Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-05-06
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 6. 1892
UP TO DATE.
New York......72

CARLISLE, 1dJGlSOu, Z d1utI, w HIGuty, OOI-
man, Cleveland, Hill, and other gentlemen
are aspirants for the presidency. Not man
of them would like to have his own State and
delegates to Chicago pledged to the support
of another man than himself. Senators Dan
iel and Barbour, our trusted Virginia leaders,
are opposed to sending instructed delegates.
If we have no body that we can trust with the
important duty of weighing after hearrives at
Chicago the claims Of the various candidates.
then let us disband the Democratic party. A
party whose leaders are untrustworthy is not
worth saving Dispatch.
Our esteemed anti Cleveland cotempora-
ry seems to be depressed, and takes a NOR
bid view of the situation. There is no
danger of having to ''disband the Demo-
cratic party' in the event Of Senators Bar
bour and Daniel not beng able to accom-
pIish their desire Of having an uninstructed
Oh an anti Cleveland delegation sent to CHI
cago. The Democratic party made these two
Senators; they did not make it, and as far
as advice about the Presidential nOmina-
tion is concerned it does not miss them.
In the coming State convention the Demo
cratic people are sovereign, and those in it
who favor Mr.. Cleveland will not attach
the slightest Importance to whether Mr..
Barbour and Mr.. Daniel, who are publicly
known to oppose him, want an uninstruc-
ted delegation OF do not want one. They
propose, if in the majority, to select dele
cation to the Chicago convention whom
they lean trust with the important duty
of weighing after he arrives at Chicago the
claims of the various candidates, ''and they
do not propose to ''disband the Democratic
party7' simply because Mr.. Daniel and Mr..
Barbour are not the persons whom, on this
errand, 1--WE can trust" There are scores
of distinguished Democrats in Virginia
who have rendered the party great service;
who have not received the great hon
ors Messrs. Daniel and Barbour have
who are in sympathy with what they believe
to be the wishes of a great majority of the
people Of Virginia, and whom they feel
that they can trust. Such, are the men
they hope to send to Chicago. We do not
know by what authority our esteemed CO.
temporary defines the position of the two
Virginia Senators On the question of in
structions to delegates, but we do know
that if it is by their authority, this at
tempt of public servants to interfere with
sovereign convention of the people will
not be remembered to their credit.
Does the Dispatch think that if the two
Senators favored Cleveland and thought
the convention would instruct for him,
they would object to an instructed
delegation Did the Dispatch say word
in opposition when the people Of New York
instructed for D. B. Hill, Oh when the peo-
pie of Illinois lin a contingency instructed
for Palmer? Oh no; that was all right.
Why then is it that when Virginia, who
has no sfavOrite SON. of her own in the
field, may instruct for an eminent Demo
GRAFT of another State there is an outcry
made? Messrs. Barbour and Daniel are
not the leaders, of the Democratic party
OF Virginia in this matter of the Presi-
dental nomination-they may be the lead
erS Of the anti-Cleveland element in it, but
they are certainly not the leaders Of the par
ty. That the Cleveland Democrats in Vir-
ginia should not be willing to trust his sue
cess to their weighing" is perfectly natu-
raj. The whole truth of the matter is that
the two Virginia Senators have made a
political blunder by opposing man that,
as far as can be seen, the great mass of
their constituencies, outside of the cities
and towns, favors. Their mistake cannot
be modified OIL remedied by talking about
Outstanding the Democratic party" The
remedy that would most naturally suggest
itself would be to disband the Senators.