The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-14
OUR MANGO, - LETTER.
A Few Words to the Democratic Ex-
ecuiive Committec-Dinere Tick
cts Presented, and the One OF
One" "Aualyxed-Mtscell
FAIRvIEw, HANCOCK COUNTY, !
March l3, 1876.


March l3, 1876.
Editors OF the Register:
It's wonder that the State Demo.
cratic Committee, composed Of such
practical men of business rs 1t Is, did not
make the call of the State Convention
somewhat ole definite. The constitu-
ton of the Convention, both rs TO the
number OF delegates To which the coun-
ties are entitled and the representative
rights Tor electoral power) OF each coun-
ty delegation, ought. tor various and
valid reason. To have been specifically
prescribed. ro omit this may have been
the custom in our party heretofore in
West Vrginir, but 1t Is time the custom
was changed IL j. different with our
National Convention calls-wltn nearly
al of those Of party organizations IN
other States, and with the pest county
ORGANIZATIONS in oar own State. 1t would
save a great waste of time, and frequent
ly prevent injustice, to have the number
and DOW e-s of the several county deIega-
tions settled in advance, and the State
Committee has the undoubted authority
10 determine these points. Suppose the
Convention meets in Charleston on the
9Th of June. There are, say (aHd doubt
less there will be) hundred delegates
claiming seats from kanawha county.
From distant Jefferson (having q Demo-
cratic constituency equally as strong
and more reliable there may be but n
single delegate, with but the slightest
chance of there being, say ten, shall
there in such case, or shall there not, De
allowed in the Convention hundred
Kanawha brains and voices to contrlve
and plan, ana plead and vote against
tbe len from Jetierson2 Justice so
plainly saws no, that the Committee need
not have hesitated to so prescribe, out
until the Convention isstully organized
and the hundred have actually conceded
so much, they will not only Cecuple the
tongues and brains of the ten, but the
electoral power also.
1t was wise in the Committee not to
change tho place of the Conventions
meeting. And it was doubtless wise in
il not assuming 10 name time and
place for second meeting; thereby, as l
understand il, transmitting to the Con-
yeption the right (which it would al
any rate have) of determining the e1-
pediency OF completing the busi-
ness before it ut the time aud
place named in the call
or Of adiourning over to form the State
ticket after the st. Louis Convention.
The latter course, l imagine, will be
found to be the prudent one.
The REGISTER complained week or SO
ago about the scarcity OF proposals from
correspondents of tickets tor the State
officers. Think you have found reason
to suppress your sighs; and ifysu have
got patience and column room toprlnt.we,
your readers will certainly read and con-
slider. Should every Democrat In the
State. write out his ticket 10 day, IN Sc
clusion and without concert with his lei
lows, there would perhaps be no two OF
them Just the same, and therefore no
one the same AS mne would be, and
vet there might be n hundred or more
of them SO excellent as 10 meet my ready
spproyal. That was an excellent one by
some nsmeless "One" in your Saturday s
daily. rs it is the first one yet IN which
the existence of Hancock county is recog
nized. There Mr.. II. q. Shepherd, was
named for State Superintendent OF
schools, there is, perhaps, not in the
State man better qualfei for the pos
ition. An accomplished scholar
graduated at Washington, Pa, college)
an experienced teacher and school super
intendent, a man of stern integrity, large
rativc intelligence, industry and apt
ness, and withal popular, he is just the
man for the ticket and for the office
These high qualifications of Mr.. Shep-
herd are BY no means recently discov-
cred ones. Nothing but the predetermi-
nation Of your correspondent not to go
into the nominating business, and his