The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-28
WHEELING, ". VA APRIL 9s 1854.
WEST VIRGINIA con INVENTIONS.
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1Iuss,rin 1. virginia.
Tho familiar cry Of bCtsism Ia heard from
Virginia, and Malone IL the particular
Boss alluded to. 1t Is asserted that he boas.
ed the recent convention which chose dele.
gates to Chicago, as no In, bosaet every.
thing in his organization since he formed
1t. As he gives the explanation, his plan
OF bossinI tho recent convention was
peculiar. lie sayH he knew that unlcss II
programme wero agreed upon before, and
a ihered 10 in convention, there would 10
q waste OF time aud Of m opportunity to
alvancc the caueo which he has led. lie
called together n hundred representative
men from the whole State, submitted his
plans even to tho names Of tho delegatee
he proposed to select, and asked for COM
ments. Few alterations were made, and
the programme was adopted Substantially
rs he had arranged it. It is probable that
this centurion knew the hundred men
whom he called together knew That his will
would be law to them, and knew that with
this executive force in the convention what
no wanted done would BIO dono with rea.
Honable dispatch. And ye! it's not every
Boss that gives u hundred men n chance
to paes Oh his orders before he iGsues them.
Governor Cameron, Of Virginia, and
others who have stood by Malone and
helped to make his movement effective, are
now iisplea9ed with his methods and show
signs OF revolt. They object to his way OF
!orciny the whole convention to do his
will, 30 that ho goes to Chicago with TWEEN.
ty.four delegates tied up with the unit fule
and carefully slowed away in his pocket.
Governor Cameron object, to the unit rule,
although, he iayors Arthur, Mahone's first
choice, and looks vita little favor on
Blaine.
Whether the utterances OF Governor
Cameron aud his friends arc to be- followed
by open revolt, or end in words OF disap-
proval, revolt will surely come. And this
will be as natural as it wal inevitable Il at
somebody would boss whatever movement
might be directed agaius. Bourbonism.
When tho Readjus!er movement began
there was virtually but one party in Virgi-
mia. The Bourbons had It all their "
way. There wa3 not a Stree ballot and q fair
count" The colored man was held to have
no rights that the Bourbons were bound 10
respect. The laws were leveled mainly
against him, to harags and oppreas; and
intheir operation they rarely afforded him
protection. There waa little dons for freq
schools, especially for colored free schooIe.
White men who did not run with the Bour-
bon machine had no chance for advance
mant or even for the as7er,ion OF their
political rights. There was great discou-
tent. The materials were at hand for an
opposition movement.
1t was necessary to find q pretext other
than the oppression Of the black man, the
injustice to his children, or tho general
Bourbon policy that ran through the ad.
ministratioa Of alIairs. The pretext mus
nece,,arily DO local, not national, in it,
character. The financial condition OF the
Safe supplied 1t. V~irg;riaus felt them.
selves heavily taxed, the State was behind in
her obligations, and she wss without credit.
On this the Esadjusler movement was
based. The leader was matter
OF as. much importance ss
tina pretext. It was essential
to success tina. ho would be man OF indie
pendent fortune, 60 that business os,raciam
could not ruin him; n native OF good socinl
position, go that other white natives might
join him without entire loss OF social stand
ing; n soldier Of the Conicderacy who had
been well ut tho front, so that his devotion
to the Cause before it was lost nigh. not
be doubted, and hia personal courage
established, that other soldiers Of the Con-
federacy might feel some OF the old com
radeship in the new exploit. The leader
had to be u man ready In expedionts, cool
in council and da0hins in ths'tisld.
Malone was the man for the hour. Once
in command ho assumed q ~commande,-in.
chieI'a absolute authority and exacted
blind obedience to his orders. It is doubt.
ful whether any other kind Of leadership
could have effected substantial results with
such q force. In politics this is bossism.
The Readjusters bscame C~oalitionis,s.
tho Coalitioaists Republicans, by an easy
and natural evolution. The leap could not
have been made at once, but after the start
it was cettNin that the Reajjusters would
become Republicans. 1t is Of some siyniG-
cNnce tina! as soon as the Rsadjusters land
fairly in the Republican party, they be-
gin to SEQ that they have a Boc9, and to pro.
ties. against bos,ism. They were quick TO
catch tho infection OF liberty of conscience
and popular rule in the Republican ranks.
The Republican party can not exist any,
where ~ the personal property OF a boss.
1t remains to be seen how soon the recently
born Republicans of Virginia will get con.
troll OF their own affairs. They will get it
or their organic stion will 90 10 pieces.
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