The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-25
md addressed Ihc Convention as follow,


III appearing before you n take unon
myself the responsible duties dcyolvin"
on the position which has been assirpaj
me by the Convention, custom rrn1iro'
me to say word or two ut least in retmrr,.
ing thanks to you gentlemen, for the d,.
tinguished and unexpected honor which
you have conferred upon me have
the honor to know hundreds n,
you, gentlemen, personally. recos
nize in your honest, canes, acees
to-day hundreds Of the hes, ,nSH
in the proud Commonwealth of IVES,
Virginia, 1t has been my fortune To nj,
tend every Republican Convention ,bs,
has assembled since the formation Of m"
State, and | never witnessed one wbicL
presented so fatteriug an appearance os
the present; and am glad in nv bcsr,
that it is sO-that amidst dis,facIion,
without, some carping and quibblinp wilb
in, the honest representatives of West Viz
giniA come up here to-day for the purnoso
Of presenting to the people n State lick@
to be voted ior-tO be clectcd-tbis fsn
(Applause.) trust, icllow.citizeps wa
will all bear in mind that the eyes of tLs
great Republican party Of the nation ARA
upon us to-day. Shall we not respect ,bS
wishes Of that great partyg 1t is due IN
the Republican party Of this nation Inn,
We are here to-day. 1t is due 10 then,
alone and TO the patriotism of our own
people, aided by them, that we have !"
State Of West Virginia in which our M
pOnents may rally the cohorts of Demo-.
rnCy, for without the Republican pnr,v
they would have no State or government;
Shall it be said the great RcpubIira"
party cannot govern the State they cnr.
ted! We can govern the State if wa
will govern ourselves. We can govern
the Democracy if we can only keen IN,
gcther. In unity there is strength, Shall
it be said to our reprOaCh that We Mr..
Union men yet cannot unite ourselves,
l have come here us one humble indiyil.
ual to bury on the altar before me every
prejudice calculated to raise schism 6r
engcnder strife. However much | NAV
have cherished an opinion, let it 90 soon.
or than the harmony Of the party maybe
marrcd. (Applausc) Let us be iust Ia
all-be just and fear not. With Justice
on our side we must triumph, lust rs SURE
as the Lord rCigns, and that He does
reign we all know, or We would
not be assembled here under such
proud auspices to-day -and thank
God he does reign. Let lis be lust to the
great Republican party of the nation
which has breathcd us into life as State.
Let us be just 10 the President and to
Congress who smile upon us and pray for
lis to day. Let us be just TO ourselves and
to the Republican party of West Virginia;
let us be just to our old mother State in
aiding her so far as justice demands in al.
levialing her burthcn of debit let lis be
Just TO our soldiers, who have borne our
banner in triumph TO victory. Let he
Just to the DISTINGUISHED iell0w.citizens in
our midst in West Virginia. CApplauscl
Let us be just to the COlOred man whom
the constitutional amendment has cn(ran.
chised. (Applause.) ABE just and fear
not" Let all the ends we aim nj he our
country's.
Fellow.citizcns | trust these views will
commend themselves 10 you all. As AN
humble member of this proud party, to
which have the honor to belong, gentle,
men, | earnestly pray and beseeCh you ali
to unite with me in SO harmonizing the
elements that VIC may present the speCts
Gle of union to the Democracy, and an
example OF concord in contrast 10 the dis
cordant assembly so recently assembledat
Charleston. (Applause)
FellOw-citiZens, returning you again
my thanks for this distinguished and IN
expected honor, and invoking your for
bearNnce for my 'inexperience as pres
ding officer, l assume the grave reSponsi
bilities which il involves (Applausc)
Mr.. CRACRAFr, OF Kanawha, then sub
mitted the report Of the Committee on
the Basis of Representation. The Com.
mittec recommend this resolution
Resolred, Tint the Convention adopt the Dele
gate Basis, and that twelve votes be cast by each
county for each member TO which II Is entitled
In the House OF Delegates.
GEORGE EDWARDS, Of Marshall, Offered
this us substitute for the resolution Of
the committee:
Res0lCed, That tho basis Of representation III
this Convention shall he as follows Each county
shall have i've votes for every delegate 10 whchh
Ia entitled In the House OF Delegates, and AIiO
one vote for GvOry Afly votes cast for the Repub.
lican candidate for Governor In the election Of
1868.
The President put the vote upon Mr.
EDWARDS substitute, by ayes and HOES,
when division being called, objection
was madc by Mr., STUBBs, OF Jefferson, 10
that method of voting. He said a vote
taken BY count of delegates in the Con
vention would be manifestly unfair he
cause the delegations were very unequal
the number Of delegates from different
counties being, in some cases, out VI all
to their claim to represents
ton, as for example Wood county had
several hundreds Of delegates on tile
ground while some other counties entitled
to rs much or nearly as much representa-
ton, had hut tenth or twentieth
of the number SAMUEL IouNG, OIL
Pocahontas, also put in an earnest
protest, Atler good deal r confused
and excited talk about the basis on winch
this preliminary vote should be taken
basis of voting was to be liked
JOIN r. HUBBARD, Of Ohio, proposed
rs the iairest basis attainable that each
county cast Il vote corresponding to It's
last Republican vote for Governor Inc
Jefferson county delegates and many o'n
ers from the border counties resisted tins
They insisted this vote should he take"
on the basis recommended by the commit
tee; and Mr.. KooNCE, of jefferson, threat
encd to leave the Convention if IN UNFAIR
basis was forced on them.
The CHAIR finally brought the con.t"