The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-30
STATE DEMOCRACY.
Last Days Proceedings OF the Martins
burg Conyention-Ths State Tick
ct CompIeted-The Last
Throes.
MARr1SsBuRa, July 90.

MARTINsBURG, July 90.
Special Dlspatch to the IRtellIgencer.
The Democratic State Convention re-
assembled at 9 o'clock'this morning and
finished up its work. Judge Green was
renominated for Court of Appeals, @. O.
Watts, Of Kanawha, for Attorney General,
and B. L. Butcher, Of Randolph, for State
Superintendent OF Schools. Hough, OF
Brooke county, made pretty fair run for
the last named office, but the geographical
distribution of officers was against him.
L. &. Cracraft, OF Wheeling, and Windy
Wilson, of Kanawha, were chosen for
Presidential Electors at Large.
The session to-day lasted from A. NJ,
to r.. NJ, and was very largely consumed
with speeches before every nomination.
I doubt il ever there was Convention in
the State in which so many poor speeches
on behalf of candidates were made. The
Convention grew excessively weary OF
them towards the last and absolutely re-
fused to listen. Several times some Of the
crude orators put in their time beating
the air as il in psntomiue, nobody hearing
or caring to hear word they said. One
Of the best speeches made was by Cra-
craft, Of Wheeling, on behalf OF
Greene. He made home thrust
at Sam Woods on account OF
the advocacy OF his nomination by Hoge.
man the paid agent OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio road. By the way, Sam Woods took
his defeat in very bad grace, and revealed
very sore head in his subsequent speech
before the Convention. His position as
a seeker alter the office contrasted
to his disadvantage with that Of Judge
Greene, who stayed at home and never
asked anybody to vote for him. tits said
that Woods wrote multitude Of letters
all over the State and buttOnholed almost
every body here who had any influence,
contrary to all the traditions that surround
the judicial office.
Ohio county voted - votes for Greene
and for Woods; Brooke voted for
Greene and for Woods; Hancock, / for
Greene; Marshall, for Greene and . for
Woods; wetzel, Band Tyler for Greene.
Greene ~ls nominated by A Large major.
ity on The first ballot.
The Contest for Attorney. General was
almost as exciting as for the iudgeship.
The candidates were ]. W. Kennedy, OF
Wheeling, Thos. L. Brown, E. W. Wilson
and c. c. Watts, of Kauswha, aud Vim.
E. Lively, OF Weston. james II. Gr"ve,
OF Jefferson, nominated Judge Kennedy.
After Jefferson county was reached in the
vote his name was withdrawn. As be-
tween the others, Ohio county voted
25 for Watts, for Wilson aud six
for Brown. Marshall voted Is for
for Watts, and for Wilson; Brooke, 5 for
Wilson, and for Watts; Hancock, l for
Kennedy, and ) for Wilson; Wetzel,
5 for Wilson, 9 for Watts, aud 2 for Lively.
At the close ofthe ballot sufficient changes
were speedily made to nominate Watts.
He was thereupon called to the platform
and made a very indifferent speech, 1
am not sure but that the Convention
felt that they had made a mistake alter
hearing him. He utterly failed to makesuch
an impression as candidate should for
such an office. It would not begin to com.
pare with George Caldwell's speech at
Grafton after his nomination.
The Superintendent of Schools came
next and last. For this office B. L. Butch
er, OF Randolph, T. NJ. Marshall, of Gil
mer, j. W. Hough, of Brooke, ]. D.
Baines, of Kanawha, and q blind
man named johnson, OF Hamp-
shine, were nominated. Hough
had really no chance, two nomin.
ations having already been made from the
First district, and Brooke county having
had the office for four years past. How
ever he received So votes, as follows:
Brooke, g.; Hancock, 4; Ohio,
81, Marshal 9, Tyler I, Jackson Is and
Wayne g. After the ballot the changes
were made to Butcher and he was nomi-
mated. Judge from the very qualified
speecho of Morrow, Of Fairmont, who nomi-
mated him, that he is young man of very
, moderate attainments. Morrow spoke OF
him as a fair scholar. Perhaps this is as
much as should be expected of the
! Democracy in the way OF schools.
/ The closing performance was the nomi-
notion OF E. G. Cracraft, Of Wheeling,
, and Windy Wilson, OF Charleston, as
8 electors at large. Judge Camden was
l placed in nomination, but declined
The Convention was clamorous fol
vote. Vote for them both
at once" was the cry. "NC
! more nominations" "vots!" "votep
"vote" And 80 Col. Dan put the nomina
tons in 3 hurry and half the delegates
!, were out OF the house before the sount
= had died away. Thus ended the convsn
tou.
Now For A Cold Wave.
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