The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-09
OUR BOYS.
The rnbrOkcn Front they Pre-
sentcd at Chicago. \
True to the Trust Repo7ed . in Them
BY the Republicans
or the Mountain State, they Vote
Soli'lly for blaine.
mia Prominence of the Delegation
and Attentions they Received.
rhe State IIonorpd by the National
Committee.
General observations on tho Con.
ycntion's Work. H..
rhe State IIonored by the National
Committee.
c.usrsI observations on tho Con
yention's Work. l,a.

General observations on tho Con.
yentiun'S Work. laaa
fsa d. EllOr GfHt h!tat9eneer.
CHICAGO, Ill, June Private dis
.,.ohf, les. night and the Chicago
rsS.napers Of this morning have told
y, how the glorious news wcs received
in West Virginia. II those OF US arc to be
snv;ed who witnessed that splendid tumult
=, excitement when our fsvorlte's nomi-
W u,,ion VAS sssured, go are .thoso who were
=, boms to receive the glad tidings and
,s,a 80 mart in the popular rejoicing. Itwas
= n,oud day for tho Republicans OF West
Virginia, this climax of their hope and
sturdy, aGectionate endssvor. The friends
a, home, whose hearts were with US, beat
inc peryously an sure, can not fully sp'
n,ecs,s tho position West Virginia has
slled in the eye of this convention. The
t,ms ri Blsine's triumph in our mountain
S,a,e tS Ind cone abroad. l. WAS known that
Ws,, Virginia stood alone a3 tho one
sou,hern s,a,o which had no office.
Ioljpr in lis delegation and had
rorne 10 Chicago solid for Blaine. These
csnsnicuoug facts were taken aJ evidences
n a i've healthy, aggressive Republican
marty IN West Virginia. More than this, it
Tas Understood that West Virginia, again
nnijke most OF the Southern States, would
nr,;Ibly have some electoral votes to give
n ina ticket which thst Convention was
sLont 10 make, These considerations made
onr lille band tho observed Of all observ.
ers. q
ATTENTIONS TO WEST VlKcISIhNs.
Polite attentions poured in from every
aida, The untruthinl reports put out by
the Register, through its own columns and in
the shape Of special dispatches to other
newspapers, in the hope Of diScrcditing
tho Blaine triumph in West Virginia, had
dyen some comtor. to tho Arthur men. AS
Soon as our advance guard arrived tho Ar
thur p,espectors, shrewd and jolly fellows
from New York, began TO make Themselves
agreeable to West Virginians. They had
soue Of our delegates checked of IS
shasy, others Gs Arthur men under cover,
who would break in time 10 be ot serviceto
the President. They thought it
OILY friendly to give Us timely
warning Of their coming triumph,
and 70 extend cordial invitation to come
in early and eyjoy the rich ripe fruits OF
victory, Ilnate bold to cay to those earn
est but Misguided men, as early as Sstur-
day, fret, tha. their fayorite was already
beaten, second, that there wes no senti-
ment in Weat Virginia to back m Arther
vote, and, conclusiyely, ventured the Rafe
prediction that from first 10 lest West Yir-
ginia would be found solid on every ballot
and every test question. In fac! you will
find West Virginin's twelve votes recorded
asa uuit every time-and this without the
application Of "the odieus unit rule" The
delegation took no vote in caucus to decide
its action; every man knew what the con.
s.i.uency back OF him expected, nnd that
be did. 1t WEB tho solidity Of common
consent giving loyal expression to tao SEN
timent at home.
NO eECoSD CHOICE.
There never WIS tinfe when the West
Virginia delegation considered the matter
Of second choice. Individual delegates
may or may not have contemplated time
when Blaine would 10 cut OF the race; il
30 they displayed tho good judgement to
keep it to themselves. When asked, as
they frequently were, who was tho second
choice Of West Nirginis, the invarishle
reply was, "West Virginia has no second
choice. Wecamo here 10 nominate Blaine
and we are going 10 nominate him. Alter
thh.t we'll support q good man tor the sec.
oud Ilace.' So it we7 said by the op.
position, "West Virginia is a hard mt 10
crack" AnG SO it itseemcd. Our line never
wavered. ThcLe traitors in the camp, who
were supposed 10 hsve been emuggled in,
didn't turn up. suppose they are still
smugged away somewhere in the Register
office. 1t Is unnecessary now TO remind our
friends that The precautions taken 10 in.
stre expression ol tho popular will in Went
Virginia were not wasted, but have borne
good fruit. They have enabled West Fir.
sInis 10 hold proudly conspicuous place
in the most distinctively popular conGen.
ton the Republican party has ever had, 10
80, through that convention with lying
colo'a, and TO return home with her cap
full o! waving plumes. She schieved all
that any State could have achieved. she
gave to her lavorite ss many votes and CO
loyal a support as he received from his own
State. - |'-l574 ..fr7 J
GOOD WEST VIRGINIA WORK. r. d
ltwa9 not only in the voting that Wes!
Virginia came 10 tho front. She did hard,
effective work. A! Blaine headquarters
the peculiar circumstance surrounding our
Delegation, heretofore spoken Of, made
deep impression, and important work was
intrusted to West Virginia, not only to the
delegates but 10 thu active Blaine men who
had come along to lent their aid. Dslegs.
tior. were visited and sS'restled with, in
di.yidual delegates were talked to, argued
"''N't sAA vi Ecu " Set oL pNota pEAoAo tlAc
Sangplsnk was pulled in. It could easily
os shown where come good work was put
lnby Wt7t Virginia, but these minor de-
tails are now swallowed up in the great
triumph. It is to bs said for the delegates
that, In and out OF the convention, they
bore themselves with credit to their party
and their State. There ,wss no speech.
making from them. but il that had heou
Necessary West Virginia would have re-
sponded to the call. This idea Of the Blaine
campaign was voting, not talking, and on
thS Blaine side the effort was to reduce
tax 10 q sminimum. AS chairman OF the
delegation and member Of the Committee
on Credentials Dovener did good service
and satisGsd his colleagues: Church, on
Resolutions, Thompson on Permanent Or.
sanitation and Dawson on Rules maintain
ed the standing Of the State. You already
know that Bu!trick was q vice-president
anu Jacobs q secretary, Of the convention
CONSPICUOUS HONOR, gSsifS'I