Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-21
'sE CINCINNATI CONVENTION

W. WIN h&S<8 t&s ees*s "f'~' - T|''T
u posshls 70 toreoas, political svsns>
gill De rresiasn, Cor the nex, sour years.
makes n an syea, Of supreme National
Interest
Il will be truly a National Vonyen'
ton. because representing the strongest
political organisation in the country
and fairly representative vt the states
maaship ci every state in the Union
Unlike the ChicagU Convention, u
will prrseu, picIuw ot lree men, en-
loving the c,ua,leuCe OF their respective
consli,uencIes without, collars on their
necks az orders IN their hands u
will hc COMPOSED oi men whom their
constituents are not afraid ~ trust
Who will faithfully and dutiINOly wp"-
sent those who scnt ihem without,
schedule IT written orders There viii
he No dispute about u unit rule ut I'm
rinnatL u the delegates lrom any
state mutually aSwe H. vote IN mass
tnr CERTAIN candidate az proposition,
they will ,lo So whhru, any symrIom OF
the d,Sgracclul wranglcs and rrlmina'
,,ans that msrkCl the history at the
Chicago assrmhlagp II they cannot all
concur thcV will a1ree to Disagree, each
Que voting aCcnrjing to his CONVICTIONS
without, breach Ut faith 81 a (N.s ol the
n,spr,, ri his fellows. NJ dr,Cgate viii
appeal To the convention h. remove h's
shacklcs aud give him trcc,lom ct action
How delegates shall vote will not he a
question hrtorr the convention at alt
bach delegate will be Tree, aud tho CON
ypnIjon will w. In theory aud IN hc, a
body ut ireemen, This Is Democracy,
We can safely predict in advance, too
that the nominees ut THIS convention
will he halted by the people ct tie
lu,tel states with a jegrcc ut cnIhns''
asm that will siill farther discourage
aud rrnder hopeless the chilling Nnd
disappointing rrCcpIion With whWh the
nnminrrs oi tho ChICaEo Convention
have hccu rrCcwed The enthusiasm
With Which the Ch,Cpgo CNnvrnllon
OPENED prscuIsa marked contrast WITH
the manifestations that have followed
a. Aud, on the other hand, w pr~l,C,
that the Calm apd cnusldrratc sp,ril IN
which the Cincinnati CNuNCnt,oo a..
semhlrs will give plaCH ~ our at un'
wantcd enthusiasm When u has done
its work
We arc disposed t. rrSarl auy srcCu
la,ions ~ to the UsuIt ut the IHuNCn'
tinu ~ very unreliable hctorc the Iou
ycutiau has really opcpcl aud given
sau,e Indication ut IT. lcauIug Neither
Is there likely t. ho any preliminary
tests at Cincinnati, indicating tho
strength ct candidates, asat ChNaSo,
The tlrst ballots will hc ni the Compli'
mentaJy character and after that the
Convention will settle down io the
work at sClJyiiug Candidate, which
will suou ho duished II Il appears pos
sihle az proper IL choosc the man whom
the majority vi that body ATE willing To-
aN'cpt aud the people ate more than
NilNuG tn clrt
We have somc rrasNu to hrl,CVe that
A loul vail tor Mr, SEN MovE would not
Ia rrlcCtcl, although 1t "a duhcult To-
,lctrrmtnc between the CoudCung ~.
ports a. a. what he would do, The w,
portuuity to scyurc such n candidate,
ahoyc rtprnaoh, wh1 could unite the
party. aud vt uudouhtcd rcrsonal ropu'
larity IN the pivotal state, IL ono not
hghtly Ia hc cNst aside.
A. t. Mt. nlrES, II strikes us, that
the party ucCrss,ty makrs him Az 'm'
possible Candidate We do not th,nk
hp would have the strength he hal ~
lSld, even agl,uS, GNWF,E,r Nnd I'M
less hr II quito SURF vt malor'tN IN go
,ug iuto the Convention, which he 'an'
uot gUt, W. do not ressnl II rs protahle
that his uauc will hc presented, hut h"
will content himscli With cudraN oJIng
to dirtajc who the tNuNcm,ou shalt
nominate, sud u about ~ likely t. tail
In the latter rs IN the tormcr case,
II SEYMOUR Is not named, RNNNEn ~
likely t. show NJ strongly ou the early
ballots, aud II hc aud ruVHNA>, tie,r,
P,NNE, llNNpS,,NS and other lca'hng
candidates htl aud arr abandoned, the
rnosl promising dark horses ate iiSWuT
JENErr. MoRg,>oN, M,poNNln RAN
po,r aud GgoESHGCN,
Hut at this distance from the ballot
W. are nc6uedt o rrst peacefully IN tn"
chances 0t either SEYMOUR "a RNNNsr