The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-25
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Mr.. Criswell moved that the CopFeu
ton proceed to select delegates to the
i National Convention. Mr.. Pipes want
! ed each Congressional district to MAKE
| it's own selections.
i Mr.. Sinsel moved that three b.
chosen from each district and one from
| the Stste at large. Mr.. Freer said ths
while West Virginia was only entitled
to len votes ia the National Convention
there was nothing to limit the num6e
of delegates, he therefore moved tina
each district select ten delegates, making
thirty in all, to cast the vote OF Wes
Virginia in the PhiladelphiaConvention
subject to approval by this body. Th'
| motion was received with evident mark
of approval, thirty gentlemen seeing il
i it an opportunity Of being considered
delegates to educational Convention
whereas only ten would have had tha
honor in accordance with the usutl plar
and the instructions Of the National
Republican Executive Committee.
A recess of fifteen minutes was then
taken to enable the delegates from the
several Congressional Districts to confer
together and agree upon the names Ia
be submitted as delegates. Delegates
from the second and third districts held
their meetings in the main hall, the
first district men going to the ball room
up stairs. The second district dele
gates got into quite snarl, a number oi
motions being made and amended and
reconsidered, until Governor Pier
pont,who was Chairman Of the
caucus, was essentially confused and
the individuals composing the Con-
vention were equally mixed. A more
visible admixture" occurred in the
little group that represented the forlorn
Republicans of the Third District. In
this delegation the negroes most did
coogregate, every shade being repre-
sented, from the pure blooded African
of charcoal hue, to the milk-and-
molasses colored individuals who wear
hair that is loose at one end.
Major Newton spread himself in his
effort to represent the nine coun-
ties whose proxy he assumed to be
and lowered lovingly over the colored
brethren who were apparently not
immensely pleased with their associa-
, ton with him as colleague. Colonel
Swan was also conspicuous in the
group, but had left at home that IA
NOUS gun that records in notcbes upon
its stock the number OF Yankees slain.
By the way, if ever there was thor
| oughly reconstructed" individual, that
man is Tom Swan; there is no political
work too dirty for him to do at the
bidding of his Radical masters. He
would have been model registrar in
the palmy days Of prescription.
The fifteen minutes recess was pro-
| tracted to more than half an hour and
when the Convention was again called
to order the following named gentlemen
were reported as having been selected
as delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vention.
FIRST Disrict-J. W. Allison, R. w.
Simmons, Henry Wallace, George Ed
wards, C. F. Scott, w. L. Cole, J. M.
Pipes, w. E. Stevenson, R. S. North
colt and A. C. Moore.
Second D;strict-Alex. Sprigg, j. T.
Hoke, Daniel Ames, Charles Hooton,
| F. H. Pierpont, D. D. T. Farnsworth,
J. M. Hagans, VIM. Smith, George
Koonce and John E. Schley.
Third District-T. B. Swan, R. A.
Burnes, Cyrus Newton, William Davis,
William o. Wright, Romeo II. Freer,
J. B. Walker, A. F. Gibbons, j. A.
Gibbons and George w. Moredock.
Mr.. Sinsel moved that the Conven''
ton select from this thirty the names
of ten who should be regularly accred-
tied as delegates and ten as alternates,
the State being entitled to only ten
l votes and it being certain that only
that number Of delegates would be ad'
mitted to seats in the National Couven-
ton. The motion was, after some dis
cussiop, laid on the table and the
thirty patriots and prospective post
masters were permitted to remain upon
the list. Two or three OF those named
are said to be, OF the colored persuasion.
Mr.. Pierepont then moved to add to
the thirty the names Of four delegates
at large" but Mr.. Swan thought tn at
the subject was exhausted and the
motion was laid on the table.
Mr.. Swan, as Chairman Of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, then presented
his report. 1t was in the handwriting
OF Mr.. Sturgis, of Monongalia, and that
gentleman was called on to come for.
ward and read it, no one else seeming
competent to decipher the manuscri pit
The report which tears evidence of
having been evolved from Mr.. Sturgis'
massive intellect was then read as pub
lished in the REGIsrER Of Friday morn.
ing.
The mention OF Grants name was
received with very emphatic and noisy
demo nstrations of applause and each OF
the several resolutions elected marks OF
appreciation.
A motion having been made for the
adoption Of the platform, Governor
Pierpont said that he assumed upon
himself the responsibility of raising
objection to the report Of the commit
tee. He knew that he was in the
minority, that large portion Of the
members OF the Convention differed
with him in opinion, but he claimed
his right as an American citizen to crit
icise the position assumed in the reso-
lutions and dissent from the policy
marked out
He referred to the resolution instruct
ing delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
vention to labor for the denomination
of President Grant, and thought that
the delegation should no: have been
hampered by any instructions but
should be left free to take advantage of
whatever new combinations might re-
suit from the present commonon In