Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-24
THE INTELLIGENCER.
The MOundsViIIe DcmOcratic
Convention.
[Ffom our own Reporter.I
MoUNDsYILLE, March %, 1859


Directly on the heels of the Opposition, the
Democracy of Marshall county met to-day, in
convention, to bring out their available man for
the Legislature. They did not want to be more
than one day behind in the race, as there is
nothing like getting fair start.
A drizzly, unpromising morning ushercdin
the day of their choice; but democracyi is water
proof and dauntless, and, rain or shine, always
on hand. Early in the day came the delegates,
horseback, and footback, (as they say out west,)
till with them, and the attendance at Court, the
Court House was pretty well filed. That dig.
nifed body was engrossed during the morning
hours with an oleaginous case of stealing bacon,
the losers beings silver-haired patriarch and
his son. Tae alleged thieves were father and
two sons-which hungry trio, it appeared from
the evidence, unlocked or otherwise managed
to get into, the meathouse of the aforementioned
parties, whence thoy abstracted in felonious
manner swine flesh to the value of $40 or
1925, with which greasy burden they decamp-
ed. Notwithstanding the natural, pressing
claims of hunger, the court (beiug n court of in
quiry) remanded the meat stealers for trial.
About noon the delegates got together and
organized. Mr.. John Thompson was called to
the chair, and Messrs. James l.. Burley and j.
ID. Ewing appointed secretaries.
On motion a committee Of one from each ma
gSterial district was appointed Committee
on Credentials. A Committee on Business was
also appointed; after which the convention took
recess till after dinner.
Having strengthened their democratic dia-
phragns with good dinner, and ''cetera, and
having rolled sufficient number of logs to in
sure the nomination of somebody, the represcn-
tatives of Marshal county once more squeezed
themselves into little jury room up stairs
about 8 by l0) where it seems Moundsyille
Conventions are wont to be held, and prepared
for action.
The first business in order was the report of
the Committee ON Credentials. They reported
through their chairman the names OF the dele
gates present, numbering 40, representingn vote
of D3l. Somehow, Gust how it was done your
reporter confesscth lie can not tcll,) either on
recommendation of the Committee, or suggestion
of the chair or some one else-certainly not by
resolution-the two-third rule was adopted,
making 62l necessary to a choice. About this
period the Convention became quite free i'll cx-
tending its courteSies to outsiders. 1t was re-
solved Oh motion of Mr. Martin to adult dem
ocrats not delegates. Mr.. j. Strawn thought the
invitation should be n little further extended,
and moved that all, democrats ornot, be invited
to seats in the Convention Some one sugges-
ted that they would have to set on the floor
Somebody should have moved to move back tho
walls, so as to give vent and breath and room to
spread, for the anxious mass ofhumanity pack
ed almost to suffocation around the table and
the Chair.
After considerable time had been wasted, the
nominating began. The following were the
gentlemen first put in nomination. John Scott,
Jas H. McCarriher, Enos Howard, Isaac n. Kel-
Ter, b. W. Price, John Wilson, Wellington Jen-
nv, V. Uockayne, and John Jefferson. 1t was
resolved that on each ballot the lowest candidate
should be dropped, and that no one should be
re-noIninated more than twice-whlch last gave
rise to some discussion as 10 what 1t meant--
Tho prefix re- to the word nominate, having been
satisfactorily elucdated to delegatorial appre.
hensious, the debate subsidized, aud the ballounG
began. Not only began but went on. Bnllot at
ter ballot resulted in no choice. Then began the
wire pulling anew. Candidates were dropped
and renominated Vote after vote showed diuer-
ent results, but no choice. Mr.. Keller came
once within nine votes OF the nomination, but
alas, "Ihere's many slip 'twixt the cup and the
| lin" The contest for n long time was between
| Mr. Keller and Mr.. Howard, but neither of them
could reach the formidable twO-thirds. Thus
passed hour after hour in this struggle, each
mans friends seemingly determined to stand by
him to the last. Men were getting weary, and
night was approaching, aud yet there was no
Drospect of ending the contest Five O'Clock
| had come and gone, and your reporter began to
have serious fears that the readers OF the 4Htet-
| lgeRcer would not getthe account OF the Mounds
/
mornings issue At this juncture Mr.. Strawn
moved the resembling of the two-thirds rule
By some kind of naneuvering one more ballot
was taken before the rule was rescinded, result
Ii ing, ofcourse, limo choice. After deal ofmoy
| ing and amending, aud piiing Of motions on top
of motions. and explanations of the exceedingly
intricate aud complex proposition 'to rescind,
a vote was had on the motion to rescind the
rule, which motion prevailed. VIM. Martin now
withdrew Mr. Keller from before the convention,
and Joshua Burlcy was nominated Mr. Buriey
and Mr. Howard were now sole competitions
The last ballot (about the 25th-the secretaries
quit counting hours befcre) was then taken,
and resulted in the election of Mr.. Howard.
On motion then, the nomination Of Enos
Howard was made unanimous by few well put
II cheers 2S
Mr.. Ym. Martin, from the Committee on
Business, then reported the following resolu-
tions, which were adopted as the sense OF the
Convention
Be IL resolred by the Democracy of Marshal
county. in Convention assembled,
lst' That we cordially approve of the action
Of the late Democratic Convention of Virginia;
and that we heartily endorse its nominees, and
/ will give them n cheerful and efficient support
at the polls on the fourth Thursday in May next.
and. That in John Letcher, our candidate for