The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-12
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.

The Committee on Permanent Organi-
cation reported Tor
PREsIDENT-Hon. ID. ID. johnson, Of
Tyler county.
VICE PRESIDENTS Senatorial
District j. Ii. Pendleton, of Ohio.
Second Senatorial Distinctly. l..
Cockayne, of Marshall.
Third Senatorial District-D. McGre-
gor, of Ritch =.
Fourth Senatorial District-W. i.
Thompson, q Wood.
Fifth Senn Drial District. Z. Il. |.
Smith, of Mason.
Sixth Senatorial District-.Joel Ruff
ner, of kanawha.
Seventh Senatorial Dlstrict-Ira j.
McGinnis, OF Cabcll.
Eighth Senatorial District - Alfred
Bcckley, of Raleigh.
Ninth Senatorial District-H. $. vii!
son. of Taylor.
Tenth Senatorial Districs-J. III. Car
roll, oI Preston.
Eleventh Senatorial District. 7.
Pierce, of Mineral.
Twelfth Senatorial District-M. S.
| Crantnaln, OF Dcrkeicy.
SECRETARIES.
j. b. Peyton, of Grccnbrier, Secretary;
J. G.. Mcclure, of Wood, h. A. Gun
bingham, of Pendleton and Joseph
| Ply male, of Wayne, Assistant Secretar-
les,
| On motion of Senator Dennis OF
Greenbrier committee of two, Messrs
Dennis and j. }. Davis, WAS appointed
to inform Hon. ID. ID. johnson of his
election as permanent President of the
Convention, and To conduct him TO the
Chair. This duty was performed; and
Mr.. johnson responded in an appropri-
ate little speech on assuming the duties
of the position.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed to recon-
mend one person from each Senatorial
District of the State, 10 act on the State
| Executive Committee, reported as fol-
lows:
| First Senatorial District - Michael
Reilly, of Ohio.
Second Senatorial District-J. w. Gal
| lschcr, Of Marshall.
Third Senatorial District-John Basil,
OF Harrison.
| Fourth Senatorial District ID. Ii.
Leonard, of Wood.
| Fifth Senatorial District-H. X. How
ard, of Mason.
Sixth Senatorial District-W. F. Cos
| horn. Of Kanawha.
Seventh Senatorial District-I. }. Nc
Ginnis. OF Csbell.
Eighth Senatorial Distr,ct-A. {.
SNYDER, of Grecnbrier.
Ninth Senatorial District-G. w. Ber-
nett, Of Lewis.
Tenth Senatorial District w. NJ.
Dent OF Preston.
Eleventh Senatorial District-T. b.
Davis, Of Mineral.
Twelfth Senatorial DISTRICT. Ii. Get
finger, of Berkeley.
PLATFORM.
majority of the Committee on Reso-
lu,ions made the following report through
their chairman, Hon. John. }. Davis, be
accompanying the submission with the
ramsrk that he subscribed 10 all the pro-
posed platform except the third resolu-
ton:
Reselred, /. That the Democratic
Conservative party OF West Virgins
is not two parties in alliance, bnt Is
and shall remain one Homogeneous
party, thoroughly united and har.
m.nious in lis principles, its aims,
and its organization; and that, il is the
duty of all its members TO discourage
every effort to disorganiize or divide II oy
any reference to local questions, per-
scnsl an;mositics, or political divisions
MN matters now either obsolete OF
which ought to be subordinate 70 the
more vital issues of the day.
Rssoised. ID. That the great principles
which. in our opinion, 'underlie and must
sustain the National Democratic party Of
which we are aD integral part are Il res
friction Of the Federal government TO IL
original sphere OF action, ana 70 tne