The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-25
The Grant Republicans in
Council.
p;.rr5nt Pitches in and Tells the
Truth.
sp,ensOn and Swan Electors
at Large.
Nominations, No Hope, No
Nothin'.

|. d 10 meet at Grafton on Thursday
a INST, for the purpose OF choos
;-,egates to the National Republl
.,oyention TO be held at Philadel'
On the 9TH day of next June and
lie purpose Of transacting such
q business as may then seem appro
q. The "other business" referred
IS. generally supposed to be the Sc
IN Of candidates for State offices
ac,oriingly a number of aspirant;
the honor OF being de
IL ty the Democracy min
=. With the prospective postmasters
wanted to endorse Grant and went
.aron. The day was cloudy and
.r one. the mist occasionally com
I, 5vn in very substantial and de-
T. uncomfortable drops and
! .q.ny the already dismal expecta-
:. j. the Radicals in West Virginia.
T.aton House was headquarters
! u visitors and during the hours
-iny the time of the meeting the
.a,rs OF the party strolled aimlessly
the hotel or psced the platform
onv thought.
Jlt ten o'clock the gentlemen who
teen lingering sadly about the
3Q House, button-holing each
and holding mysterious caucuses
zee or four in a group, wended
WAY in struggling procession
The railroad bridge in the dlrec'
! Parkersburg. There was mel
y suggestion that the Convention
Ding over in a body 10 the larger
ore vigorous organization which j:
i.ts meeting in thatcity on the Both
AZ they passed the national
.sry some of the forlorn delegates
ri Iongingly toward the green
T.: a, though they would gladly lay
l. ,arty organization under the sod
at rest, but the thought Of what
b. might come when they had
.i OF this mortal coil and what
mon might await their party IN
i ,5lrn from which no traveller re
maize them trudge unwilllngly
Arrived at the Taylor County Ag'
a:a, Fair Grounds they took
= 10 the Floral Hall and after
AZ hour spent in looking at each
aAi wondering what was to be
ext and how to do it, some person
! that the delegates from the
= composing the First Congress
District proceed to organize a
~; Convention. Mr.. A. w. Camp
va- thereupon elected Chairman
-.ore paIaver ensued as to just
, vas 10 be done. Nobody seemed
low.
ength, it being apparent that the
Convention was there instead OF
the delegates from the First
,r, il dawned upon somebody that
i,e Convention might as we'll be
:si at once, and 50, ignoring
iapbrll and his meeting as com
as if they had never come into
'sa,hing world, Hon. B. NJ.
70, OF Berkeley county, was res
3! 'or this occasion only and made
.sary Chairman Of the Convention
AauslIy became Of the regularly
.si First District meeting is one
':e things that, as Dundreary
10 felah can find out. II
,)mp,eteIy from view and was
'' no more. The temporary or
A~oa Of the State Convention was
led hv the election Of Mr.. A. F
q. Secretary. Mr.. Kitchen
brief speech in the usual style
.'Ounred that he was ready tc
- D business.
? ges moved that a committee oi
IN each Congressional District
:9,a,ei to report permanent o'h
NF. Newton moved as q substl
Aa committee of one from each
.;a. District be appointed on
E'aI Organization, a similar
:G.s on Credentials, and another
'is Of Representation. Their
7'angle as to whether the Con
Vas competent to do anything
1s',he Committee on Credential!
'.5rted and it was ascertaineC
EsTe there and whether
Eere properly accredited
@"eDtatives OF their RESPECTIVE,
Mr.. Blair wanted a Com
.redentials only and though
'5' that committee had reported
81 be time enough to procect
'a'f business. Newton, North
pe' Criswell and others partici
q the discussion and finally
~'ch confusion as to what wa
.e.ng voted upon, the severa
-''5es, the names of whose mem
5sfe published in Friday morn
"..t'Is1ER, were appointed and tn
-'0h took a recess until tw
,olgh, for the sake of appearan
'anous Grant ofhceholders il
's"ere kept from taking a cor
~ part in the proceedings Of tn
s-;Yon, the Collectors and Asses
internal revenue and numerou
*'ers were present and yer
alklng to the delegates, whit
A' and setting matters up
crest OF him whose collar the
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention reassembled at tw
= Then Vi the report Of the Commi
Credentials was presented. ]
c. l the names of 230 delegate
SaNng those who represeute
Ian one county. 1t was
s laet however that two {