West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-06-27

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report as follows:
It is evident to us that we can
not continue this work in our
State. without liberal contribu-
/ ton of funds from the friends Of
temperance.
/. We would recommend that a
collection be taken tonight to pay
/ the present debt Of 500.
2. That the matter of raising
funds for our future work, be re-
! ferred to the Executive Committee
with instructions to appoint one or
more financial agents who in con-
nection with their work of County
and District organization, shall at
tend to the work of collecting funds
for the use of the Executive Com
mittee.
GEO C. WELDING, Chairman.
The report was adopted without
dissent, and the Convention pro-
ceeded at once to discharge the OBJ
| legations imposed by section 1.
The delegates had a mind that
the Convention should adjourn
free of debt, and with such earnest
dispensers of good, and gatherers Of
revenue" for truth only, as Revs.
G. c. Wilding and Geo. E. Hite, to
manage the collection, the debt
was soon paid with surplus Of
ten dollars in the treasury.
HON. FoNTAINE SMITH, PRESIDENT.
The evening train having ar
rived, and word being received Of
the unavoidable detention at Par
kersburg of the President elect,
Judge Ferguson, on motion of Hon,
G w. Atkinson, Hon. Fontaine
Smith was chosen President Of the
Convention, and assumed the du-
ties amid universal applause from
the Convention and large audience.
The inaugural remarks of Sen
ator Smith were brief, but vigor-
ously to the point, predicting dis
aster and defeat to the party that
presumed longer to ignore the
prayers and defy the will Of the
people in the matter of the sub
mission of the amendment de-
manded.
The Convention adjourned to
8 o'clock Thursday morning.
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION.
Convention assem- bled at a. NJ,
with Vice President, J. S. Pomeroy
in the chair.
After singing and prayer by Rev.
Geo. E. Hite, the Committee on
Permanent Organization submitted
the following supplemental report:
We your Committee on Perma-
nent Organization beg to report ad-
ditionally as follows:
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
First Congressional District--Rev
G E Hite, of Ohio county, Selmon
Wells of Tyler, Rev J S Pomeroy,
Of Marshall.
Second Congressional District
Prof A L Wade, Of Monongalia, DR.
T H Buck, of Jefferson, T R Car
skaddon, of Mineral.
Third Congressional District
Hon J H Ferguson, of Kanawha,
J w McCreary, of Raleigh, John
w Claypool, of Monroe.
Fourth Congressional District
Dave D johnson, Of Wood, Hon d
McGregor, of Richie, DrZ Warner,
of Wood.
AT LARGE-Dr F B Carroll, of
Wood, VIM Hastings, of Ohio, J l.
Champs, of Wood, Geo c Wilding,
of Wood, Rev L E Peters, of Harri-
son, Hon G w Atkinson, Of Ohio,
Rev D M Sleeth, Of Richie, Col r
L Harvey, Of Cabell, DR. J l. Hens
ley, of Mason, Judge Allen Berry,
of BraXton.
Respectfully submitted,
D. McGREGoR,
Chairman.
On motion the Report was
amended so as to provide that five
members of the Committee should
constitute quorum for business,
and as amended was adopted with
out dissent.
THE NEXT CONVENTION.
The matter as to time and
place of next meeting was consid-
cred and a free expression from the
delegates had thereon.