The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-05

Nomination OF State Officers and Ap
| pointment of Delegates and Preslden
tial Electors at Large-A strong Plat
form.
Upon reassembling OF the Convention
the yeas and nays were asked on the nom
ination for Auditor General, and Lemon
was declared the choice OF the Convention
-l5S to 9S. The nomination was made
unanimous.
The committee to name delegates TO the
Chicago Convention and to name Presi.
Dental Electors made report, which was
adopted. The following are the delegates
at large: Matthew ]. Quay, James Nc
Names, Linn Bartholomew, Christopher
L. Magee. Alternates, Gen. D. S. Elliott,
]. Hay Brown, Henry Buck, Samuel NJ.
Jackson. Electors at Large, Edmund A.
Benson, Henry W. Oliver.
Hon. Henry Greene was unanimously
nominated Judge of the Supreme Court.
THE PLATFORM.
The following resolutions were then
adopted:
Res0lred, First-That, rejoicing over the
steady growth of national prosperity
which began in 1876 with change OF bal
ance in our favor, and over the successful
resumption and maintenance OF specie
payments, we may reasonably claim o
financial soundness and prosperity OF the
country us the natural result OF the tinan-
cial policy we as party have sustained.
Second-The resumption OF specie pay
ments having been accomplished at the
time appointed by law, and the finances OF
the country being in athoroughly healthy
condition, we regard 1t as unwise to en-
gage in any new attempts at financial legis-
lation; the country Is prosperous under
our financial system as 1t is, and we know
Of no good reason why that system should
now be disturbed.
Third-Persisten efforts OF free traders
to destroy our tariff piece meal by legisla-
ton, to repeal the duties on special arti-
cles, admonishes us OF the necessity OF ad-
herring more strongly than ever to the
tariff policy OF the past twenty years, which
has built up our grand system Of MAUI
factures, iostered the revenues OF the gov
ernment and promoted our national pros
perity. The business, OF the country will
not bear this tinkering OF the tariff, and ii
any revision OF that tariff is TO be made at
all it should be done through commits.
sion OF capable men after patient and
thorough hearing Of all parties to the in
terests involved.
Fourth-We object most decidedly to
all attempts to enact new tariff through
the agency OF commercial treaties. A
treaty framed, negotiated, discussed and
ratified in secret is not proper method OF
regulating the revenues OF the govern
ment.
Fifth. In view OF the recent events in
Congress and in the Southern States and
latterly in the State OF Maine, we deem
this a fitting opportunity to reaitirm our
adherence to the following principles:
l. The Union OF States with equal rights,
indestructible by any unconstitutional
means.
2. Protection to the person, liberty and
property OF citizens OF theUnited States in
each and every portion OF our common
country, wherever he may choose to move,
demanding OF him only obedience to the
laws and a proper respect for the rights
OF others.
8. Strict integrity in fulfilling all our
obligations, State and National.
4. The perfect security, free thought,
free speech, and free press, and Of equal
rights and privileges to all men every
where, irrespective Of nationality, color or
s. A free and pure ballot thoroughly
protected 80 that every man entitled to
cast vote NAV do 80, just once at each
election, without fear OF molestation,
moral or physical, on account OF his poll
tical faith nationality or hue OF his skin.
o. Honesty in elections. The people
having virtue and patriotism to govern
themselves our government must depend
for its stability on honest elections. Until
a man is considered infamous who casts
an illegal vote our government will not be
safe and deprives citizen OF his right to
vote, or OF the legal effect OF his vote, is q
traitor to our government.
7. An honest count of all votes legally
cast and an honest return OF whoever Is
elected free from all attempts to defraud
the people OF their choice through
technicalities or by an arbitratary rejec.
ton OF their votes.
Sixth-We extend 10 the Republicans
of Maine our congratulations over the
peaceful and successful resistance to an
effort to deiraud the people OF that State
OF the right 10 choose their own represen.
tatiyes, and to attempt to steal.the govern
;ment Of that State. Our republican form
OF government will be q signal failure
when any political party can succeed in
defyine the public will as shown by the
people at the ballot-box.
Seyenth-Wedeeply regret the growing
tendency to throw elections aside on mere
technicalities and informalities. The
right OF the people to choose their public
servants Is too sacred 10 be subyerted upon
any pretext that the returns OF election
are deficient in some trivial matters oil
form.
Eiphth-We thank our Senator and
Representatives at Washington In the last
Congress and in this for their firm adhe-
sion to Republican principles and policy,
and for their opposition to the Democratic
schemes to renew the obsolete doctrine
OF State Rights and to cripple the Govern
ment by Withholding needed appropria'
tions in order to coerce legislation repeal
ing all National laws that protect the
purity OF the ballotbox.
Resolred, That the Chairman OF the Re
publican State Committee, Is hereby in
structed and required 10 carefully ex
anime whether any person to-day place.
ON the electoral ticket be legally disquali
fed from any cause from serving as q
elector, and In case any such legal disabili
ty be found, shall substitute another nam,
from the same Congressional district.
Resolutions endorsing the administra
ton OF Governor Hoyt, and providing 10
the selection OF a State Central Committee
, were also contained in the platform an,
adopted with IT. After appointing tn