The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-03-19
appointed his own delegates.

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John White, acting on behalf
of committee chosen some three
or four years ago, has appointed
the delegates from Hooking county.
Probably nobody but White knows
yet who are, and doubtless will
not know until they make their
appearance in the convention to
carry out John Whites instruc-
tions.
Fairfield county has elected her
delegates by the action of the
central committee, which was
probably elected not more than a
year ago and that county, with
Perry county, are the fairest and
the nearest of any other counties
to having a delegation representa-
tive in character from the north
ern counties of the district.
Meigs county, followin G time
honored custom, which would be
more honored in the breach than
in the observance, elected full
delegation to the vention, and
by an almost unanimous vote, re-
fused to instruct for Douglas, not
withstanding that two or three of
his leading workers were on hand
insisting aud demanding that he
indorsed.
Vinton county will have two
sets of delegates probably, as they
have two committees, the county
being torn into factions and frag-
ments, an easy prey to the Demo
cratic organization this fall.
Now, what of Athens comfy?
Who knows who the delegates are
to be? Who knows how they are
to be appointed? We are on the
very eve of the convention. The
central committee has not even
been called together and the
powers that he dare not call it
together, lest there be trouble.
The presumption is that following
the recent unhappy and un-
fortunate mode in the selection of
the delegates to the senatorial
convention at Logan, set of dele
gates will be selected the day be-
fore the convention, or possible
little longer, and will be herded
together at Logan, and instruc-
tions issued by boss Bryson exact
ly what to do. This sort of
scheme is to be labeled Republican
congressional convention, and the
Republicans of the Eleventh con
gressional district are to be called
upon to fall in line and support
this miserable result
We do not here and now discuss
whether they will do it or not,
but we assert that by no possible
application or even contortion of
the rules of political organization
will there be the slightest binding
effect upon the action Of the Re
puhlicans of this district growing
out of the meeting of that con
vention That convention will
elect two delegates to the Chicago
convention, and it will elect two
a!ternates. They are fixed now,
but there is something higher
than local politics in this phase of
that cOvention's procedure. The
delegates will he in favor of Will
lam II. Taft to be president of the
United States. and so is Messenger
and so are nine-tenths of the Re
publicans Of this district, and, of
course, there will be no refusal to
support that phase of the Logan
conventions action.
But the Republicans of this
district deserve the right to nomi-
nate their candidate for eongl ess,
and they will reserve the right to
vote for the man of their choice
for congress, independent of the
action of the Logan convention,
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