National Republican., 1888-05-09
Republican Law.

Iu wi. letter printed in the NNll'\Nl w.
rtmI,AN yesterday, Judge Newman. ui
luray, Va, SAYS;
IN my opinion the disuirt delegate, onu be-
legally and property appointed at pctrr.hurl,
sUUS iOmcct the requirements uf III" riil ut
ihCMutiuual committee by the state cDuvcn
tion, resolving itself uto district conventions
for that purpose. aud, il | am not mistaken
this view j. entertained by the Republicans of
Louisiana. Tennessee" New Hampshire, Iowa,
and. perhaps, Of pth"r states.
In accordance with the Nw lhl down Ivy
thc National Convention, delegates can he
illegally and properly appointed nowhere
except in the district which they are selected
To- represent Here /, IA" laN as adopted by
the National convention at Chi.dgo in iSNl.
II Is iu section Zen of the rules ~ Drlrraud
lu,hcs-. and reads:
Each congressional district In the rnital
states shall elect itS delegates tu the National
convention In the same way as the nomination
If delegates to Congress j. made.
Delegates at large for cnrll state aud their al
'cuatc. shall be- elected 10y state conventions
in their respective states.
No one can mistake the meaning Vi these
words. They are directory AMI mandatory,
The Nationul Convention can refuse to seat
iGlt chooses lo do 50 amy district delegates
not elected In 'thc same way a, the uDmina.
lion or delegates to Congress Is milr." T.
will mot he pretended that delegate, 10 Con
grcs- are ever nominated 10y breaking up
state convention into district conventions,
The NNrIuN>r HErl Ri, IS has discussed
this subject with fairnu-, and iruukue,s.
in y previous article it stated the reasons
for the enactment OF this party law. II
viii rrstatc them. II wa~tu prevent the
majority from dcpHving the minority Of
Representations II wa, tu guard thc priuci-
pie which Is the cornerstone or the govern
mcut--thc right Of thr people to >pcol; for
| llcmsrlyc".
The circumstances which led to the adop-
ton Of the rulc are well known. The stale
convention in New York had cnleIvurcl
TO force the delegates to the National Con
youtiuu to vote FOR candidate they lid not
approve uG--thNt Is, To establish what they
called the unit Tlle--a rule which destroy
/ representation 10y the unit Of power.
! The "pIan of organization" Of the state ur
| Virginia is printed In another column BY
| examining section :, article ,, 1t viii be
/ -ccu that The state committee I, authorized
/ to call The district conventions. Bui tho
| national Jaw Of the party acts as a Limitation
, upon the state committee, and it /, bound
tocumply with the regulation, which say
/ that The district delegates '',i.Ri' be elected
/ ''in tile same way as the nomination Of dele
! rates iO Congress is made
| \ IL 1
the result has been q serious quarrel in
| the party, through which the Democrats cX
rcct to reap advantages. The sta Of Mon
day evening had the following:
Th" Democratic manager. are very much
cratitrd ut the bitter iaotional strife existing
| IN the Republican ranks in VIRGINIA. They
h"Gm HON to believe that II will not he posi-.
Bile for the Republican leaders to- check this
~tr.f" during the coming campaign. Some un.
| "asinCss IL iclt in democratic circles us to
Virginia and hence the qualification afforded
iu Democrat. hy the warfare between the
Malone and NddlrberECr factions. one OF
tlc best informed and most ,Rlful Demo.
cratic leaders ul Virginia sail tu a .>hlf re-.
potter to-day;
They the Republicans have the numbers
10 carry the St0tc il they would vote together.
| ~ GotS.hot now seem probable tit they can
harmonize, If they should, should feel very
anXous about the state
Forcsceing thi, result and hoping to allay
this "iactlonal strife the NATIONAL RI
rUElI"AN, in the interest of harmony In,
insisted upon the rule laid down by the MI.
tional committee. III rWsc .jorTHf, rg|u
| N3% he rcmorcd
II is useless 10 cite the cSgmpln Of Iowa,
or Mississippi, Of any other state. In th,.,
all agree, a. Il matter Of convenience, lu the
plan adopted: In Virginia % 3, not so.
| Numbers Of good, honest Republicans met,
Of weight aud stmqdng IN the party-myr
| protested against the action of the commit.
tee, and the result is "lacliOnal strife"
This should cease. Stop the fractional
strife aud lei all unite to secure the crr.
toral vote Of Virginia