The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-17
Nominations for state omeers.PresI-
Dental Electors aPPOinfed...
Nominations for Congress
Fine victims names.
&c, &c, &C.
Special 10 the wheeling Intelligencer.
GRAFTON, w. Va, July 16.

Qultea large crowd in attendance.
The limited accommodations of the
place arc totally inadequate; numbers
last night slept on the floors of the
hotels, and many slept not at all.
Speeches were made last night In
front of the Grafton House by John g.
Lane and rebel Col. Hayward, of
Kentucky.
| The trains to, day from Wheeling and
Parkersburg brought several hundred.
The democrats claim that there is from
five to seven thousand people here. My
own Judgment Is that when the Con-
vention was in full blast it did not con-
tain much over twenty-five hundred,
certainly not over three thousand. In
this estimate Mr.. Pitman, reporter OF
the Cincinnati Commercial, concurs.
There were many others who could not
gain admittance, certainly several hun
dred. In respect to numbers the Con-
ventIon was undoubtedly the largest of
the kind yet held In the State.
A temporary organization was effect
ed about half past eleven o'clock a. N.
by making Okey Johnson, of Parkers-
brg, Chairman, and L. NJ. Shaffer, of
Berkeley, Secretary. The Committee
on Credentials was dispensed
with,-the apple blossom badge
being considered sufficient TO
distinguish delegates from outsiders.
Committees were appointed on Perma-
nent Organization and Resolutions,
and the Convention adjourned till after
dinner.
Mr.. Pendleton was then introduced,
aud spoke something over an hour. He
barely referred to the New York Con-
ventlon, spoke of Seymour and Blair
In terms of courteous compliment, and
made no allusion TO his own disap-
poIntment. His speech was devoted to
an calculation of his views on green
backs, and to a recital OF the wrongs
inflicted on the country by the Radi.
calls. His speech had been carefully
written, and he did not travel out of
the beaten path.
On re.assembling after dinner, the
Committee on Permanent Organization
reported John j. Davis, of Clarksburg,
for President, with eleven Vice Presi-
dents. and o. G.. Chase, of Putnam,
Secretary, with two assistants.
Mr.. Lamb, from the Committee on
Resolutions, reported the following:
ResoEved, That we approve the plat
form of the National Democratic Con-
yention lately held in New York, as the
true exponent of our political princi-
pies, and pledge our hearty and united
support to the nominees of that Con-
yention to the Offices of President and
Vice President of the United States.
2. ReSoEved, That we demand OF the
Legislature of this State reduction of
the useless swarm of officers with which
we are in tested and such other measures
of economy, retrenchment and reform,
as will reduce the burthen of State and
local taxation which is exhaustinR the
substance of our people.
3ReSotUed, That we demand the re-
peal OF the present system OF regtstra-
lion, as unjust oppression upon the
people and at variance with the fuuoa-
mental principles OF free government.
4. Resolved, That we denounce the
Radical party of this State because,
with view Of perpetuattng their own
mower they have refused to permit the
people to elect their own registrars and
have vested the power of appointment
Il in the Governor, 80 that the unscruPu-
i lons purposes of the party may be the
better accomplished, and because with
the same view they have by recent
legislation, relieved the registrars, thus
unfairly and Improperly selected, rom
either civil or criminal responsibility
for even wiIlful and corrupt violation
4 of duty. .--------- ----.-------...
5, Resolved, That whilst we are will
ing TO accord to the negro the full
measure of all legal rights, with ample
protection of person and property, we
are unalterably opposed TO negro suf-
rage, negro equality and all Radical
legislation looking 10 that end
/ 6, Resolved, That we denounce the
Radical party for having through its
Representative in Congress, by the
passage of certain military recon.
strucLion bills, declared null and
void the govarnment of Virginia
which formed the State OF West Viz
ginia, thereby denying the legal exist
ence of our new State.
i a proposition was then made to pro-
ceed at once to nominate State ticket,
but here a scene OF disorder arose that
beggars description and bafded all
efforts TO proceed. This lasted perhaps
half an hour. Mr.. Thurman vast sent
for, and meanwhile Col. Ben. Smith
was called to the stand to speak till he
came, but before he got fairly started
Mr.. Thurman made his appearance.
Ben. subsided. and Mr.. Thurman pro-
ceeded to address the Convention for
perhaps an hour and half. His speech
was more denunciatory and took better
than Pendleton's. EVsrthing extremely
copperish or rebel was most loudly
cheered, and the crowd agred with
great unction to everything advanced.
Mr.. Thurman concluded at about half
past four; and after another half hours
effort to reduce the unruIy elephant to
order, the Convention adjourned tillsix
O'Clock.
SECOND DnPATCH.