Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-09
A VERY LIVELY ConvnaTIoN.

AVERY LIVELY coNvnHTfoN.
A convention will be held at Lynch
burg to-morrow, composed Of those ele-
laests Of the Republicsn party Of VIZ
eipia which have not already cast Their
LOT. with MALONE vi
MAHoSr's only chance, il indeed ne
has any, of making successful cam
paisn, il in capturing this convention
To this end all his resources have been
directed since the nomination oil the
sRsadJuster" ticket -
The one important question which
this Lynchburg Convention Is TO DECIDE
il whether a strsightoot ticket shall be
put in the field or the organization de
liysred over to MALONE. The Conyen-
ton was called by the straightout Re
publicans who refused to be led into re-
pudiation by MAHosE's Rsadjusters, but
the latter at once entered the field 10
contest the election of delegates, ana u
ia claimed that MALONE will have
q majority of the Convention.
But from nearly every county
there. are contesting Delegates
which promises to make the Invest row
ever seen at q political convention. IL
ia even asserted that two halls have been
engaged and each faction will organize
for itself and claim to be the Convention.
MAHoxE's policy is "rule or ruin. Ii
he cannot get majority OF the ConVen'
ton. then he will try to pass . resolu'
ton declaring it inexpedient to make
Nominations, and failing in this Will
then endeayor to break mp the Conyen-
ton. - 1890 -----~- r.
ting a ticket in the field, MABoNE's
goose ia cooked. Even il they fail in
this, the feeling will be 80 bitter as to
defeat any union Of the straightou's with
the Readjusters. The latter will either
"sulk" or vote with the Democrats.
The Richmond Dispatch takes this san
xulne view Ol tie oitudLiOu.
The Strsightouts claim that they have
reliable information to the effect that so
far as heard from two-thirds Of the dele
yates elected to the Lynchburg Conven-
ton are opposed to the coalition propos-
ed by General Malone. Whether two
thirds OF all the delegates are or are not
in favor OF such coalition depends up.
on the relative voting strength of the
several counties and cities arrsyed on
the one side and the other.
But there is already enough known to
render il certain that the Lynchburg
| Convention will be a Bedlam. The
| scenes in Petersburg and other places
| whence a double SET OF delegates have
been sent give assurance that battle
| royal may be expected in Lynchburg
| next week. 1t looks to Us as if each side
| had a majority Of the delegates. (We
will try and get the figures for publica'
| ton this morning elsewhere IN
our columns) Now, ii both sides
have msiorlties, the reader can imagine
the result. The Wiekham delegates
will never surrender to the Malone
delegates. OF course not. Nor will the
Mshope delegates surrender to the
Wickham delegates. What then? A
straightout ticket will be nominated by
the former, whilst the latter will make a
coalition with the Mahoneites. What
then? Why, the Administration at
Washington will be compelled by the
force Of public opinion in the
| North to stand by the straight
out Republican ticket 1t will
| have no choice in the matter. The OBJ
! legation to do so has been rendered
doubly strong by the fact that the al
ministration has encouraged Its follow
ers to form coalition with the Malone
ties. Ii, therefore, it shall appear that
the incorruptible portion OF the Repub.
| licans OF Virginia could not be induced
even by the administration to become
I VT. uasneiu VIII Ue cUnsIraIheu
to side with Mr.. Blaine and give
all the influence of his sdministrs'
ton to the Straightouts. Their ticket
will be the regular Republican ticket.
The Malone ticket will be irregular and
unauthorized. The Malone Republi
can ticket this year will in the event
supposed be in the same predicament in
which last year his Democratic ticket
was. 1t will run down to nothing before
election day. In fact, We deem it likely
that pro6ting by his experience OF last
year, General Malone would withdraw
his ticket altogether and carry over TO
the regular Republican ticket as many OF
his present adherents as he could in any
way induce to follow him.
The signs OF the times are propitious.
hsaa RDr h.aa Er.h
against Malone. Repudisted by The
Democrats, he will fail to become the
leader OF the Republicans, but will have
to fall in line with the rank and file Of
the Administration party. As says q
prominent Republican coalitiouist,
"MAHoSE is the worst organizer OF the
Republican party" that has yet appear.
ed in the role.