The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-09
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BARBOUR COUNTY LETTER.

R,RpoUR COUNTY LETTER
,,,.o p.ccu. senatorial Ccnven
IN !Ion nj Philippi FAULKNER
ion lou. - :. 4 High Old Time
Gliding whisky ana Froiahi''
In Abundance.
PHlLrrr, ". VAp August a.
LiI Ths Democrats BsmocTSts Of the Ninth Senatorial
5i.trict held their Senatorial ConVentioI
y, mi, place yesterday, for the purpoS
a moi dominating candidate to succee
lion. ]. N. Bennett.
Af,er "Di1ie" by the Philippi corne
bond the convention was called TO orde
T SI C,pt 4, A. Bradford, and a temporar
O;pSpiza,iou was had by calling W. +
IiTely, Of Lewis county, to the chair, an
rIecting R. NJ. strickler, Of Barbon
county, as temporary Secretary. IN
n.uaI committees were selected, atte
Which the convention adjourned until
o'clock I'm. III,
Han. c. ]. Faulkner, Of Berkeley WAC
Gems to be swinging around the cree
M NOW in the State, telling the people,
That Le knows about the bondhelaefs
policy. He denounced Inc he Ip,,iOn "ct
pSrty generally, and tho resumP II ,%at ~; T.
pit c3nSrcss particularly, and sald .nIt y
0. GTD q he repealed; but, being asked
ought u n S why the present
y 4 House Of Congress had
pemoCsS" n,,od and passed a bill
no ,,,,,;Hp Il, he frankly admitted that
I fePGES. .',srn Democrats were opposed TO
ine , ., and that the Democrats could
Us 'r rpnSal i, and notwithstanding this
s "Tr Of the Hon, Statesman he tried
S",v hard 10 manufacture capital out OF
vi, Ls'' measure, to be used sgainst the Re-
nmbIicsns and in favor Of the Democrats
h the approaching State and National
c :" lie holds that the Govern
nrnt bonds ought to be taxed, and at the
",mr inns admits that neither a State,
County or incorporated town has any
poWer lOdOs0.
Concerned about tho bloody shirt. The
6,norrSts know who put the blood on
the sI,irt and they very much desire to
have The shirt concealed. The memory
n il seems to torment them, and when
ever it il mentioned they seem to be very
sensitive. ,
Hon, Okey johnson next appeared on
the ro,truu. and in a very solemn and af-
iecting manner, with his eyes turned to
beayeH, repeated very sentimental strain
Of poetry, which he said was the produc-
lion Of tie Soutlls greatest poet, entitled, l
think, ozark days in the South" and an
noupced himself a candidate for posi-
ton on the Supreme bench OF West Vir-
ginia.
The various committees appeared, Hon.
:. q. CofIran, Of Taylor, was chosen per-
nlnent President, and R. NJ. Strickler,
Secretary.
When The Committee on Credentials re-
ported the delegates from the various
ccounties Of the district entitled 10 seats,
the names OF all the delegates were read
except those from Barbour county. The
committee reported as delegates from
Barbour ". T. Ice and $50 others.
Mai. A. G. Roger, OF Barbour county
called for the reading Of tho names Of the
delegates from Barbour, and said that
there was not more than 800 persons in
The Court House while Barbour reported
h, delegates nj $50, and that runners had
been sent ouL TO bring in delegates from
Barbour in order to reduce the vote Of
himself and a few others who would vote
with him to small fraction OF n vote,
Barbour being entitled to only eleven
votes in the convention. The objection
wa. ovCrrulCd, and the report OF the COM
nittee was adopted by the convention.
There was a respectable number OF
delegates present from oil the counties in
the district. The convention, including
spectators, numbered, when organized, 22l
persons, and il certainly was Democrat
ic convention, for its members had oil the
symptoms Of Democrats well developed,
including the free Use OF bust.head whis-
Ky, which had the effect to make orators
Of a large number Of the delegates, all Of
whom seemed anxious to speak at the
same time. Everything seemed to move
along tremendously until the balloting
commenced. Out Of eleven or twelve
aspirants for Senator in the district all
except three had been scared or caucused
Of. Lewis county put in nomination Hon.
JIM. Bennett, who seemed to have deter
mined purpose to win, il the behavior
oithe delegates from that county in the
convention could be regarded as having
any Specification. Upshur nominated
&C. Higgenbotham, Of that county; Bar
hour, Hon. Samuel Woods, Of Barbour;
Taylor, Col. Jas. X. Smith, oiTaylor, and
the Taylor delegates cOntended that that
county isat this time entitled to the Sep-
aIor, which ! think had considerable
effect in determining the nomination.
The Barbour delegation retired for con-
.ll:ation and while they were absent,
Major Roger, Of Barbour, denounced the
action Of the Chairman Of the committee
on Credentials from Barbour county, in
reporting the number OF delegates
from Barbour county and reafirm-
cd that trickery was intended in or
der to advance tho interest Of Woods, to
whose nomination ho was opposed. He
said Barbour was not entitled to the
Senator that she had. a Senator ever
since the formation Of the State except
two years, and would take everything II
she could get it, AT this moment the
Barbour delegates returned to the con-
vSntiOu, while Roger was yet speaking,
Andhe had said but y few words after its
return before the greatest confusion i'm
imaginable prevailed all over the house.
ihe lie was freely given and such oaths
Aud yelling are think without precedent
IL this State. The most abusive language
vas INDUCED and the noise was deafening,
ihl' vas the opening scene Of the most
t'Fepu.ablO and disgusting perform:
9ace that l. have ever witnessed
10 any convention. The delegates
crowded toward the Presidents stand
where the quarrel was going on warmly.
Long and loud calls for order, "sit
down" and Emusic" were made, and it
'" some time before the President by
The most PERSISTENT and earnest effort
possible could succeed In partially res
IGtlngorder. Maj. Roger proceeded with
Ms speech, and demanded again that a
IlN oithG delegates from Barbour should