The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-01
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a.,a T.n,Da,lon by the Ohio ,tit oOun'
ABola STs.mppsratic Committee

AB1ld ID Tsnapsi E.mpsratic Committee
,hos, ~ pDn nc most extraordinary nss1mp, ,,sl.
Aoo1' q warranted NV authority We hav:
n-,n ion :, ~ be pr,ctIced by a political
sa.omI,,se. AnoTI ~ va, that Of the Democratic Democratic
S,n,,,,o. conm,rS' Of this county intheir meeting
I, OOal.;s' ,na 5. James Hotel Tuesday evening,
w. W Dsmocrntic County Convention held
.,,ss iIs Court House on the tst inst, app0n''
;, gIs J.jsssts. to a Democratic Congress
c,,ysutjop ~ and instructed them ito cast
u. yolo Of this county for Hon JoHS D.
D,rs Of Harrison county, so long as his :
,,nc should be before the Convention
Tbs bc it remembered was the action OIL
a, sovereign convention Of the county y;
Nav here comes Mr.. LEWIS BAKERS III
,scommittec, styling itselfthO Demo
,ntc Executive Committee Of uaio Coun'
,yr,pd undertakes to annul these explicit
,DjDo,Itive instructions Ofthe convention
f dos not suit the directors ol this
I,ps committee to have Mr.. DAVIS elect.
Jto Congress, 50 they get together and
hrm.lly declsre that the delegates are
released from their instructions to vote
for Mr.. DAVIS, and they are requested by
mi, modes. committee to vote for . gen
Ipmap whose election would suit them !
This Is by ali odds the coolest thing of
The season. "a garden Of cucumbers'
would be tOrrd by contrast, 1t these
delegates DO not choose to obey the in
,yuctons Of the convention, the dIscrc-
ton and the responsibility Of disregard.
IDs them rest with themselves but for
committee, created by precisely the same
authority IS that which instructed these
delegates, 10 assume the power Of absolv.
log them from that obligation, is simply
rus lmpertinence to the delegates.
This same Committee has ways that
are very peculiar, and itmay not be amiss
in thlcOnnectiOn 10 recall circumstance
tA.t Ganspired at recent meeting, the
list we believe, before that hereinbefore
referred TO. 1t was announced at that
meeting thst Mr. REILLY was elected
chairman, Just as il it had been the first
organization Of the Committee and there
hil been 10 meeting before. The fact
vas that Mr.. ". Z. HANDLAN-who had
been chairman Of the Committee several
year and whose orthodoxy as a Demo.
crat and whose fine personal qualities no.
body can quesliOn-resigned the place
sod vi, RRILLY was chosen to succeed
bin. 1t was proper enough TO make an.
lOunCenent Of Mr.. REILLY's election.
lie iSa most eStimable gentleman and
well fitted by reason of his zeal as q
Democrat and by reason ofhis good sense
ssnanr totill the place. But why this
slight upon Mr.. IIANDLAN? Why was
there no mention Of his resignation. No
committee in this county ever had q
better ChAiEman-able, jealous, indus.
iiiOus, ltseems strange that when such
Asenllenan gave up post in which he
hAd hbOted faithfully and successfully
Tor years. the fact was no! mentioned,
even inabusiness way, in the proceedings
Of The committee, though such mention
was necessary to explain how the election
ol Mr. REILLY came about! Two or
Ihiee other members Of the committee
resigned at the same time as Mr.. HAND.
Ian. No mention was made Of that.
Why' Perhaps the organ OF the com.
lI'Iee would do well TO explains little.