Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-16


the committee under which the Con
yentinu assembled.
Seta lew men, protesting tn he Dem
orrais, and In be governed by Demo
cratic prccedcnts and principles, and
Who we're called together by the Demo
,r.ti, voters oi ohio county ior specl-
dc. clearly defined purpoSe, and VII"
hal no authority Ia assemble, no an-
thnrity to act, aud no political M legal
existence under the sun, that anybody
ar ANYTHING in bound To recognize or ~
spect, except ~ they derived u from the
call II the peoples agents, have under
taken to rrpudiate the people rcpnd'"'c
the source from which they derlNed
their authority tu assemble rePn'
diatr all precedent aud civil procedure,
rrpudinte every obligation at trust and
confidence rcposed IN thom 10y Their
election ~ delegates, aud arrogalo u"
themselves u supreme, suhllmeand soy
errign right ~ County Convention L"
mack the State Convention, tn pack the
Cnnurc, sinnal Convention, and Ia pack
tho Judicial and Senatorial conventions
A grateful constituency will probably
render profound thanks that lh's lmm"''
tai body broke up without packing Tia"
Cincinnati Convention Hnd thus deter
mining i'm advance the Presidential can
| dldatr.
Hut there is uo principle Ola" h''''l
settled aud more universally recognized
and acted upon hy individuals, nnd
nuhli, institutions aud 10y every riNll'
ilrd community where equity AMI m''
dealing have any ioolh"ld, Than ""'
uhsn a., dJ,l,i irmsrlg,k hes authority hN
a,i,oi, - uuH duI rood and cdu'"i bud IN,
pruicqd.
ID II hardly enough tn say that lh'a
assumption oiauthorIty lay the C"nNen'
ton IN null aud void
"A hasn't tho merit at d,ccncy ~ u
public proceeding.
wasa high handed attempt at polit'
zeal robbery.
ID has already received It's deserved
sciontious citizen,
No one IT tho conventions to which
these usurpcrs have been sent will
either admit or respect their claims as
delegates.
Il they dill, the people would repudl-
ate the nominees ul these conventions
at the polls.
The people are uui Ia hc thus set
aside aud ignored IN the choice ol NOM
inros inr public office.
Tho people ol this county have not
yet chosen az taken any steps toward
choosing delegates tn either the state,
Congressional, Judicial or Senatorial
Conventions.
They will demand aud they will have
a voice ia these Cunycnllnns.
We presume that the Executive Com
mittcc will make provision ior having
delegates chosen fairly, legally, openly
aud above board, tn represent the po"-
pie IA these conventions, The COM
mittre In composed ul men, We think, al
too much discretion and disccrnmcnt to
bc hoodwinked into an endorsement at
thus cunsummate farce,
Hut therc u always way Ia right .
Wong, aud there will ho u way an this
ease, whether the Executive Committee
provide II az not.
There Is one body In this county that
il sovereign" aud Il is the only one
that has any claims to sovereignty
That is the "body at the people IN
convention assembled" u a couycn,
ton ui delegates With authority at the
people, do not send delegates To the
conventions Ia question, "a c"ErtHt'"H oi
M p,aglf bsmsclrss will attend To this
business.
u il ycry unfortunate that disgracrlul
anil disturbing trltks aud tactics Of thus
kiud should bo injected into CAM aigu.
M man oi any political foresight aud
intelligence would expect o. profit 10y
thcm. and no man az men " ho seek posi-,
tiun through such methods are dcscrN
my ul the suilragcs ol great par v. \"
nan should desire political office or
position ia this country 10y defeating
the will 1T the people, and the time has
about gone 10y when such methods have
any snow 1T success.