The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-29
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yominecs 10 The Republican
STATE Convention nj PArkers-

Nathan Col, oil Harrison county, ""o GU
Enthusiastically nominated at ParkersbnFI
for the first place on the State ticket
There is no more popular man with NJ. II.
party in West Virginia than Gen. doi
and hence the Republicans from all paFt'
Of the State would take no denial on hi'
part, save an explicit refusal TO accept,
for an answer to tie many calls that Aau
been made on him to lead the party i"
this canvass. A number Of teleSrHn''
were read from him expressive oil ms u'. .s.
sire to see some one else nom'na'Su' Wv
despile This manifestation Of reluctance
he was nominated by acclama!ion'
"g Ns., ss 10 Glen. ioa; Judge c. W. Smith,
ofC,bsII county, seemed to be the choice
I,rgs number Of delegates for Gov.
sroor, and 1t is altogether probable that
had the General positively refused to al
Inv his name to be used that Judge
Smith would have been nominated, %
he was by accIamation. The Conven-
tion showed its recognition Of his ability
a, an orator by selecting him by large
vote to be one of'ths two Electors at
large on the Hayes and Wheeler ticket
for West Virginia. He is said to be one
~ tho mou, efTactiye stuupers in the State
and very popular in the Third district,
We hope to,have the pleasure ot;hearlng
him Ia this city during the campaign.
He made decidedly favorable impress
sion upon the Convention by hi" quick
energetic and pointed style OF answering
questions and explaining misnnderstand'
ingS.
Col. Ward Il. Lamon was the choice ofthC
Eastern dele gates, after Gof, for Cover
nor. He seems to have "a strong hold
upon tue people Of Berkeley, his;natiye
county, without reference to party. So
much SO that the Democratic paper there
almost pronounced for him against Math-
eva. The convention chose him, as it did
Judge Smith, by a very complimentary
vote, to be an eIector at large on the
Presidential ticket. -Lamon is identified
with President Lincoln in the memories
Of the people, and they will be glad to
have the opportunity Of hearing him in
the different counties Of the State in this
canvass.
The leading positions alter the Govern
orslipalthough mol thu first inthe order
Of selection, were the. nominations for
the Court of Appeals. The nominees
we're ". II. Fl. Flick, Of Berkeley, Judge
r. l.. Berkshire, OF Monongalin, and X. S.
Brown, Of Jackson. Besides these, sew
eral other gentlemen we're placed before
the convention. They were Colonel ALI
son, Of this county; Judge T. ". Harri-
son, Of Harrison county; Judge Edwin
Maxwell, OF the same county; Colonel
Jas. W. Davis, Of Greenbricr county.
The Ohio county delegation warmly sup
ported Colonel Allison, but unfortunate
Iy for him one Of our delegates
had warmly supported the nom'
ination Of Mr.. Flick (who was
frat chosen) and also. tho nomination Of
Prof. Crago, for Superintendent Of
Schools, who had also been chosen, and
thus, as il were, the claims OF the dele.
CATION were considered satisfied and there
was the less chance to urge the nomina-
ton Of Col. Allison. And yet Mr.. AlIi'
son received very large vOte-sutiicient'
lylargc to show the comparative ease with
which under other circumstances he
could have been chosen. The Third dis
trict men were strongly bent on selecting
Col. Davis. They had held a meeting on
their boat on tho way up, and had agreed
to make him their nominee. The choice
Of Judge Berkshire over Col. Allison was
brought about by changes from Davis to
Berkshire, after the call OF the counties
had closed. A suspicion got abroad that
An understanding had been arrived
at with the friends Of Colonel
Davis as regards the short term on
the next ballot. The effect Of this real
or suspected arrangement, so far as II had
had any effect at all, was TO select Judge
Brown over Col. Davis for the short term,
And thus the First district is left without
a nomine6 for one Of the three places to
be flled OF. the Supreme bench. Not that
there was any such intention or disposi'
ton on the part OF the Convention, but
mainly, perhaps, because OF the identifi.
cation OF our county with previous nom.
nations. 1t Is said, however, in addition
to this fact, that the change Of Peasants
county, after the close of the roll call,
from Berkshire to Allison, was resented
by tho friends Of the, former, and
that this Circumstance started the ball in
the way OF other changes which
finally resulted in Judge Berkshire'i
nomination. Be the case as it may, the
unfortunate fact occurred that Col. Ali