The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-27
TAYLOR'S TRIUMPH.
He IS NOMINATED. roR CONGRESS
by the Bsllslrt Con1sutIon Or the Thlrty.sroad
Raii0t-Hhirh Result Is Greeted With tut ,
vsnal 'EathssIa.m BY ths'ntpublIran,.
\ asd /. III. ,Elsctioas Assured

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The Republicans Of tho Seventeenth
Congressional district Of Ohio met IN Con
veution at'Bellaire yesterday, for the pur
pose df naming II candidate to fill III,
vacancies IN the forty.seyenth and forty
eighth Congresses, created by tho death o
Dr.. Updegrutf. The attendance was large
and the personnel OF the convention
admirable. The leading men OF tho part,
In all the counties were among the dele
gates, and. d finer body Of men OF simila
number isseldom gathered for suclr pur
pose anywhere. Those who had witnessed
the Democratic convention IL week beior,
could not but be struck with the different
appearance OF the Convention when us
aembled, and the different spirit manifesto,
EThe stage was amply provided with ac
commodations for the press, and upon il
were seated Mr.. W. S. Lloyd, OF the Gin.
cinnat Commercial, Messrs. b. y. Taylo,
and J. ". Barnes, OF the Cambridge. Times
Mr. i. 3. Conn, Of the Steubenvillr Herald
Mr.. ". S. Meek, OF the Martins Ferry
Times, ,,llr.-J. IL. Drcnnen, OF the Ohio
Valley Ners, Mr.. G. n; Allen, iof the Bel.
laire tDtmocrai, alr. John Danford, OF the
Tribune, Mr.. John X. Cow, OF the Iu,le.
pendent, Prof. IIanes, OF Barnesville, rep.
resenlins the Eaierpyiv, Mr.. II. L. Alex.
ander, Of St. Clairsville, representing the
Cincinnati 1imes.Slar, representatives oi
tho Wheeling dailies and other members
Of the fraternity. Many other gentleman
also sat on the stage, among them the
genial ex-prosecuting Attorney Of Belmont
county, r. NJ. Eaton, ESQ.,, who, though, q
Democrat, watched the proceedings with
Interest.
a S5'Ss THE GREAT HEADS.
Elm front Of the stage sat the Jefferson
delegation, and In Il were such prominent
gentlemen as Lieutenant Governor Rich.
ards, Messrs. Sherrard, Daton, Reynolds,
Dunbar. and other well known gentlemen,
On their left sat Belmont, Of which dele.
CATION Alr. S. II. Lee, Of Belaire, was chair.
man, and which contained such men rs
Ex.Judge Carroll, ". A., Hunt. OF. the
Chronicle, Or. Todd, OF Bridgeport, Ex.
Judge John Cochran, Mayor Mitchell, OF
Martins Ferry, and Ex-Mayor Robinson,
Of bridgeport, Hon. a. C. Ramage, Mr..
Charles, :DaltzelL of Bellaire, u. !C. Gray,
ESQ, Of Martins Ferry, Eand other gentle.
men Of note. - =" It a %
In the Noble county delegation, which
occupied the other side OF the hull, were
also many prominent Republicans, and the
delegation rs a body was pronounced one
OF the finest in the hall. Behind il was
Harrison county, which, US is always the
case, was represented by its ablest and
most prominent men. tL.S ~. ~ &
The Guernsey delegation sat in the rear
OF Jefferson, and contained many iaces
familiar to spectators ut the st. ClairsviIle
and Barnesville conventions. Among
them were, the esvenerahle Colonel j !. Nj.
Bushfeid, the oldest ex.member, of Con
gress i'm the district; Colonel Anderson
whose voice kept up the monotonous song
Guernsey. thirty for Taylor" at St.
Clairsville; Professor W. X. Goodere, sev-
eral years ago Superintendent Of the Bell
aire schools, and numerous othersoi equal
prominence. b
The remainder OF the hull was filled with
interested spectators, and the number Of
tuesc NUN oL1Iel PiASSo " 10 u ul1llteI lIe-
quently commented on, and was significant
Of the deep and general interest throughout
the district in the result of the convention.
The forenoon session did not last long.
A disposition WAS shown to get to the real
work OF the convention without the custo.
mary recess, and it was for this purpose
that the motion to have the committees re-
port at once was made But this was soon
seen to be impracticabie, and the conveu-
ton took:an hour to dine, and; afford the
committees chance to deliberate in peace
$Upon reassembling Chairman Cool, ,;who
had already ahownihimselflto be ;an tefli-
cient and wcll-iuiormed presiding officer
found occasion to exercise his ingenuity as
the numerous motions to amend The report
Of the committee on order Of business, to
reconsider and to table were made in quick
succession. Finally he called Lieutenan Mt.
Governor Richards to his aid, and by the
use Of his experience and knowledge kept
the proceedings oat oil 8 tangle.
,... l,. TIE NOMINATIONS. I.
No time was lost in getting to work after
the committee reports were once out oi
the way. Capt. W. N. Farrar, who placed
Col. Taylor iu nomination. was n sensible
choice for the purpose. His commanding
presence good yoice, and graceful style Of
speech do much to win favor for any
cause. Capt. Farrar ia one. OF the most
prominent Republicans Of Cambridge, but
went 10 St. Louis several years ago and EN-.
barked in journalism. He returned about
n year later, aud has since been identified
with the party in his county. and is favor.
ably known throughout the district and
State. judge Cochran, who seconded the
nomination, resides on q farm near Mar.
tins Ferry, ind also practices law IN this
city. He was formerly u Judge OF Mis-.
siouri court and Is regarded over the river
as rising man. Though not formally
named before the Convention, many
friends urged his cla inns to the nomination,
and in the event Of a dark horse having
been desired he would have been named.e
The enthusiastic applause which greeted
the name of"Private Holliugsworth, and
Dr.. Todd's reference to him as man who
"iought for his country thYoughout,the wa,
without straps on his shoulders or stripes
on his arms" showed the presence Of the
soldier element in force. N.. e.
Colonel tCoulter's champion Ydid moi
makeas eloquent speech as the Colonel
himself In placing Dr.. Updegrairs name
beiora the 81, Clairssille Convention
which remark Is not SO disparnging to Mr.
Daton as complimentary to his candidate
Nj McGinnis is Private" Dalzell's Law
partner, and his speech on behalf OF Judge
Frazier was that OF Il practical, sensible
Republican. ,.,.sa.a eL1
The balloting showed several schemes ID
the interests Of candidates at times, but
these not having the. intended effect were
ubaud oned shortly. The few decided
changes were greeted by the friends Of the
favored lnen.with cheers and when Col.
onel Poorman, Hon. l.. Danford and Major
W.S. 'Kennon were reported as receiving
votes SOME thought they recognized spirit
which indicated the success Of dark
horse. But the efforts 10 Introduce new
names proved futile. . " e4Sa
The scene whea Col. Taylor received the
nomination was . striking 0pe. Snch ar
''outblIst iot enthusiasm has seldom, beer
Witnessed hcreabout. Col. Bushfeld ii thf
abandon Of his enthusiasm threw up hi:
bat and cheered, the Chairman waved hii
cane and yelled, many stood OH chairs ant
pesticulated, : 'ahd the hall was filled will