The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-11
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While Gibson was making his nOmiuAt-

While Gibson was making his nominat-
ing speech
: HisaEs AND CRIES FOE xsNs1 q
rang out all over tho hall. Cries Of ordel
also filed the room, but order came not
Gibson finally took his seat, saying that
l"D gag lao and force toers to b used on
Hereford n1sn they io0uld iloio their hand
GLao." At this juncture big, two listed
| Confederate Captain from Logan
STRIPPED OFF HIS COAT
and began to reach for Hereford men who
we're near him, but they lodged behind
their aeatS and threw up the White A4g,
i Cries went up from every corner, Put
him out" Take him down." &c, but no
man would approach Toney, who was
waving his big fist 10 and fro like law.
yer saving air in q divorce case. The
Chair undertook 10 restore order, but they
paid no attention to him, aud seemed do.
termined to destroy each other by muscu.
lar force. ..I.r iEJ y.DlgIT enc
A TRUR PICTURE.
l will now give you the merest outline
Of the scene that then ensued. DR.. Moss
lex Confederate), an alternate from Lila.
coin county, undertook to address the
Convention, but could not command the
attention Of the iury.stncken crowd.
Imagine five hundred men standing on
their seats crying "Mr. President r. "Or-
der !! "Walker" "simpsonr' "Fergu-
sonP "Hurrah for Kenna r. "Orderp
"sit DOWN. "Put him outW "Dpn't
strike u "Walker, Wslkerp At last
Henry Walker was pitched up on the
platform, while perhaps one hundred per.
Sons were crying "Walkerl Walkeri'
and aB many more bowling "Put him
out" 6till Henry raised his voice and
cried for peace, but there was no peace.
The confusion became worse than ever,
and Walker withdrew.
Dr.. Moss finally got the hoor, and
yelled at the top oil his voice: MI
EfesidelH ~ b0 damned Y Henri
Walker IIdl run tbii .thingJ Mr.. PreslA
dent" he continued, II don't want no
id Yankee Democracy in mine. l
have been run at the point OF Yankee
bayonet up this valley, and I am
straight out rebel. / M0pt tE4t hil Con-
vsnti0n adjourn una Il gsts sober" Cries
Of "Pct him out" "take him down." &C.,
from fully 500 Moss kept the floor, and
continued: "Mr. President, want the
Convention TO hear me five minutes. II
am Rn alternate from a ginseng county,
and have right to be heard. Mr. Prest.
dent, can you tell me the price oI gin.
Beng" Cries OF take him out" At this
juncture the excitement was immense
Men were falling over chairs and each
other, 10 save themselves; about doz en-
grabbed tho Doctor and forced him out
Of the hall. A young man, who acted
decorously and manly, who sat near by
your correspondent, ielt himself SO com.
pletely disgraced that, after several at
tempts, he got the ear Of the President,
aud made the following motion: "Mr.
President, l move that committee be
appointed to procure
( TEN GALLoEsog wHnKI 4 |
for the use Of this Cohvention. Auamend.
ment was offered by adding ten kegs o. |
beer, but II was ruled out Of order,
Walker got on the platform again, and
put in nomination @. P. Snyder, Of
KanAwhs, which quelled the excitement
for a moment, and the Convention pro-
% 10 Ballot. - 30 d. -'-- -
The vote stood as follows on the first
ballot: Hereford, 10 391 ;,Kenna, 6,3e7
Snyder, $40; and M 'Csusland, n. Here.
ford having received q majority OF all the
votes cast, was declared the nominee Of
the Convention, whereupon Mr.. Kenna
appeared on the platform, and, after
making brief speech pledging himself
to the nominee Of the Convention, moved
10 make'it unanimous In the meantime
a large number of dissatisfied delegates
had left the room, and Mr.. KS motion
A committee was appointed to wait on
Mr.. Hereford and advise him oi his uomi,
nation, and request his presence in the
Hall, when he appeared and sg.R .-fis.il
TEEDRRED his THANKS ,..s7g
for an indorsement OF his public acEs by
the Convention BE proposed to make
. big fight against Radicals and corrup.
ton and all that kind OF stuff. Frank
Hereford Is the smallest excuse for q
Congressman that l have ever met.
There Is nothing in him, and Of course
nothing can come out OF him. Ali
he iS fl Tor Is TO draw his salary and
salary grab" he was q Southern sym.
pathizer during the war, while he was q
ward politician in California, and yet he
took q solemn oath that he never aided or
abetted the rebellion. he Is q filth Or
oixth class demagogue on anything you
may choose to estimate him. He never
has done thing for the district except to
vote 70 paraly zs,it by taking the tariff of
Of salt and coal, and he never will, should
he stay In Congressa Q lie time It Is not
in him. .,.-. ,. -,
- THE REVOLUTIONS rrr.
were written by Henry 8. Walker, and
are peculiarly WalkefiSh. They start out
by reasserting States rights, notWithstand.
Ing the results Of the war; censure the
Administration as being corrupt, and re
commencing thestrict accountability OF all
of1cers Of the Nation and State In their
financial aud political acts. When he
read the plank relating 10 integrity and
honesty in officers his legs almost gave
way and his tongue well nigh refused to
wsg. HeweAthered Il through, however,
but everybody thought 1t was q pity
that that resolution had not been adopted
by the Democratic Legislature two years
ago,as the State might have several :hous.
and dollars in the State Treasury now, In
place OF being bankrupt. SWELL.
DAVID MORGAN, Esq, OF 1rondale,
Ohio, was in tho city yesterday. Hc has
recently been up amongthe iron mines of