Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-22
HANGING FIRE.
The Hour Came, But the Man
Came Not.
The Republican Brethren in Convention at
ST. CIairsyiIle-ho Choice and No
Prospect Yet-The Story
of the Organization.
OUTLOOK FOR A LONG, BITTER FIGHT
Speeidl 10 the Reoister.


Spee4al 10 the Reciaer.
ST.. CLAIRsyILLE, o., June 21.-When 1
closed my report on Tuesday night
things were in "shaotic" state here,
and the oldest politician in the dis
trict was trying to figure out the time
when his memory ran not to the con-
trary on the subject of conventions, and to
gather from the "conglomerous" maps OF
diversified information therein q precedent
for this situation, but the old fellow vent
to bed all at sea with himself in regard 10
the matter. The only really confident set
of men were the Updegraffites, and close
study of their bold front compelled the
deduction that they were playing masnifi-
cent game of bluff, and were in reality as
much nettled as any OF the other
delegations, not excepting the embryotic
delegations of Ross Anderson from the
historical county of Guernsey. Thearrival
of Dalzell late Tuesday night completed the
list of pronounced candidates; but his ar
rival did not seem to complicats matters
any, and the struggle for succession to his
shoes was carried on as fiercely and untir-
ingly as ever by the Taylor and Updegraif
men.
Dalzell, by the way, is curiosity. He is
a little above the medium height, lank,
cadaverous and ungainly in appearance.
He nevertheless possesses a mind stored
with an abundance of useful and readily
available informatian. He has long, red,
stauggling locks, and whiss"rs on his face
in spots, like a partial ) frost stricken
wheat field in Jun. He is
practicing lawyer in the t., of Caldwell,
and has considerable pra .e there, being
regarded as a very fair jur. lawyer. His
service in behalf of his c. try in 1S6l-65
was long and arduous, AL he utilizes 1t
with telling effect in his ,Nn interests oc-
casionally. He has been ell 3aged very fire.
auently as pension agent, gratuitous one,
by the way, for he never charges for his
services, and will accept no remuneration
for them. In this manner he has endeared
himself to the people Of his county, and is
immensely popular among the soldiers, OF
whom there are not few therein. On this
account he was complimented by nearly
the sold vote Of his county, although his
efforts were next to nothing III procuring
them. Both Taylor and Updegraf made
strong efforts to down him at home, but
they were Intellectual and abortive except
in one township, which is strongly Demo
cratic, and voted for the "man from Mt.
Pleasant" 'I could have gotten that
easily" said the "Private" to the REGISTER
man yesterday morning, 'if had gone out
there and spent less than S., but l did not,
and I don lnIuk uee1 is 'eiy pauiJi ~t
any rate"
UpdegrafFs henchmen worked assiduous-
ly all night to effect some kind OF an ar
rangement by which the anticipated rush
to him could be expedited and the agony
cut short early in the ballOting. They as
serted that they had been successful in
their oyertures and predicted their early
and triumphant success. On the other
hand the Taylor men began to get little
more confident as the assurance OF the seat
ing of their delegation became more GER
tain, and they met the boasts OF the Jetfer-
son men with counter chin. The Hollings-
worth men were on the still hunt, and
their movements were regarded with some
concern by all the other delegates. The
Poorman men meantime circulated, and
sounded, then sounded and circulated, the
prime object of the aforesaid being to
ascertain what the Colonels chances might
be for "popin" when favorite opportu.
nity might offer. Dalzell walked about in
differently, and told some more bulldozing
stories of Updegratf.
All of Wednesday morning was passed
in attempts at coalition which were mostly
abortive. The st. Clairsville band got out
early in the morning with their gaudy uni
forms and furnished music in unlimited
quantities.
The Convention.
Shortly after II o'clock the various
delegations began filing into the seats
reserved for them. and by 1l:30 the hall
was filed with the delegates and those
fortunate ones who held tickets for the
space outside of the parquet. On the stage
around the reporters desks were the follow
ing press representatives:
+. W. Ogrel, Cambridge, Herald.
John kirkpatrick, Cambridge, Jeffer-
sonian.
], w. Barnes Cambridge, Times.
d. d. Taylor, Cambridge, Times:
J.P. Mahaffey. Cambridge Herald.
w. S. Faris, Wheeling, lntelligencer.
w. H. Hunter, Steubenville, Gazette.
l.. S. Woodbridge, Bellaire, Tribune.
c. n. Allen, Bellaire, Democrat.
J.F. Anderson, Bellaire, Independent
w. H. Cooley, Caldwell, Republican.
J. NJ. Amos, Caldwell, Press.
J.H. Drennen, Martins Ferry, News.
w. S. Meek, Martins Ferry, Times.
W. B. Hearn, Cadiz, Republican.
P. B. Conn, Steubenville, Herald.
1t was nearly - o'clock when the conven-
lion was called to order by J. C. Brown, OF
Jefferson, who introduced the Rev. DR..
Miner, an NJ. Z. minister, who opened pro-
ceedings with prayer. Mr.. Brown then in
troduced the Hon. Henry X. Smith, of No.
Bile county, the temporary chairman, who
came forward and said:
Gentlemen of the Conre7itiOn:
I desire TO state that have no political
speech to make before this convention.
This is a convention of the district made
historic by the ability of its representative
in the councils OF the nation during the
clouds of civil war The history OF the par
ty we represent, we all know it; and the
history has been made known in our eyes.
And though scarcely generation has past
away since its birth, yet IL has made
history among nations with
out a parallel. It has made a
record in financial problems, it has made
the people what they are in these United
States, and il it trusts itselfit will continue
to be in the majority by the will of the
people. We are met to-day to discharge
the duties of this party. This is our first
convention under the new apportionmsnt.
Our long continued associations have not
been broken, and not star has been taken
from its galaxy. We all remember of
meeting in the city of darkness on the
banks of the Ohio, where We could not
hardly see the members of our association.
II il had been in the power of the Demo
cratic party our associations would have
been severed, and our lot would have fallen
under the shadows of old Monroe. Ap'
plause.l The speaker here recited the deeds
ofNoble and spoke of Guernseyas her sister.
passing quite a eulogy by saying, how then
could we have sit down on the muddy
uatars of willis creek and sit there in 4