Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29
CONVENTION NOTES.
[FRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Your correspondent not having
time to send you in his first letter
a full account of the proccc dings Of
the Congressional Convention held
in this place to-day by the inter
rified " Democracy, embra the
| opportunity in second letter to
supply the omission.
The Convention reassembled at
half past one O'Clock. G. j. p. Gre
sap, OF Randolph, was made per-
| lnanent chairman.
The reports of committees were
received, and at once Lively fight
opened on the report of the Com
mittee on Credentials. The com
mittee had reported in favor ofad-
hitting alternates from Pocahon.
as county on the evidence of their
appointment produced before the
committee. Pocohontas had in.
structed for Martin, land the Fanlk-
ner men opposed the report of the
committees, declaring that the al
ternates had not sufficient evidence
of their appointment. The fight
waxed warm, both sides entering
into it with considerable feeling
As it progressed the feeling
became intcn So. Major Downey
after considerable effort got the
floor, and was about to raise his
stentorian voice in behalf ofsome
thing, when the Speaker peremp-
torily raped him out 0forder; the
Major sullenly retired, with the
emphatic remark: "Order be
id" Sprigg, of Hardy, sprang to
the floor amid vociferous calls for
Dawson. He held his position
and.angrily declared he would not
be hooted down in a Democratic
Convention. He was too old a
soldier for that; he would main
tain his rights at all hazards. AT
ter he had spoken his piece, A. b.
Fleming, of Marion, got the floor
although dozen different orators
in the hall were loudly yelling for
an opportunity to deliver them
selves of their pent up agony and
eloquence. Fleming plead for
moderation--like all the rest, he
was a Democrat of thirty years
standing" and desired to see such
disgraceful proceedings stopped.
But he might as we'll have whis-
tied to the wind. The confusion
had now become worse confoun-
ed. Sheriff Thomas, of Berke-
ley, declared he felt like
ordering out a posse comitatus to
quell the riot. Mr.. p. Showers,
another delegate from Berkeley,
and an "old liner" In the ranks
of the unterrified, quieted the
fears of his nervous friends, Thorn.
as and Bowers, by remarking that
the Convention is quite har mon
ious." If they will permit me to
make five minutes speech, / can
set everything STRAIGHT" But
he had no opportunity to make his
five minutes speech, and matters
got worse bv depraas and faa rfully
more CROOKED. BY this time it
resembled pandemonium let loose.
Sprigg again got the floor, and
charged Dawson with threatening
the Eastern Pan Handle. lie was
not frightened by such threats
| He wanted the man nominated
whom his people were in favor of.
They would not rally around any
other man than Mr. Faulkner
He alone, of all others, could heal
the breach in the ranks of the De-
mocracy of Hardy He wanted
proof of the genuineness of the let
ter appointing alternates from Po-
cahontas. In such times he would
take no mans word. He wanted
the proof He had the floor and
meant to keep it, in spite of yells
and boots, until he got through.
NeWlin, of Taylor, finally got in a
word. He wanted to let such
SPRIGGs of Democracy know that
he was an old war horse "a
" Democrat Of thirty yeas stand
ing" Here Thomas and Bowers
] "a ciaonn1 hnnI.s