Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22


loting begin without any nomination, and
the chair was Just about to put the. latter
motion, when there was a stir. at one of
the wings and Gen. Powell, closely fol-
lowed by ex-senator Thurman, came TO
the front. Both of them were recognized
as hackers of
General Durbin ward
for the Gubernatorial nomination. and the
Ward men cheered them vigorously. Thur
man, whose left arm is still carried in
shpg from the effects Of recent fall, took
q chair behind the president, and Powell
was intro duced to the Convention and began
his nomination OF the old time candidate.
Powell was a member of General Wards
staff during the war, and made an earnest
appeal for his old commander. His heart
was in his work, and he made the best nom-
mating speech of the convention. He re-
minded the delegates OF the dark days Of
Democracy in Ohio when the men who
were its leaders led forlorn hopes and
marched to certain defeat,
Sacrificing Their Time and Labor
without hope Of reward in their endeavor
to serve the party. Now that there was a
brighter prospect of success the time had
come when the debt of gratitude to old
time workers should be paid, and first
upon the list of these honored
creditors stood the name Of
General Durbin Ward, the friend
of old Bill Allen, the friend of Thurman,
the friend Of nearly everything that was
ancient and honorable. He spoke of Wards
wounds received in battling for the preser-
vation Of Democratic homes, of the lifeless
limb he still carried as a memento of his
yalor and urged by all measures OF policy
as well as gratitude that he be chosen as
Standard Bearer
in the present campaign. He would not
only rally to the support Of the ticket the
moss backed reliables, said Powell, but the
young Democracy would enthuse in his be-
half. Ex-senator Thurman, who seconded
the nomination, had another ovation when
he came forward to speak, but his speech
disappointed the convention. He read
slowly from manuscript, and his remarks
were in the main an endorsement OF what
Powell had more vigorously stated. he
warned the convention in conclusion not
10 make any single issue on sumptuary
laws 10 the oyershadowing OF more lm-
portant principles of Democracy. Michael
Ryan, of Cincinnati, nominated Hoadl
With an Irish accent that held the
Close Attention of the Delegates.
We have a man in Hamilton county, he
said, who,can carry it bigger nor Newman
last fall. Ne will make no mistake IN the
nomination of Geo. Hoadly. Tell me not
he was once a Republican and fought the
Democrats. Twenty. five years ago he made
Democratic speeches with the President OF
this convention. Look at his work
before the eight to seven elec-
toral commission. We thought
he was a good Democrat thes, tell me not
he has been an otiiCe-seeker. He might
have had the highest offices from the Re-
publicans, but he loved his country better
than his party. Don't ask me about his
religion, ask the poor who know him.
Ex-COngressman Finley seconded
HoadIy's Nomination,
and DR.. C.. p. Craven, of Lucas, former
Unitarian minister of Toledo, who was de-
sirous that he should not be put down IN
the report as q reverend, made prosy
nomination of Judge Geddes.
Gen. Morgan, who seconded Geddes nom
| ination. did better, but his concluding re-
| mark that ticket which included the
| names of Geddes and Leo Ebert would
carry the State by forty thousand
seemed to strike the convention
| as amusing, considering GeddeS' temper
| ance record and Ebert's position as Presi-
| dent OF the Brewers Association. Under
| the call for counties the first ballot pro-
/ Ceeded quietly until Batter county was
| reached. The delegates had been IN
| struCted fer HOadly, but five Of Its thlr
! teen members were Ward men who claimed
| their instructions were irregular anu
| wanted their
Votes Counted for ward.
General Powell made motion that every
| individual member Of the convention TO
| vote as he pleased.
Judge Thurman and eX.CongresSman
| Neill supported the motion, and pending
discussion the Butler delegates came near
| turning the convention upside down with
| their wrangling. Finally, after scene OF
bedlam which detes description, Powell
| motion was maintained by vote OF 323 to
| 3l2.
! This was supposed TO be in some sense a
| test vote. the Ward and Geddes men gen
orally favoring and the Hoadley men vot-
| ing against Powelrs motion, meantime a
controversy was in progress over the ul-
vision of Hamilton county vote, was high
| Iy audible to the convention and indivld-
Members OF the Delegation
took occasion TO express their belief con-
cerpipg each others original, present
status and future destination. When the
county was called, the chairman announced
| its vote as 53I5 for Hoadly of l3I5 for Ward,
but John K. Mclean denied the correct
ness of the Chairman's statement, and
claimed fifteen votes should be returned as
Wards proportion, but although he climb
ed on the top OF the railing TO prove
his assertion it ayailed nothing, and the
vote as returned was recorded. The result
of the ballot which showed Hoadly within
| 70 votes OF the nomination encouraged his
friends. while Ward and Gettdes' mana
gers had trouble in holding the vote in all
delegations where hosdly had majority.
Slight changes in favor OF the latter
brought his vote up to 800 at the conclu'
sion of the ballot, and before the announce
ment was made Wayne county changed
one vote, making her
support Solid for HOadIIy.
which ONLY started the demand for changes
which were frequent, but the attention OF
the secret taries seemed to be engrossed by
the Hamilton county delegation, where
seyen.eishths of the delegates were holding
q prayer meeting around Mclean in the
effort 10 secure solid vote from that county.
Finally a slow and solemn assent was Civ
en-, and despite the voclferous protest OF
Cincinnati delegate, named Mathews, that
he never would consent to vote for Hoadly,
the announcement was made from this
time TO the announcement OF Hoadly's
nomination by the President No SEMI
blance of order was maintained. Every
body who could
Climbed 10 the stage
and il was with difficulty that quiet suti-
nation was restored.
The remainder Of the days session was,
in a comparison, uninteresting. Hoadlys
speech OF acceptance was well received, but
the Geddes and Ward men manifest their
disappointment keenly, aud the latters
speech before the Convention was more
in the nature OF groTl than
a continued submission.
Among those here overlooking the con-
vention the majority of Democrats express
their satisfaction with the nomination.
They say the selection of Judge Foraker by
the Republicans made il necessary in some
sense that Hamilton county man should
be selected
As His Opponent,
and that no better choice could have been
found than Hoadley. The selection for the
Judgeship is looked upon as strong ones,
and the remainder of the ticket is we'll
made up. The Republicans, to large