The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-18
[ooRREsPoNDENCE.
DOddrIdge County Convention.


burg, West Virginia, on the 2Sth day of
May, 1865, and for the further purpose
of efecting a thorough organization OF
the Republican party in Doddridge
county, and was organized by electing
Il. s. Gray President, and S. Z. McCor-
mick, Secretary. e. l.. Wade was call
ed upon and explained the object OF the
very appropriate remarks on the same
subject.
were adopted:
Resolved, That new County Execu.
tive Committee of five members be APP
pointed. fIr FHlf
Resolved, That township committees
be appointed to consist OF not less than
three members in each township, whose
duty It shall be to inform the said
County Committee OF such uncertain
voters as would read loyal publications
If furnished them. And be 1t further
ResoEved, That the said township
committees collect and raise all the
funds possible for campaign purposes
and forward the same to the County
Committee. ECE. -Elta
E. l.. Wade, A. C. Holmes, Amos Bee,
8. P. Mccormick and g. G. Cole, were
appointed County Executive Commit
The following is list of the township
West Union-W. H. Wiley, Jacob
Smith, B. F. Jones.
South Rest-T. S. Gray, f. Bee and
g. w. Britton.
and ]. NJ. Robinson.
GentrdE-J. W. Cromwell w. w.
1foQeIIan-Stephen j fallen, Sylves-
ter Frum and Jesse F. SnOdgrass.
GraHt-R. s. Powell, A. p. Stutler
and George Kinney.
Cole, Christopher Nicholson, A. +.
Parks, 7. A. Jones, Jr. and Seymore
Norman, were appointed delegates at
large to attend the Estate Convention.
and the following named gentlemen
from each Township; NJ
West Uaion-W. A. Wiley, Il. IL.
Wade, T. X. might, and 8. s. Kinney.
CentrdL-J. w. Cromwell, ]. Benni-
ger, w. w. Clark, and Eli Fleming.
GrGnt-W. V. Trough J. w. Mauls-
by, a. P. Stutler and r. s. Powell.
Netr Aitton-G, 81. Davis, Il. w.
Davis, J. NJ. Robinson and L. II,
McCleuan-s. F. suodgrass, S. Frum,
Winter Hutson and Israel b Allen.
South ReSt-E. Bee, Foster Williams,
II. s. Gay and Job Gay.
ResoIved, That General T. NJ Harris
Congress.
RESOLVED, That If we cannot get him;
our delegates be Instructed to vote for
the best man til ey can get.
On motion ii WAS ordered that these
proceedings be published in the Wheel
ing INTELLIG EScER.
Adjourned.
t. G. GRAY, President.
S. P. MCCORMICK, Secretary.
The Canvass in the second District
Editors IntetligeHceT.:
In your issue of the 18th 1 notice a
communication from this place, over
the caption of Republican, intended as
a reply TO letter published in the In
TELLIGESCER of the 11th, written by a
visitor to our town. L have no desire
to mingle in the controversy in ques-
ton and would not do SO but for the
fact that your correspondent over the
signature OF a Republican, has seen
ft to indulge his spleen against Major
Bristor, a gallant soldier and chris
tian gentleman.
The auimus ofthe article clearly indl-
Gates its authorship. The hasty zeal
with which the writer rushes to the de-
tense ~ OF MIR. Kitchen, when in fact
Mr.. X. has not been asSailed, is clear
evidence that it is .'All in the family"
What this ardent advocate of the claims
of Mr.. Kitchen expects TO gain by such
uncalled for attack upon Major Bristor
1 am loss to conceive. He has per
feet right to express his views and in
dictate his choice of candidates, Tor
Congress in this District, but it would
have looked much better had he done
so in gentlemanly and courteous
manner, especially as Major Bristor's
friends here have pursued that course
towards Mr.Kitchsn. His overweening
zeal in his behalf of Mr.. X. is likely 10
yNrnAuaa thu nnnnaffa Of the pfTppl de-
sired. heard u gentleman, favorable
to MIR. Kitchen, remark after reading
the communication signed "Republt-
can" that If such were the means to
be used against Major Bristor, he ut
least would change his opinion. The
"a Republican" attempts 10 make cap
itaI against Major Bristor by styling
him the Methodist and soldiers can
didate, because he served his country
well and faithfully in the field and
stood amidst the lannon's crash and
the iron hail oil rebel musketry while
"a Republican," saved himself by
skedadlIng TO Maryland, Pennsylvania
and Ohio. Methodist candidate be-
cause while a soldier at Martinsburg he
taught a class in the Methodist Sun
day School of that place, when, in fact,
there was at that time no other
Sunday School in the place, all
the the other churches being closed or
OCGupleu lOE ull4lbhlJ purposes e
heather philosopher, Pythagoras, oil
SamOs, taught the doctrine of the
transmigration of souls, which may be
true, and had much to do with the
tastes of ga Republican," as by refer
ence to the words L find that "a Re
publican" was born on the same day
that Tom Paine, the deist, atheist
died, and hence his holy horror of
MatOr Bristor teaching a Sunday School
in a Christian Church.. L do not know
to what church Major BristOr belongs
nor do L care: IL is sufficient TO know
that he Is christian gentleman and
patriot.
The attempt of-AIr, KS Jealous
friend to make II appear that Major
Brisior desires his nomination on any
other grounds than his exalted patriot
ism and his deep devotion to the inte-
rests and principles of the Republican
Marty not 90 down in this community.
i1ity. It is but natural that the soldiers
who shared with him the Prtvations,
dangers and fatigue of field and camp,
should give him their preference, out
he is not the candidate OF any SECT OF
class-he is the candidate OF the people
and stands on his merits alone, and MS
most bitter opponents will not pretend
to say that II nominated he would not
make faithful and worthy representa-
tive. AS before remarked, mao no
desire TO mfngfe in this controversy
and should not have done SO but for
fine nurpose of defending gallant SOL
dier and upright gentleman against the
attaclxz and gross misreprese ntations
ofUA Republican" II Mr.. Kitchen
snnroyes OF the course which his "A
ps,nn EJfcanJT fs pursufng towards Maj.