West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-05-22
THE CONVENTION.
a Large and Enthusiastic Meet
ing ct tho Court House Monday

burBe ana Enthusiastic Meet
ing at the Court House Monday.
The County Convention was called to
order at one O'Clock on Monday by Jno.
Barton Payne, Chairman OF the county
Executive Committee, who gave some
account of the organization of the Demo.
cratic party, County, State and National.
and said that the Executive Committee
lad determined 10 extend invitations 20
each OF the distinguished gentlemen
whose names would be presented TO the
convention Tor the Congressional nomina-
tioni thet ths Eop. g. f. Mrrtin was so
engaged with'the public busnss at Wash
ington that he could not be preDent, but
desired that harmony prevail In our
councils; that Hon. John Blair Hoge, a
gentleman of distinguished ability, was
now engaged with mis- court in Berkeley
That Capt. Thomas A. Bradford, of Bar
bour, was engaged in tic Randolph Cir
cult Court. and that Hon. Daniel Il. Lu.
cas-, togther With Hon. Charles James
Faulkner, who had also been specially in
Vited, had responded TO the voice of the
democracy of Preston. Gus ]. ShaiFer
was Unanimously made Chairman and
Charles W. Jackson and George Purcell
Secretaries.
Mr.. Payne moved that two committees
be appointed, one or resolutions md an
other to name the delegatee TO the scyelnI
Conventions, the committees TO be com
posed OF one member from each district
TO he selected by the several dis,nc,s
MIR. W. s. Raymond moved ma an
amendment TO this that the committees be
/ appointed by the Chairman of the Con
Vehtion- The amendment was opposed by
Alessrs. Payne, Monroe and Wortbipy-
ton, and supported by Messrs. Haymond.
and DIR. Dent, There was s1mo trouble
20 ascertain the result of the vote; the
Chairman finally declared the amendment
carried, and then PIT the motion as
amended, which vase. voted down by a
large majority, Dir. Payne, then renewed
the original motion which was promptly
carried, and the following persons were
appointed.
Pheasant District-Committee on rcsolu.
lions, Zr Kelly; committee on dele
gates. james A. Miller.
onion--on resolutions, ID. Stemplc, Jr;
on delegates, Thomas Star,zman.
Vaiiey-On resolutions, Goron o. White,
on deaegetes, DIR. j. NJ. q. Fairfax.
Portland-Oni resolutions, Charles T.
Vickery delegates, Ii. @. Worthington.
Observation-Disclosures, Con r. w.
Monroe; on delegates, john Barton
Payne.
drant--On rcsolutions, John III. Noi-
man; on delegates, Frank Mckee.
RenO-None.
Lyon-None.
The committee retired, and the Chair
man introduced the Hon. Charles james
Faulkner. who for about an hour was lis
tened TO with the utmost attention. The
Chairman then introduced the Hon.
Daniel b. Lucas, who spoke in his usually
aoie and eloquent manner. AT the concIu-
sion oil Lucas's address, Mr.. PAYNE. Chair
man OF the Committee to select delegates
reported. In making the report he took
occasion to say that some of tho gentle
men had declined to. meet with the com
mittee, that shc district of Lyon and Re
no mad declined TO appoint committeeman
ana mat the member froE. Union had de-
cllned to cooperate with the committee.
but that the committee acting for the
whole county, had selected the very best
men In the county as delegates, without
regard TO whom they favored, and that SO
lar rs the'commltteo was concerned the
honest voice of the county should be
heard, free and untrammeled. That to
sho" that she majority had no purpose
out the purpose to do right. Each o.
the gentlemen who had favored the
amendment to the original resolution ha
been named ss delegates. Toe report was
unanimously adopted and is as follows
Delegates to the State, Congressional
ana judicial Conventions; also to send
delegates to Convention TO be held at
Grafton "'
PLEAsANT DIsT. --Dtlegates-Zar KEEL
~, j. j. Harmed, j. w. Faikenstein. lam
es Deberry, j. b. Nicola, Joseph Hart
man. Harrison Gale, ID. s.. Liyippood M
i. Wolf, Jas. a. Miller.
Administration Smith. Jacob
Frankhouser, D. Fsulkenstine, Isaac
duseman, Solomon Hitler Martin Deber-
ry, Philip SCnopp, Harrison Smith, ]. ]
Liston, Allen Smith
kINGwooD.-Delegates--G. J. Shaffer
l.. Garfield, Nj +. Poll, ). A. r. Mar
tin, /. j. Cooper, w. q. Brown, Jr., i
H. Manown, Jno. Barton Payne, J. II
Holt, q. J. Cresap.
Alternates-J. III. Brown, Peter Volt
Eugene McGinnis, J. e. Murdock. J. r.
Cooke, w. X Shaffer, Coonrad a ibripbt
), ii. Carroll, y. Hattingly, Il. w. Mon
roe.
Lyon Delegstes--Wm. r. Sergeant
Or w. III. Dent, E. w. Andrews. 0eorge
nlcCortneY, Joseph Holmes, John Bell
Jerry Wright, Jas. Msrum, Henry Gun
hingham, A. hi. Moore.
Ate fnates--B. f. sspp, John Weaver
w. Nj. Fa0cetG u. j. Cropau. q w
Wamsey, Nimrod BeII,J. r. Pickett. James
Morum, Benz Flynn, DIR. +. NJ. Dsnt
EEo.-ThOmas Fleming, Jas $ Knotte
Geo. Purcell, Peter Zinu, a. j. Murray.
John Menifee, A. j, Bonaheld, Dr.. J. G.
Kembe -
Alernates-C. n. Rfdgewsv. Goo
Nose, DIR. n. N West, w. y. Haymood
w. IL. Brown, Jlobt. Stevenson, Edward
Bfannon, y. w. Armstrong, John m.
Philips, =. Chamber Glenn.
UEIoE-D. Stemple, JF., Thomas START
man, Jesse w. Shaffer, Hon. ] "A VIII
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