Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-17

The convention of the county Democracy,
composed Of the delegates elected at the
primaries on Saturday, assembled at the
House of Delegates, at 10 o'clock, yester-
morning. Every delegate was in his seat
and the crowd of spectators was large
enough TO entirely 6ll the hall. The dele
gates sat on the east side in a solid body
Snd their crescent shape made them well
under the eve and control of the presiding
officer. At 10 o'clock, the body was called
to order by WI. c. Handlan, Chairman of
the County Committee. who named Mr.. F.
p JePson for temporary president. The
convention ratified the selection and Mr..
JepsOn took the chair.
Mr. JEPSOS'S SPEECH.
He addressed the Convention as follows:
CLAY District thanks you, and thank
YOU, gentlemen, for this honor. To preside
over a Convention a unit in one sentiment
at least, that the distinguished and inyinci-
lie chieftain from Richie township will
prove standard-bearer eminently fitted to
fling to the breezes our county banner and
carry it and himself TO a glorious victory
that unanimlty of feeling between my nine
and twenty colleagues and the Chair will
make NV task delightful and an easy one.
Let us endeavOr, gentlemen, to sink our
individual preferences, our personal aims
and ambitions, in the good Of our party,
and in filing the blanks nominate strong
ticket-a ticket at once buOyant enough
TO float on to success, and sufficient
" solid and substantial to resist
the waves, the winds and the
breakers. The most skilltul pilot finds II
difficult to steer in safety a ship weighed
down by useless ballast amongst the shoals.
In ike manner no party can carry without
serious disadvantage candidates who have
no inherent buOyancy or ability. lndepen-
deuce and free thought thicken the political
atmosphere, and the time is not far distant
when such q cry for ADLER and purer admin
iStratiOns of public trust shall arise AS will
sweep away from sight those who have
proven unworthy and incompetent, and IN
the melee Odium may attach itself ~ either
party for bringing forth for place and posi-
ton men VIGOROUSLY unfit Let rs then
take warning in time and present ticket
for the suffrages Of our fellow-citizens stamp
ed with purity and engrsven with ability.
Once, again. gentlemen | thank you; let US
proceed to execute the trust imposed upon
US by the Democracy Of Ohio county.
Mr.. Allen W. Brock was elected Secreta-
nv. and on motion of W. A. Wilson the or
ganization was made permanent. A CON-
mi,tee on credentials was entirely unneceS-
sary. and the following gentlemen were de
clared
The LIST OF DELEGATES
WaShington-ChaS Hoffman, William
Keuuev and VIM. A. Wilson.
Madison. B. Crawford. A. G. HadGck
and Allen Brock
Clav-Frank P. Jepson, NJ J. OKane
and James Speyer.
Union-Adam Shaffer, James Mckinley
and Frank Healy.
Centre-John Butterfeld John NOgler,
Jr.. and William Myles.
Weh,ter-Wm. Shaffcr, James Healv
John Gavin
Ritchie-Charles Bingell, John Ray and
ChaS SteinmaH.
Triadelphia-Frank Walter, J. NJ. Rus
sell and Shep. Thornburg.
Richland-A. D. Garden, Peter Della
plain and VIM Connolly.
Liberty. II. Vanmetre, J. c. Farris
and Chas. Crumbacker
TIE BASIS or STRENGTH.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson, the vote cast
for Gov Jackson in lSS0 was made the
basis of representation. The vote by town
ships and the vote of each delegate is ex-
pressed in the following table. The first
column shows the total vote and the second
the individual vote: