The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-25
back part Of the hall called out, "Mr. Pres.
ident." 1t was tho voice OF INN Stnpvcra

back part OF the hall called out, "Mr, Pres.
ident." 1t was tho voice oi Tom Staggcrs,
ol Marion county, and after elbowlng his
way through the crowd to the front the
silver.tongued orator fired tho convention
Dy nm eloquent speech, nominating John
W. Alnson In substance lie said: II am
certain that the nominee ol this conven.
tion will DO accorded the generous and
united support Of the Republican party;
TINT whatever jealousies and chickering's
may have been engendered In tho sun
and dust Of August will disappear
before tho cool breexcs OF October.
There are many candidates here to-day.
From the number We must select u man
who is tho exponent OF the liberal and pro.
gressive lsepublicanism Of to-day. .Wewaiit
q man free from bgotry and prejudice, a
man Of broad and liberal views, a man
whose sentiments are In strict accord with
the independent thought Of the times.
The Republicans Of the district want q
leader OF nerve, push and enterprise, a nun
who will not idly wlIileaway the hours un-
der his own vine and fig tree while the rural
people hunger for the manna OF Republican,
isn. We want for our leader Republican
who his never yielded to the seductive lntlu-.
ences OF policy, or bowed down to II
wooden god. We want man who Inns
sense enough to comprehend tho stirring
needs OF the hour; man who will be u
credit and OF use TO US in the halls OF Con.
gress.. find all these splendid qualitica.
tions in "a man with Dig head full OF
brains and II big heart full OF
love--John W. Mason, Of Taylor. Born and
raised in the free air OF the Allegheny
mountains, he is q stranger to fear and
hates hypocrisy with all the intensity Of his
nature. When the tocsin OF war resound-
ed through the Monongahela Valley, brave
young Mason shouldered his musket and
went to the scenes OF war regardless of
hardship and danger md suffering. lie
has never weakened or Tavered in sunshine
and shadow, in success and failure. With
iron will he has stood without ilinching.
He is u man OF unussailable personal char
acter, n grand man TO carry the banner and
win the fight for the Republican purity of
the Second Congressional district. 0''5,
Nlason's name was received with great
enthusiasm, and A. g. Dayton, OF Barbour,
seconded the nomination in a biiefspeech.!
MR.. KITCHEN NOMINATED. !.r ,
Col. Nelse Hoffman, Of Morgantown, in.
an able and euloyistic speech, presented
the name of b. NJ. Kitchen, of Berkeley.
Kitchen, you know, is q Greenbacker, but
Hoffman said he knew him as Repub.
lican, and expected to vote for him as Il
Republican and elect him as Republican.
After Hoffman had taken his seat Ben
Martin, OF Marion county, an exponent OF
the Grcenback element, arose and re-.
Quested the privilege OF addressing the
convention in favor OF Kitchen. He had
got started on Il lively speech, when Ietzel,
Of Morgan county, asked him if he
was delegate. Martin replied that he was
not, !but he had u complimentary ticket. The
Convention INDUCED in big hurrah and
refused to recognize his credentials, c, NJ.
Shinn seconded the nomination Of kitch.
en-, and gave some reasons why he should
be nominated.
JAMES d. BUTT, OF JEFFERSON,
was handed over to the tender mercies oil
the convention by B. L. Keenan,, Of Mon
ongala, and Rev. ]. W. Dungee, n colored
gentleman, OF Jefferson, seconded the
nomination in speech that was voted one
Of the best made to-day. He is ine-
looking man, and although his skin was
dark his eloquence was white. He amused
the convention by remarking that he had
voted the Republican ticket for twenty-five
years with one exception, and If he could
be forgiven for that once he would never do
it again. The Beethoven smile that spread
over the faces OF the delegates when lie
confessed his sin deepened into n loud
Wagneriau laugh at this earnestness in
disclaiming any intention OF repeating the
folly. 7. d. Arnold, Of Mineral, presented
F.M. REYNOLDS,
Of the same county. and George Harmony,
u pleasing name, Of Grant, Geconded the
nomination. J. J. Hetzel, Of Morgan, In
very neat speech, presented the name Of
GEORGE c. sTrRaIss.
and was followed by Hawthorne, OF Pres
ton, and Major ]. G. Fleming, OF Taylor,
who supported the claims Of John W.
Mason. 1as,s TlFs-...t.- -.
TIE FIRST BALLOT.
This finished the nominations, and the
decks were Immediately cleared for the
fHt ballot, Chairman Carskadon preparing
the way, by dryly suggesting that if
the gentlemen were not able to remember
the names Of the candidates he would have
the Secretary furnish them with list.
After several delegations had consulted,
the roll was called, Barbour responding by
casting her solid vote for Mason. Berkeley
followed with her thirty votes enrolled for
KITCHEN. The call proceeded with.
out any excitement until Preston
county WIS Qalled, and when Hawthorne,
Chairman OF the delegation, arose and said
"preston casts her forty.seyen votes solid
for j. w. Mason" wild cheer burst from
the throats Of the Mason men. The result
OF the ballot was Mason lls, Kitchen IS,
Butt 80, Reynolds f5, sturgiss 81. The total
number Of votes cast was 2295, which re-.
guired 1873 to nominate. When the
yOt0 was announced some excitement
was ocGasionei by delegate in the rear Of
tho hall crying ont, rAfr. Chairman, ]
move thnt Judge Eioke be nominated by
acclamation." IIemust have been wild
enthusiast, Tor tho Convention promptly
refused to do any such thing. When quiet
was restored F.M. Reynolds, OF Mineral,
got the floor, and alter thanking his friends
for the support they had given him, he
withdrew his name, and seconded the
nomination OF Mason, in a very cordial
speech. Capt. q. N, Babb. Of Grant.
caught the attention Of thb Ghsirman and
eai1 TINT as it VAS pretty certain that
Mason would be nominated on the next
ballot, he moved that he now be nominated
by acclamation. There was opposition to
this, however,Hcries OF "ballot, ballot he,
ing heard from different parts Of the hall.
3@jj3.' y TIE SECOND nALLor 3,i;
was then ordered, and after two hundred
votes had been recorded for Mason, J. J.
lietzei, Of Morgan, withdrew the name Of
sturgiss and cast tho vote Of that county
solid for Mason. This brought out ringing
cheers from the convention, which wer6
increased in volume and power when G.