The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-01
For Vice Presidents of this Couven-


OF Brooke county; Second District,
Charles Horner. Of Wetzel county !;
Third District, G. D. Camden, Of Har-
rison county; Fourth District, W. ?.
Thompson, Of Wood county; Fifth Dis
trict, John J. Thompson, of Putnam
county; Sixth District, Homer A. Holt,
of Braxton county; Seventh District,
Jerome Shelton, of Lincoln county;
Eighth District, William Tyree. OF
Fayette county; Ninth District, A. 6.
Roger, OF Barbour county; Tenth Dis,
trict, John Wallace, of Monongaiia
county; Eleventh District Thomas
Maslin, OF Hardy county; Twelfth Dis
trict, J. w. Grantham, of Jefferson
county.
For Secretary OF this Convention,
Odell S. Long, OF Ohio county.
For Assistant Secretaries OF this Con-
vention, Dana L. Hubbard, OF Ohio
and James Woffendin, of Lewis
counties
Your committee further report that
all Editors Of West Virginia Democratic
papers present at this Convention be
requested to act as assistant secretaries
of this Convention.
| E. WARD, Chairman.
The report was received with hearty
cheers and was unanimously adopted.
Me=srs. J. N. Laidley, Of Kapswha, A.
J. Pannell, OF Ohio, and Logan Osburn,
Of Jefferson, were appointed commit
tee to escort Colonel Hoge to the chair.
Before taking his seat, Mr.. Hoge dellv-
cred very eloquent and appropriate
speech of about ten minutes duration,
thanking the Convention for the honor
done him, speaking OF the purpose for
which it had assembled and asking OF
the members their generous aid in the
prompt dispatch of the business to
come before them. The speech was
frequently interrupted by applause and
wa, received by the whole Convention
with many demonstrations OF we'll
merited approval.
Mr.. Long OF Ohio county, asked to
he excused. on account of the pressure
of other duties, from serving as Secre-
tary OF the Convention. His declina-
ton was accepted, and, on motion by
Mr. Pend.eton, Mr. B. A. Galligan, OF
Ohio county, was elected to fill the va
cancy.
The following report was then pre-
scented from the Committee on
RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The Committee on Rules and Order Of
Business submit the following report
aud recommend its adoption:
Your committee recommend the
adoption OF the rules Of the House OF
Delegates of the State Of West Nlr.
gnia for the government OF this Con.
ven,ion so far as the same may be ap-
plicab,e.
Your committee further recommend
that this Convention proceed to the
nomination OF the officers to be sup
ported at the election TO be held on the
iourth Thursday of August next, in the
following order, viz
!. Governor.
> Attorney General.
). Auditor.
t. Treasurer
). Superintendent Of Free Schools.
The Judges OF the Court OF Appeals
10 he selected in the following manner:
One from the First Congressional
District.
One from the Second Congressional
District.
Une from the Third Congressional
District.
And one from the State at large.
That in voting the counties be called
alphabetically.
All Of which is respectfully submitted
G. q. BURGESS, Prest.
JAMES +. PArTES, Sec'y.
Mr.. Wilson, OF Harrison, moved to
amend the report in such a manner as
to have the four Judges of the Su-
prame Court balloted for at the same
time.
Mr.. Hall, Of Wetzel, moved another
change in the order OF business, but his
amendment not being germane to that
then pending, was decided BY the Chair
to he out OF order.
Mr. Cresap moved 10 suspend further
consideration Of the pending question
until after the report OF the Committee
on Credentials and Basis OF Represent
alton had been acted upon.
The motion was adopted, and Mr..
Sommers, Chairman OF the Committee
on Credentials and Basis OF Represent
alton, presented report showing that
every county in the State except Poca-
hontas was represented by duly accred-
tied delegates, and recommending that
the latest full vote Of the party, being
that cast last October for Democratic
candidates for the Constitutional Con.
vention. be adopted as the basis Of vot-
ing in the Convention. and that the del
egates OF each county be allowed to cast
a. many votes as there were hundreds
in the Democratic vote Of their respect.
i've counties at that election. Under
this rule the counties were entitled to
the following vote:
Barbour IL, Berkeley II, Boone j.
B,axton =, Brooke 5, Cabell s, Calhoun
), Clay >, Doddridge G, Fayette E, Gill
mer s. Grant 3, Greenbrier 9, Hamp-
shire Q, Hancock ), Harrison l., Jack
son IL, Jefferson l6, kanawhs %,
Lewis II, Lincoln 6, Logan ). Marion
H. Marshall II, Mason Is, Mercer 5,
Mineral 5, Monongalia 9, Monroe s,
Morgan 3, Mcdowell 8, Nicholas 5,
Ohio %, Pendleton 1, Pleasants I, Pc.
cahontas 4. Preston :, Putnam 5,
Raleigh /. Randolph :, Richie s,
Roane :, Summers =, Taylor 10, Tucker
>. TYLER e, Urshur /, WAYNE 10 Web
ster ,, Wetzsl II, Writ ., Wood 81.
Wyoming4.
After the correction OF some errors
in the number of votes, the report was
adopted as given above and the report
IN rrles and order OF business aosin