The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-07-26
BELMONT COUNTY
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.
Hon. Lorenzo DanIOrd Chosen
Chairman.
EXCITING CONTEST OVER IHE AUTHORSHIP.
H. ]. DanfOrd Finally Nominated by
AcolamatlOn.

H. ]. Danford Finally Nominated by
AcclamatIOn,
Interesting Report Of the ProOcssdlnvS Of ths
Convention,
BELMoNT, o., July 20,
Special Report for the IntCllIgenceF
The Belmont County Republican Con-
yention met ut this place to-day, with
full delegations and alternates from
all the townships present. At 1890
A. NJ, by request Of the Executive
Committee, Maj. WIS, KennOn called the
meeting to order, and u motion having
been made that Hon. l.. DanfOrd, be
elected permanent chairman Of the Con.
yention, was carried, and a committee Of
two consisting Of W, A. Hunt and ]. F.
Anderson was appointed to find Mr..
Danford and escort him to the Conven-
ton.
Mr.. Danford, upon taking the chair,
made timely and effective address Of
very few minutes, after which w. A..
Hunt, Of the Belmont Chronicle, was elect
ed Secretary, with ], b. LOngley, Of the
BellaIre Independent, as assistant.
Mr.. Hunt moved that w. s. Faris, Of
the Wheeling INTELLIGINCER, G, W, Me-
Clelland, Of the Barnesville Enterprise,
and G. L. Gaumer, Of the ST. Clairs-
willie Gu.site, be invited to occupy seats at
the Secretary's table. The President di-
rected the Secretary to furnish the gem
tlemen with desk room,
On motion OF Mr.. Sharon the delegates
we're allowed to vote by townships II con-
Sidered preferable.
Capt. Kirk moved that a committee Of
three be appointed to prepare rules for
the government Of the Convention. The
committee was W. B. Kirk, ]. +. Ander-
son and W. A. Sharon.
Adjourned to meet at the School House
at l2l o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met again at the Sch oOl
House at 1890 P. NJ, and Capt. W. b.
Kirk was called to the chair with V. T..
Morgan and G. D. Martin as Secretaries.
It was moved that the Convention ad.
journ to meet Immediately at Odd Eel.
lows Hall, where the morning session had
been held. After an amendment had been
made, and the amended motion lost, the
question OIL the original motion was call
ed, and carried.
Arrived at the hall, the Chairman call
ed the meeting to order, and proceeded to
read the rules reported by the Committee
appointed in the morning. The rules are
as follows:
Rule |. All nominations shall be made
by ballot, unless otherwise ordered by the
Convention.
Rule 9. A majority Of all the votes cast
shall he necessary to nomination.
Rule 3. The nominations shall be made
in the following order:
Two members Of the General Assembly,
Probate Judge, County Auditor, County
Treasurer, County Commissioner, Prose-
cutting Attorney, Inlimary Director, Coun.
ty Surveyor.
Rule 4. Where there are number Of
candidates for the same office the one re-
ceiving the least number Of votes shall be
dropped after the fourth ballot, and so on
after each successive ballot, until nom.
inntiOn ismade.
Rule 8. Persons not members OF the
Convention shall I've excluded from the
hall during the session Of the Convention.
A motion was made that the last rule
be amended 40 that members Of the press
be admitted. This called forth some dis
cussion, and u still further amendment
was proposed to the effect that oil parties
be admitted, thus virtually annnlling the
last rule. The latter amendment was
lost, and the first carried.
The preliminary business being all
transacted, the nominations for members
Of the General Assembly were called for.
BY vote Of the Convention the rules
were 30 altered that the candidates for
members Of the Assembly were balloted
for one at time.
The voting at the fourth ballot resulted
in the nomination Of Mr.. Wm, Bundy, he
having 80 votes out Of o..
BallOting for the second candidate was
then begun, and at the third ballot Mr..
Ell V. Cleever received 50 votes, a ma.
jority OF the Oh cast. On motion Of Mr..
Anderson, Mr.. Cleever's nomination was
made unanimous.
The rules were suspended and Mr.
Chandler W. Carroll was nominated as
candidate for Probate Judge by acclama-
tion.
Then came the tug Of war Names Of
candidates for nomination for County
Auditor being called for, the following
were put In nomination: ]. NJ. Todd, OF
peusc; Geo. N. Wise, Of Pnltney, II. ],
DanfOrd, OF Wayne; Joseph r. Arrick, Of
KirkwOod; p. Coleman, OF York.
Mr.. Reed remarked that II was report
ed that Dr. Todd had beaten J. d. Longley
at his second candidacy This called out
considerable strong and heated discus.
sions. Mr.. Branum, Of Pease, denied
that DR.. Todd was to blame for Longley's
defeat. Mr.. Anderson declared that DR..
Todd boasted 10 him on the oath day Of
last June that he had beaten Longley.
"And," said Mr.. Anderson, II can tell
YOU In one minute Just how he said he
had done IT," On the evening before the
election, al a late hour, the Doctor learned
that Ebehezer Rhodes and others had pro.
cured Republican tickets and given them
to all the cOlored voters in the township.
The Doctor, ns he said, "ttimmed his
lamp, and went out among the allys and
by.ways Of Bridgeport, awakened the
darkey voters and pulled them out OF bed
where they were sleeping In eel.
lars and gartets, two, three, four
and FIVE in a bed.H lie took their
tickets and scratched thereifom the
name Of John D. Longley, the Republi.
can candidate for Auditor, and wrote In
its place the name Of the Democratic can
didate, W. +. Stamp. And, continued
Mr.. Anderson, "1 repeat II, to ]. NJ. Todd
and to J. NJ. Todd alone, the glory Of hay.
ing defeated Longley belongs, for he glo.
ties In II. And Il he we're here to-day he
would boast that he had defeated Long.
ley" This brief but emphatic speech
caused intense excitement, and much per.
sonal remark impeftinent to the subject
was made. Mr.. Mcfarland, Of Rich.
land, took issue with Mr.. Anderson and
denied that DR.. Todd had been the cause
Of defeating Longley. Mr.. Anderson re.
peaLed The charge, and remarked that II
was said that Mfr. Mcfarland had been
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