The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-17
"be the pleasure ofthis caucus to hang upon
his maniel the Senatorial toga."
EEcoNDfNo THE EoMINATioKs.

pc the pleasure oIIn CAUCUS 10 uAuB upon
bis maniel the Senatorial toga."
sEcoSDrNo TIE E%oNlNATfoSs.
Senator vanmeter seconded the nomina-
ton OF Mr.. Quarter, saying he spoke OF him
from personal experience, as he knew him 10
be q man Of indomitable energy and ire
pFoachable integrity.
MIR. Holt, with some appropriate remarks,
seconded the nomination Of Hon. John Z.
Kenna, whom he had known personally and
fAyorAbly ever since he had en.ered politics,
and even before, when as a poor orphan boy
he was struggling fer an education which
he aspired. By his own right hand, without
money or friends, he had carved
out, his way to his present posi-
ton a position Of which any mar
might be proud. He had known what
II was to have his hands made horny by toll,
and lie knew how to appreciate the friendship
aud the interests OF the hOrny-handed ye0-
many. Moreover be was an u%udoubted Dem.
ocrat, and had always been loyal TO his party.
His youth, instead Of being an objection, was
another recommendation. Mr.. Holt was en-.
Enthusiastically applauded several times.
Mr.. Caring made another laudatory speech
In behalf OF Governor Mathews, Of whose
merits, he said, he could judge from personal
acquaintance Of long standing.
FRuIrLEss BALLOT.
A ballot was then taken, the vote being
taken pirQ roee,. The result was as follows:
0tthe Senators Messrs. Burgess, Dawson,
Floyd, Samples and Stollings (iYel voted for
Kenna; MeSsrs. Byrne, Smith and Van Metre
(three) for Quarter; and Messrs. Harvey, Lob
ban, Maxwell, McNeel, Price, Roberts and
Farnsworth (seveul for Mathews. Mr..
DOnehoo voted Tor Judge A. F.
Raymond, and Mr.. Melvin voted for
that Little Giant aud West Viz.
ginia gentleman" Daniel b. Lucas.
In the House, Messrs. Allen, Chambers,
EcEard, Fouke, Hall, Harrison, Holt, lsbell,
McQuinn, Payne, Rider, Salisbury, Shirtz,
Melville Stump, Timms and Wells (sixteen)
voted for Kenna; Messrs. Armstrong, Boggs,
C. l.. Brown and James F. Brown, Collins,
Daley, Gilkeson, Pennybacker and Taylor
R. Stump (nine) for Quarter, and Messrs.
Adair, Corder, Caring, Gortell. Miller, Nc.
Chung, Mccullough, Parsons Rifle, Ie'Rer
and Woods for Mathews
This give the respective candidates the fol-
lowing votes in all:
Kenna..........,""...-2l Quarter. :."............R
MIthews..,,.......-'"'-Io HhytnOnu ''''""''''',"''' !
LUCAS.
As 1t took twenty-eight votes to elect, an.
other ballot was necessary. On the second
ballot Senators Harvey and Roberts changed
from Matthews. to Kenna, and Mr.. G. l..
Brown changed from Quarter to kenna,
giving the latter "a, Quarter 5, and
Mathews IL.
KENHA MAKES IT.
The third ballot proceeded quietly and
without any accession OF interest. AS the
Senate roll was called those keeping tally
noted no special change. MIR. Burgess voted
for Kenna again, Of course; Mr.. Byrne
also stuck to Quarter; Mr.. Dawson
again said "Kenua," aud Mr.. Donehoo
raised q smile by again calculating "Alpheus
G. Raymond" Mr.. Floyd, Mr.. Melvin,
Messrs. Price, Roberts, Samples, stollings
and President Farnsworth voted for kenna;
Messrs. Smith and Van Meter stood by Mr..
Quarters colors, and MesSrs. Harvey, Lob.
ban. Maxwell and McEeel formed Gov. Ma,h.
ewy respectable support. This gave Kenna
8, Quarter 8 and Mathews.
In the House, Messrs. Allen, G. L. Brown,
Chambers, DALEY, Eckard, Fouse, Hall,
Harrison, Holt, lsbell, Mcqueen, Payne,
Timms and Wells voted for KetRa; MessFs.
Armstrong, Boggs, James i. brown, Collins,
Gilkeson, Penny hacker and Taylor Stump
voted for Quarter, and Messrs. Adair, Corder,
Caring, Gorrell, Miller, McClung, Mccullough,
Parsons, Rife, Yeager and Woods remained
with Mr.. Mathews,
This gave Mr.. Kenna q, within one OF the
requisite majority. Mr.. Mathews was asood
second, with Is, while Mr.. Quarter only
had ..
Before the vote had been announced Mr..
Taylor r, Stump, OF Calhoun county, rose
and said, "Mr. Speaker, ] desire to change
my vote to Mr.. Kenna."
This declaration wa greeted with ap'
plause, and before 1t had died away the gal
ierles were empty. The vote was duly an
nounced, and Mr.. Kenna declared the noni'
nee. On motion OF Mr.. Brown, Of Jackson
county, the nomination was made unanimous,
and the caucu adjourned.
AFTER THE BATTLE,
To say that the calm and praye. meeting
like caucus was a surprise does not fully de-
scribe the effect OF II. Everybody was aston
ished, not only by the ease with which a
nomination was made, but by the fact that
Governor Mathews was the gPcand candidate,
instead OF Mr.. Quarter, as confidently et-
pect.
After the adjournment numerous members
OF both Houses and other prominently gentle
men called upon Mr.. kenna at his room at
the Nature and and rendered their congrat-
ulations. He took bis victory philosophically
and his supporters were very seemly in their
As to the other parties, they had little to
say. A well known Democrat OF the State
not specially interested in the Senatorial
fight, but who is thoroughly conveFSapt with
the situation, and who has several times
given the lNTELLIGESCER interesting n
valuable pointers" said last night that no
power under heaven could have given kenna
Said be. There are 80 members OF
the Assembly, hence party discipline
Ia mistaken iealty to party organization
which will surely be rebuked at the next
election) and railroad influence has enabled
a minority which Is only one third, OF the
total vote to execute the edict by the
iunta at Barnum's hotel. T~wenty.eight