The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-03
NEW YORK POLITICS.
FoLoER's LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
He Accepts the SomiaatIoa aid Gives Cos,nt
R.asoas Wty It 10 Ills Duty 10 do 70, and
Cites Da.sers that Would Arise II @
Case Of His DeeilaAtIon. I

Nominee ol tne RECENT hepupllcan Con.
yention for Governor OF this State has
written letter accepting the nomination.
lie says the delegates chosen TO the State
Convention represented the views
and opinions Of their respective
constituencies as fairly and fully
az those OF the conventions which
preceded it. There is nothing on the lace
Of the methods Of the Convention that will
warrant the assertion that all done in lis
meetings was not fair, honest and
above board. This Is plain from the iact
that when the decision was reached,
though there had been a deep feeling and
there was disappointment, there was no
hesitation in making 1t seem that the con.
clusions reached by the convention were
not entitled to the support oi the Republi.
can party and Of the public.
Affect not to know that the public mind is
steered by the reports OF doings in which
the convention as body had no part in,
doings which honest men cannot approve
Of No one claims, no one believes, ]
had lot or part therein, or previous
hint or suspicion thereof. I scorn an
end 10 be got by such means. Persons,
some holding official relations with me, In
the Republican party, and all OF good
standing in the community, have asked me
todecline the nomination. They fully acIui.
me Of participating in the acts conceded
OF alleged to have been done upon
which they base their request. They
concede these acts were wholly the acts OF
others. l have anxiously considered the
matter; have weighed the reasons which
they represent and have forecast OF the
consequences as to the personal aspect OF
the matter. l made no indication Of vii.
lingness 10 be n candidate for Governor
until long after had been named in the
press and talked OF by men in tina, con.
nection; until long after it was apparent
to Inc that l should be brought
before the convention. To withdraw would
be TO leave the party late on the eve OF
highly important election without can.
didate- for the chief Office in the State.
II is almost an ilnpossibili,y to
name another person for the office
who would be likely 10 meet with
party acceptation. What man OF sufficient
State repute to be acceptable and strong
candidate and OF sensibiliti,s that 20 with
self respect would be willing in such cir
cumstances TO accept a late made nomina-
ton and take the hazard OF the canvass.
And no man Of any other kind would meet
the demands Of the party or could hope
Tor popular favor, or enter the field
with reasonable prospect of sue.
cess. 1t is physically impracticable
TO put up another candidate. l
say 10 the men who propose this thing to
me "come let US reason together" Suppose
that l have declined; how will YOU have
new nominee selected. The convention
has adjourned sine die. Its power has been
broken. 1t has dissolved into its elements.
Can it reasselnble with my preroga,ive
that will insure regard 10 its doinss?
In the State OF Pennsylvania that was one
Of the questions in the Republican party
that had no solution. II it should reassem.
BILE would you abide by what would do?
You say that you would not. 1t empoy.
cred the State Committee to fill any
vacancies on that ticket. Would
you have that committee name a
candidate? No, you reply - for
that Committee is the outcome OF the
same Convention which brought you forth,
and there is but one other mode that is a
new Convention OF delegates freshly
chosen according to the usage Of the party.
The time left for that is at most bnt about
a month. Most persons are familiar
enough with the process 10 compreh end
that TO get together from different parts OF
the State the members Of the State Com
miltce to issue call for State Conycu.
ton, to send abroad call for district con.
rentionsin the mode OF weekly newspapers,
to call the cacuses in these parts by the
same mode would require so much time
that election day would dawn with most OF
the voters without the knowledge Of the
man who was the candidate OF the Repub.
lican party, and without ballots in their
hands with his name upon them.
] have nought to say for myself. ! make
no plea for myself. II am defeated It
will be a disappointment. 1t will pot be
first that has met me. II ain politically ru.
ined, as is sympathetically said to me- and
il it works. sorrow it will not be the
first that has entered my soul and left
its pangs there. nr
! therefore accept the nomination aud
await the result OF the canvass without per.
turbation. Mr.. Folger then announces he
is in full accord with the eresolutions Of the
convention, etc.