West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-08-06
The Republican Convention.
FUSION WINS THE DAY.
And the Saloon Scores Another
Victory over the Home.
A TICKET RY ACCLAMATIoN,

Following the largest Democratic
Convention ever held in the State,
came the largest Republican Con-
vention in the States history, held
in this city last week.
AS there was a struggle in the
former for factional supremacy, so
in the latter there was an exciting
issue between the "fusionists" and
"straight-outs-" But even before
the Convention was organized,
"Fusion" became an assured fact,
and after the preliminary work, the
announcements of the nominations,
including the entire Buckhannon
ticket, was simply an enthusiastic
formality.
While it was evident that the
mind of the Convention was to rat
ify the work at Buckhannon, yet
when nominations for Governor
were in order, the friends of Col.
Mclean, of Putnam county, put
him in nomination against Judge
Maxwell. At the close of the bal
lot, showing 394 for Maxwell and
go for Mclean, the latter's name
was withdrawn, and the for
mer's nomination made unanimous.
This was the only case where a
ballot was taken, all the other
nominations being made by accla-
nation.
Following is the result:
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Governor-Edwin Maxwell,
of Harrison.
For Superintendent of Free
Schools. N. Kendall, of Richie.
For Auditor-J. H. Burt, of Ohio
For Treasurer. W. Sturm, of
Marion.
For Attorney General-John A.
Hutchinson, of Wood.
For Supreme Judges-W. H. H.
Flick, of Berkeley, Qong term) !;
]. Fl. Brown, of Kanawha, (short
term.)
Electors at Large-John Frew, of
Ohio; John Cooper, of Fayette.
But what were a political con-
vention without sensation? And
here there was no lack.
The sensation of this Convention
was the crossing of swords betwixt
THE HOME AND THE SALOON.
And the shame of the Conven-
tion was that the Saloon came OF
the victor, just as it did in the
Democratic Convention at Wheel
ing; the only difference being that
here the Home soldiers forced the
fight and made the struggle a little
more fierce and sanguinary than at
Wheeling. There-the saloon pick
cts won everything in the first
skirmish by capturing the Com
mitee on Resolutions and gagging
the minority, who were pledged to
renew the fight in open Conven-
ton. Herein like manner, was
the Committee captured by the
Liquor Leagues attorneys, and the
protesting minority gagged, but for
tunately for the Home, the news Of
this cowardly suppression of the
submission plank" by the Com
mittee, and the silencing of its
friends, reached the Convention in
advance of the report, and there
were here some brave ARNOLD
Winklerieds'' ready to throw them.
selves upon the red.nosed phalanx.
es of Liquordom, shouting
MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY
And SO it was. When Hon. Jno.
A. Hutchinson, Chairman of the
committee, had finished reading
the platform from the stand, and
it was found that the temperance
people of the State had been utter
| ly ignored and that not the slight
est reference had been made to the
long prayed-for and oft-refused
right to be heard at the polls on
the question of the Prohibitory
Amendment-then it was that
brave spirits were ready to face the
intolerance of the saloon power and
| if possible to battle the political
fnesse and Pedagogical trickery
that sought to prevent an intelli-
gent body of the peoples represen-
tatives from expressing their sen.
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