The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-10
Barbour County Convention.

PHILIPPI, VIVA, October 2, 1871.
Pursuant to authority the delegates
elected from the several townships of
Barbour.county, at the primary election
held on Saturday last, convened at the
Court House.
On motion John N. Hall, Esq, was
appointed temporary President, and
Isaac V. johnson requested to act as
temporary Secretary.
Upon call of the several townships
the following delegates reported, and
were found to have been duly elected
as such Philippi, TIP. r. Brown and
William Il. Ice; Union, A. j. Hart
man and NJ. v. Ward; Elk, John N
Hall and A. Hudkins; Pleasant, John
Kellar and John Bartlett; Cove, John
r. Phillips and George G. Campbell /;
Glade, James B. Elliott and Isaac V.
johnson; Barker, Absalom Digman
and William w. Jones.
On motion OF r. P. R. Brown, the
temporary President and Secretary were
appointed to act as permanent officers
of the meeting.
After careful reading Of the author
ity and Instructions under which said
primary election was held, and under
which the meeting proposed to act, the
polls from the various townships were
opened and, upon inspection and
count. the following was announced as
the result of the vote, at the primary
election, on 30th ultimo, for County
Delegate to the Convention, Delegate
to the Legislature, and for County Su-
perintendent OF Schools:
For Convention-Bradford, 2j9 ;
Grim, 45S.
For House of elegates-Thompson,
229; Cornwell, 206; Talbot, &C; Wood
ford, 1872; Townsend, II.
For County Superintendent OF Schools
buckingham, 54S.
Joseph n. B. Grim, having received
majority of the entire vote cast for
County Delegate to the Convention, his
nomination was, on motion Of L. 2. r.
Brown, made unanimous.
Simon Buckingham, having received
a majority of the entire vote cast for
Superintendent of Free Schools for Bar.
bour county, his nomination was, on
motion of Absalom Digman, made
unanimous.
1t appearing that none OF the can
didates for the House Of Delegates
having received majority of the entire
votes cast, as required by the instruc.
tons under which said election was
held, the said delegates assembled, pro-
ceeded, on motion OF John Kellar, to
the selection of a candidate from among
those having been voted for at said
election, the delegates casting the entire
Democratic strength of their respective
townships, based upon the vote in favor
of a Convention on the oath Of August
last, and to be governed by the primary
vote of their several townships as to
their choice among said candidates.
Upon call of the townships, the
following vote resulted:
Cornwell, 454; Thompson, III;
Woodford, Sc; Townsend, 81.
Strother NJ. Cornwell having received
a majority of the entire votes cast, his
nomination as the Democratic candidate
for the House Of Delegates was, on
motion of Capt. John R. Phillips, made
unanimous.
On motion Of James B. Elliott, it
was
RESOLVED, That the proceedings OF this
meeting be published in the Wheeling
REGISTER, and that other Democratic
papers throughout the State be requested
to copy.
On motion Of George G. Campbell,
the meeting adjourned sine die.
JOHN \. HALL, President.
I, V. JOHNSON. Secretary.