The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-26
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The convention will meet In Z!lch's Hall.
on Union street, and be called 10 order nj /
o'clock this forenoon, by Hon, John O..
Brown, Of Jefferson county, Chairman of the
Gangs ,onal Convention. R,y, a. ". i,ut,s
Of the First II. L. Church OF Bellalre. viii
make nh opening prayer, ,I.'. TT
ORGANIZATION. I....
The temporary organization will Ne as fol.
lows; Chairman, john NJ. Cook, Esq, OF
Steubenville.
Secretaries. Col0nelJ. 4. Mercer, of Boil.
ARE, and Pfoi W. X. Gooderei OF Cambridge.
Names will be called for OF Gentlemen 10
represent each county on the following com.
nlittce: On Credentials, on Rules aud Orders Of
Dusiaess aad on Permanent Organ ixatiop,
Thtse committees will meet imn etliatcly
upon the nn n0unce Of the recess, which
will be till one clock =. NJ.
The delegations from the respective coun.
ties will have their headquarters As follows:
Belmont, City Hall, Guernsey Globe
House. Harrison, Zilch's Hall, Jefferson.
Mayors ouce, Noble, Dewitt Danfurd, Esu, s
law office.
Delegations viii he1turnished with badges
and tickets, which will admit them IL seats
provided for delegates. These will DO dis.
tributed to the respective delegations at their
headquarters before the organization OF the
convention.
pRirr or COMMENT, .#,.,
Tho general opinion over the river seems
to BIZ that the convention will not be long
one. As stated yesterday Col. Taylor leads
his opponents IL. number OF delegates, but
has not u clear majority on tho first ballot.
II there Is not hreak In some of the other
delegations. early in the ballotins, 1t Is
doubtful whether he can be nominated, A
dark horse Is considered among the proba.
bilities, and some OF the prominent men OF
the party have panyassed the situation and
selected u prominent Republican who NAV
he sprung on the convention II there are
signs OF deadlock. -...
An lNTELLloEScEH reporter while at Bel.
aire yesterday called on Colonel Poorman
and asked his opinion Of the situation. He
ssid he believed Colonel Taylor would be
nominated On tho SECOND or third ballot. lie
himself had not made any ,canyass, nor con.
sidered himself a candidate, though some Of
bis friends had urged him to make the fight
ArALk WITH aEsAToR ttoLl,tSdswoETH,
Mr.. liollingsworth arrived in Bellaire yes.
terday, and the reporter met him at the Globe
House. lie had not made any estimate Of
his strength on the first ballot, rs he had not
sufficient reliable returns from the primaries
to form an intelligent opinion as TO how he
would stand. lie carried the twenty.four
votes of his own county, Itarrison, solid,
with three In Flushing precinct Of belmont
county, and several at St, Claissyile and else.
where Of which he knew reliably. A num-
Der Of other precincts we're claimed by his
friends.
81 do not want the nomination" said he,
''unless can get with it the good will Of the
convention and the united support OF the
party. l would not accept It at the cost of
disailtction in the party, for div ision means
danger. want the convention to nominate
the best man-the man who will carry the
support Of the whole party, who will be
elected and make a creditable representative.
Col. Coulter, Judge Fra1i Ter or Col. Poorman-
| will throw up my hat and 70 10 work for
him as earnestly and as heartily as would
for myself # we're 80 fortunate az to be the
nominee
In regard to the claim that Harrison county
had had more than her share of the en,ol,-
uents and repown OF the districts Repre-.
sentative, Mr.. ltolljngsworth said this WIS
claim FOUNDED on lack of knowledge OF the
history OF the territory which now forms the
Seventeenth district. When Bingham went
10 Congress It was from the old Twenty.iirst
district, and ut the same time G uernsey hud
j representative. Subsequently Belmont
had the representative from the Seventeenth
district while Harrison had that Of the
rwenty.i!rst. The only reason that Harrison
kept hers while the others did not was that
Bingham waB fO.electel while Morris, OF
Monroe, and Lawrence OF Guernsey, Demo-
Gratis, beat the Republican candidates.