The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-05
Lyons ia. On the third ballot John
Quincy Adams received 59S votes and
Edgerton

Lyons Ia. On the third ballot John
Quincy Adams received 59S votes and
Edgerton 6.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Democratic Convention was
called to order at four o'clock P. NJ.
The State Committees were authorized
to appoint electors for their several
States, and to do such other business as
becomes necessary. Several resolutions
were offered. empowering the National
Executive Committee to fill the vacsn
cies in case of death or resignation,
which were passed, but reconsldered as
the discussion progressed Some OBJ
jections were offered to the resolutions
on the grounds that the arrangements
being made to fill the vacancies would
make it easier tor candidates to decline,
while some were laboring to show that
O'Conor had already accepted and could
not now decline.
The speaker rose and read telegram
from OConor stating Il cannot accept
it; impossible" &c, which created great
excitement. Some pronounced the
dispatch bogus; others feared its truth.
A resolution was adopted that the
National Executive Committee, with
the consent of two-thirds of its mem.
bers, be authorized to fill any vacancy
that may occur for either nominee for
President or Vice President, caused by
death or otherwise.
A motion imploring O Conor to accept
and save the party created such opposi-
ton that it was Withdrawn almost I'M
medistely.
Motions OF all kinds. in order and
out of order, we're made; points OF
order raised and points of disorder made.
The Speaker, Mr.. LYONS, maintained
his calmness and dignity.
A motion was made to adjourn sine
die, to which the Speaker replied, "And
good bye to the Democratic party" An
excited member rose and exclaimed: :
Mr.. Speaker, if you adjourn this Con,
vention without making a nomination
YOU stand disgraced before the world y
To which the Speaker replied, "Ies,
sir, yes. sir, you are right.
The member from Indiana, Mr. Nor
reau, stated that the Convention having
yielded to the wishes of New York and
given the nomination to Mr.. OConor,
on their assurance that he would accept,
and it being refused and hurled back
into their faces, he now called upon
them to nominate some one OF the
hundreds Of good men able and willing
to carry the banner on to victory, men
who are not afraid Of the brickbats OF a
party campaign, and IN an impassioued
speech euologized and proceed to nomi-
nate the Speaker, Hon. James Lyons,
OF Virginia, as candidate for Presl-
dent.
In spite of the Speakers 8 continued
rappug aud calling him out Of order,
the motion was put from the galleries
and carried amid cheering. When the
house was restored to order the Speaker
rebuked them for their hasty and un-
parliamentary action. He stated that
he felt the compliment to himself; must
be more or less mean if he did not, but
declared the whole thing out of order
and wanting in respect to their candI-
date for Vice President. He paid a
high compliment to Mr.. O'Conor and
favored al adjournment, motion hav-
ing already been passed that when 1t
adjourn the Convention adjourn to meet
again at 10 A. NJ. tomorrow.
The Convention then adjourned.
Will nominate another candidate to.
morrow if nothing further is heard
from OConor.