The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-24
Democratic Mass Meeting in Taylor
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Pursuant to public notice, a mass
meeting of the Democrats of Taylor
county was held at the Town Hall in
Fettermau, on Saturday, May Is.
q On motion, Col. L. R. Cofran was
called to the chair, and j. NJ. Scrogin
appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting was ex-
planned by B. F. Martin, Esq, to be the
appointment of delegates to represent
the county in the Democratic State Con-
vention to be held at Parkersburg on
the Both instant, and also the appoint.
ment Of delegates to the proposed Judi
cial Convention to be held at Grafton on
the 18th instant.
On motion of Col. J. K. Smith, the
meeting proceeded to appoint ten dele
gates from each township to the StateCon-
vention, whereupon the following gem
tlemen were selected as said delegates:
Court House Township-B. F. Mar
Tin, Reuben DAWSON, John NJ. Thayer,
A. Armstrong. S. NJ. Heironimus, C..
E. Reynolds, Elijah B. Glenn, James
Selvey, VIM. r. Coplin and Thomas
Bailey.
Booths Creek Township-James P.
Currey, L. S. Johnson, Perry Gawthrop,
John V. Martin, Marseen Smith,
James Clelland, Alfred Cochran, Sam:
uel A. Tucker, John Mcdaniel and
William Linn.
Pennington Township-Z. NJ. Freene,
John Dilworth, Josephus Bailey, Ethan
Allen, Francis Finley, Michael Moran,
DR.. T. |. Elliott, Joseph johnson,
George w. Frum and William Hus-
tead.
Grafton Township-C. w: Newton,
G. E. Jarvis, John Doonan, James D.
Holmes, A. D. Casteel, L. Mallonee,
James A. Wilson, Alph. Rightmire,
Thomas Smouse and George w. Ward.
Fetterman Township - James X.
Smith, E. S. Shackelford, John NJ.
Rogers, Samuel Corrothers, A. F.
Westerman, DR.. Thorn, Hugh Evans,
Francis V. Lucas, Jonathan Poe and
John K. Knots.
On motion, the Chairman and Secre-
tary were added to the delegation.
The meeting then proceeded to select
five delegates from each township to
REPRESENT this county in the Judicial
Convention, proposed to be held at Graf
ton on the 2Sth inst, as follows:
Court House Township-R. Davis
son, John NJ. Thayer, VIM. P. Kemble,
John w. Bartlett and Elijah Sinsel.
Booths Creek Township - Daniel
woodward, James McClelland, L. s.
Johnson, A. B. Gawthrop and z. NJ.
Cochran.
Pennington Township-Z. NJ. Frum,
VIM. Hustead, John Dilworth, DR.. L.
|. Elliott and Michael Moran.
Grafton Township-John Doonau,
A. D. Casteel, Thomas Smouse, James
D. Holmes and A. J. Edwards.
Fetterman Township-James X.
Smith, Isaac Evans, Jacob NJ. Wilson,
VIM. Keener and VIM. II. Utterback
On motion, the Chairman and Sec
rotary were added to the delegation.
A motion to instruct the delegates to
the Judicial Convention to urge and if
possible obtain adjournment of the
Judicial Convention until some day
subsequent to the Goth Of May, after
being discussed 10y J. X. Smith, B. F.
Martin, A. D. Casteel, John NJ. Rogers
and others, was UNANIMOUSLY adopted.
The following gentlemen were ap,
pointed the Executive Committee for
this county for the current year: B. F.
Martin. l.. S. johnson, u. NJ. Frum,
l.. Malloney and J. K. Smith.
On motion ofC. w. Newton, the Sec
rotary was directed 10 furnish a copy of
the proceedings of this meeting to the
Grafton Sentinel and Wheeling REGTs>
TER for publication.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
l.. r. CoFRAN, Chairman.
i M SCROGIN. Secretary.