Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-30
UPDEeRAFF WINS.
Friend Jonathan Triumphs Over
All His Foes.
TAME ENDING OF A BITTER FIGHT.
Special Dispateh 10 0se Register.

Special Dispatoh 10 NE Register.
BARNEsvILLE, OHIO, August 29.-The
town of Barnesyille was selected as
the place for holding the Republican Sew
enteenth District Congressional Conven'
ton, by Col. Hunt, for the reason thai
there were not enough anti.Updegraff men
in it to form an offensive clique. The ex
perience at the st. Clairsville convention
had been sufficient to show that some town
other than Steubenvllle, Cambridge, St.
Clairs1ille or Bridgeport must be selected,
or the cor populi would influence the dele
gates to adjourn in Difference to the afore-
said, as it did at St. Clairsville, after the
three days agony last June. The town OF
GAINESVILLE is a beautiful place, and the
most unasthetic delegates could not bat
feel the influence of the surroundings. The
hotels are both inadequate to the demands
made by large crowd for accommodation
and soon confusion resulted by reason OF
this defect This, however, is about the
only objection, and the wisdom OF the choice
of the st. Clairsville statesman WIS every
where apparent
There was not a ripple of excitement this
morning among the delegates for. as Capt:
Dsnford remarked, "The goose is cooked
and Updegraff is the man." At the hour
for calling the convention to order, only
one or two of the delegations was lull, and
il was not until noon that all had arrived,
and even then some counties were not rep
resented as of original selection.
The CORY locks of Private Dalzall were
4LAs. ahp ND nnl
Hollingsworth of the defeated and shelved
candidates put in an appearance u console
Col Taylor and help him endure his lsoa.
ton. Even Poorman did not appear, and
Danford, like Achilles, sulked in his tent
at the Albert House. 1t was nearly II
o'clock when the Convention was called to
order. In the abSerfce of John c. Brown,
chairman of the Congressional COMMITTEES,
Capell Weems. Esq, of Noble county. a
member of the committee, called the Con-
vention to order Rev. Mr.. Yingling, a
Guernsey county delegate, by invitation,
led in prayer The temporary organization
was then announced as follows: Hon. w.
H. Frazier, Of Noble county, Chairman,
Milton Taggart, of Harrison county, secre-
tary; Theodore B. Hibbs, OF Guernsey, as
sistant secretary. Judge Frazier in taking
the chair, said:
In district of such diversified interests
as the Seventeenth Congressional district,
there will be of necessity diversified opin-
ions, and it is the object of conventions to
reconcile these opinions, both of interest aud
of personal choice. All l have to say in
support of usual custom Of making a
speech of this kind is, that l hope the
deliberations shall be characterized by unity
and foTbcarance, and in all proceedings
harmony prevail.
The following committees were then an
nounced:
Observation-Disclosures county, Joseph
Linn; Guernsey, Mayor J. T. Rainey;
Harrison, V. l.. Hawthorne; Jefferson, T..
B. Coulter; Noble, VIM. Long.
Belmont; Jonathan ColIey, Guernsey; M.
S. Kennedy, Harrison; J. c. McCleely, JET
ferson; c. Blakeley, Noble. :,
Permanent Organization-J. G. Shotweil,
Belmont: Col. r. II. Anderson, Guernsey;
G. J. Crow, Harrison; Prof: W. NJ. White
Resolutions-W. A. Hunt, Belmont; s.
w. Lencock, Guernsey; J. r. Finney, Har-
rison; J..sW. Jordan, Jefferson; }. >.
Rounds, Noble.
The convention took recess till one P. NJ.
Afternoon.
The noon train landed the remaining
delegates from Harrison, Belmont anu
jefferson counties, so that when
the members of the convention re-
assembled their respective delegations
were full. At noon nolicea ei
State Senator Hollingsworth seated by
himself and seemingly lost in fit OF ab..
straction. His thoughts were evidently OF
a retrospective nature if his face was any
index, for it wore the most detected eX-
presson "a sort of I-let.this-thing-slip'
through my fingers expression. Approac a
ing, i asked him what he meant IN his
declinatiOn Of a nomination almost con-
ceded TO him. There is nothing outside
of NV letter already published. did the
thing of my own volitiOn without con-
sulting with any OF the candidates. An
other thing, | am not as anxious TO go 10
Congress as some men are. Nothing out,
side of my letter can be said, remarked
the Roman in this-endS ,thls-talK ar.
Att O'Clock Judge Frazier called the
convention 10 order, and after the usual
reports of the committees, asked for the re-
port OF the Committee on Permanent Or
esuization. The chairman, Col. I. IL. An
derson, of Jefferson county, reported the
same names for permanent officers as had
been handed in for the temporary organi
zation. Judge Frazier merely acknowl
eIped tba continued honor, and at once
asked the call of the roll OF counties fol
nominations. Belmont county presented
no name. Guernsey county, through Rev
Mr. Yipgling, presented Col. J. ID. Taylor
whose p3me, he said, gave him his inspira
tion. The career of Col. Taylor from boy
hood ND as a farmer, a student soldier,
Judce Advocate for Indiana, as prosecut
ing attorney of Guernsey county, as law
yer and as a Christian and gentleman, wa
| gracefully and attractively traced by tn
Young orator, and at the close, was heartllI
| cheered.
James F. Daton. a twin brother OF tn
man who presented Updegraffs name at 81
ClairsyiIle, responded to the call of Jetfer
| son county, and in q fight of eloquenc
| higher than the sun kissed hills, he hand
! ed over to the convention the name OF Hon
! 1T. Updegraff. The speech was fair so
phomoric Oration, and took well with tn
crowd which cheered it for some seconds
Capen Weems, the young giant OF Noble
seconded the nomination OF Updegraf in
| short and forcible speech, the best one o
| the day. and the convention was ready 10
ballotipg. The number of votes OF eact
county was announced, as follows: Bel
mont. Al; Guernsey, 50; Jefferson, 80; Har
| rison, "a; Noble %. The ballot was the
taken as follows: -
Belmont o. -
| Guernsey
| Harrison ......---...-".- %
JcffeTSon ......... .....-................ o.
| Noble...,.-....'-'''..-.'.'. .'.....+':- II
| 1Otal... ~
The chairman announced the result Q
the vote amid great cheering. and up01'