Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-06-15

LAST week attention was called to the
fact that no good reason had been as
signed in any quarter for opposition to
the denomination of Congressman Up
degraff. Since, primary meetings for
the election of delegates have been held
the county. and as a result
2s Updegraff delegates have been chosen,
Is for Poorman, and for HOllings-
worth. OF the townships electing Hol-
lingsworth delegates-FlHshing and
Wheeling-Updegraff is beyond contro-
versy the second choice Of both. OF
those choosing Poorman delegates, Up
-degraff is no doubt the second choice of
all, with possibly, the single exception
of Bellaire city. Shall the wishes of the
Republicans of those townships be re-
spected, after the delegates have done all
that reasonable men ought to be expect
ed to do in furtherance of the nOmina-
ton of the individual for whom their
townships have expressed preference;
or shall a disgraceful deadlock take
place, with the inevitable result of
bringing forward and nominating new
man? This proposition should be care
fully considered by the Republicans OF
the townships which voted for Hol-
lingsworth and Poorman, and especially
by the delegates they have chosen to
represent them. Will it be prOmotive
of harmony and good feeling to hang on
unavailingly to candidate, when such
hanging on can have no other tendency
than to bring forward new man, who
will reap the fruits of the labors OF
those who have so industriously worked
up the opposition to the incumbent, and
much farther postpone the choice of any
of Mems Is such course calculated
to make friends for the man whose
friends thus imperil, may be, the future
well being Of the party9
There can be but one answer to these
propositions. Patriotic and unselfish
Republicans of the district, who have no
other thought nor impulse than the sue
cess of the great principles of right upon
which their party is founded, and who
while they would be gratifed to see one
or the other of the gentlemen who as.
pire to this nominason in seat in Con
gress, yet, regard s;ause greater than
any mere individ suSand will not look
with favor upon such an unseemly ex-
hibition, especially when the incumbent
is recognized upon all hands-by his
political opponents as well as by his
party friends-as an able, useful, and
upright member.
There is another feature of the contro.
versy deserving of unusual attention.
While we concede that the gentlemen
seeking this nomination are able and
useful men, and that in the unfortunate
controversy which grew out of the nom-
ination of President Garfield and cul-
minated in lis murder, they were stead,
fast friends and supporters of the ad-
ministration of the murdered President
yet the fact is apparent that Represent.
ative Updegraff s defeat in certain quar-,
ters is sought for the purpose of nomin-
ating some one who will be recognized
as a representative of what is known as
the "stalwart" element of the party
The plan is to stiffen the backs of the
friends of all the aspirants arrayed
against Updegraff, and to encourage
them to stand in unbroken line until
worn out with balleting for the gentle
men before it, the convention will turn
elsewhere for candidate. That is the
plan, and it is being managed by gentle
men who are skilled in the acts of polit'
ical intrigue. Will such result be just
to the other candidates before the con-
vention, and satisfactory to the Repub,
licans of the district?
The candidates who will go into the
convention at the start are able men
and common fairness to them and to the
Republicans of the district demands that
the convention shall harmonic its diff
| ferences in reasonable time, and thus
avoid that unseemly scramble over the
nomination which its opponents are
looking hopefully forward to.