Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-04-27
For the Regists,
Snodsrass VS. snodgraos.

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With no little surprise has it been un
1erstood that John F. Snodgrass. Esq,
of Wood. is now in this section canvas
sing for seat in the next Congress. and
claiming to be the nominee ofthe Parkers-
burg convention. Itis well-known to the
voters of this district that Mr.. John F.
Snodgrass of Wood, was delegate to,
and acted a conspicuous part in the Rip
ley Convention, in 1845. As the pub
lished proceedings of that convention viii
show, the first movement that Mr.. Snod-
grass made in that convention, was TO Of
fer and advocate the following resolution:
Whereas, it appears that the counties
of Fayette, Nicholas, Cabell, Wayne and
Mason are not represented in this conYen-
Ion, and that the counties OF Harrison,
Lewis Braxton. jackson, Richie. Wood.
Barbour and Taylor, have, at their nrii-
mary meetings in their respective conn
lies. appointed lee delegates, and of that
number only So are present; therefore.
under the circumstances aforesaid, in the
absence ofthe delegates aforesaid,
RESOLVED, That it is inexpedient to nomi-
nate Democratic candidate for the l4th
Congressional District at this time and
that this Convention do now adjourn to
meet again on the first Monday in March,
1916, at Weston. in the county of Lewis
This preamble and resolution being vo-
ted down by the convention, Mr.. Snod-
grass then sought to disfranchise two
of the counties represented; and failing in
this. he sought to disfranchise one of the
Harrison delegates, 4, - s,-, .,...i]r
~ In the Parkersburg convention. the
friends of Mr.. Snodgrass succeeded by a
per capita vote, in doing what Mr.. Snod-
grass himself had failed to accomplish at
Ripley. -
Alter an unsuccessful effort on the part
OF MIR. nodgrass-continued for three
days IN the Ripley Convention-to defeat
a nomination, because the favorite of Mr..
Snodgrass was not the fayorite of the ma
Jority of that convention, ballot was Ia
ken, and Col. Joseph johnson, the pre-
sent Chief Magistrate of the State, re-
ceived clear majority of eighteen votes
ton. Mr.. Snodgrass having avowed pre-
vlously In the convention that he would
not support the nominee of his own Con-
vention, the friends of Gov. Johnson knew
1t was useless TO move that the no.
mination should be made unanimous, and
consequently the published proceedings
say
The result of the balloting was an
nounced by the Secretary, and lhereupon
it was moved that Col. Johnson be the
nominee of this convention
Mr.. Suodgrass. thercupon, submitted
the following resolution:
" Reso!0ed, That it being ascertained,
that on the basis representation fixed by
this Convention, that the counties COM
posing this Congressional District are
entitled 10 cast ninety-three votes, and in
asmuch as Col. johnson has not received
a majority thereof, he is not tie nominee Of
Mis COnVeRtion.'
The resolution was offered and reiec-
ted.
And here Mr.. Snodgrass again ayowed
he would not support the nominee. And
true to his oft-repeated promises, he re-
fused to support him in the canvass or at
the polls.
Now. sir, such being the history of Mr.
SnodSrass in the Ripley Convention, and
such his position in the spirited canvass
which ensued, how can he accept of snch
nomination as was rendered him at Par
kerSburg. The proceedings of the Par
kersburg convention. as signed and pub
lished by his own friends, show that Ka-
nawha. Putnam, Mason, Gilmer, Braxton,
Upshur, Randolph and Cabell were not
represented at all in the fragment of a
convention from which he claims his no
mination and that tooo-thirds of the de-
legates from Harrison, Barbour and
Lewis were not present that the dele
CATION from Doddridge were instructed by
the meeting which appointed it to vote for
Mr.. Lewis, and half of whom, together
with portion Of delegates from Jackson
and Wood had retired. The published
proceedings of this Convention further
show that the entire vote of the counties
OF our present district, without Cabell,
on the basis adopted was ONE HUN
DRIED AND FORTY-FIVE and that
the entire vote on the same basis of the
counties represented at Parkersburg was
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO;
and that Mr.. Jno. F. Snodgrass only re-
ceived the vote of delegates entitled to
cast fortyJfVe and three SeUenth votes.
Apply the first resolution offered by
Mr.. Snodgrass in the Ripley Convention
TO his own case, and the small fragment
OF convention from which he claims his
nomination, should never have presumed
to impose him or any other man on the
district as the candidate of a party.
Apply the last resolution offered by
MIR. Snotgrass in the Ripley convention,
to his own case, and il would read thus
ReSOtved, That it being ascertained that
on the basis of representation fixed By
this convention. that the counties compo-
sing this Congressional district are enti.
tied to cast 145 votes, and inasmuch as
Jno. F. Snodg,as Esq. has not receiv-
ed majority thereof The bav;n, r.c..;,,-