The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-02
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
E,cluSlyely to the IntOlllSencer'
nv the Western Union Line
ma. uo..h. ~ 90 .wS.t cor, Of Main and Monroe $751;
CINCINNATI.
The Liberal Convention.
Col. GrOsvenOr's Opening.
Judge Stanley Matthews Tempo
rary President.
His Address to the Convention
WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATION.
wheeling has a Delegate, who Is q
Member OF Committee on
Platform.
How the Delegation Stands on tho
Presidential Question.
STRENGTH OF CANDIDATES.
The Democratic Convention Don't
Amount 10 Much.
wheeling has q Delegate, who Is O
Member OF Committee on
Platform.
How the Delegation Stands on tho
Presidential Question.
STRENGTH OF CANDIDATES.
The Democratic Convention Don't
Amount 10 Much.
Greeley Stock Rising.
The New York Delegation a Unit
for Him.

The New YORK DeIesatlon u UNI
for Him.
CINCINNATI, o., May /.
special Dispatch to the IntellIgencer)
The Liberal Republican Convention
was organized at noon by the choice Of
Judge Stanley Matthews as Temporary
Chairman.
The immense Exposition Hall was
filled, the floor with delegates, the CALLER
les with spectators.
Colonel Grosyenors remarks, in calling
the Convention to order, were enthusias.
tcalIy received. Judge Matthews man.
ner Of speaking is not very magnetic, and
bis speech was rather coolly received until
towards the close, when the enthusiasm
broke out a(resh.
Nothing was done in the way OF busi-
ness except the adoption Of a resolution
providing for the organization Of a strict.
ly delegate Convention tomorrow.
AssOon as that was done the managers
moved IN adjournment, but the unrelent-
ing crowd shouted for "Schurz~ Then
came the most exciting scene OF the
morning. Amid deatening shouts Schurz
came forward and made his neat little ex.
cuse, The real work begins tomorrow.
West Virginia has fifteen or twenty
Republicans on the ground, among them
are K. v. Whaley, let al) John NJ. Phelps
also signed the call, but he was discoun.
tenanced and quit. Whaley, who under
took to manage West Virginia, was also
assigned back seat this afternoon when
the following were chosen West Virginia
delegates at large: NJ. &C. Church, of
PArkenburg; John W. Cracralt, Of
Charleston; Ward II. Lamon, Of Martins.
burg, and John 5. King, of Mason county.
The district delegates are:
LIST. DiStrict--Wm. P. Hubbard, Of
Wheeling; Milton Peyton (colored) Of
Wood. a. -
I'd. District-Frank Burr, of Berkeley
and Il. v s. Groesbeck, OF UpsAur. "a
Sd, District -JohnW. sentz, OF Charles
and Abel segur, OF Ceredo.
Mr.. Church Is Chairman, King Is on
the Committee on Organization and Hub.
bard on the Committee on Resolutions.
On an informal ballot the delegation
stood, for first choice Tor President:
Adams, Chase, and Davis each 8, and
Greeley !. Second choice: Cox, .; Chase,
!; Greeley, 4; Adams, l. Adams can like
Iy get at least half the West Virginia dele.
CATION. His friends arc confident this af.
ternoon.
Ohio is united for Adams, New England
almost so, and Kentucky is claimed the
same way. .st
The refusal of the Liberal Republican
papers to support Davis, if nominated,
has damaged his chances. His friends
Claim though that the Sd ballot will nomi.
nate him. New York Is a unit for Gree.
ley. Susan B. Anthony, in the New York
CAUCUS, voted for Greeley, who was op.
posed by few free traders.
The, excitement is intense this I'm.
The Union and Reform Convention
did not amount to anything. Fl.