The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-23
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
In yesterdays Mteiijgsncey was pub
lished call for the Executive Commit
tee of the Republican party Of this State,
calling State Convention, to be held al
Clarksburg, on the llth day of May
The purpose of the Convention is to
appoint delegates 10 the National Con-
vention, which assemblies at Cincinnati
on the l4th day OF June, and to nomin-
ate ten Presidential electors. Tue con-
mittee say that it viii be impracticabie to
avoid holding two Conventions for the
reason as assigned by the HttetHgeHceJ,
"that the day named, or any other day
prior 10 the National Convention is too
early for the adoption of u platform, the
selection of candidates and the opening
up of the canvass Tn I paper goes on
to say, that "Ihe lst of August is
plenty early enough to hold the
State Nominating Convention, mas
much rs three months, and more, will
then remain before the election wherein
TO discuss the ISSUES of the canvass before
the people Meanwhile the issues pre-
sented by the National platforms Of the
two parties, and also those to be made by
the two State Conventions, will be ac-
lively discussed through the newspapers,
so much so that the public mind WILDE
amply prepared for short, sharp and
active campaign on the stump
The PLAN English OF this Is, The Re
publcans want short canvass rs the
beauties developed 10y their administra-
ton the last ten years would hardly
bear lengthy public criticism. An
additional reason, perhaps suggests
this policy stroke That is TO
postpone Il nomination and platform until
the Democrats have placed their tickets
in the field with hope that an advan-
tage may be gained by some unforeseen
circumstance, as for illustration, the in
dependent candidacy of Governor JACOB
in 1872. The State election is not the
second Tuesday in October, and "the
three months intervening between the
first Of August and that time, according
to the Mteli,gencer's calculation, is figured
up by an arithmetical process winch We
omitted to learn in our school-boy days
According to the old rules of arithmetic
it woald only make little
more than two months, which
would be short time to canvas,
in state like ours where railroads are
scarce and travelling facilities limited
The Executive Committee and the party
organ, our Fourteenth street neighbor
modestly reirained from assigning these
reasons We have given for their action.
But the committee say that they propose
TO call another convention during the
summer (August) "at which the com
mittee hopes to meet all without regard
to past political differences or previous
party applications, (will-you-walk-into-
my.parlor, invitation to boilers and dis
organizers of the Democratic party who
are in favor OF making such changes in
our laws as time and experience
have shcwn necessary (the proposed
changes are not specifed) who are
IN favor of the continued prosecution and
punishment of official corruption (NAT |
HARRIsoY's case for example), and who /
are in favor of retrenchment and econ
omy in our State affairs" (os course re-
ferring to the 5000 drawn without
authority of law for registration pur-
poses). Why the Committee did no, in
clude "retrenchment and economy" in
National affairs is one of the secrets be.
longing to the mysteries of Rsdicalism.
OF one thing We are all sure, and that
is the Republicans are pertecting their
organization, aud by determination to
use all means, foul or fair, in order to ac-
complish success, as well as backed by
the power and money of corrupt ad-
ministration they are going to make the
most vigorous fight that they have ever
made in this State. Democrats and con-
servatives who think that we require no
srertion to gain an easy victory are de-