The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-08-16


Clinton, Geo. j. Hoffman
Grant, ID. B. Stewart
Morgan, DIR. H. n. Mackey
Union, Hon. Jas. Hare.
ON REsoI UTIoNs.
Battelle, John Strosnider
Gass, Thos. Mapel
Clay, r. 5. Lantz
Clinton, J. c. Cartright
Grant, L. P. Reay
Morgan, Jerry Joseph
Union, j. j. Pomroy.
While the committees were engaged
in their duties in the jury rooms,
Joseph Moreland, Esq, being called
for entertained the Convention in
urcible and sound Democratic
speech.
Mr.. NJ. showed that the Democrats
of Monongalia were democratic from
principle; they seldom received any
of the spoils of office, and can't be
bought or reduced by the filthy lucre
Of the office holders, and that now
they can best serve themselves and
the people of the State by voting for
E. Willis Wilson for Governor, who
was man of the people and the
friend of the laboring man, as his
course in the Legislative Halls had
fully proven.
No corporations or monopolies
owned or controlled him, and his
contrast with the fusion nominee of
unsavory test oath and prescription
record against the tax payers of our
State was still fresh in the minds Of
our people He said Blaine did not
have any show for West Virginia.
His owning some railroad property
in the State did not count for Demo
cratic votes, and West Virginia would
still be found in the Democratic col
umn this fall.
He reviewed the administration of
the State government and said that
while the Republican party had tried
to create some dissatisfaction in re
gard thereto, their actions showed
they were insineere, because, as PEG
pie of the same State they had never
offered assistance of wise counsel and
were themselves divided on the issues
or questions, and concluded by say
ing he believed the people still had
faith in Democratic honesty and in
tegrity and would so vote at the cleo
tion this fall.
At the conclusion of Mr.. More
lands remarks the Committee on
Permanent Organization reported for
Permanent President, Dssisaway
South of Cass.
Vice Presidents, +. +. Watson, f.
j. Evans, Joseph J. Pomroy, S. G.
Morgan and w. F. Staggers.
For Secretaries, ID. N. Gass and S.
c. Stewart.
Which report was unanimously
adopted.
While waiting the report Of the
Committee on Resolutions it was, on
motion of ID. b. Stewart,
ReSolUed, That the persons desig-
mated by the several districts in their
primary meetings be hereby appoint
ed as members of the Democratic
County Executive Committee, with
full powers to act as such Committee.
ID. II. Slime offered a resolution that
the convention proceed to nominate
candidates for county offices, but be-
fore the Resolution was acted on the
following preamble and resolutions
reported by the Committee were
adopted:
WHEREAS, The Republican party
of this county have nominated can
didates for each and every county
Office, and
WHEREAS, In the opinion of this
convention the principal thing to be
considered in the election of county
officers is the qualifications of the
candidates, which, according to the old
Jeffersonian teachings, are honesty
and capacity" and while we believe
that some of the Republican nomi-
nees are good and suitable men, we
are of opinion that we have in oui
county men better fitted to fill some
of the offices than those so nominated
therefore we
Recommend to the people Of this
county as suitable persons to be
voted for at the county election the
following:
; For Sheriff-John Il. Fleming.
For Prosecuting Attorney-John
j. Brown.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court--M
M. Dent.
For County Surveyor-D. N. Gass
And it is ordered that committee
of three, consisting of Joseph More
land, and Drs. L. M. Hood and H. N
Mackey, be appointed to prepare al
; address to the voters of this county
setting forth more fully the reasons
for our action, and the qualification:
of those we have this day recon
mended for their suffrages.
Resolced, 1st, That we, the dele
gates of the Democratic party o.
Monongalia county, in convention
assembled, hereby re-affirm our 10y
atty to the great party of the people
, and our devotion to free constitu
tional government
End, That we endorse the plat
form Of principles promulgated b.
, the Democratic party at Chicago, ant
pledge ourselves to work and vote TO
. Cleveland and Hendricks, and b,
, their election rebuke the mismanage
ment of the Republican party an(
the great fraud of 1876.
Sd, That we express our confidenc