The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-29

The Result nt Cincinnati.
The principal work Of the Ohio Repub
lican Convention was accomplished be
fore the delegates met in Music Hall, anC
Hence they were not long in getting dowr
to the solidwork ofNdOptingN platform and
nOmnatinga ticket. The platform is, al
was indicated before hand, short, plain
and comprehensive, and SUNS up and ar.
raigns the Democratic record US made
during the last year ut Washington in a
way thnt will iorcibly strike the attention
Of the misses throughout the COun.
try. It was evidently a compromise
platform us regards M endorsement
OF the administration, for it is
careful not to go further than
TO endorse the Presidents vetocs. II
simply alludes to his early OvcrturCs to the
South without specifying then, and to their
alleged fruitlcss results, and passes on to
more modern issues. Avery strong point
is that made in favor Of Sherman's great
success in reducing the annual interest on
the public debt thirteen millions OF dol.
lars, and another one, still stronger with
many persons, is the Nrraignment OF the
pervcrse-ffoclivity OF the Democratic par
ty to set up States ghtsagainst Nationali-
:y-especiully when the party is out Of
power. When out ofpowcr the congenial
occupation Of the Democracy is to iomcnt
discord and rebellion against the Gov
crnment.
The platform adopted will be published
at the head oi hundreds OF newspapers in
Ohio, and between this and October its
paragraphs will he as familiar as house.
hold words, and they will, like good
seed sown in good ground, bring forth
fruit u hundred fold at the polls
The nomination for Governor was Il
close shave between Taft and Foster
80 l.6 to 27j 81. We think the choice
made by the convention is u wise one.
Foster is "a whole team and horse
loose on the stump. The arguments
urged in his favor, and that prevailed,
were that che deserved the nOminationas
reward for rhiSbrilliant services in repeated.
Iy carrying Democratic Congressional
District, and especially ior his success in
saving the State ticket last fall by running
for Congress in District made hopelcssly
Democratic by the gerrymander; that he
Is the best political organizer and cam.
paignerin his party; that he is very popu.
lar personally wherever known, and
will gain thousands OF votes by an ac.
Tive canvass Of the State; that he has no
enemies in Hamilton county, and with a
Iortnight's work can poll rs heavy vote
~ Taft; that he can carry the Lcgisla
tive tickets in two or three doubtful coun.
ties in the Northwest, where he has great
strength; that he vii! make All admirable
Executive, will not reach out beyond
the GUyernorship ior the Senatorship, aud
will become strong, SkilIiul leader for
the party in the present and future State
contests, filling a need long felt"
The arguments urged against his nomi-
nation were his Louisiana report and his
support ot President Hayes in the early
acts Of the administration and, further,
that his nomination would be triumph
Of Secretary sherman and quasi rebukc
10 the Grant boom.
The arguments that defeated roster'so on
poncnt TAFT were that 'his decision OH
the reading OF the Bible in the schools,
although sustained by the supreme Court,
is still laid up against him by the people
in the back counties, who are more inter
cstcd in religion than politics, and would
he used by the Democrats as principal
weapon against him in case they should
re-n0minate Governor Bishop, whoscpi0us
zeal is well known; that his former asso-
Citations with Grant make him appear to
be cOnspicUously Grant man, and thus
render him unpopular to the men who
are opposed to the third term project:
that ne is not an effective stump speaker:
that he is not magnetic and has not the
ability u gaining friend, in canvass bv
personal intercourse
THESE were the arguments, pro and ron.
that had weight q; Cincinnati in irtcrmin-
III. choic" lor Governor hut now ;hAt
th" nomination Ina, been made We fMall