The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-03

Ing vote for "r1ldIcal" men pledged TO "radl-
cal" measures, MS shall give the President,
the Congress and the world to know that We
are uneqnivocnlly in favor OF retaining tho
government In the hands OF loyal men and
loyal men only, and that we honestly 5diI anu
hilccTeIy approve MI JOniH'HI N 'I , TG
and traitors punished"
Sth. That the measures and policy OF tho
present Congress, including the proposed
amendment IN tho Constitution Of the United
States, for the establishing of an enduring
tie recently rcbeiiinmS StnteS; TO practical re-
lntiOnS with tho Government, RS members OF
tho Union, are, in tho opinion OF this Con-
ventIon, cninontly wiSe and Just TO all sec
tiOnS, in1iCtlng neither humiliation nor
wrong upon any; and that the factlouS Oppo-
aiti0m OF the President thereto, and his Olsti-
nate manifestation of u purpose to dictate
the conditions upon which Congress shall
discharge It's duties in the promises, nave ex-
Crtcd II malign influence upon tho people oI
tho Southern States, indiSpOSng them 10
submit In proper spirit TO the results oi inc
%Tejra wa[ Ha n KeIRS r mTS g s 9 neope OF he m
North which III 1861 was exhibited i'll open
rebellion against the Constitution and laws
and which now threaten to again involve tho
country iii another bloody civil war.
The resolutions were repeatedly
cheered as they were read and were
adopted with greHt enthusiasm.
Mr.. Ferguson, from tho COMMITTEES
OH the Basis of Representation, submit
ted II report, recommending the adOp-
of the Constitutional Amendment last
May, as tho vote to be cast in this con-
Vention by tho respective counties.
The report was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Hagans, OF Mon
Ongalia,
RcsOlUed, That each delegate be entitled 10
cast his proportion OF the whole vote OF his
county, TO be announced To the Convention
hy the ch9lrmen Of the county delegations
respectively, and that said vote be aScer-
tained III said delegations by ballot or other
wise.
Col. Lockwood, of Marshall. present.
cd II letter from General Z. NJ. Harris,
OF Ritchie, declining to allow his name
II candidate for Governor.
On motion OF Mr.. Boyd, of Marion,
it was, then, amid rapturOus applause,
unanimously
Resolved. That Governor Arthur /. Bore
man be rcnominated by Hccl0nHIion.
The Convention then proceeded to
nominate for Judge of the Supreme
Court of Appeals.
Hon. X. l.. Berkshire, tho incumbent,
and Hon. Edwin Maxwell, Attorney
General of the State, were nominated;
and upon II call of the Counties the vote
was, for Maxwell, l2,7O7, for Berkshire,
8 400; SO that Mr.. Maxwell was declared
nominated.
For Secretary of the State, Col. John
S. Witcher, of Cabell, and Samuel r.
Dawson, of Ritchie, were put in nOmi-
nation; and upon call of the
Counties, Col. Witcher's nomination
was found to beso nearly unanimous,
that the vote was not counted.
For Auditor, Joseph NJ. McWhorter,
of Roane, the incumbent, was nomina-
ted by acclamatiOn.
For State Treasurer, Capt. J. II. Bris-
tor, of Taylor, and Capt. II. A. Mauls-
by, of Marion, were nominated, and
upon a call of the Counties, Capt. Bris-
tor received 1896 votes, and Capt.
Maulsby 9,494; SO the former was de-
ClAred nominated.
For Attorney General, Col. Thayer
Melvin, of Brooke, and J. Marshall
Hngans, of Monongalia. were put in
nomination. Col. Melvin received IA
40S votes, and Mr.. Hagans I,135; so Col.
! Melvin was declared the nominee Oft
Convention.
All the nominations not made by ac-
clamatiOn were, by resolution OF the
! Convention, made unanimous.
On motion of Mr.. Chapline, of Jeffer-
son, the Convention proceeded to APP
point nine delegates from each Con-
gressional District, TO attend the Con-
VentiOn of Southern loYRliStS to be held
i'll the city of Philadelphia on the third
| prOX.
While tho appointments were being
made n dispatch was read from Hon.
State Executive Committee OF Ohio,
urging the Convention to take the ac-
ton then already in progress.
The following delegates were APP
! pointed, with power to add to their
number any other loyal West Virgin
ians who may attend the Convention:
| DELEGATES TO PHILADELPHIA.
| lst District-Thomas HornbrookI
Gen. r. S. Northcott, Col. S. NJ. Peter
son, VIM. Is. CaswelI, y. w. Campbell,
Col. J. II. Lockwood, A. Werninger,
Capt. S. +. Shaw, Gen. N. Goff, Jr.
| I'd District-JOhn E. SLY, Hon. u. D.
/ T. FarnswOrth, John N. Boyd, Lieut..
Frank Patterson, J. N. Wisner, Abijah
Dolly, Hon. L. Is. Hall, Hon. James
Sd District-E. NJ. Fitz-Gerald, Gen.
w. II. Enochs, Col. John S. Witcher,
Hon. n. Harrison, Hon. Daniel Polsley.
Major John Slack. Hon. John NJ,
Phelps, Hon. w. l.. Hindman, Capt. II.
! G. McWhorter.
! On motion of Mr.. Ferguson, of Cabell,
it was
RcSOlrcd, That the present State Central
| Committee be continued until the next Union
! State Convention.
| The following gcntlemcn were ap-
pointed IL committee to communicate
the action of the Convention to the Sow
oral nominees, and to request their ac-
| ceptance of the nominations: James
| c. MCGrew, Preston; VIM. l. Borem an,
| Tyler; j. NJ. Hagans, MOnongalia; p.
NJ. Hale, Lewis; and DIR. 7. II. Logan,
OF Ohio.
The Secretary of the Convention was
directed to furnish n copy of the pro-
ceedings of the Convention for pubiica-
tiOn, and the Union papers throughout
the State were requested to publish the
snme.
On motion of Mr.. Amiss, of Wood,
thanks were rendered the officers of the
Convention for the acceptable manner
in which they had conducted its delib-
eratiOns.
On motion of Mr.. Chapline, the dele
| gates unanimously pledged themselves
not only to support the nominations
here made, but to labor diligently for
the election of the Union county ofli-
GERS throughout the State.
The Convention then adjourned sine
die. ELLERY r. HALL, Sec'y.
| -~O~
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.-The Washing
ton correspondent of tho New York
| Tribune tells the following amusing
story. It would seem, from his recital,
that such mistakes are becoming chrOn-
ic, as witness the ludicrous blunder
with reference to the Philadelphia col
leCtorship:
A funny mistake happened in con-
nectiOn with Mr.. Cornelius Wendell'S
appointment as Superintendent of Pub
lie Printing. 1t seems when Mr.. Wen
dell opened his certificate of appoint
ment this morning, he found il was
made out for the position of Commits
| SiOner of Public RuildinuS instead or