The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-29
DEMOCRATIC, 80
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
SOu& Carolina Furnishes The dh
District q Candidate.
Nomination Of John eRer.
,'4nSon DaVis5''T' zial.J
How He Played Tie Role Of Cesar.
An Excellent Nomination opp. for the
Republicans.


/ saw Mark Antony offer him eFown;--ye
twas not u crown neither, twas O1o OF theS'
corOnets;-and as told you he put 1t by once
Sa G h1 4b M Il G 5san S SGaS ag siIl
but,. to my thinking, he was very loath 10 Jay BY
fingers Of It. And StIll as he refused 1t, the rab
element hoOtGd and Clapped their Chapped hands
and threw up their BwGety night'cAps and utter
cd such 4 deal orstMhnG breath because C4,ea
refused the crown, that 1t had almost choKet
And swearing he would ,ns'rr, consent, con
oSptsd-Do1 LFq". +
The Democratic Convention to nomi
nate candidate for Congress in the FRS
District wis held in the Court House a
West Union, Wednesday, the 27th inst
The hour announced !foF Tie meeting hhv
ing gone By:and the unteftiacl showing
no signs, oh getting together, the news
paper reporters went to the Court House
had tho beIf rdhg ahd'gdt the delegates
together shortly before II Am.
,JoIrN BAssgLL'; Of Harrison, called thE
kooSSe4t da3 b !btaeg md a6phIatee
JOSEPH W. GALLAGHER. Of Marshall, fol
Temporary chairman. ,,<
Mr.. 6Gid.Ad1iER took the cIiah and RI
turned his Acknowledgements for the IN:
expected honor conferred. He believed
in after yeaES Il @6tiEd be- regarded. lbs
something Of ,au, honor TO have presided
even temporarily over the first Demo
cratic Convention that nominated Gun
dldate WHIP %as, elected thF first Demo
cratic Congressman from the 1st Con-
gressional District Of West Virginia,
There seemed 10 hirh, ito, be every. indiea:
ton that this Convention, with proper
caution and prudence III making d 11oni-
nation, would nominate the next Repre-
sentative in Congress from this district.
fFaint and .hesit9ting 'applause.) There
was, in addition to the weakness Of the
candidate. on the opposite side, manifested
everywhere, at every turn We take. and
apparent to every one, a growing dislike
and growing hatred to the corrup..
ton and 10 the foul rings that control
tile government and the Legislation Of
this country in the Congress Of the
United States. The great agricultural in:
tereSts ofthe country are becoming tired
of tho burdens that arc heaped on them
by:thetcliquPs, mppopoliGs and Imanufac'
tnfingS int9Ea Sts 2 0f n ew England. The
ISWslaf ioEStEIG Mrtnefs ,tie!s peakcr.said Is
beginning to be tired Of being spent III
sn5nnrting thc nobobs of tho New Eng.
IsI5 States All Tho other rinrs that con.
trcI coTSreksionaI Ieqisiatiof, Are Ibeconi,
inC distosteGiIl to The neople who are now
scek iTr Stiyes 1F6o viii ffiGtIto
%rar tie wn;~bt Of their talent and inllu.
onco IN favor NJ sSsfSres; f6rttiie Common
So cJ and ' ;ntercs s "falI The peopIe ofthe
eonn;rv "a solitary voice here t reInarkctl
Sthat'S the an man Sve wantDI, IL fE0S0
III Tho SneoEer c"id ho had not exnected
N I've hetrovcd into n sneech, or into ann
ro,' 10 on the nMestinna that will he 6is.
cusoSa bSTc tHSAsv mt I1eF6re Ir6ceedinc
~ business he asked 10 heneTmitted IA
" D ti.a. ~ Con"on,;o,, ;SaSij ,Sr6ccaI
in 4 The s wo ri Of nominating this candidate
With III harmonious feeIings. and let ali ner.
anal %ai III sif@atioNS be SINK n tHei .grcat
object and end to be attaincd-a reprcs-
entatiyo who will represent tho whole pco,
pie. Let oil private ambitions a, and persona mn
schemes pc l.u aSG ~, ;ti .,o w. III l Je
war; ant ooIo io. ~, sn NV WIZ No ounoto
IcElh4Ilon 10 cleCt tuc nun W. Gnnn@T
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CHOSEN. oo,, :, w., 7 y, ,i,o,,o ,jI e.. ,
OKEY JOHNSON, Oh M0ou' nlox ,ta !. .ol ~
Committee on Credentials 70 consist 70, o. on
d FS cS ro ~ n Sop XXI GobSttc(