The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-29


ton met ut Floral Hall on the Berkeley
County Fair grounds, about three-quar-
ters of mile from the court house, at IL
o'clock to-day. There were present about
six hundred delegates, and nearly every
county was represented.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
At the hour named Uncle Mike Reilly,
Chairman of the State Committee called
the convention to order and named John
]. Davis, OF Clarksburg, as temporary
chairman. Mr.. Davis although one ofthe
EXTREMIST Democrats in the State sup
pressed all of his peculiar Calhoun theories
and made, for him, quite a moderate
speech. The various Senatorial districts
were called for members of the following
committees, viz: Credentials, Permanent
Organization, Basis Of Representation,
Order Of Business and Resolutions. The
various memberships-had all been pre-
pared beforehand and were promptly
sent up to the stand. When this business
was finished there was nothing further
left to do and therefore the convention
adjourned till after dinner.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
At o'clock it reassembled and the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization report
ed the name OF Dan. johnson as perma-
nent Chairman and Bernard Peyton as
Secretary. Inasmuch as none of the other
committees were prepared to report, there
was pause for further business, and none
offering Col. Joe Gallaher stepped to the
front and moved that the Convention
listen to a speech from Col. Ben Martin,
who was on hand fresh from his defeat at
Fairmont.
AMUSING THE BOYS TILL SCHOOL TINE.
The Colonel seemed glad Of q chance to
put himself on record as truly loyal
Democrat by showing that although he
somewhat CIashed in his political ambi-
ton he was still ready to do and die in the
cause. His speech was very commonplace
and did not work the audience up to any
great degree of enthusiasm. When he
had finished there were calls for Col. Ben
Wilson, and Benjamin, fresh from the
slaughter OF the Sheriff, stepped nimbly
up and got off the speech about General
Jackson at New Orleans. The boys said
they always did like that speech of the
Colonel's, and had no objection to hearing
it again. After the Colonel was done Dan
Lucas was given IN opportunity to air
once more his speech on radical centrali.
zadon, and he responded to the invitation.
Col. Bob Dennis, OF Greenbrier, was next
called and expressed himself for few
moments. When all these speeches had
been made there was still no committees
ready to report.
Il NEARLY A ROW.
James Morrow, OF Fairmont, got up and
called attention to the presence in the
convention of an old man named Poe, oil
Taylor county, who had voted the Demo
cratic ticketsince 1898, and had attestet
the soundness of his Democracy BY
imprisonment at Camp Chase during thu
war. He moved that he be called to 8
seat of honor on the platform as one of tht
} Vice Presidents Of the convention.
ruRY SAT DOWN on HIN.
Mr.. John Kearns, Of Lewis county
thought that it was pretty late in the day
to raise the standard OF confederacy in tn
convention, and was about to make
speech on the subject when the member
, seeing what was coming promptly sa
down on him and declined to allow hin
to air his views. After all these speeche
!. and much incidental and irrelevant tall
J. and none Of the Committees being read.
to report the convention took q reces
), until o'clock in the evening.
!. AFrRR RECESS.
e The first performance in order aftt
= supper was the speech OF Col. Dan JohI
: . SON, who, not having been present at Ii
afternoon session, owing to his service o
one Of the committees, had not had a
opportunity to take the chair Us perm
=. nent President. He did not say IN
thing about Ireland in his speech, b.
rs otherwise it ;had the regulation cor
D. plexiou of Daniels stump speeches.
lie DISCUSSION As.ro BASIS OF REPREsRSTAro
IN After the conclusion of his speech car
or long discussion over the report Of
g. ed Committee on the Basis OF Rspresentatic
I "a which was the vote for the Attomey.Gt
eral in 1875. Col. Gallaher wanted to ST