The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-24
Hans Good Consoled with the
ElsCtorship of the District.
Major lin Sweeney Still After
2s'''''"' Lewis Baker. H''''''
The Lie Passed between Two Of thI
Young Lawyers. but No Blood
z Spilled.
The Convention Goes Back on the st,
Louis Financial Plank.
PARKERspuRa, AugusL 23.

l0A, NJ. Judge G. D. Camden called the
delegates to ordeh Col. R: 81 Blair, Of
Ritchie county, was made permanent
President, and Mr.. Creel, Of The Mounds.
vile Gazette, chosen Secretary.
About 200 delegates are present, the
most numerous delegation being from
the great Democratic stronghold OF
| Wetzel. The convention wasted very
little time in preliminaries, and proceed
ed with promptness to the business in
hand, that Of nominating Col. Ben Will
son.
1t was evident from the time the upper
country delegates struck this, shore, that
Mr.. Good had not the ghost of. a chance
neither he nor Delaplain. This was the
more apparent when Mr.. William L.
Hearne, Of the Ohio county delegation,
arose and placed Col. Ben Wilson in nom-
ination. Goods name was presented by
G. W. Neale, OF Wood county. Della
plain, seeing how the cat was about to
jump, did not have his name presented
by anybody. Good, too, concluded that
discretion was the better part Of valor,
and. decided to draw out, which he did
by moving that Col. Wilson be nominated
by acclamation.
After the Colonel's triumphant nomi-
nation, the irrepressible Major Jim
Sweeney proceeded to get in his work on
his old enemy, Baker, Of the Register. He
first offered a resolution endorsing the
Legislature for the faithful performance
Of duty in the impeachment business last
winter. This resolution was bitterly OPP
posed by Senator Price and Geo. Diven-
port, but warmly sustained by E. G. Cra-
craft and Col. Dan johnson. at the close OF
the discussion it was adopted by small
majority.
Thenext resolution went on TO recite
the fact that inasmuch rs Lewis Baker, the
present Secretary Of the Democratic State
Committee, stood charged with the theft
Of campaign funds belongipst com.
mittee, to The extent Of. nearly FIVE
thousand dollars, therefore it became the
Democratic party, as party Of reform, to
inquire into this charge and dismiss him
from the committee, iffound to be true.
This resolution was Of course n tre-
mendous bomb shell in the camp, and
produced terrible excitement. Atone
time therewas imminent danger. Of row.
The lie passed between Davenport and
Cracraft. Friends sinterfered however
and prevented the shedding Of any hui.
man gore. The Chair ruled the resolu;
tion out Of order and thus perhaps saved
several valuable lives. I; ~
It is evident dhat Good eohseated to
forego pressing his,claims for a nomina.
tion at this time in consideration Of an en-
dorsement Of the Impeachment business.
The resolution Of endorsement was passed
by tight squeeze. @ Z wv
After the dispositfoaoi sweeney's res
olutions, Good was nominated for Presi.
dental elector for the First Congress
sional distfict by acclamation. - It
Resolutions were introduced. by, Col.
W. P. Thompson, of; Wood, and Col. Dan
johnson, of;Tylersuf Carrying Sam Cary
on the greenback, question, andthey were
passed notwithstanding attention was call
ed to the fact that they lSwdre' 'diametrical.
,ly opposed to.thest Louh. platform.
Whisky flowed freely in the afternoon
and the Chairman =frequentlythreatened
to adjourn The, convention. The whole
affair was stormy from beginning 10 end.
Wilson's speech Of acceptance was 4
tame piece OF oratory, taken up princi.
|pally with finance, on which he befogged
himself and hearers until both were in a
complete muddle., d -~f.y :
There was M animated dischssioh over
the appointment of an Executive Com
mittee. The Ring wanted only 8, but the
inevitable Davenport wanted more. He
said he didn't want any more setting upl
Of conventions like this. ESensation and
etditementl He wanted member from
each county, in the District "a motion to |
this effect was carried after ! IA seysTel wSl
struvolc., 90. -, ,S',
There is to be big hurrah, hoop.deI
ldoodle-do- ratification meeting here to-
night, to be addressed by Col. Ben, Hans
Good, pms Johnson and Davenport The
Democracy here want 70 try'to sto,js sthe
detection 10 Peter Cooter. Tho soft
money resolntion. ,o.5nv ,ro ,o,'orn.r
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The following are the resolutions in full |
introduced by Maior sWeeney:s
WHEREAS, We recognize the great ma.
cessity Of reform in ali the branches Of
our government and Of The obligations
We are r. under 10 those tried and isitbtnI
servants u Of the Democratic party who |