Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-07
1srls CONVENTION OOlssS YEsTER-
DAY,
1ryobIe Among the SOlOns Rule OF Run
A Sardins Assemblage-lhs
Ticket Nominated


determination e. do OF dir, Things
v,r, very quiet. too much 81, Tor
a MA, tho nuinouS silence which
rr,,.L, the storm. Al interest
centred ina the City ScrgemIcy,
and the MAYER men, who were all aware
.ithr strength oi the Davis men, and "t
rbrIr own mere fighting chance, looked
With suspicion upon every motion and
u.sJpu.
shortly alter tWooyloyk W :. fhipps,
Chairman uI the Executive Committee,
,,l,I the convention Ia urlrr AMI pre-
,rr,I IEF. caldwell ior Chairman.
Nr caldwell was elected and took his
s.u. luaublug the convention Ior the
honor
u.C. Ilri,h, ui the Eighth ward, Was
np ,.Iutri secretary, ant the reporters
pl .,ruJ assistants,
Eu,Iur,, was commenced by appoint
ina COMMITTEES uu Credentials, Basis
r REORGANIZATION AMI Order ut Busi-
u., Ihr committee va, cump0-'''i ui
uu uuu yuyh Nari, a7 follows.
flr,r ward. ". T. otto.
~ytuud Nm tundllng,
Itui WA Phillips.
Fourth Injury Hess.
Irh d. O. ! Wuulrrhvh
sixth. W a. Travis
--,yuth. =. T. Norton.
I-hth. u G. Myrr~
Ihruhu,v>uluuS retired tu confer, and
Ola crowd lrlt time hang heavily upon
ruar hands AMI began hOwlng tpr
k-upIy That cNcr-rrddy individual
sr.lus up Ikea Jark-in-thr-hoN aud be
tlr., tNumIuutc- had elapsed, those who
htlrJllrd him rrpeutcd ut their rash
ur,, Finally the committee ramc ln
wuh q NaWutus split ln IT. report and
uE FUN Bu6AN.
The majority report, signed by
Phillips Hess. Norton. Wun dcrliCh and
Iut,t,. recommended ~ the basis, the
ruur' vote east u 1876 The minority
rrp ,rt. signed hy OtIu, Guudling and
N,er- wanted the vote east ior
Eriyy iu 1876. squire Philips AT
Nu.urj his report, deuuuncIug the
either "a, a vile mrthud at lntlmida
tuI. aud asserting that IL was entirely
tuHtr lrum the mrt that Ripley ran
~, ahead ul hI- ticket Iu tho first
Wa.i aui that this plan would give
tl ,m great advantage Myers, at the
H. shtL Wapl. aud OUo, at the First,
thau tuned up the trumhuncs AMI de-
,lArrd they Wuullu. have the majority
lrputt u included Democrats, and
Tia, couldn't uu. never, represent
1 N.HNA "A .
uu tu,. two. aud resulted a. lulluNS. tnr
th mm'putv thr lhiui Fourth, sixth,
Seventh JuI lN, 90 The tlth 80.
Muuuu iurt. ~ytnui Elghth AMI
three uI thr tJh o. At hrst the
tIuh voted Iur the mIunrN, bus before
TN result Vas announced changed as
above. This worked up hugshrads of
hIl. among thr MaNyrS mvn, Captain
Uttp bounded o. his feet AMI amid
hI.,us ul appE,u~ aud the Widest cN-
90 .mcut. announced that II tins point
Wt- .uTriv,l. hr would Withdraw from
thr Convention. EIghth WUrd Myers
ht',ri him up Iu this assertion and
gathering zap hi> hat aud oyerCoaJ, got
neal, pdu So. The crowd ycllrd yari-
uus ~, k,matiuns tu "irt rm 20, who
rJrys"' oh sit down! Put him
cut. Nr, &c Then sam. Norton gOt up
uuI rndcayurrd to preserve the halmy
aut pour oil uu the troubled water,
hut hI- voice was hist lu a new din
Which arose from the jury chairs Whjrh
continued the Eighth and hlth wards.
Then Squire Philips duke Voice was
heard u tl MoundSyillc Convention, and
elevated o. high 4. tie wanted order
uni pcarc aud would have them at any
cost llc called the minority men dis
organizers and said "thCy want 10 rulO
"r rdiu this Convention ani they can't
rule 70 oud shuu't ruin it, Oitulongcd
APPLAUSE
la the meantime the miUuritlcS hal
moved ia a boly toward the door, when
Will Travis got up and SAIL hc thought
% NlS time something should be done
a., hr duau want tu ~v,' the convention
broken up lur his part lac was will
Iu. tu make concessions. Anything to
keep the pcacr. Then Nam Norton
mt IT, himself heard Jud moved the ap-
prmtmcut ut a committee ut two rum
rdgh ward a. cnlrr upon this matter
AMI ,rttlr il deCi~lyyly. The motion
W, carried and the committee retirrd
again thr audience grew weary and
asuu calls were made Tor hemplc, VIII"
nothing harkWarl, mounted the rOstum
auI attempted L. smooth the Tutiied tur.
llc dtdut speak long ioT somebody
shouted hit him with a cat chest
nuts aui Jake subsidized. Al
Nugth thc Cummittcc returned and VIM.
Jones reported that they had dcrided
Ju aiupt the majority Trpnrt which
gave the various warts the following
representation lst-69L 2-aS3, ,
D5t 4 66O. a-hI5, B-a6l. 7-3SB, 5
U>N Total, 5,l52 Nrcessary To- a
choice 2,5li.
The Committee on Credentials re-
ported the following
DELEGATES
First Ward-M. L. otto, Henry ser
~. Fred. Fry, Chas Cunningham.
second war,l-Fd Claytor, Jscob
Hmdrlherger, Jacob Staoup, William
Guudlug, EdNari McCullnch.
rhirl wsrd William Phillips, kOdy
Robinson, W l.. Peterson, Henry C.
rrterman and Luke Fittou,
Fourth ward Jacob Morris. ThOs. T..
Lewis, Henry Hess, Geo. kinghorn
aud Henry ilanke.
tIith waul-p T.. J. MUndeTlich,
David Baird, tieOrge Myers, Chas A.
Rre.i aud r. r. Caldwell.
Sixth ward William III. Travis, FhOs.
ID. BENNETT Robert Darling, r. III.
Stewart and Isaac FreeGe, lr,
Seventh Ward-Lewis Jones, John b.
lukens, samuel r. Morton, l.. C. Reed
and VIM. klapr0th.
Eighth ward-G, B1wers, III. 4.
Meyers, II. G. Ulrich, William Comhs
and Danial Smith.
Ol the above the First, Second and
fitth ward delegates were Meyer men;
the Third, Fourth, Sixth aud Seventh
war'ls were iOr Davis and the Eighth
COwen men.
BALLOTING.
All being IN readiness, nominations Tor