The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-15


.Ifueyrwasin anymclfa hudyuntilI onme
TO this Democratic Convention. LRoarS o
laughter. -...
Here the other General from Ohio coun'
ty, who sits next TO Mr.. Pannell, hid his
head bebind,his desk so as to enjoy the
benefit q q good hearty laugh Nc
PANEL continues so SOeci toAhh col
league: Hold up your head man,
Pm not afraid of all the Yankees
In the State" And here the laughter b..
eamc infectious until every trace OF III hui.
NOR had disappeared, eSedefronf the phs
cid face of the bachelor General and he
resumed his scat.
But the wrath Of some other members
was not to be allAyed in this way. Blood
was up and spite must out. Mr., Jackson
Of Wood obtained the floor Hesaia
Mr.. PREsIDENE-The gentleman %.
MES that there was any unfairness in the
election upon the adoption Of the ConSti.
tuition Of 1858. / can tell the gentleman
that know better. ! can tell him that the
court house in Wood county was locked
against some gentlemen, and among them
was my venerated father, who wished to
oppose that Constitution, and that armed
soldiers denied the right 10 citizens to dis.
cuss that question:
Mr. CRiswELI-I deny that any man
was ever interferred with in tho free dis.
cuSginn NJ that 0tlpsti0n
Mr.. JACKsoN-I, say that there was
armed interference by the party ID which
the gentleman belonged.
Mi. CRIswELI.-I pronounce 1t as false
The PREsIDENT-0 Order ! Order, gen;
tlCmcnl
It's presumed that the formidable size
Of the gentleman from Marshall had some
concilatory effect upon the small man
from Wood; as peace and quiet,was re.
stored and the vote was taken upon the
proposition Of Mr.. Fafnswotth. Ayes,0 !;
noes, 90. So the Convention decides to
force the adoption Of the Constitution
upon the people; II the interested efforts
OF five thousand expectant ofEice.seekeFs
can do It, s4-1LA
1t will probably afford the public.
some pleasure to know that this
little warliks cloud passed away
about as suddenly as it was raised, and
that there need be no apprehen.
sion ofslhe code Of honor being required to
settle the wounded feelings of any Of the
beIligetents. p The smiling face, rof 8 the
wtathy General was observed around In
the Republican corner, even before the
vote had been taken upon the amend
ment that had raised the storm.
On last Saturday the Convention deter
mined to submit, as an Independent prop.
osition, section that tho people might
decide between the ballot and oiea U0ce
systems of voting; but to-day, becoming
scared, they reconsidered tho question,
and by vote ottilty tofllleen struckit out
Mr.. MORGAN wants to know what kind
OF a Convention this is. o. K. johnson
says 1t is "a stcrn.wheeler" asitgoes about
as well backward as forward.
No doubt the people will think johnson
about right, as It has rcconsidered almost
every question that has come before it, and
1t will only be when the document is print
ed that the public will be certain what it
really is. HENRY.
Closing Hours of the Conventions.
The Vote Adopting the Constitu.
tIOn---nOw the Document Com.
paTes for Length and Quality, with
the OId-.0oV.P Prices Valedictofy.
Correspondence Of 1ntelligencer.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, April 0.-At 8
o'clock A. NJ, the Convention assembled
to take the final vote upon the new Demo-
cratic Constitution. 5Qlitsa number IL
members'had taken leave, tho Republican
wing could only master three votes, and
the Democratcs) sixty.pne. The follow
ing is the ins1 vote on the adoption iof
the Constitution: = ~ III
ATEs-Messrs. Armstrong, Arnett, BaSseli. Bee,
Bo9gs, BJrnc, Campbell, alice. Core, Grim,
Cushing Davenport Dickinson, Faulkner, Fer.
tell, Etzhush, ,Iallaher, Raymond, Hall, Hard.
jackson. (of Lewis) johnson, (oi Woody john
son iof Tyler,l Knight, Leonard, Lurty, Martin,
Maslin, Mathews, Miller, Monroe. Morgan, Nc.
Ceary, McCrecry, Osburn, Pannell, Park, Pate,
PeeFce, .Pendleton, Prince, Randolph, Robinson;
FS SSGI5 staten sto sS %sse san ES9Se
Wheat, Wilson, Woods, Nj. President. ! u ~
NAYs-MessrS Atkinson, Farnsworth and Ia.
gans. In s-ec}a-,,-, A a. ,,r--4ys -.
The vote on the schedule was the same.
Alter the reading ofthe journal of yes.
terday, and the passage OF sunday resolu.
tions complimentary to the officers and
clergy, the Convention ordered the print
ing OF 200 copies of the Constitution for
each member for distribution and then
took a recess until II o'clock, to give the
clerks and committee time to compare the
engrossed with tho enrolled copy Of the
Constitution.
TAeintervalwas tilledi in by o. majority
of themsmbersinp packing papers, yalises
and trunks, paying bills and sending bag.
gage on board the steamer Mountain, Boy,
the Captain Of which had consented to
await the, adjournment until 10 O'Clock
meridian. About forty members will
leave by the boat, and the rest, some on
stage, some on horseback, and some on
foot. will try and make their way home
to their constituentsto give an, account of
their stewardship.
Itvolume Is to be the measure otworth,
the new will have the preference over the
old Constitution, as -theyystand 70 pages
in tho new, and 40 pages In the old; The
careful observer will see that Ia order to
double the size Of their work, this Con.
vention has engralted in the fundamental
law page after page Of the present Code
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