The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-29
GRAFroN. August ~, 1874.

Editors of the Register:
Your daily issue Of Friday 2l-t inst,
contained special dispatch from IL,
giving his version of the proceedings Of
the Convention held at Piedmont on the
10th, for the purpose of nominating n
candidate to represent the Second Con-
gressional District Of West Virginia, in
the Congr ess of the United States, which
dispatch in every important particular
il incorrect. and is intended to misreprc-
sent the Hon. B. +. Martin, and deceive
his friends who were not at the Conven-
ton.
When al" says that every county i'll
the District was represented by
Delegates, no one knows better than he,
of the falsitv of such statement. Their"
were no delegates in that Convention
either from PocahontaS or Webster but
the Democrats of PocahontaS county had
held Convention and appointed dele
yates with instructions I" vote for Mar
tin, and had made Col. K. Davidson OF
TAYLOR county, Senator Hall, and the
Hon. Il. A. Bradford, of Barbour, their
nlternates, in the event that none OF the
delegates should he in attendance; which
fact we have all seen published in Your
paper. as well as IN every paper publish
ed in this District, and the three gentle
men above named had additional pubhc
and private evidence that they were lr-
oslly authorized to cast the v"t" "i
Pocahontas county. But III the
fn 20 of all this the friends of Mr. taulk-
ncr violently opposed the admission "t
that vote; and after II lengthy discussion
.Droand CON. to all of which al ls;enrd)
for the sake of peace, it was agreed that
Pocahontas might be cast for Martin an"
Webster for Faulkner; without too, TN"
slightest evidence that Webster was Tor
Faulkner. The friends of Mr.. Faulkner
proposing TO sell Pocahontas for " rhSt'r
knowing al the same time that f"c"h"il-
,as was for Mr.. Martin, thus making mrr-
chandiSe of the Democracy Of both cCun-
Ties to secure FaulkncrS nomination;
and now the nominee will call upon SAID
two counties to support nm IN
the election, after trying to exclude them
from the Convention. =.
Secondlv-"L.' says that both cahal-
dates had csnvassed the district for the
nomination.
1t is true and well known that VI.
Faulkner thoroughly canvaSsed the whole
district, aided bv his son {. j., the sec
ond; but Mr.. Martin, too honorable L"
even desire nomination by any uhi"i'
means. went only when Mr.. Faulkhrr :
MISREPRESENTATION made ii necessary Tor
him to go; as the people in this district
very we'll know. After the announce
ment of the result of the Convention, Mr.
Martin voluntarily came forward ana
stated in substance, that he was
always governed by the decision
of y Democratic Convention, and
advised his friends to support the
nominee. But if Mr.. Faulkner ana MS
friends are willing and DESTROYS to crush
n man of the stamp of B. r. Martin,
after all his efforts for the promotion "i
the party from the beginning OF the
State up TO the present time, without amy
remuneration whatever except pcrsecu-
ton and mistreatment from the opposite
party, they will find that the honest Dem-
ocracy of the Second District will rebuke
such course BY refusing to endorse Mr.
Faulkner at the polls in October that
we have no sympathy with men or party
capable only of base ingratitudc and
utter disregard of merit.
1t was conceded BY every honest man
in this district, whether Democrat or
Republican, that b. F. Martin was fairly
and legally entitled to Il seat in the last
Congress, and after doing everything
that an honorable man should, to obtain
that seat, he was defeated by Beast But
Ter, the arch enemy not only of the
Democratic party, but of all that is just
and right; and the people of this district
desire above all things TO condemn But