Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-06

the nominees OF tne OOnNenllOn, Dut
swallowing the platform with relish,
thus:
"Mr. Cornell was for several years
chairman OF the Republican State Com
mittee of New York, and as such gained
the confidence of his party, He is not
a man OF brilliant parts, or OF large per-
sonal popularity, or Of distinguished
public service. In each OF these re-
spects his competitors had him at dis
advantage. Bnt his nomination is chief
Nv due TO the stalwartism Of his politics,
10 the sympathy felt for him, and to the
conviction that his services entitled him
to this nomination, which was made
unanimous. The resolutions leave no
room to doubt the soundness OF view oil
the Republicans of the Empire State.
The Boston Herald looks upon the
fight as one in which CONKLISG has his
hands full. 1t says:
Senator Conkling has had his way,
and Mr.. Cornell is the Republican can
date for Governor of New York. Now
it will be interesting TO see how he pro-
poses to elect q man whose untitness Tor
the position is universally recognized,
and who has been repudiated by some
of the strongest Republican papers in
the State"
The Boston Post attacks the whole re-
suit OF the Convention in most vigorous
terms:
"The Republicans of the Empire State
have met in convention through their
delegates and nominated for Governor
Alonzo B. Cornell, the political satellite
and utensil of Roscoe COnkling. The
act depriyes the Republican party OF the
right TO even pretend to purity OF pur-
pose. No strong name was brought be-
fore the convention; but there was GER
tainly no other name mentioned, either
prominently or remotely, that stood for
place-seeking, for plumber and Tor all
the worst sins OF Republlcanlsm 50 no.
toriously and emphatically as the name
of Cornell. The Republicans OF New
York have permitted the tact
to be established that, with the whole
State to elect from, they preferred the
henchmen of Roscoe Conkling, the
stoker of the political engine which has
run the party machine.
"The platform that accompanies this
lickerish nomination is pure Stalwart-
ism, and that is definition ample and
specific enough for il. We shall watch
with some interest to see what the New
York Times, the Erenilg Post, George
William Curtis and others, who have
told considerable truth in adj
vance, will do, after the fact.
Will they bolt and set up a
Republican more to their liking, or will
thew do what would relieve them from
the charge of preferring party to the best
interests of the State, and support Gov.
Robinson, for we think this reckless
nomination by the Republicans makes
Robinson's selection more certain. We
are willing to trust the issues and the
merits OF candidates TO the keeping oil
the people. Robinson, fresh from an
administration pure and grand, or Cor
nell, the representative of the debased
Republican machine of New York
which shall it be?'
The foregoing comments indicate the
general tenor of the Eastern press.
We should have been gratitied to add
the comments of our neighbor, the
Wheeling Inteiligncer, but that estab-
lishment has maintained a mastery ST.
lence toward the action of the Saratoga
Convention which public curiosity can
not in any manner bride or tempt.
THANKS to the REGISTER, that so gen
erously exchanges daily for weekly
paper, we were saved the writing Of an
obituary notice of Nellie Grant SartOris,