The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-31
For Governor-JohnSon N. Camden, oI

GOA 0ONClhbA- -ubhuoSA 9Ns SuAAaSAS v
Wood; Attorney General Henry NJ. Mat
thews, Of Greenbrier; Auditor-Edwart
A. Bennett, present incumbent; treasure
John s. Burdett, present incumbent
Superintendent Of Public Schools Ben
jamin W. Byrne, Of Clay, Judge of su
|preme Court Of AppealsAJame PAUL, 0
Ohio; Alpheus F. Raymond, Of Marion
Chas. P. T. Moore, Of Mason; John s
Hoffman, oil Clarksburg. y
The unsuccessful candidates before thl
Convention were: For Attorney General
Joseph sprigg, incumbent, Withdrawn; tol
Auditor, W, W. Miller, OF Ohio, and W
E. Lively, Of Gilmer; for Treasurer, Jacot
P. strickler, Of Ritchic; for superintond
ent Of Schools, ]. B. Hardwicke, OF Kama
wha, and B. H. Thaxter, of Cabell; fol
Judges Supreme Court Of Appeals, okey
johnson, Matthew Edmiston, samue.
Woods, VIM. Fl. Travers and James d
Armstrong,
The following new State Executive
Committee was selected: A. ]. Pannell
Of Wheeling; Jos. W. Gallaher, Mounds
vile; John Bassell, Clarksburg; W. p
Thompson, Parkersburg; G. J. Walker
Mason; W. Il. Hogeman, Charleston; T
B. Kline, Barboursville; u W. Imboden
and David Gotf, Beverly; W. P. Wiley
Morgantown; John T. Pierce, Mineral; W.
T. Logan, Berkeley. ofwhom tive.are q
quorum.
Our Wheeling friends ore in high feath.
er over the nomination Of Mr.. Paul. His
success is due to two little speeches, one
by Lurty, Of Harrison, and Good, of Ohio.
Lurty eulogized Hoffman to the stars and
referred in glowing terms to his services
and sufferings in the rebel army, and to
his having had seven horses shot under
him, and to his having left leg to bleed
on the fields Of Petersburg.
Mr.. Good replied to this in a happy and
glowing eulogistic speech in behalf o: Mr.
PAUL and the Northern Panhandle, which
had been allotted nothing, and was here
like Lazarus, asking for crumb from this
Convention. he administered temper.
ate but sufficient rebuke to Lurty's appeal
to Hofman's Confederate record, and
went far enough to touch the feelings ol
the Union Democrats without exciting
those of0the Confederates. 1t was the
turning point in the contest between PAUL
and Hoffman, and from that moment the
tide carried PAUL forward to success.
There are many rumors tonight about
Gov. Jacobs position. It was supposed
Rhea,it was found he was not named in
the Convention for Governor that he
would be brought forward for Judge Of
theSupreme Court; but the fact that he
was not shows that the report of his en-.
tire withdrawal from allcandidacy before
the Convention was well founded. The
reason for this, l am assured by his
friends, Is that they found while alargt
part of the Convention were his friends
that the body as a whole had been so sci
up by the Camdenites that the Governor
was left without the ghost oil a chance fol
a nomination, and both in obedience to hi.
own feelings and the adviceo of his friends
He declined to be bought off with OLE
clothes. Some of his friends say to.nigh
that they will make him an. independen
candidate. The refusal to let his name g
into the Convention at all, gives color IL
the idea. The general talk is that i
Gov. Jacob has the nerve to strike boldly
he will be thenext Governor, as he woult
get the solid Republican vote and take
large part of the Democratic vote. Ye
1t is thought heis not likely to improve
the opportunity; lacking the bold and de
cisiveq qualities which make successiulpub
Hcleaders. The Convention elected Okey
johnson, OF Wood and Joseph Sprigg, o
Hardy for electors at large. The choic,
of the district electors being left to til,
District Conventions =
The following were selected as dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention from
the State at large: Messrs. Henry Bran
non, of Lewis; A, 7. Caperton, OF Monroe
q. G. Davis, of Mineral, and Ben Wilson
Of Harrison. The following gentlemen
are the delegates from the districts: Firs
District-Wm. NJ. Clements, of Wood
and Alexander Campbell, Of Brooke
I'd Dlstrict-Wm. P. Wiley, of Monon
gala, and'B. F. Martin, Of Taylor; 81
Dstrict-J. W. Imboden, Of Fayette, anc
s. G. Strider, Of Kanswha.