Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-03-24

q PERSONAL leellnS against our ri
airman except.in a few instances ~
is "A conscientious adherence :.
q the average mind of apEsro par
itch takes away frOpa-.G voter II
i .Acc0maca .or Lee county any right
Ito name his own chairman or com
nitteemen for his county and
places it in the hands of a gentle
/ man in Loudoun. Lynchburg OF
Richmond" Mr.. Wise says, the
present plan of Republican organi
cation in Virginia is "top-hcavy-
too much head and 200 little body
He gives notice that at the next
State convention in May he viii
move to change the present plan Of
organization, and submits the plan
which he will urge. His plan "pro-
poses to take away boldly the I'LL
limited and absolute power now
lodged in the State chairman under
the name of executive committee
and place it where it belongs-to
wit, with the people," He believes
his plan will "resl ore harmony and
greatly strengthen the Republican
party" He also gives notice that
in the approaching convention he
will oppose tile unit rule, a rule
which, he asserts, "destroyS all
freedom of@individual action and
makes OF our twenty four delegates
to Chicago twenty.three puppets
and one important mau-viz., the
chairman of the delegation"
Concluding his letter, Mr.. Wise
says: ''Sent as a anti our dele
CATION will go as one OF the ord-
nary Sob lots from tine Southern
rotten boroughs that have been OF
no importance in national conven-
lions since the war. If we send
twenty -four of our best neI-men
whom we trust and honor-unin-
structed and Engaged and I'M
bound by any unit lule, we will
command the attention and re-
srcct pertaining to real repre-
sentative delegation. There is .
reason against the unit rule pecu
liar to our case and one ovcrShad-
owing all others. The enemies oil
Gen. Malone have contended nj
along that he was trying to pack
the delegation for Mr.. Sherman
and bind it by the unit rule. How
ever unjust may be this chargc,t The
confidential circular recently pub
lished by him urged the adoption
of the unit lule i'll connection With
support of Mr.. Sherman, and thus
gave couptenance 10 that Idea
That unfortunate paper ARRAY Ell
against the unit rule thousands
who were indifferent about it be
fore. TO so INFO that convention
now aud pass that unit rule Will
give great color to the charge that
the delegation was packed and the
whole thing cut and dried by ma.
chime methods. No reasoning and
no argument will remove that i'm
presssion. No matter how fairly
it may he done, it will lose the Re
publican party thousands OF votes
in the election by thu charge,
amounting TO belief aud convic
ton in tie minds of many that the
Republican party of Virginia is
not really pall., but a mere ma
chine manipulated by Il few PEG
pic who handle it as d child does a
| jumping jack. Feeling all this
knowing whereof l speak as he
cannot know i'll have begged
General Malone and his friends TO
/ abandon the idea of urging it. !
have begged him to drop the con
tenlion as only forcing a. factiona
feud at the outset OF our campaign
when it can so easily be avoided.
have begged him to do this tor the
good OF the party and TO smother
! tue natural inclination to make :
fight for his own ideas which ths
opposition to his views may excite
lie knows that l did as his frlent
and as MIR. Shelman's friend. i
he has not been convinced that
am right L certainly have not beef
convinced by him, aud nothing re
mains Tor nue. but to urge my View
before the convention. trust Il
may not lead TO any unkind feeling
on his part. 1t shall not upon my
part. have known General Ma
hone too long and am personally
too deeply attached to him to 10
these differences on questions o
party policy ALLEVIATE me from hln
or impair my regard and respec
for his great ablliJles and services
But l look upon the approaching
convention as marking ii crisis II
the affairs of the party which ma,
lead to results very injurious to II
and incidentally to him, and~lt i
my duty, as / see it, to take TIL
ground"
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