Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-27
THE SECOND DIsrRlCr.

An, Inmsnss Gathering - ratracnt-
4 Convention Too Large 70 - Don.
tainsd IN Door, spleudd 'Dsoorat,ons
10 Honor Of the Damoorsoy-Pfoainsns
osntismsn Present
Special to the Wheeling Ree1sws.
FAIRxoxr. W. Va, July %.
To-day opened pregnant with . great
event for the littls city Of Fsirmoht
The Congressional Convention, OF the
Second district OF this State initiated
business this morning under the larse
and moving trees Of the court house
grounds. An immens platform hsd
been erected for The o6scers,' distiAg
uisbed guests, reporters and others. The
delegates occupied comfortable sssts on
the grounds below, and plscards hem
and there indicated wbese each county
was situated.
Large numbers OF dsleystes and prom
ineat men Of the district began pouring
into town yesterday morning sad oil
day long they came.
When Night Appsarsd
II was discover 81 that hotsl and private
houses were not numerous enough 10
accommodate oil the visiting statesmen.
II was stated that q numbaS of th. boys
went down to Grafton for the night.
This mornings incoming trains preeipi.
tsted another avalanche ot humanity
upon Us, and II the town. succeeds In
feeding them II will do we'll. Long bsiore
Q O'Clock, the time Tor the assembling q
the convention, the oourt house erousds
began 10 be crowded. Tho sun and
shadow that chased each other In The
shifting clouds we're not more huctuat.
ing than the crowds that sursed On the
streets and sidewalks, and STRUGGLED
around the sntrancs Of the ooavsotios
yard.
Innsass Crowd.
Truly, It wS Q Geld day for Fsirmont
The like was never before sen. which u
. significant and suggestive fact, iedic.t-
ing the wonderful amount ol enthusiasm
and earnsstnes which psnetsstss the
very heart, and some Of the cd rock-
rooted Democracy Of the little mountsio
State. The sight was enough 10 make
any Republican shudder. THIS oonvsn.
ton. simply . district one. v1 much
larger and more snthusiastic than The
Radical STATE coavention lstsly beid st
Grafton.
Ths pseorssssa b Hs.ss ef ths cssvss-
No pains were spared In the matter a
deoorat oss. The National hag covosd
plaaks, 6at,ersd In crsv,oss. ssd waited
from windows Mottos cosh be sen
hosing in the breeze. One jast beck ot
the spsak 70 stand bore the following:
I'VE are Standing on IN hooest Demo
cratic platform, not on . Ds6o'yW pave
ment" The Jefferson county boys
occupied seats immediatsly in
front Of The stass. and
they we're more or less eoospieooss b.
cause upon their coats we're bsdsss
bssring the name oi d. B. Lucss, Esq
for Coasrss. - vsll - ths pictures o
Hancock and Easlish.
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