Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-23

race for the county offices this fall. Ths
delegates and some of the candidates did
not arrive in the city until about 8 O'Clock
and Hanover street, about the postoffice,
was full Of old war horses, candidates and
lockers on, and presented quite an ANNA
ted appearance. While waiting for the
hour Of meeting the principal topic seemed
to be on
THE COUNTY SEAT FIGHT
and what are we going to do with it? A
big fight was expected when the resolution
was sprung, but was averted by the 81.
Clairsyille folks giving it their support.
At about 10 o'clock the crowd began to
move toward Walnut Grove, where the
convention was held. This is very pretty
place, and has lately been used for colored
camp meeting purposes. The delegates
were somewhat slow in taking their places
and it was after II o'clock when Hon. G.
w. Carroll, Chairman of the County Cen
tral Committee, took the pulpit" and
called the convention to order. He named
as the temporary organization the follow
ing gentlemen: Chairman, D. J. NJ. Todd,
of Bridgeport; Secretary, J. F. Anderson,
OF Bellaire; Assistant Secretary, J.
B. Longley, of st. Clsirsville;
This being satisfactory to the convention,
DR.. TODD WAS INTRODUCED,
and appeared in his shirt sleeves, looking
somewhat warm as though he had been do
ing some hard work somewhere. He said
his little piece very well, barring slight
hesitancy, and wound up with flourish
and sat down without having awakened
much enthusiasm. The townships were
called; all but one were represented. and
all but two or three represented in full.
On motion Of William Allen Hunt five
members were appointed for each OF the
committees on credentials, Jules and order
of business and permanent organization.
S. H. Lee, of the Bellaire delegation
amended by adding the Committee on Res.
olutions. The committees were then APP
pointed by the chair and were composed
of the following gentlemen:
On Credentials. q. Cope Joseph 70
cum, +. ?. Rhodes and w. 5. Lewis.
On Rules and Order OF Business j. NJ.
Lewis, Lee Evans, l.. K. Lockwood, w. G.
Majors and NJ. NJ. Scott.
On Permanent OrganizstiOn-W. S. Ken
non, ID. b. Crafty, Nathan Lynn, ". NJ.
Porter and |. C. Holloway.
On ReSolutions-W. A. Hunt, S. II. Lee,
DR.. Ely, T. A. Welsh and j. NJ. Beckett.
ALL FOR HARMONY.
After the appointment of the commit
tees &. w. Carroll arose and made some re-
marks on the county seat question by Of
fering the following resolution:
Resolued, That the Republican party Of
Belmont county, Ohio, hereby declares that
il is opposed to any and all agitation OF
what is known as the county seat question
for the next two years. and that our can
dictate for representative be instructed, il
elected, to oppose, by all honorable means
any and all measures looking to the intro
duction and passage of bill, either to
erect new county buildings or to the re-
moval of the county seat from st. Glars
Vile.
The resolution, he said. was offered for
the sake of harmony in the Republican
ranks and he hoped tnat it would pass. 1t
was seconded by Col. Poorman, Of Bellaire,
who said that if it was incorporated in
the resolutions of the convention it would
be satisfactory to the Putney Township
delegations The convention then voted
on it and it passed without a dissenting
voice. The convention then took a recess
until o'clock to allow the committees
time to make out their reports.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention reassembled at clock
Some delay was occasioned by the chair
men of the different committees being slow
on getting on the ground. The committee
on permanent organization was the first to
report and they named the permanent
officers OF the convention as follows;
Chairman, DR.. J. NJ. Todd, of Pease; Vice
Presidents J. q. Cope, of Colerain; j. w.
Hollipgsworth, of Flushing; 0. V. Dowdell,
OF Goshen Chas. Anderson, of kirkwood;
I. V. Lockwood, of Mend; A. Uranium, OF
Pease; d. II. Dsrrah, of Pultney; Charles
ArriCk, of Richlsnd; Ira Lewis, of Smith;
Thomas Wilson, Of Somerset: William b
Kirk, OF Union; A. B. Piper, of Warren; ;
Thomas b. Hammond. OF Washington;
John Davis, of Wayne, and William l..
Patton, of Wheeling; Secretary, J. +. An
derson; Assistant Secretary, J. b. Longley
Of RiChland.
The Committee on Credentials reported
delegations all tull and no contests.
RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following:
ReSolrcd, That we heartily and cordially
endorse the platform and resolutions
adopted by the last Republican State Con.
vention; and second, That the ticket nom.
mated by that Convention meets our
hearty approval.
MAKING THE TICKET.
The reports were all adopted and the
townships called for candidates for Repre-.
sentative, and the names of Samuel Hiiles,
of Barnpsville George H. b ,rstler, of Kirk.
wood township, and Lindley Z. Bailey, OF
Goshen were presented.
Mr. Hilles was nominated or the first
ballot by large majority.
By the time the vote was an
nOunceG all the townships that had voted
the other way had changed their votes.
Mr.. HIleS was called for and assembled
the platform and addressed the Convention
in few remarks He said he did not feel
at all flatttered or stuck up by the nomina.
ton, but would accept it and
DO THE BEST HE COULD.
For Clerk of the Courts the names of
Orlando Cope, Of Colerain; Dewitt Dlnford
OF Pultney; Frank NJ. Cowen, of RiChiand;
Henry N. Davies, of Richland, and NJ. S.
Wilson, Of Warren, were presented. A
ballot was taken as follows: Cope, IL;
Cowen, l7H; Dsnford, %; Davies, 15H;
Wilson. IS. On the second ballot Danford
received 81 votes and Cowen /. Danford
was then declared the nominee.
For Auditor, the candidates announced
were: George Robinson, of Pease; Andrew
Hammond, of Mead; J. B. Hoge, of Rich.
land, and John Knox, of Warren. Before
a vote was taken Mr. Knox arose and
withdrew his name, as he thought Warren
township had enough honor. The first
ballot STOOD: Robinson. 49, Hammond. %;
Hoge, SO. Tie second ballot resulted in
the choice of Mr.. HOge, he having ~ votes
Hammond, p, and Robinson, Il.
FOR RECORDER,
Mr.. Hobbs, the present incumbent, was
nominated by scClamation, and the same
thing was done by Morris Cope for Com.
missioner ana John Bailey for Intirmary
Director. and at halt past two O'Clock the
Convention adjourned with rush for the
pumps Of the city.
The Ticket.
The candidate for Representative, Samuel
Hilles, Of Bsrnesville, has served the
county two terms as Sheriff and is very
popular with allf classes. He 10 tooth and
and toe mai. in favor Of new county build
ings at St. Clairsville aud is st. Clsirsville's
candidate. He is we'll known to all the
voters Of the county and any description