Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-04-19
OPPOSITION COUNTY CON.
NENTION

day, in the Grand Jury room of the Coprt
House. At2 P. NJ. the house was called to or.
der, and on motion of James Kelly, John r.
Hubbard was nominated to the Chair. Isaac
Kelly was nominated as Sec'y
Mr.. Hubbard, on taking the chair, stated that
the first thing in order would he to appoint
Committee on Credentials The Chair BEING
on motion, empowered to appoint, Messrs. David
Armstrong, Theodore Gorrell and James War
den were constituted as said Committee
The Committee on Credentials retired from
the room, and in short time returned, report
ing the following gentlemen rs accredited dele
gates:
From the LIST District, or the McConncll's and
Brotherton's Precinct-Me3srs. JONES' HESKY,
PORTER AND BLANEY.
From tie ID District, or West Liberty. j. IT.
BONEW
From the Sd District or Atkinson's. and
Woods Run-Messrs. JAMES AND ISAAC KELLY.
From the 4th District, or Triadelphia- Messrs.
ARMSTRONG BKowN.
From the 5th District, or LIST Ward Hose
Ilouse-Messrs. Connolly, YoUNG AND SINGLE
TON.
From the 6M District, or Court House
Messrs. HEIsKELL, JAMES WAEDEN AND JouS
BlsnoP
From the IN District, or, 4th Ward Hose
House.-Messrs. WILSON AND MARSH
From the 9Th District, or 9th Ward School
House and Ritchietown.-Messrs.Q uIGGLY AND
GoRRELL
The vote of the precincts was announced to
be, respectively, as follows:
DIsTRICT No. |, II; DISTRICT No. 3 1913; DIS
TKIcT No 3, IA DIsTKtcT No. 4, 105; DISTRICT
No. 8, 1914; DIsTRicr No. 6, 379; DISTRICT No. z,
1856; DISTRICT No. s, 3S2.
Whole number of votes (Fillmore's vote be-
ing the standard) 1465. Necessary to a cloice-|
The Chair next announced that it was for the
convention TO decide whether the delegates
would adopt the majority the two-thirds rule
in their nominations: and, also, whether the
votes should be cast by ballot or oirG UOce.
On motion it was decided that majority vote
should nominate, and that the vote should be
cast by ballot.
Nominations were then decided to be in order.
Whereupon, Mr.. Heiskell nominated Judge
Joseph L. Fry, following up his nomination
with u commendatory word in behalf of his
nominee. Next after Mr.. Heiskel Jas Kelly,
nominated DIR. English of West Liberty
After these two nominations had been made
AR. a. Quggly arose and moved a reconsidera-
ton of the vote whereby the majority rule had
been adopted. The motion was put and declared
lost.
Mr.. Gorren moved that each candidate be
pledged, by his nominating friend, to abide the
result of the Convention. Amended by Mr..
Heiskell, so as TO read-"and that the members
of this Convention also edge themselves to
support the nominees of this Convention" The
motion was put as amended and on being taken
the result uncertain that division
was called for, whereupOn "divisiOn" was had,
and the motion, with its amendment, decided lost.
The result not being yet satisfactory re-divlS-
ion was called for At this juncture, Mr.. Cor
rell moved that the vote be taken upon the res
Olution and the amendment separately. This
motion being carried, vote was taken on the
original resolution, which was announced as
carried. vote then taken on the amend
ment, which was, also, decided to be carried.
James Warden then nominated Nathaniel
Richardson, Esq, which nomination was fol-
lowed up by Mr.. Connelly's nominating Jas. S.
Wheat, Esq
After the nominations had all closed, Mr.
Quiggly, one of the delegates from Ritchietown,
arose and said that he had intended presenting
candidate to the Convention, but since the
majority rule bad been adopted he could not do
SO. He begged leave to announce his withdrawal
from the Convention; after saying which Mr.. Q.
took his hat and walked out.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot; the
nominees being announced to be: JUDGE Fry,
Dir. ENGLISH, n. RICHARDSON, JAS. S. WHEAT.
The vote on being counted out was ascertain
ed to stand thus:
DrsTmcr No. 1-72 votes each for Messrs. Fry
and Richardson.
Drsrmcr No. 2-l23 votes each for Messrs.
English, Richardson and Fry.
DIsTMcT No. 3--74 votes each for MessrS.
Fry, Richardson and English.
DISTRICT No. 4-105 votes each for Messrs.
Fry, Richardson ald English.
DIsTRiCT No. 500 votes each for Messrs.
Fry, Wheat and English
DrsrmcT No. 6-'rhe vote of this district was
good deal complicated but was finally ciphered
to be: English SIS, and $50 each for MeSsrs.
Fry, Wheat and Richardson.
DlsrMCT No s-332 votes each fGr Messrs.
Wheat, Richardson and English
The aggregate of each vote was announced
as standing thus: For Judge Fry, $50; DIR.
English, 1898; n. Richardson, LA; Jas. S.
Wheat 964.
whereupon it was moved and carried that
the three highest, viz: Messrs. English, Rich
nrdson and Wheat, be declared rs the nominees
of the Convention.
a committee was then appointed to formally
acquaint the nominees with the action Of the
Convention, after which the Convention adj
journed.
s5g By the proceedings of the Opposition
Convention, which met yesterday at the Court
House, it will be seen that Messrs. Wheat and
Richardson were nominated from the city, and
DIR. English from the country, as candidates for
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