Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-10-06
JUDGE FOLGER ACCEPTS.

OF acceptance in which he covers the
whole ground. He says:
The canvass in the party for a choice
of delegates to that convention has sell
dom been eqaalled in earnestness and
activity, and in fullness, freedom and
publicity of preparatory discussion
The attention ofrepublicans everywhere
was fully aroused, and their primary
meetings were held in accord with
long established usages, save in an ex.
ceptional locality or two, where modes
have for sometime existed which, if no,
acquiesced in, have never been reso.
lutely rebelled against and changed.
Those primaries were attended in un-
exampled numbers, and justly express.
ed the sentiments of the participants
in them. Delegates chosen to the
state convention represented the views
and opinions of their respective con.
stituents as fully and fairly as those of
the convention which preceded it..
The methods of the convention when
assembled were in accordance with pre-
cedent, free from violence and clamor,
sedate and deliberate. and
naught on the face ofthem that will war.
rant the assertion that all done in its
meeting was not fair, honest and above
board, and that the results did not flow
from conscientious and dutiful convic.
tions and actions of its members. This
is plain from the fact that when the de-
cisive vote was reached, though there
had been deep feeling and was great
disappointment, there was NO hesita.
ton in yielding unanimous acquiescence
and a motion to that end was made
by one, and seconded by another
of the prominent members who had
hoped and labored for different end
fo1 their party, and the public rank
and their character and qualities forbid
ahe idea that they would have submit
ted to, or winked at vicious OF even ir.
regular practices in their opponents.
1t would seem as thus considered that
the conclusions reached by that con.
vention were entitled to the action and
support ofthe republican party and the
of the public, yet it would
be idle to affect. to not know that the
public mind is stirred by the reports of
the doings IN which the convention as
a body had no part the dolngs of
quality which honest and high.minded
men cannot approve and will not
tamely tolerate. No one claims, and
no one believes, that l had any lot or
part therein, or previous hint, or suspic-
ion thereof. scorn an end to be got
by such means, and l will not under.
take to measure the truth of all these
reports that of one is beyond dispute,
nor will l argue whether or not the re.
suits reached by the convention or any
Of the processes toward them were shap-
ed thereby. The facts are public and
everyone may form his own judgement
out there is growing thereout a practi.
,al question, and it is brought to me
or answer.
He then proceeds to state that he
las been requested by many good
people 20 decline. He says they fully
lcquit him Of all blame and participa-
ion in certain wrong doings, which
vas the act of very few persons. He
ays:
have deliberately and anxiously
considered the matter and have weigh
d the reasons which they present, and
orecast the consequences. The mat
er has two aspects, one personal, the
'ther public. As to that personal, l !
1ade no indication of willingness to
e candidate for Governor until after
had been named in the press and
alked of by men in that connection,
nd it was apparent that l should be
rought before the convention. Ithen e
nd if there was fair degree of con- b
urrence in my nomination l would v
ccept, but if another was named l b
,ould not be sorry, and that if was .
amed l would not be glad. ! have n
yer been Of that mind; am of that Z.
ind now. There are those who were
embers OF that convention who know
at in the week ofits sitting made "
/ effort to have the nomination of an Il
her brought about. AS l sought not t.
e nomination, as l was not glad CT
hen it came to me, as l could have
ways seen and could now see it 20 to n
'other without one twinge of regret, l y .
We no personal reason why should n
It refuse it with alacrity but the mat &C
is not solely personal; it has Wild M
and vastly more important scope in
judgement. for any one placed as l a,
! at this time. to decline the nomina- ds
n would produce the utter collapse on
the republican party,
d those who urge me
decline, have not, l conceive, fol. to
Ted that act to its certain consequent fo