The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-14

THR DEMOCRATIC Cry CONVENTION
met at the Court Honse, last night, to
nominate candidates for the different
city offices to be filed at the coming
charter election. ]. f. Updegraff was
called to the chair and Wv. Hoge APP
pointed Secretary. The gas. was very
murky and threw very dim glare
over the assembled Democracy. They
did what they could in the way of
cigars to help the gas, but the scene
could not be made refulgent. The
managers fitted round inside the bar
with becoming solemnity, laying their
little ropes with tho rank and file as
to how the voting was to be done. A
resolution was offered to adopt the
vote of the last city election as
resolution called upon each can
didate to stand to the rack, fodder or
no fodder" and abide the. decision. OF
the Convention. Both were adopted,
The Democracy then "proceeded with
their proceedings" beginning at the
very end OF their labors-viz.sthe Sc
lection of candidates for Mayor and
City Clerk. For the former Office s..
Brady, Esq. was nominated, and for
the latter, General 81. F. Feeney, both
without opposition. Next came the
City Treasurer. For this position,
Messrs. - 81. Bickel, It. C. Cocayne,
Alex. Q. Eotf, s. II. Greer, and Daniel
Geigor were nominated. First ballot
stood. Bickel 81; Cocayne 34Ss Greer
$40; Geiger $50; Eof a. Second ball
lot, Greer. $40; Cocayne, 247; Bickel,
S0S; Gsiger, 4S7. No choice. at this
stage Of the proceedings the services of
an assistant Secretary were said to be
required, and Capt. John Mulrine was
elected to the position. The third, and
resulted as follows: Greer, IS; Blckel,
$50; Geiger. $50. MIR. Geiger was de.
clared the choice of the party.
The nomination for City Sergeant be-
ing next in order, an individual with
quite flourish, anticipating, no doubt,
an easy triumph, nominated the pres.
ent Sergeant, John Scarborough, for the
position, while more. modest delegate
mentioned the name of Frank B.
Stanley, as n candidate for Sergeant's
honoIs and emoluments.
The roll of delegates was called. and
after summing up the result, II was an
nounced that, Mr.: Scarborough had re-
celved 627, and Mr.. Stanley 6S4 votes.
This intelligence seemed to cast a
damper on the spirits "of all that vast
asSemblage," as the spectators began to
dlsperse in crowds, and during the re-
mainder OF the evening but few were
present besides the delegates. One dis
appointed individual, doubtless, when
MIR. Shanley's success was proclaimed,
shouted, "Hurra for the last rose OF
summer" and took his place in the re-
firing "multitude."
The President of the Convention re-
marked that il was now iniorder to re-
ceive nominations for Superintendent
of Wafer Works. MesSrS. John w.
Cummins and A. NJ. Phillips were
| placed in nomination, and the first bal
lot resulted: CumInins, Ills; Phillips,
107.
Candidates for Street Commissioner
were called for and reponses made by
Henry S. Dunlap, James Haley and
Stephen Clark. The contest for this
office was neither long nor desperate,
as on the first trial Mr.. Clark received
IS9 votes, Mr.. Haley 3S4, and Mr.. Dun
lap 1SS.
The last office to be ballotted for was
that OF Wharf Master. bfr. Isaac Old
ham and Mr.. T. II. Ogden were named
by their respective friends. Tho Con-
Tention seemed to have lost its chief
interest aud the ballot in this instance
was put through" with cOmmenda-
BILE activity. Mr.. Ogden was the choice
OF the representative of 922 voters and
Mr.. Oldham of 195,
The only remaining business to be
transacted was the selection of one
from each ward, by the delegates of
their respective wards, to serve MS a
City Executive Committee for the year.
A few minutes elapsed, when the fol-
lowing gentlemen were chosen to man.
age the coming campaign in tho city !:
LIST Ward, A. J. PANEL; I'd Ward, w.
III. Schambra; Sd Ward, Chas. Wheeler:
4th Ward, Robert Simpsons; 5th Ward
VIM: Kleavis; 9Th Ward, B. Shanley;
18th Ward, w. NJ. Wilkins.
Thus endeth the first scene In the