Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-27
UNCONSTITUTIONAL CoTVENTIoN
First Day

CONSTITUTIONAL GOhVENT10N
First Day
TuRsDAY. NV. 90. 1881.
The Convendonito frame Oonsttntlon
and form of Government for the New
State, met yesterday in thtscityi IN the U.
S. Court room at II A. n. thirty four mem
bers being present.
The Convention was opened by Mr..
able John Hall of Mason, As temporary
Chairman.
Mr.. HAIL was chosen Chsirman, and on
motion Of Mr.. Caldwell of MARSHALL q. l..
Cranmer of Whesling, was appointed tenn
porary Secretary.
Mr.. YAs WMKLR of Wood, handed IN
returned list of the members furnished MIN
by the Secretary of the CommonN ealth,
which was reported by the SECRETARY as
follows:
/ Raleigk-srsF1Rx Il. HAxssT.
/ RnndoLp Josiah Simmons,
| 7Heker-James ". Parsons,
Preston-John ]. Brown, John A. Diile.
4onoHgalid Hon. W. I, Wiley. Col. II.
Narion-Ephrain B. Hall, Hiram Hay
mond.
Taylor Harmon Sinsel.
BGr6our-E. j. O'Breu.
| UpShuF-R. L. Brooks, Z, fs,f-.
Harrison THOMAS J. HAHslsos, ). NJ
Powell.
Lsgis4Robert Irwin.
Braxton-G. z. TAYLOR.
SC2ay-R. F. Stephenson.
6GIGWha a, Brown
WaYHe-W. W. l3Eumheld.
Ga6lE-G FoSnEfl1e RaEker.
Pltahm-D. 8. MOntague!i
! Mds6nAJohn Han. Ss5S =
1 .Jaekson-E. s. Mahou,
R5dns-H. D. Chapman.
Rrt-B. r. Stewart.
GiEwer-W. ". Warder.
Rifelie-A.J! Wilson. 30
Roos-P, G, Van Wrinkle, ". 3. Stevens
son.
Igler-Abraham D. Soper.
DoddrIdgs-C Chapman j. Stewart.
RetzeE-R. W. Lauck.
Marshatt-E! q. Caldwell, T. a. Trainer.
OMo-DANIEL LAKE, Gordon Basteile,
James w. Paxton.
Br0oks-JAMRs HARVEE.
Hdmps6re-T. r. CARsKADDESi George
4 Shaets =,lf1s iite--'sE' 81
/ Hafdg-Abijah Dolley. iso I
Logdn-None, r.
Ryoma19-None r - ~
i Fdyete-James S. Cassidy. So
YTehoIas-None.
Haacock-Jo S. Pomeroy.
Re6der-None.
B0oRe-Robert Hagar.
TNum6er of counties, 40; number rep
resented, SO; number of counties from
which no returns have been received, 4. p
Number Of members elected and return
ed, As; number of members present, 40
Absentees in SMALL CAPS. The whole
number of members, had the other fonr
couuties been represented, would have
been 5l.-REpoRTRR.
Mr.. VAN WNKLE moved that the rules OF
the June Convention be adopted as the
rules of this body, and the motion was
i agreed to. The same gentleman further
| moved that committee Of uine be APP
pointed to nominate suitable persons for
i permanent officers of the Convention, not
only President aud Secretary, bnt Door
i keepers, Sergeant-at-Arms, &c. Heappre=
hended that would be the best way 70 pro :
coed. He believed i was the usual moae.
i Mr.. STEWART said il struck him that
i such a committee was unnecessary md II
was unusual so far ns his ezperieaee he'd
sSS.ss.sN.Is stiia gs sss oS5yo On %
proceed to elect their permanent phiseFs at
once. He knew that had been the rule
adopted by former Conventions in Virginia
#l-the last two at Ieast-though in the June
Convention, he believed, they had appoint
ed committee.
Mr.. Van WISKLE replied that many of
them were strangers to each other, and had
not been here long enough to get acquaint.
ed, and he thought, uuder the circum-
stances, the appointment Of such cons
mittee peculiarly appropriate. he was not
at all strenuous about the matter, but he
was hardly willing TO go into an. election
for officers of the Convention on such short
notice.
Mr.. WILEY said he supposed the object
of the gentleman from Wood was not to
preclude from nomination any others than
those recommended by the committee.
Mr.. VAN WNKLE said, Certainly not.
Ma. WILLEY said if that be the case, he
could hardly see what would be gained by
referring it TO committee. True, they
were many of them strangers, and with a
little friendly conference they could arrive
at better conclusions than to proceed at
once. He concurred with the member
from Doddridge, that 1t was not usual, in
bodies of this kind, to resort TO expedients
like this. It was implatcrial to him how It
was done, provided the action of the COM
mittee were not to be final, but leaves the
coast clear to Others in competition with
the nominees of the committee.
Mr.. SIHsEL said it might be that there
would be some contested seats, and he
suggested that 1t might be better to ar
range that matter by appointing Commit
tee on Credentials:
Ma. PoMERoY thought would he best to
attend to prelimInaries and have q recess
till afternoon, when he thought they would
be prepared to go into permanent or
ganization. He thought it would bea
waste of time to spend two days 10 organ
king a body no larger than this.
The question was taken on the motion
to Rppoint the committee and the notion
was lost. {il,5s! 7iii 5,siii < ssiss=.tilis