The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-01
CAMPAIGN WORK.
rnE BIG DEMONSTRATION ON THE
ISLAND THIS EVENING.
An Excellent MeetIpg In Centre wheel.
lag, Addressed by Hon. Charles Da.
yies and Mr.. Roster-Democraiic
Nominations for Judges of
the Circuit Court.

THE DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
II the First Judicial Circuit Of West Wiz.
,inia met Yesterday at 10 o'clock at Wash
ngton Hall.
The following is list Of delegates who
we're present:
Marshall County,. W. Gallaher and
J. A. Ewing.
Ohio Colnty-Jas. NJ. Todd, ST., JIM.
Ewing, All. Caldwell, James Maxwell, A.
D. Garden and ]. q. Pickett.
Brooke County-A. NJ. Buchanan, VIM.
Faria, Levi Pltner and James P. Rogers.
Hancock County-No representation.
The meeting was called to order, and
James NJ. Todd, ST., chosen President and
]. A. Ewing, Secretary.
On motion Of Mr.. Gallagher It was de-
cided that the basis Of representation be
fixed upon the vote given Mr.. Tilden at
the Presidential election Of 1876 The ba.
els Is as follows: Marshall, 10; Ohio, So;
Brooke. 6, and Hancock 4.
Mr.. Gordon moved that the names Of
two gentlemen be put In nomination for
Circuit Judges Of the proposed new circuit.
Adopted.
The nsme Of Judge George Boyd was
proposed by James A. Ewing. ]. A. Ew-
ing, OF Marshall county, putin nomination
the name OF ]. B. Mcclure. Col. Joseph
Gallagher put in nomination Ex-Governor
JohnJ. Jacobs.
Col Gallagher offered the following:
Rssolred, That the Democratic conierees
OF the First judicial circuit recon mend
10 The voters Of said district the following
candidates:
For Judges, In the event Of the adoption
Of the constitutional amendment, George
e. Boyd, John ]: Jacob.
For Judge OF the First Judicial Circuit,
In the event Of the defeat Of the constitu
tional amendment, John ]. Jacob.
The resolution was however rejected.
A vote was called ON the nomination ant
resulted as-follows: Mcclure, 323; Jacobs,
263; Boyd, 5l3. Necessary for choice
30. MessFs Boyd and Mcclure were de
ciared the nominees for the new circuit
J. B. Mcclure was nominated by aCclama
ton as candidate for Judge OF the old cir
cult. Alfred Caldwell moved that Judi
cial Executive Committee be named by tht
Chairman, to consist OF one member from
each county. This being carried, Alfret
Caldwell, OF Ohio; ]. W. Gallaher Of Mar
shall; VIM. Faris, Of Brooke, and Johr
Cunningham. OF Hancock, were named q
such committee.
Adjourned,
A ROYAL MEETING IN THE FIFTH WARD.
Last night the Republicans Of the Fiji
ward had demonstration which, al
things considered, was one Of the finest Q
the campaign. No great pretensions wer
made. Hon. Charles Davies, Of Harper
Ferry, in this State, and Hon. Charles a
Foster, of Massachusetts,, were advertise,
TO give quiet talk to the workingmen o
that part OF the city on the tissues OF tn
pending campaign. The Young Men
Garfield and Arthur Club, headed by tn
Wheeling City Band, escorted thespeaker
from tie Mcclure House to the stand, a
the south end OF the Centre Market Square
DR.. Tom o. Edwards called the meeting
TO order, naming Mr.. William Hastings a
chairman. Mr.. Hastings, without an,
protrscted remarks, introduced Mr.. Chas
Davies, Of Harpers Ferry. Mr.. Daviel
said that long time ago, when he climbed
the hills Of Conemara in boyhood, b.
might have shouted loud enough for al
this vast assembly to hear, but now b,
! feared he would have no voice that woul'
reach half tine people around him. H
hoped he was talking to men who die
their own thinking, and not mere adhe
rents OF party for party's sake. Jak
Jackson, in the present campaign, con
stanlly refers TO the fact that George @
Gturgiss was once Democrat. "Why, m.
friends" said Mr.. Davies, "isn't Jak,
jackson himself still Democrat, ant
isn't that ten thousand times worse2'
ELaughter.1 II the Republican party hst
refused to accept accessions from the De
mocracy what would have become OF tn
Republicanpa party? What would have be
come OF this glorious Nation Of ours
Why, my friends, was not ST. Paul on tn
way to renew his persecution OF th
Christians, and breathing out threatening
and slaughter, when he was miracu
lousy headed of, aud as result OF tina
interposition, became the chief Apostl
Of the new faith?
Mr.. Davies, going on, remarking that h
was once Democrat himself, and wa
sent by Tammany Hall, for he was a reg
ular apprentice to that Democratic institu
ton, to stump New Jersey for FRANKLIN
Pierce. This reminded the speaker tina
Pierce, the citizen soldier, had beaten tn
regular army General, Winfield Scott
Just IS the citizen soldier, Garfield, woulI
beat the nameeake Of that General, Win
field Scott Hancock.
Explaining how he came to unite hi
destinies with those OF Tammany in hi
youth. Mr.. Davies became eloquent in {
high degree. he said in those days nesrl,
ali Irishmen belonged to the TammanI
crowd, and he went there only to clssl
his countrymen by the hand, and hear thu
sound OF an Irishmau's voice. In becom
ing dweller In another land he had no
forgotten his own. Though for him bill
Irish sun hads set, itssad, iadingtwilightrayl
still suffused him with their soitened rays
But after he had been training with thu
rYeeds and KelleYs for some time he be
gan 70 study the political situation fol
himself, and he became . Republican
The reasons for his change Of faith wert
several, but the principal one was the
Identification Of the Democracy with the
free-trade heresy. As q result Of this pol
10y in Great Britain state Of affairs bad
been brought about which was
forciby contrasted with the pros
perity we see in this country. Said
Mr.. Davies, "Eugland Is the purga.
tory, or worse, OF the laboreri America l.
the wotkingman's paradise" To bis
own fellow countrymen, large sprink.
ling OF whom were 10 be seen among the
dense throng Of people, reaching back sew.
eral rods, and numbering probably up.
ward OF two thousand-to this class Of
hearsrs the speaker appealed to remember
the history Of their own bleeding land.
He appealed to those who were yet
dreaming the patriotic dream OF revived
Irish nationality to let their minds dwell
upon that happy period In the history Of
the Green Isle when 1t had parliament
Of It's own, and was subject to the rule Of
its own sons.
The land teemed with busy sons Of Toll,
all Of whom earned a competence which
,I,,, nn;ayad In naanA and onfpl In their