The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-03
NEW YORK POLnrICg.
Fo'ger Accepts, Repbnrn De
cItnea.

New York, 2.-Judge Folger has
written letter accepting the re-
publican nomination for governor.
4. b. Hepburn writes. declining the
nomination for congressman at
large.
Judge Folger, the nominee of the
recent republican convention for
governor of this state, has written
a letter accepting the nomination.
He says the canvass in the party
for the choice of delegates to that
has seldom been
in earnestness and in full
ness, freedom and publicity. Pre-
paratory discussion and the atten-
ton of the republicans everywhere
was fully aroused; their primary
meetings were held in accord with
long established usages, save in an
exceptional locality or two, where
modes have for some time
existed, which, if not ac-
quiesed in, have never been
resolutely rebelled Against and
changed. These primaries were
attended by large numbers and
justly expressed sentiments of the
participants in them. Delegates
chosen to the state convention rep
resented the views and opinions of
their respective constituents as
fairly and fully as those OF con-
ventions which preceded it. The
methods Of the convention, when
assembled, were in accord
ance with precedent, and
were free from violence or clamor /;
sedate and deliberate. There is
naught on the face of them that
will not warrant the assertion that
all that was done in its sittings was
honest and above board, and that
the results did not flow from the
conscientious and dutiful convic-
lions and actions. Of the members.
This is plain from the fact that
when the decisive vote was
reached though there had been
deep feeling and was great
disappointment, there was no
hesitation in yielding unanimous
acquieSence, and a motion to that
end was made by one and seconded
by another of its prominent mem
bers who hoped for different end.
Their party and public rank and
their character and qualities for
bid the idea that they
would have submitted to OF
winked at vicious or irregular prac.
tees in their opponents. 1t would
seem, as thus considered, that the
conclusions reached by that cOnven.
ton were entitled to the sanction
and support of the republican party
and the appreciation of the public
Yet it would be idle to affect to not
know that the public mind is
stirred by reports of doings
liz which the convention,
as a body, had no hand
doings of that quality which honest
and highminded men cannot ap-
prove, and will not tamely tolerate
No one claims or believes | had q
lot or part therein. or previous
hint or suspicion thereof. | Scorn
an end to be got by any such means
| will not undertake to measure the
truth of all these reports; that OF
one is beyond dispute, nor will ]
argue whether or not the results al
legged by the convention will be at.
fected thereby. The facts are public
and everyone may make his OWL
judgment, Ibut there is growing
thereout a practical question and il
is brought to me for answer.
success. Moreover, it is physically
impractlcable to put up another can
didate. | say to the men who pro
pose this thing to me. "COme, let us
reason together" Suppose that ]
have declined, how will you have {
new nominee selected? The con-
vention has adjourned sine die. Its
powers have been spent; it has dis
solved into its elements. Can it re
assemble with any prerOgatiYe that
will insure a regard to its dOings
In the State of Pennsylvania thai
was one OF the questions in the tur
MOL Of the republican party; it haC
no solution. If it should reassemble
would you abide by what il
would do? You say you wOulC
not. 1t empowered the committee
! to ill a vacancy on the ticket
Would you have that committee
name the nominee? No, you reply
for that committee is an outcome
of the same convention whicl
brought you forth and which con
vention you repudiate. There is
then, but one other mode, that is t,
call a convention of delegate
| freshly chosen according to tn
usages OF the party. The time lef
for that is at most but about
month. Most persons are familia
with the processes to comprehen
that to get together from differen
parts Of the state members Of th
state committee; to make a ca
to the state convention, t
send abroad the fact of tn
call, and the assembly district
to convene committees thereo
from their homes, of many Whic
the telegraph does not reach;
send a call abroad for district cor
ventions in the mode of the week.
newspapers. usually only one al
thoritative in ruralparts of the state
to call the town caucuses in thos
{ parts, by the same mode, would 7,
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