The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-08
ing to see just how, much Of their vote
theylcould give to Good without nomlnat-
A BROKEN pRoMIsE,

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ing him. nlTlI alls Fsl
A BROKEN PRoMIsE. 30
was probably ten minutes before the
delegation arrived, at result, and then
Mr. W,SP Thompson thelchsiiman, an.
nounced the vote OF Wood county to be
two votes and one.ninth Tor Good and
eighteen and eight.ninths for Wilson.
This made the vote foot up, Good, 80 and
10; Wilson, o. aud So This gave Mr.
Wilson the nomination Win q ydle and d
fraction TO spare. a. Il b -.. %. /.
AN INGENIOUS POLITICIAN. :
Another long pause ensued, during
which Col. johnson, the President, and
Mr. Sargent, Of Wood were figuring in
consultation; and 1t began to be whisper.
ed that Tyler was going to change 70
Good. Presently, however, the Chair
announced the vote and declared Mr..
Wilson nominated, adding with a
sweet simplicity quite refreshing in
an old politician, that the Chair had
intended to change his part o. the Tyler
county vote 10 Good but found 1t would
not alter the result and so let itstand-
an announcement that Immediately raised
Col. johnson several potchcs in the esteem
orthe Wilson men.
SIDE 1ssuE-"Too MuCH ICE"
A Wood county delegate moved to
make the nomination unanimous. There
upon good deal Of confusion aud evident
dissatisfaction showed itself.
MICHAEL EDWARDS, Of Ohio, shouted
~ object" ..t
2s"Giye us your reasons" demanded the
Wood county delegate.
\ MIR. EDWARDS replied that he protested
against this effort to make delegates who
were opposed to this nomination vote for
it. The gentleman who had been noml.
mated, he said, would "flnd before the cleo.
ton came of that there was Too much ice
in dc riuer," The explanation seemed to
be satisfactory and Wood county subsidized.
Now, Mr.. Edwards remark TO be ap-
preciated must be understood, and 10
be understood it needs a little ex.
PLANTATION. Shortly after the meet.
ing OF the Constitutional Conven-
tion, our readers will remember, the
city Of Wheeling invited the Convea.
tion to hold It's sittings here, rendering
use of hall and an elegant steamer for
transportation all free OF cost. Col. Will
son was member Of the Convention,
and protesting to be Efriend Of Wheeling
in the matter oil removal, as Is alleged, he
prevailed on the Wheeling folks when
the invitation came TO be considered TO
let him make speech in their behalf.
This speech, as 1t is alleged, was rather
more against Wheeling than for her.
The Colonel would praise the liberality,
hospitality and public spirit of Wheeling,
and then he would add: "but l am told
there is SO much ice in the river as to
make it impossible for boats to run"-the
fact being, as it is once more alleged,
that at that time there was no ice in the
river at all. This form OF advocacy being
repeated several times fixed itself on the
attention of the Wheeling gentlemen and
recalled to the Colonel's disadvan-
tage.
NOT UNANIMOUS.
The motion TO make the nomination
unanimous was put and declared carried
though at least dozen delegates vocifer.
ously shouted mo! MOI"
COL. WILSON ACCEPTS.
, Col. Wilson, who Sitting in the court
room, was called for, and inresponse rose
and returned his profound acknowledge.
ments for the high honor conferred upon
him. He appreciated it the more
highly because 1t came to him entirely
unsought. He had never been q candi.
date Tor the position, never eVinccd de-.
sire TO any gentleman to be voted for as
q candidate, had done nothing to advance
his claim. Nevertheless, coming rs it did,
unsolicited, he &C cepted the nomination
and would go forth 10 battle for the cause
of the country and Of constitutional lib.
erty, He believed the present more i'm.
portant campaign than West Virginia had
ever witnessed. He referred briefly to
the recent election 10 North Carolina and
repeated the charge oil the opposition
press, that the administration had sent
large sums Of public money to that State,
osteRsibly to be used for the expenses
Of the Federal courts but really
to be used to- influence the cleo
ton. The Colonel did not seem
much at home on this topic and did
not dwell; but he expressed az apprehen.
sion that West Virginia was to experience
a similar visitation from the Administra-
ton-a suggestion that will be rellshed
by Judge jackson and his assistants.
The Colonel hoped it would be the plea.
sure Of every good man to inform him.
self on the issues OF the day. At the ear
Hest day he could he would speak on the
Constitution. He had not now the time
nor was this the place to discuss it.
Mr., GOOD IN DEMAND.
Calls were now made for Mr. Good,
but as he did not respond, somebody
went to look for him, and returning, said
he would come in presently.
AsUPERFLUous SPEECH.
To put in the time, Mr.. Cracraft, Of
Ohio, got upagain and spoke few min.
utes, eulogizing in turn Mr.. Good and
.Mt. Wilson, and promising the united
support Of his people for the latter. He
expressed his profound pity for the sheep
that had strayed from the fold and coup.
selled his hearers to "rise above the fever
and striles and jealousies Of party" and
stand upfor the regular nominees o.,
NON EST INyENTUs. 4
More calls followed for Good. A dele.
gate announced that Mr.. Good was not in
the BUILDING and mot anyways near.p
DISTRICT ELECroR-THE LIBERALS ASK