The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-23
McGrew Re-NOminated i'm the
Second District.
DUVAL SLAUGHTERED.
Harris Nominated and Swim
died Out Of Ii.
GOf Finally Triumphant.
DISGRACEFUL ROW.
special 10 the Register.
PhRKERSBURG. june

fARkERSBCRG, June -.
About two hundred and fifty dele
gates, including about twenty negroes,
from the counties outside OF Wood,
attended the Republican State Conven-
ton among the butchers stalls of the
market house here to-day After the
appointment ofcomlnttees, Tom Swami,
of Charleston, q Rebel who would not
fight, Radical who cant vote, turned
the meeting into Il mob by brutal and
indecent attack upon the Democrats.
whom he STYLED cowardly, miserable
sneaks, back-livcred scoundrels, &c.
Judge Brown, OF Jackson, was 50 much
disgusted. that he refused to follow
Swami. although loudly called for.
Other speakers refused To talk after
such mess of blackguardism.
In the afternoon Judge \. s. Brown,
of Jackson, was made permanent Pres
ident. and the proceedings which fol
lowed the permanent organization are
without parallel for inderemcy and tur-
bulence in the history nf West Nr-
ginia politics. \ noisy and disgraceiuI
row occurred over the basis Of represen-
lation The Panhandle wanted 10
represent the party vote and the dis
franchished counties wanted the legis-
lative or population basis. Koontz,
(haIf white) of Jefferson. headed one Of
the opposing gangs, and John Il. HUH
bard (whitc) the other.
After wrangling for an hour, the
vote was taken by the tel!crs, and after
threatening to bolt il defeated, the
Koontz crowd won, numbers on both
sides repeating by passing between the
tellers several times. Another loud
and lengthy quarrel ensue'l on the pre-
sentation of the platform.
A resolution recommending the adop-
ton OF the Flick amendment failed 10y
a large majority in the committee on
Resolutions, AS did another condemning
the land grant swindles of Congress.
The bitter enders OF the committee
demanded that the party should not tie
committed to the Flick Amendment.
This being conceded, the more extreme
of them wanted to ignore it altogether.
This lead to two reports the majority
approving the action of the last Legs
lature in submitting the amendment
bnt ahsolving the party from support,
ins it, and the minority recommending
tha, rebels be cnfranchised as soon as
they give evidence of fidelity 10 the
Radical party. Newlim (whltel aud
c. D. Hubbard (white) wrangIed over
this for long time, but the majority
report finally triumphed. =,
The old ticket was then re-nomnated
as follows:
Governor-W. f. Stevenson (whlte.) }
Secretary Of State. NJ. Pipes
(white.)
Treasurer. \. Macauley (whlte.)
Auditor-Thomas Borgess. (white. r.
Judge OF the Supreme Court-James
II. Brown (white)
Attorney Geneial-A. b. Caldwell
(white.)
Flick (white) was candidate for
Attorney General, hut received only
one hundred and eighty votes out OF
seven hundred. The :. bitter-enders
were not content with the defeat ot
his platform, but extended their enmity
to him personally, and are now reioic,
inc over his overwhelming rout His
friends are intensely mortified and many
/ of them will not support the ticket.
The Liberals of the Convention are
dissnsted with Hubbard for not insist