The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-28

II H. very tnflGns assumption iI'i NV az
lion of the Republican National committee IN
rating upOn gross misrcpicscniatlOn ana
fraudulcnt cOuniNancc,R Humbcrot uilhuthor-
iIel and unaccrcdiicd persons hs delegttes
rom certain Gi,ircis ~ NlIRIilla, ,hyu'u h,i
fhorze YOU or anybody else 10 name the cleo
tors Tor those districts ~ contempt ana con,
friycutiOn of the legally exercised VIII ana
ppwcr Of the Republican uaity ana people OF
fhrec districts and Oi ih' Eial'. - l't
Nofioual Convention. upon idlsc ana iimsN
t,e ulcality and ptctcNt, backed v unscfupu
l0re miSstatcments. was Hislch lh tle ihlu@t oi
excitement ana confusion 10 tuiliilt mon
-fr ms outrage against DuI prppir hpl phIl1
with rcspect TO dele yates wnOsc quilncttloil
.-ll election were fully uudcrlt, authority ana
Judgment. that surely gives %" NhI hHi' h,i
color Of iustinc tim OF cNeI.' lOl thc ISpeu
ton OF the outrage here ID me mhllti pl cic'-
frrs. over which 40 National Convention mas
.,-er cyereiscd Or cliWcd any jurisdiction
,chqtcyor and whose election al me O'ls -
not ybr districts, as IN the case Of 'Ongress-
mon but hy thr vote oi me l""P4r 4" 'h'
,rioie state FVen the Qrc,cNt rmplONci
rtfoeOo0- t1 district dclegat,s has no apple -
fiou ai all qe 10 electors. as neither the htlO;i
.l ouycn ION nor National Committee oi thc
party has M any time pffendci I" Hiiett 70" M
..ncfo,s. whether for the 81 trici6 II the state
~ large. shall bc chosen.
InfhptOtal ahscncco % jurisdiction IN the Va
U0uai Convention over the Gppointm M "i
nrosifcnfiai electors. ana Whcii 30 lfct'h,ioh
10 direct such appOn moot nave ever hecn
=
mr. sdictiou and authority oyer the subject are
vested in our state Committee. il was by FOR
nal resolution aud vote thHt our 81 otttc
Convention directed the delegate from every
congressional district 10 select an cle Tor ana
{ cy did sO-thc whole body Of delegates con
stituting the state tOnNc ton choosing ihc
a ectnrg for the State AZ large. II - unques-
tOnahle that the state Convention mlgnt nave
also chosen lie district electors. u ~ hl1 >"
nlcgSod and Ii fO lows that 10 conferred ample
and cOmueient authority on the delegates 81
IN. r.spcc' i've districts 10 select these district
e. ect -, no matter whether these q -ltShtes'
Ycting outside Oi the territorial bounds ~ thelf
.ntep,l districts were legitimate COnNcrtl1' 81.
~ moi 90 clec. 81 trict3 dclcggt 10 the Nn
fi1nnl Convent n under the direction tnat
these delegates should hc chosen in the same
Uav hat candidates fOf Congress are nomlna-
ted.
But. what. where ard who are You ana your
associates. ana what do your prctcnsions
amount o.. DO the basis OF your power 10 name
district electors Is that when HoH indicate :
Logically and consistently carry Ou Your as
SUMPTION. that the unjust seating at Chicago
lf pretended delegates, H6Wci 10y prclchdcd
conventions. held INSIDE the bounds 81 cur
congressional districts, Was recognition o'
he legality and validity Oi such alleged G ~
yrntiOn- los the National party, aud II follows
with cumulative an irresistible force that the
IItc action a. thicagO with regard TO our dele
.rtfcs for the state at large, not only gives fhi
NATIONAL recognition OF our tate OnNcnton,
n~id nj the Academy Of NuSic I'm Petersburg,
AS regular and legitimate. but that that con
vruti0u rcuro sentcd the true X publican pco-
uic and only organized aud regular ReIuhicdn
Marty Ina Virginia. That being clearly 50. ana
i,s the decision al Chicago with respect 10 dis
fricf delegates. right or wrong. cAtCndel Only
tn the place of their election. you ana your as r.
-0clatc-. iV your own afgtnc 4, are SHOWN 10
iuyp mo- recognition AT all as a party. ana are
bitterly rcpudmtcd hy thr national oreanid-
fou I'm all yOur prrtCnsions a. an orgdniA-
zion. That YOU ought 10 abandon these pr
tensions is thus muuii Il upon idst ahtiN>iH
ID national action al Chicago. o. well as upon
thousand other considerations that shoui ap
real 20 your judgment. your conscience ana
,oin patriotism "a Republicans
The Ugh Ot 81 state tou' 'CntioH or our Ihtty
fo ullne it- whole e. IectOral ticket "a inc ubita-
hi IL right To- confer power ON the state
Committee tO name such tcNct, ur Otherwise
go direct is appointment, - iniisputahIe ana
u hen itdW hOrlZcs The delegates OF tdch dis-
frtct 10 choose its eli CtOV. the legitimacy 81
the Transaction is bcyond all diseuss.o ana
.hull lCnge. Hence. our state tonNcntlon,
llviup been recognized 10y nttiOnal party au-
hDlity. ana having framed dn electoral ticket
DO. its own action as TO elect rS-at large ana
lr il. cOmpctent direction as 10 district clec
ions. that electoral ticket f. the ticket Of the
Republican party of virginia. boih IN law ana
lact. and hy every test TO when rs verify an'
validity can Zee subjected.
Bui who aIe thee men WhOm you would
Io. Il uuOn the Republicans OF six districts hs
their al ctOrS And what l. the title 10y which
they are To be- advanced TO hose high posts Of
htuor and trust Administrations, let Us take
ihr gent, man you ana yCurassOciaics present
Tor our "guucu renee n the Eishthand flith
iStrict- I'm the former, Hon. Lewis Mchen
.ie'- claim j. founded avon so-ca edconNen-
fluu h,liiu thccit of Alexandra on the 10Th
D. rNl41.--eVeH avs after The cN plratiOn Of the
.lmc wHcn 10 was competent. under the call
.t the National Committee. Tor any district
convention. real or pretended. TO erect dele
"a - TO Chicago. Those who constituted lhts
body were Ncssrs. LOWS mckenzie ana /.
ti.0,cS Of AlCNandra city; W. ID. Sweetzer,
ID. 4. Hine. and f. /. Mason Of Fairfax
- r. Nichols, and ", T. Brown ci Lou
ilun. and Il PROXY for some dele
cgatc OF Cuipcpcr The Eighth district 60
-iste of ten counties nnd ihe city Of Alex
nn,iia: hui il is only claimed that Loudoun.
4 iriaX. Cupcper, and the city OF AleAan
.riA we e. represented (and partially sOl IN nc
so called A cNandra convention, the seven
other counties. including every county thai
lives Kct ublican majority. not being repre-
.ent.d at an OF the "a delegates of the dis
ttict only eight lOr one-eighth OF tn whole
attended. representing only lou OF
The l23B3 Republican voters II The district;
and tn Sc =, besides d lhg luhctus hclo. haa
tur iclpatcd In the regular cOnN enti pa OF the
4 -fficf on the l7tn of VI ~ AT petersburg. Do
you rca Is think thai Mr.. Mckei zie was duly
chosen elc tor for the Eighth district DO
yOu believe that 10 allow Nr' Mckenzie, 90
chosen. TO >upcrcede the electOr appointed ut
Petersburg Hon. Il. h. Farr 10y full dc cga-
tiOls from the city Of Alexandria ana every
county IN the distri {, will cOnducc TO par
harmony aad unity5 l. this an example Of
the vauutcd regard in which you and your as
sCcittcs hold popular sovereignty aud the
Will OF the Ieoplef Is II thus that you would
rally our republican voters TO the polls Tor
rue clcctQra ticket Ia November, 10 carry the
state for Harrison and Morton II Looks more
like an example and invitation for our pO-
iitical enemies 10 deiraud al count us out in
tho returns and &c may wei be doubted if
Mississippi herself has ever give more
ilagraut instance Of pOlit cal usurpatiOn aud
outrage.
m. case of Judge \ NJ. Lyhrook, whom
YOU nut up for TIE fifth district. ise even worse
nan thai of Hon. Lewis Mckenzie Ot the
ichth. In the latter there was some prctcnse
of a cOnv, ntlOn; but IN The former, although
TO god proceedings of an imaginary cOnveu-
ton were offered in evidence al Chicago 10y
sims and Scott. there WAS no convention at All,
md even the forged pro -eedings failed u con
tain any mention OF anybody as an elcctOr tOr
the Fifth district 1t Is you and Your assOci-
ates. sitting NJ iichmond on the 18TH of July,
who hus seek 10 make Judge LybrOOk an
cl ctOr, an dispacc the honor bic < -ntleman
DR.. }. W. S.mmons) who was duly appointed
hy the Republican voters OF the district
Constituted convention. in which every city
and county ia the district except Patrcb) was
represent d. and from which there Was not Il
single bOltCr. Seventeen of YOU gent emen-
Mcssrs, ID. L. Houston Of Roanoke City. Harry
1 iOby OF Elizabeth city county, ID. NJ. Nor
ton OF York county. L. :. kyiand OF King VIII
liam county. J. A Chisholm OF Hanover cOuu-
AZ, W. W. Fields OF Richmond city, j. B wal
thall of the city OF Lynchburg, G. \. Hcer-