious selection, sad
opening Of what promises to be a most ey-
citing, anddificul! campaign. Made not
IN the spirit of harmony in the party or Of
the interests ofthe State, but simply to
-gratifya ring which has taken possess.
ion Of the Republican organization Of the
State and will lead to inevitable defeat iu
the city next fall unless stcrnly checked
before hand, it will need q superhuman
effort to elect General Hartranit." Equally
or even more pointed, is the Lancaster En-
press, one Of the organs Of the heavy Re-
publican majority of that section, which
says; ITO ask the readers Of tic Erprcss
;tosupport a ticket like this, and nomiua'
ted under such auspices, would be gross
and objectionable insult. We do not be-
lieve itcan be elected, and the best reason
in the world which can be given for this
opinion. to all honest men, is that it doe
not deserve 10 be-" The Pittsburgh Dir
patch AYERS that lit is useless to ignore til
fact that there is intense hostility to Hsr
tranft's nomination." while the Lancsste
Enterprise believes that some radio,
change in the present situation is the OF
ly way 10 prevent an improper nominate
from resulting 10 disastrous defea