Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-08
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Tho Richmond Cleveland Democratic
Club, at Its meeting OF Friday night last

Tho Richmond Cleveland Democratic
Club, at Its meeting OF Friday night last.
adopted the following resolutions
"Bs II resolved. That whi,o cur nrst choice Tor
President IA Grover Cleveland, yet the delegates
nominated By this club are hereby instructed
tina, .t 4. the post,ye wlsh Of this club that they
wll, vote II, the State convention against Instruct
ins or pIedsng the delegates TO Chicago IN favor
OF any candidate, but that they VIII vote for dele
gates who will exercise their best judgment I'M
der the circumstances then and there s1rround-
ing them in selecting presidential candidate
That resolution comedies that there
ought 70 be no pledges exacted OF the W.
/ cinia delegates TO the Chicago convention.
This has been our contention oil tho time,
and we are clad that the Cleveland Ciuo
has even by implication acknowledged the
policy We have advocated and upon WHOM
Virginia has always acted in send.n{ dele
gates to Democratic national convention
What remains to be done! Whatare the
! Democrats of this city to do under these
circumstances For what purpose are we
| to have a primary election? 1t IL to ie,
tho voters decide for themselves whether
| thew will be represented In the Democratic
State Convention by men devoted 10
| CLEVELAND, yet declaring thcmseiyes IN
favor os not instruc,ing for him. or by
| men who ore not devoted to CLyyfLASD'
but to the Democratic party, and who have
all along advocated the policy now SO
popular even with the CLEVELAND men?
| The question now remains, Would IT be
wise TO send delegates 10 Chicago who rot
| only hold that CLEVELAND 10 an available
| man. but the only available man ?-who
have become so deeply intersstei IN Inc
fortunes of the ex-President thatfhey shut
| their eyes to the absolute impossiol!ity oil
electing anybody President without the
vote OF New York Are the men VINO
really believe that New York State would
| cast her vote for CLEVELAND II be were
made the Democratic nominee the men.oi
sober judgment whom we ought 10 oe-
| pute TO represent the Virginia Democracy
| in the national conclaye OF wise men soon
10 assemble TO select candidate for fresl-
| dent?
| The Cleveland Club should take one
step more in the RICH; direction. IL ought
| to favor the policy of eending no delegates
to the Virginia Democratic State Convsn-
ton and none to the National Democratic
Convention who are wiling TO admit the
| New York Boilers delegates INTO the latter
convention. These Boilers, or Eoyolu-
tionIs.s, or whatever you choose to style
! them. are erraved in opposition to 'ht
Democratic party organization IN New
York. They are doing all they can TO IN
duce the national convention TO take W
the New York quarrel. The Democrats OF
| Virginia must not encourage this treaehery
to the Democratic party. If the seventy
two delegates OF New York march out OF
the national convention because OF the
admission of the Syracuse convention dele
gates, the former body might as well adj
| iourn and 60 home. New York will be
represented by men Of her own choice OF
not at all.
So, we repeat, every Virginia delegate tC
the Chicago convention ought to be op
posed to recognizing the New York Boilers