Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-06-29
Congressional Notes.
II was a procrastinating afair.

1t was procrastlnatlDg affair.
The delegates were not ubiquitous
they stuck in one place all the time.
The committee on credentials wa
composed of J. ). Ely, of Belmont coun
ty; JAS. NJ. Scott, Harrison: VIM. Far
Tar, Guernsey; J. W. Jordan, Jefferson
and L. 2. Sullivan, of Noble. They did
I their work well and satisfactorily.
! Hon. L. DanforG made a pretty fail
I chairman, but his position did not pre
vent him from showing his extreme op
position to Updegraff s denomination.
The Convention had its work well in
hand, and had the anti-Updegraff
claquerS thought as much of the party
as of their personal likes and dislikes, d
candidate would have been named. The
adjournment of the convention was
made only to thwart the will of a
majority of the party, and was
accomplished after some of the older
delegates were nearly worn out under
the greatest excitement and confusion.
It was the dernier move of the rule or
ruin gang.
Some of the loudest anti Updegraff
men were rather uncouth and unctuous.
The youth of the Intelligencer, who
busted himself in working up an inves-
tigation of irresponsible charges should
cOnfine himself to writing poetry. He
is DAISY" at that business, and when
he gets his hand on a priceless jewel he
ought to keep it there.
The Bellaire delegates want it dis
tinctlly understood that Col. Poorman
had no control over, nor guidance of
them after he withdrew. In a word,
they carry their sovereignty under their
own hats, q td Campbell, of the Wheel
ing Intelligencer.
The Hollingsworth leaders in their
anxiety to secure a concentration on
their man, bound themselves in CON-
pact that they afterward found very in
convenient, and that may yet exist with
force enough to hamper their candidate.
The delegate from Island Greek town.
ship, Jefferson county, was very re-
markable character. He, by his conduct,
reflected no credit on himself or his con-
All the venom of disappointed and
helpless rage was not sufficient to secure
the desertion of a single one of the sup
pOrters of Updegratf, where delegates
were simply the representatives. of the
who sent them there.
1t was noticeable fact that it was a
peculiar element of Steubenville and
Bellaire that was loudest i'll opposition
to Updegraff. Contrast it, if you please.
with the sturdy farmers and prosperous
business men who were for him. But
every man to his liking, you know.
"The boys" fear that the attempt to
smirch the leading candidate will act
as boomerang.
The adjournment will doubtless prove
a barren victory for the claquers who
belittled themselves in attempting to
belittle some of the candidates.
1t was noteworthy that the most
prominent witnesses before the investi-
eating committee were the crushed out
candidates of the convention.
The convention was well treated at
st. Clairsville, but more Objectionable
lot Of claquerS who joined most hearth
Iy in the dirty work of trying to smirch
candidates could not havel been found
in any town in the district.-Bellaire
independent.
Mr.. CYRUS II. KIRK, who during the
entire time of the convention, received
and dispensed tickets at the door of the
nall, is entitled to the thanks of the pub
ic, as is all the members of the VARIOUS
who faithfully bore their
share of the burdens in making the con-
gention one of the most perfect in all of
jhe arrangements ever held in this part |
If Ohio. The lads. too, who diligently |
catered to the delegates and furnished |
ce water are also entitled to thanks.