The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-06
TnE SECOND CONGRESsIONAL DISTRICT
Some Suggestions by IL Republican, Earnest
Work VIII Win.

Some Suggestions by u Republlcnu-Earnes
Work VIII Win.
On August "a, the Republicans Of the
counties composing the Second Con-
gressional District will meet in conven-
ton at Philippi to nominate candi-
date for Congress in opposition to the
Democratic nominee, Mr.. William l..
Wilson. With the record Mr.. Wilson
has made for himself as member OF the
Ways and Means Committee as well US
in the discussion OF the Mills bill, and
with the issue sQuarely drawn and
clearly defined between the two parties,
| it ought to be an easy task for the Re-
publican Congressional Convention to
nominate the right man, who could re-
tire Mr.. Wilson to his right sphere,
namely that OF Il college professor, and
give him there chance to expand his
Free Trade theories and iallacies in Il
more harmless way than his active ef-
forts in their behalf us Mis-Representa-
tive OF the Second Congressional Dis.
triCt will have on the laboring and
manufacturing interests OF the same.
The writer is not Il politician and far
| from wanting to set himself up rs Coun-
sellor or adviser on matters polite, yet
having been close observer OF the last
three Congressional canvasses in this
district, he begs to submit few points
to the consideration OF the convention
as well rs to the workers and voters OF
the Republican party in this district.
First, let us emulate the advice given
by the INTELLIGENCER to the First dis
trict convention, that is to say, let the
convention calmly and deliberately de-
eide who will be the best man to defeat
Mr.. Wilson and redeem the Second Con-
gressional district for the party OF Pro-
lection to American industries.
Secondly, after the nomination has
been made, let the best OF attention be
paid to the thorough organization OF the
Republican counties OF the district and
OF those counties that are likely to give
Republican majorities ut the coming
election. think too much time has
been wasted in the former canvasses on
the strongholds OF the Democracy and
too little attention paid to bring the Re-
publican counties into line. While l do
not want to deprecate the efforts to re-
deem even Democratic strOngholds, yet
it is an easily understood problem, that
the floating vote of community will
more easily be carried by the sentiments
OF the majority than by those OF the mi
nority, for that unknown quantity called
the floating vote does not like to be
caught in the ranks OF the minority. BY
exerting our efforts in bringing out the
full vote OF the Republican counties and
making such inrOnds into the Demo-
cratic counties as timea circumstances
will permit, will give us better chances
OF success that to try and convert the
Democratic counties in the onset and by
paying too much attention to them,
neglect our own ranks and strongholds.
Lastly but not leastly, let there be a
solid Republican phalanX, whoever may
be the nominee, let us work all, heart,
hsoul and body, for him and the principles
he representative leaders as well as the
yeOmanry OF the party-no sulking OF
aspirants who failed to get the nomina-
ton. nor OF their followers, but let us
rather profit by the example OF our
friends, the enemy, who have been torn
up by tactional ieuds in nearly all the
conventions OF this district, which have
been held during the last six or eight
years, yet Notwithstanding all this have
come up solidly enough on election
days to defeat us.
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