The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-03-15
THE SOLID MDFMocRAcY:
IN solemn Convention Assem-

4TaE tt5r
4s3 bled.
"A caucus ofthe Democratic, mem,
jbers Of the West Virginia Legisla'
turc was held last nightin the sui
pro me Court room, ut the. Capitol
Senator Dennis, Of Greenbricr, was
called 70 the cllairito preside, and
NIessrs: Sargent, oftlieS Barbour Jy:
isrsoniaa, Scott, Of tho Clarksburg
Neps, and Lawrence, Of the Grafton
Eagle, were made secretaries. Mr..
Bradford moved that. a committee
,ofseyenl be appointed 70 report bus;
liness to be acted.upon at this meet
Iiing,twhichf motion was unanimous
adopted. ,,.s.'s & III ! a.
Dr. Gooch suggested that the
committee! be confined 70 the Leg
islature, which. sentiment was COM
Ibatcd by Mr.. Pennybaker. Mr..
Parsons also opposed this proposi5;
ton, as he did not understandltl
tie caucus was 70 be confined 10
the Legislature.
Mr.. Bradford was Of the opinion
tllatiit should be SO confined be-
causcI the call was signed BY tic
members exclusively. Iftllis was
notal caucus it was 4 convention
being held with closed. doors. The
members will be held responsible
before the people, and So the COM
lnittec should bc composed Of menl-
bers. ylI
VIM III Hcarnc, felt sure that no
gentlcman on the: floor, not . mem
berof atlegislaturc, would feel agg-
l. v p - 2
grieyell because lie was omitted.
Mr.. Ewing, d; Marshall, thought
twas not fair. TO say toithe gentle
men outside Of lellegislaturo5 here
present, ayou shall be bound BY
our aetion,but shall jLayeno voice.
Mr. Quinn, Of Hancock, was sur
prisesl ojhcar this proposition!to
sayStoi these entlemen @ith,us to-
night, itllatswess shall assume die:
.tate.toE Them Isam.wiLling.t Join
sWitllIthcm, bnt!not5 togslictat
ZNIr.zF Fowler, Of Summers wanted
e toEliear:t tlic;call read :to!see if.it.liln5
itcdsactionsto slnatters5b before the.
Legislature, or 10 the interest of.tlle
party generally. lly..==#
The call was tllcn read by one Of
the secretaries. : -. -
Mr.. ponnybackcr thought that
the call itsclfscttled tho whole mat.
ter. lie, had written it himself
and tried to embrace the whole
Democratic party oftlIc State. We
arc not the only party of the State
but We want 10 gain all the light
and aid we can from the whole
party. What proportion do the
members bear to the entire audi
cncc? Not two-tl,irds. And shall
onc-third bind two-thirls?
DR.. Gooch then Withdrew his prop
osition and the chair appointed the
following committee: 7. A. Brad
ford, Gov. II. N. Matthews, L. Boyd
Faulkner, J. Ed Penuybackcr, D.
3. Lucas, D. L. johnson, and J, II.
Good. .5,.. ....1. !,
Mr.. Ewing suggested that Hon.
e.. J. Faulkner entertain them dur,
ing the absence Of the. committee,
with an address. Amid loud calls
for him, Mr.. Faulkner came forward
and said: 1gr
GENTLEMEN OF THE CAvcus-
| came hero tonight supposing I
was to attend simply Il Legislative
caucus, and with tho hope and
expectation Of hearing from the
representatives. Of the people here
assembled, the condition and pros
poets Of the Democratic party Of
this State. | have not been in
public life for two years, and conse-
quontly do not come fresh from the
political cauldrOn al Washington,
with a full knowledge Of political
Affairs. | have lived quietly on n
farm for two years, hut I have not
lost sight of the great questions Of
the day, for | haze been loo long Il
Democrat, and too deeply identified
with their interests. | cannot say
| was born u Democrat, but | think
I can say shall die one. There
is one idea occurs to me, and |
Would not deal with becoming
frankncss If | did not state that the