Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
THAT CONFIDENTIAL. CIRCULAR.
Highland Rec order.

The Valley VirginiIn last week
published a circular sent out by
the chairman of the Republican
State Committee, mai ked, "private
and confidential which, to our
mind, contains features which can.
not rebound to the good of the par.
ty. The first object of the circular
is to injure Mr.. Blaine as a posi-
BILE candidate for tho presidency.
1t is in bad taste, we think, for one
Republican. to Try TO stigmatize
any other Republ lean, especially In
such an underb anded way. Be-
sides, Mr. Blaine is no doubt the
most popular r epublcian in the
country with Vir ginians and there
fore this secret method of doing
him harm is ate lded with all the
more danger to the party. The
fact that he is no W out of the race
does not make tn matter better.
The second obj cot OF the circular
is to boom Mr.. ShermaE's claims
for the high oflic e While we do
not think he is Il 10 most available
timber for the pre- sidency, we have
no objection to an y effort in his be-
half on the part or his irie uds, so
long as this effort is not made at
the expense of Rel Iublicans as true
and staunch as heL
The next feature Of the circu lar
Is the recommend alton that each
Congressional dist riot instruct lis
delegates to the n ational Conven.
ton to support tn unit rule,-that =,
is, to support the candidate whom
the majority of the delegates of
Virginia endorse. We think this
is wrong. If Blk out of the ten dis.
tricts should favor Mr.. Blaine and
four should des ire Mr.. Sherman,
for instance, we can see no good
reason why the four districts should
he forced to give up their choice
and support man who would not
be the peoples choice. The major.
ity should rule, but this is not a
state election, and it might be that
those four votes would control the
We believe in the E.
lection OF candidate most accept.
able to the majority of the people
Of the whole country, and to orr
mind, the best way to determine
his is for each delegate to vote for
he candidate who is the choice Of
,he people of his district.
1t next recommends the adoption
If a resolution endorsing the recent
laid before the Nation al
Republican Committee. This might
% very we'll but for some of the
sentiments expressed in that doc u
nent, where 1t refers TO all Re.
)ublicans not in accord with the
organization as "Judases" and
'LazraUses, not only dead and (
,urled, but sinking" We do not {
egard this as the kin d OF language
which should be used in reference
o good Republican who merely ]
efuse to endorse the present or. !
,anization of the party.
1t recommends, also, the adop.
ion of a third resolution which I
'renounces the political fellow |
hip and repudiat's the pretended {
Of the kiGkers and \
aggards in the party in Virginia" |
This is the most remarkable advice
0 come from the, head of a party. i
his thing of reading men out of a q
'arty because they do not endorse Q
yerything the. head of the party I
Ioes, Is a most dangerous course to
'ursue. 1t IL monstrous propo- l
itlon, In view of the fact that the d
teadI uster party had its very orr. ,
IN IN a similar action on the part |
1 the Democratic State Committee, !
'hen the present head of the Re. '
publican party and Gen. Groner |
'ere renowned" and "repudi- t
ted" on account of their views
ot being in accord with the rest ]
{ the committee. BY that very }
ct the Democratic party lost t
honsands OF votes. Have our 4
'aders forgotten the Mozart Con.
ention and the circumstances |
'hich led to its organization, and c
o they now propose to commit r
ply such as the Democratic party 8
Id when 1t Pronounced" and gre. j
udiated' its CHECKERS Certain g