The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-19
NATIONAL REpueucAN TICKET.
The CIncInIialI Convention.

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make a few comments on the scenes, III
cidents and general result oil that con-
vention. -.
The Convention was composed oil 100
delegates, representing every State and
To,,i,orv of tho Union, and the District
of Columbia. Altogether they constitu'
ted as preseutable a company OF men a.
We have ever seen assembled in n Ma
tional political convention Of either party.
This we say after having been present at
several Of these great gatherings.
There were the usual lines OF distinction
between these men, separating them into
various lights and shadows of char
arter, but there was a marked prcdomi.
nance Of the better element, hardly less
50 than in the great convention that
nominated Abraham EiHcolg at Chicago
in 1860, This last remark il especiAp =
applicable to certain delegations, as,
for instance, those from New England,
and more particularly 10 the one from
Massachusetts,. From that cradle of
Republican liberty on this con.
tinent there were present such men as
Richard II. Dana, Ex.Attoriey General
Hoar, President Chadbonrne (of Williams
College,, Geo. B. Loring, James Russell
Lowell, Alex. II. Bullock, Geo. +. Hoar,
and Others Of less national note but new
erthelcss we'll known in their own
State. There was no other one dele
CATION like this in the convention,
but there were several that contained
such men as Jos. r. Hawley, Of Connecti.
cut; Luke Poland, OF Vermont, Ex.Gov-
ernOr Straw, Of New Hampshire, ES-
Governor Howard, Of Rhode Island, and
George William Curtis, Of New York.
These men had come to the surface by
a sort Of political upheaval in their re,
spectivc localities. They were all anti
machine delegates and had been selected
by the people despite the politicians.
They came not as ax.griuders, for Rich-
ard II, Dana would not go to Washing
ton to secure his confirmation as Minister
to England, and Attorney. General lIOar
had resigned his place in the Cabinet, and
Gov. Straw remarked that ii he ever was
forgiven for being twice Governor OF his
State, he would never accept an other po.
litical position. Everybody knows who
and what Jos. r. Hawley is. lie pre-.
ferred to be right, as Henry Clay once
said, rather than be reelected to Con.
gress, and SO fell at .hi4 post combating
all sorts of jobbery in legislation.
We only mention these as some Of
the names that quite thickly
studded the Cincinnati Convention,
like brilliant and radiant Stars in we'll
Illuminated armament, and because the
mention Of them seems 10 express our
meaning when we say that the Convention
Of which they were members is long to be
remembered for its weight Of talent and
character.
OF course the machine element in poll
ties was duly representedin the Conven-
ton. The Pennsylvania delegation, ID
the persons OF Don Cameron, Secretary
Of War, and John Cessna, the hero Of the
Chorpening claim, was, par excellence, an
example of the machine in politics. They
wore manaclcs rs everybody could
see, and when Mcpherson, the chair
man OF the convention, for purposes
Of his own, undertook to strike. of the
cuffs from four OF the delegates who
wanted loose, he was Immediately con-
ironted with overwhelming evidence thai
he himself had forged the chain at Har:.
risburg with which these men were
bound. Seldom have we Seen 80 sorry
spectacle as the quarrel between this
officer and one or two OF his fellows, in.
cluding also the Secretary Of War, that
took place in open day, in sight OF all
the delegates. The curtain was lifted
and for once every body had a pretty good
view OF lthe .mOdus operandi by which
men are tied hand and foot and handled
like sheep in a shamble. The Penn.
ylvania machine burated gradually
On the fifth ballot il liberated 4
men, and on the sixth ii more, who
escaped from Hartranft to Blaine, and
on the Seventh Don Cameron, keeper
Of the doors, let out the balance OF hi
own accord, % Of whom escaped tt
Hayes and nominated him.
One Of the most interesting features Of
tho convention was the character Of the
support given to Bristow. Ont OF hii
l96 votes OIL the fourth ballot, II
came from Massachusetts, 9 from
Rhode Island, 0 from Connecticut
and from New Hampshire. Th'
light Of these men from abo
Iition New England voting so largely fol
the only candidate south Oh Mason 4
Dixon's line attracted the profound at
tention Of the convention, Itwas seed
sOwn in the cause Of, American brother
hood that will bear good fruit in tht
near future. In Withdrawing Bristow or
the seventh ballot General Harlan
chairman Of the Kentucky delegation
exhibited much feeling when returning
especial thanks ITO the gallent men" from
New England who were not afraid to trust
their principles to the keeping Of Benia'
min II. Bristow. Another feature oI
B'isIow'ssuppors Wasthai although Gov,
Hayes is favOrilc in Ohio, yet the peo'
pie Of Cincinnati, as a population, mer
lHd women alike, were enthusiastically
Tor Bristow. The "eiucinnati Bristow
Club Is one Of the largest political or
ganiiatiOns in the country, numbering
over q nAn al .,.l...I A. I..l..