The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-20
AFTERNOON SESSION.

OF the convention was called ana all tne
members responded to their names The
committee for the selection Of senatorial
conferees reported as follows:
Re8olred, That Messrs A, NJ. Jacob,
Henry HEWITT, j. B Shepherd, George
Baird and George Watson are hereby ap.
pointed to represent Ohio county i'll the
Senatorial Convention Of Ohio, Brooke
and Hancock counties, to be held at a
time and place TO be hereafter designa-
ted.
The resolution was adopted by the
convention.
The nomination of candidates for the
House of Delegates being next in order,
the following gentlemen were named:
Daniel Lamb, George Forbes, Andrew
Wilson, B. Stanley, W. P. Frazier, VIM
Alexander, G. W Franzheim, j. w.
Brown, j. w. Terrell
The following resolution was there
upon offered by Mr. B. S. Good and
adopted by the Convention:
ResoIeed, That auy person offered as
candidate before this Convention for
nomination for any Office within the gift
of the people of the county shall, before
being balloted for, pledge himself in
writing, either personally or by his
friends, to abide by the decision of the
Convention and support its nominees;
provided that this shall not be enforced
in the case of candidates for the House of
Delegates
The Convention then proceeded to
ballot for three candidates for the House
of Delegates, each member of the Con
vention casting one fifth Of the vote of
his township, according to the basis pre-
viously agreed upon. There being in all
., lO7 votes, 1854 being necessary to a
nomination. The first ballot resulted as
follows: Daniel Lamb, ], 9n is; Andrew
Wilson, 1855 2.5; b. Stanley, 189; CIV,
Franzheim, 20S; Frazier, 2l5 5; Alex
auder, 1876 As; Brown; fl3 3.5; Terrell,
- %; S. S. Jacob, 50 2.5; Alex. NJ Jacob
$50; Geo Forbes, 300.
Daniel Lamb, Esq and Capt. Andrew
Wilson, each having received a majority
of the votes cast, were declared duly
nominated
On motion by Mr. Good the rule OF the
convention was suspended and Mr J. w
Brown was nominated by acclamatiOn
as the third candidate for House OF Del.
egates
The following named gentlemen were
then placed in nomination as candidates
for the Office of County Recorder, the
necessary written pledges being read be.
fore the convention: Robert i. Woods,
John C Porter, j. NJ Bickel p L. Kim
berly A ballot was then taken with the
following result: Woods ll22 80, Porter
2GO ,, Bickel 342 %, Kimberly 33l Mr..
Il. P Woods having received a majority
of the votes cast, was declared nominal
ed
Nominations for Treasurer were then
called for, and s. H. Greer, Israel -Upde-
graft, and A. Allison were placed in
nomination, their pledges being read
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Greer DC Is, Updegraff 975 s., Allison
9I5 10. No choice resulting, second
ballot was cast as follows: Greer 40 3-5,
Updegraft IVA 2-5, Allison 89l. Nr. Up.
degraf having received majority of the
votes cast, was declared nominated for
the office of County Treasurer, -r
The following gentlemen were then
placed in nomination for the Office of
Assessor: City E. Mccoy, Joshua
Burley, George Forbes, Country T. N.
Pemberton, J. ", Morgan
A ballot was taken resulting as fol-
lows: Mccoy 592 So Burnley IO11 Is,
Forbes 307 Is, Pemberton 494, Morgan
1851 %
Mr.. ]. W. Morgan was declared duly
nominated for Assessor for the country
district, no choice having been made for
the city, 4 second ballot was thereupon
had with the following result; Barley
1851, Forbes 236 3-5, Mccoy 40 As. Mr..
Joshua Barley was declared the nom-.
inee.
Mess-s. N. j. Breinig, Edward Bedl
lion, Thomas B. McKeen and William
S. Buchanan were then. placed in nom-
ination for Clerk of the Circuit Court.
A ballot was taken resulting as follows;
Breinig 13S2, Bedillion 1Ol 25, McKeen