Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-30


THE UNION CONYENTION YES
TBRDAY.
The Union County Convention met yes
terday at ten O'Clock, at the Court House.
TWAS informally organized by motion of
Mr.. John Hubbard, nominating Mr.. Henry
Eehols TO the Chair. Mr.. Eehols declined,
and nominated Judge Fry, who was Sc.
lected by the GouVention. Nr. Hubbard
also nominated Mr.. George Robinson for
Secretary, and he Was elected. Mr. Hub
bard next moved that Committee of
three on credentials be appointed. DR..
Bates interpreted nm objection, stating that
he thought the frst duty of the Conven-
ton to be to ascertain what were the
views of the members on platform of
principles. The Chair ruled that there
was NO Convention until the individuals
claiming seats were recognized As mem
berB. DR.. Storcr, OF TriadeIphth, moved
-that committee OF one from each pre-
cinct be appointed rs Committee on u
Platform. The Chinr again ruled that all
motions were out of order previous to the
appointment Of Committee on Creden-
tfals: The motion for this committee was
put and carried. Messrs. John Hubbard,
Henry Crangle and DR.. English were ap-
pointed rs the Committee. On motion Of
Dir. Hubbard, the Secretary of the Con-
,VentiOn was ordered to call the list of
the different precincts, SO that the dele
gates from each might respond. On doing
80, the following gentlemen were found to
be delegates:
From McCounell's-J. B. Coulter.
FROM Professionalism. f. Sisson, JnO.
Pearson, Joseph N. Bell, T. Y. Harvey.
Prom Woods Rnn-Wm. North, James
McCombs, DR.. English.
From TFiAdelphia-Tbos. tThornburg,
DR.. Storrer, ]. W. Brown, W. J. BOggs,
and n. II. Garrison.
z From the LIST Ward-B. F. Venom, Jno.
Hughes, R. 7. Singleton, Geo. W. Robin
son.
From the I'd wOrd-Judge Fry and a.
Scatterday.
From the Sd Wnrd-A. P. Woods, DR.
Bates, o. w. Heiskell and n. Hamilton.
From the 4th Ward-H. Crangle, Il. Ex-
ley, E. c. LETTERS, JOS. Britt and Jacob
Hull.
From the 9Th ward-John Hubbard,
.JShn Holiday, =. D. Wait, j. Salisbury,
Henry Erhols and Capt. George Norton.
From the 9th Ward-T, J. Blair.
From Ritcbietown-Jessee s. Wheat,
John L. Hobbs, S. II. Woodward, Stephen
Waterhouse, Theodore Gorrell and George
Birch.
AEter the calling of the precincts and
the enrolment of members was finish
ed, DR.. Storrer resumed his motion for the
appointment Of Il committee of one from
each precinct on platform. Tue motion
being carried, the following gentlemen
were appointed; Afr. North, DR.. StOrreF,
DR.. Hughes, DR.. Bates, Messrs. Holiday,
Blair and Gorrell. As soon as the Com
mittee had retired, Mr.. Heiskell moved
that committee Of three be Rppointedto
ascertain tho ratio of votes which each
member would be entitled to cast. The
motion was carried, and the Chairman APP
pointed Messrs. Heiskell, Crnnglc and
Hubbard rs the committee. The commit
toe, after comforting few moments, re-
ported AS follows:
ReSolVei, That the whole number Of votes
poIled at tho last Presidential election
In each magiSterial district in the county,
be taken as the basis for tho action Of the
Convention, and that the delegate or dele
gates from each magisterial district be
authorized to vote his proportion of the
come before the Convention, and when the
delegates are not NIL present, such as are
present shall be entitled to vote the whole
vote Of the district.
Pending the consideration of this reso-
luton, the Committee on platform came
in. DR.. Bates, ms their chairman, read the
following
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Ia tile name and on behalf of the peo-
ple of Ohio County, and adopting the