Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-08-31
TO MAKE PEACE IN VIRGINIA.
ADOPTING 4 PLAN FOR HAR-
MONI.
SUGGESTIONS TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS
RECOMMENDED BY fllF NATIONAL
COMMITTEE,
New York Tribune.


The differences that have existed
to such an unpleasant extent In the
Republican party Of Virginia are at
last in fair way TO be settled. In
fact, unless something entirely m
expected happens, the trouble will
soon be matter of history. A plan
OF settlement, practically that sug.
gested by the Republican Commit.
tee presided over by General Ma
hone, was Endorsed by the Nation
al Republican Executive Commit.
tee at its meeting yesterday, and
the general feeling is that 1t will
prove acceptable to both wings.
This is the resolution that was
unanimously adopted by the Ma
tional Committee in regard to the
matter:
That 1t is the sense of this com
mittee that the proposal made by
the Republican Committee of Vir-
gina, presided over by General
Malone, to submit the question as
TO electors in the six contested dis
tricts of Virginia to the district
conventions 10 be convened for
nominating Congressman, ought to
be accepted by that wing of the
Republican party presided ever by
Colonel Houston. But we are fur
, Their of the opinion that in the in
terest of harmony the persons call
ing the meetings to elect delegates
and district conventions to order
should not designate the temporary
chairman, but that the selection
of said chairman should be left Ell.
tirely to the meetings and cOnven-
tons themselves.
The members of the special com.
mittee appointed by the Virginia
State Committee to present this
matter to the National body are
V. ID. Groner, chairman James ID.
Brady, member of the National
Committee; John S. Wise, ID. F.
Houston, chairman of the State
Committee, and Lewis Mckenzie,
elector of the With District.
They were all here yesterday, and
expressed themselves entirely sat
isfed with the recommendation,
as IS evident from this appeal which
they issued last night to the Re
publican voters Of Virginia:
The undersigned having present
ed the differences in the Republi-
can party of Virginia, touching
electors in the Id, Hid, With, With,
With and With Congressional
Districts, to the Republican Nation
al Committee, and that committee
having adopted the resolutions
hereto annexed, we do heartily and
cordially commend its suggestions
to all Republican voters of this
State.
In doing this we assume that the
Republican voters of Virginia will
accept the resolution Of the Nation
al Committee as to the mode of
proceedings, both in precinct and
county meetings and in the district
conventions, and that such meet
ings and conventions so constitut-
ed will give a fair, free and full
expression of the will of the Re-
publican voters who assemble in
the meetings and the delegates IN
convention.
We, therefore, call upon all Re-
publicans in Virginia who have
heretofore taken part with us in
the recent unfortunate division in
our party to attend the precinct
and county meeting called for the
election of delegates to our district
Congressional Convention and take
part in said proceedings, and when.
ever such are elected delegates to
attend said district convention and
abide by their action as to the ques
ton of electors. The suggestions
of the National Committee, if OBJ.
served, and we doubt not that they
will be observed, remove any and
all objection on the part of loyal
Republicans to attending said meet.
ings and conventions, and are SUI.
ficient guarantees for cordial unity
among all Republicans in our State
IN the effort to secure twelve Re-
publican electors from Virginia
pledged to Harrison, Morton and
Protection.
In all earnestness, loyalty and
sincerity we make this appeal to
the members of our party and con-
graduate them upon happy end
ing of all cause of difference among
Virginia Republicans as to the
electoral ticket.