Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-01-09
Damocratic Meeting.

Democratic
~ meeting of the D en- ocrats of Harri-
son county was held ia the Court House
at Clarksburg. on Monday. the 9Th day
of January, 1857! THAT being Court day.
at which .E.sR RArroS. Esq, was called
to the chat aud q: WlitSon appointed Sec
rotary.
The object of the meeting was explain
sea=tozbe the appointment Of Delegates to
Conventions to nominate Democratic can
didates fofo g ff6her Of AtRg B0afd
of Public Works, Senator for this Dis;
ESMBsfsapons aEwasXB Resolved. That the
chairman appoint ten delegates to repre-.
sent Harrison county in the Senatorial
Convention. -dEhd-sOToI
The foliowingtate theodelegatesa appoint
ed: ColcJeseph j. Winter yPuG eorgeZtH.
Earnest, ]. M!'Eib; James o. eBadclifsoJ :.
b. West, L. D. Swisherss Isaac RI Ran>
dolph, Calvin Garrett, TNan! 'S!"Wilkin-
son andS:lL Duyal. si7.o"H@ -. '7'a y
Upon motion the chairman and score
tary were added to the 1istS Of delegates.
The following motion swasb then 7unani-
mously adopted 49, bs7ggsa sfi snid iao7a
I Resolved,a That sthislemeeting nrecom-
'mend West Union: Dodd ddgeacounty, as
the place, and the oTuesday latter 1.-The
fourth rMondayein February, as the time
Iof holdingCthe Democratic Convention to
nominate candidateffor Senator for this
district; but that we will acquiesce zin
any Time and place agreed upon BY ma
Njority of the counties in the district. A
1t was then Resoluea, That the, chair
Pappoint twenty delegates to represent
this county in the Convention to be held
pin Martinsburg. onthe15thof March next.
10 nominate a, Democratic Candidate for
Commissioner Of the, Board of Public
Works; and that he President and, Sec
retary be added 70, lhe+ list. iE5-t ,,5a 7on
The following delegates. were appoint
ed under The, foregoing Resolution sgaA.
J. Smith. w. p Cooper. C.,S. LewisA j..
B. Wright. Bed. Basel. Stewart Little.
N. E. Hall. Vim, Stewart Eli Marsh, A.
S. Holden, R. S. Horror, A. S. Carder,
Alfred Rogers, Jesse J:'a Youn g. J. wv
Swiger; 1Fhos Harden, JesssF Flowers,
Jacob Long, l.. G. CLARK and D. d. Will
kinson. '-s-@ A.!.-| ''A
After much discussion BY number, of
gentlemen, the following resolution vas
adopted - 80 ''
Resolsea, That we recommend rea ne 18th that the
Democrats of-each Of the election pre-
cincts in this county ,slmeetgon. the third
Friday ips March! pexhI toiWotej7for aud
select TWO Democratic, candidates to rep
resent this county in the next House of
Delegates; and that they appoint fve' per
sons from their respective precincts, to
meet at the Court House on the, FRIDAY
following, to compare the votes IF their
respective precincts. and the two cantii!
dates receiving the largest humber Of
votes in the aggregate. TO be 'aectAredA6y
the persons so appointed to meet Ut 'ths
Court House. thea5nominees of the D til6;
cratic party as candidates for the next
House Of Delegates and that the N3o
candidates receiving the largest number
of,,votes in any precint. shall have count.
ed for them the whole Democp atic vote
Of that precinct; and Should there be a
tie vote between the three or more candi-
dates receiving the largest number Of
votes, the said persons SO appointed shall
decide which two shall be the nominees.
Upon motion it was 5.s'
RESOLVED. That The proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Clarks6urg
Register. rs a7s<sz :
After which, the meeting adjourned.
" E. w. PATTON. Cu'N.,
B. WILSON. Secretary. 14 NJ 9'la3