Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-08
T,LDEN THE FIRST CHOICE
or the Ritehie DemOcrats-The Boss
Gets Another Slap I'm the Face in That
County.
Special 10 ths Register.

Special TO ths Register.
ELLENBoGo, Ritchie county, w. Va,
April I'm pursuance of call made by
the Democratic Executive Committee OF
Richie county, through its Chairman,
J. s. Ayers, + q., the Democracy met in
mass convention at the court house of said
county on the 5rh day of April 1884, for
the purpose OF selecting delegates to the
State Convention, to be held in the city Of
Charleston, on the 10th inst, to select dele
oates to the National Convention to be
held IN the city Of Chicago on the Sth day
Of July, 1884.
On motion the Hon. L G. Bennington
was chosen President and Col. Thomas 6.
Strickler was selected as Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been
fully and tersely explained by the President,
on motion of r. S. Blair two persons
were selected from each magisteral dis
trict as a committee 20 select delegates to
represent the county of Ritchie in the
State Convention aforesaid.
And thereupon the chair appointed the
following gentlemen as said committe:
Union District-JOseph James and J. b.
Ayers.
lay DsSHlCt-l. ~ SHHiP = OH" IL -
Wi son.
Murphy District-A. H. Ayers.
Grant Districts b Carroll and John
". Marshall.
Whereupon the committee retired aud
after deliOeratDg for some time reported
to the cUnventiCn the following named
persons TO repIeseLt the county vi Ritchie
as delegates 10 the State Convention.
For Union Dstrict-R. S. Blair and 7, j.
Kniseley.
Murphy District J. II. Haddox anu
John B Lemon.
Grant District James Kelly and W. G.
Gilbert.
On motion the report of the committee
Ou mouon of John B. Ayers the convsr-
ton adjourned. l.. G. BENNINGr3N,
THos. q. STRlCKLER, President.
Secretary.
The best of feeling existed among the
D. mocrats present, and but one idea
seemed to prevail. in regard to who should
be the standard bearer of the Democracy
for 'S4, and that man was the Hon. Sam
mel ]. TiIden the patriot and statesman,
under whose leadership the fraud OF 1876
would be rebuked and the liberties OF the
American citizen rsinstated.
There were three conventions held here
today, Greenback, Republican and pemo.
cratic. The Greenbackers occupied the
County Clerks Office, and the Republicans
and Democrats the court room, but at dif-
| fereEt hours. 1t is reported and generally
belived that an effort is being put on foot
| to bring about a coalition between the
| Republicans and GrtenbaCksrs in this Con-
eressional district The only eyideDcs Of
! his fact is that q little Sxl0 sheet cal ed
| the "GreenhaCker " is in process OF incuba
| ton, and Dame Rumor has IL that this
| pSper must go through the press OF the
Richie Gszette for publication.
A resolution was offered in the Rep lbli-
can convention indorsing James 8. aine
| as the choice of the Republicans OF Richie
county for President which is in effect
slappinc BOSS" Atkinson, Goff Il CO: in
the face. qi this should come to the ears
of President Arthur and his supporters, he
| would withdraE from the canvass.
Nevertheless the resolution was carried
by large msjUrity," osly one Radical
| voting no.
This seemed To ar"uss the ire Of P. w.
! Morris, who demsndei rising vote upon
| the resolution for the purpose OF ascer
| tanning who the renegade was; but this
svailed him nothing as the Egyptian kept
| his seat Us he did not propose to pass
through the "Red Sea" OF Rapublicsnism
and be drowned. VERITAs.