The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-15

Shirt.slceves and spoke piece in favor d
Col. Ben about like ten year old school
boy would recite Casabiancon or some
other juvenile piece. He alluded to the
TERRIBLE BATTLES
Col. Ben had fought for tho Democracy
and told how o corrupt radical Congress
had cheated him out ol his hard earned
seat last winter, He appealed 10 the De,
mocracy to give the Colonel one more
chance for his white alley.
THE COLONEL mMsELF
modestly occupied q front seat during the
delivery Of these highly wrought eu-
logisms on his services and suaeripgs and
he appeared to enjoy them. A gracious
smile wreathed his mantle occasionally as
the 1attery came out strong and pointed,
His hearing seemed 10 be better than
usual. Wot1endAm was followed by
BILL NewMAN, OF wRTzEL,
and D. e. Leonard, Of Wood, In the same
strain. Newman was q Federal soldier
when Col. Ben was Confederate sym
pAthizer, and yet he eulogized the COL
onel's record, which looked queer, 10 say
the least Of It. Col. Nat Wells, oil Brooke
county, put In nomination,
COL. ALEXANDER cAMPDELL,
which nomination was supported in a
neat and earnest speech by Mr.. Brooke
Turner, one Of the delegates from Brooke.
Some one from Tyler put in nomination
that standing, perennial, centennial and
millcnnial candidate,
COL. DAN JoHNsoN,
who will probably continue to be q can
didate lor Congress in the First District
until the last syllable oil recorded time.
Nobody followed up this nomination with
a speech. Expressive silence" was al
lowed tc do its perfect work. After q
brief pause
THE CHAIRMAN, r 8. BLAIR, ESQ,
who, by the way, makes q very fair pre-.
siding officer, was put In nomination, but
having duly taken In the bearings Of the
situation, he modestly declined the honor,
not wishing to add his blood 10 the gore
that was about 10 flow from the hapless
victims already nominated. Last, but not
least, came the nomination Of
J HANSON GOOD,
supposed by some people to be the heir
apparent Of the nomination, and the most
confident Of all Col. Ben's rivals. he was
presented TO the convention by his next
friend, Z. G. Cracrait, OF Ohio county,
who, in announcing the name, followed It
up with one Of the best speeches made
during the day.
he alluded to Col. Wilson's want OF
availability as candidate, and warned
the Convention that the present was q
crisis in the affairs Of the Democracy OF
the First District, which, If rightly re-
garded, might lead TO victory, but if dis
regarded would, he feared, lead to disas.
ter and defeat He considered Col. Will
son weak candidate, and this was not
the time TO put weak candidate before
the party. Following these remarks Of
Cracraft came speech from the
INEVITABLE AND INIMrTABLE DAvEN-
PORT,
who continued the same views presented
by his colleague. He said that q REFER
ence TO the files Of the Wheeling INTELLI.
GRNCER would show that the Republicans
wanted Col. Wilson nominated. That
paper had taken pains 10 present him be.
fore the people as the coming man for this
nomination, because 1t believed him to be
the easiest Democratic candidate to de-
feat, and therefore the one Of all others to
be nominated here in order to insure a
Republican victory. The Opposition had
beaten Col. Wilson once before, and they
felt as il they could beat him again, and
hence they wanted this Convention 10
nominate him. The question therefore
Ior the Democracy was this, will you play
into The hands OF the Republicans, or will
you give us a candidate they cant beat.
AFTER DAvENPoRT's EPRKCH
came several counterblasts from Wilson's
friends. Finally the exemplary Cald.
well, who would make good templer il
there was no whisky manufactured. NOV
cd that the speaking business be discon'
unued, and that the Convention proceed
to vote Tor candidate for Congress. The
motion suited the temper Of the Conven
ton and 1t therefore prevailed. Where
upon, in the midst Of profound silence, tht
Secretary called the roll, and on the frs
ballot Col. Ben Wilson came out
THE WINNING MAN.
Tho following is the vote by countie1
for tAe various candidates: