The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-22
MARSHALL COUNTY.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

a mhAIol auu OOUN l
n n THE REPUBLICAN coNvINTlo!
n ALarss and EstAuda.tfe GAth.risr-R.sotutfo
!. Adopted Arraisaiss the State Go,.ram.as.
S'nlnas'"sa for thu Coun,y one.s
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! Sttcia! cmrapoatenet Of he hutesfgenee,
! MouSDsvlLLE, W. Va, July 2l.-Th
Marshall county Republican conventio
, wsa called TO erler by Hon. II. S. White
. chairman Of the County Executive Com
mittee. at 1880 this morning.
, A temporary organization was efr.cte.
BY the election Of J. Lloyd Parkinson a.
chairman, and ]. E. Hart secretary, viii
Wn. Manning and VIM. Matthews, assis
tants. After appointing the usual commit
tees, the convention adjourned to meet a
! o'clock p. N.
| Atl:l5 the temporary chairman called
the convention to orjsr, The courtr room
being comfortably filled with spectators
quite a number Of ladies being present.
The report OF the committee on creden.
tials was read and adopted without. con
test. - - =
The Committee upon Representation
recommended that the Garfield vote oI
1sso'be adopted as a basis to govern il
voting for candidates for the geyersl posi.
tons Adopted.
The vote was as followt: Cameron, SAG;
Clay, 204; franklin, 100; Liberty, 29a;
Meade, 0S; Sand Hill, l5o; Union, 434;
washington, 4li; Webst ter, l56 Total, 9.
lsG Necessary TO choice 1904.
Alter the reports OF the committees
Mayor Pnrdy, who hsd been elected per.
manent President, took his seat. i
A!ter thanking the Convention for the
honor, and asking their indulgence and
assistance, he ANNOUNCED the Convention
was ready for the dispatch Of business.
rs THE REsoLuTI6Ss. +
Tho Committee on Resolutions then Of.
iered the following report, which was
adopted with considerable enthusiasm:
WHEREAS. The Republican party Of Mar.
shall county, in Convention assembled,
desire to pledge ourselves anew to a Re.
publican form Of government, economi.
caily administered,
Resolved. That We favor the reduction o!
taxes to the lowest possible point consis.
tent with the public good.
sscond-That the taxing pewer should
be vested in the Legislature Of the State,
and not IN the Governor and Auditor.
Thlrd-Thst We condemn the arbitrary
rule Of taxation as laid down by the Gov.
ernor and Auditor SIS oppressive and IN.
just to the agricultural interests OF the
State.
Fourth-That We endorse the platform
upon which Edwin Maxwell was nomi-
mated Tor Governor OF this State, at Buck.
hannon. l#
F.tth-That we heartily endorse the Re-
publican platform adopted at Chicago upon
which B.alne and Logan were nominated
fox President and Vice President OF the
United States.
si1th-Tnat we believe in the right OF
petition, which has been denied the peo-
pie OF the State by Democratic Legisla.
,ure."
SoMISATIoSs.
The nomination Of candidates for County
sarVeyor being announced next in order,
Mesars. Chriesenden and J. J. Simons we're
placed in nomination.
Chrissenden YVES nominated on the first
ballot, receiving LAS votes, his competitor
getting 433.
The next business in order was nomina.
tiors for Assessora,
W. ". Echolds and T. ". Manning
were placed in nomination for that posi.
ton in the Fret district. The frat ballot
resultea m aa follows: Manning, 1902;
For the Second district, ]. T.. King, W.
Fl. Eni1 and J. W, L1tz we're placed in
nomination. The iret ballot rssnlted as
follows: King, 93l; Eaix, Sal; Luz, 4s0
Second ballot: King. l,l37; ;Eni1, SIS:
LUZ. 23o. King was accordingly declared
the nominee. -.
For Cle'k Of the County Court, Thomas
Finn, the present Clerk, was nominated by
acclsmslion. Alter which the band played
Marching through Gsorgia."-,
For Clerk CT the Circuit Court, 10.
Connolly. Chss. Dowler, John E. HsdeeIt,
A. 0. Baker, Housan Riggs and John NJ.
Turner. we're placed ia nomination. Pend.
ing the vote the motion to takea recees OF
twenty minutes was vocilerously and up.
roarously voted down. MIR. Baker received
the nomination on the filth ballot, Con-
nelly having Withdrawn alter the third and
Turner and Dawler AFTER the fousth ballot.
Tha vote oa tho fifth ballot stood: Baker,
], 100; Hadeell, 953; Rigs, 43, -
at this atsye it occurred 10 the Chairman
that he wss without Vice Presidents, and on
hissugses.iona motion WAS made that J. L.
Parkinson, Esq, be elected to thst
position, which wss DONE and Mr..
Parkinson relieved his chief for a short
time, thus permitting that dieuitary to 20
out and-get breath OF fresh air. :
Following the order outlined By the
committee, nominations for The cffics Of
Prosecuting Attorney were next in order.
=. F. Meighen, .. L. Holiday and Thos. J.
Parsons were named for the position. Mr..
Parsons, in one OF bis chsracteristically
piquant speeches, declined being alaugh.
tered. Pending thu announcing Of ths Bal.
lot, Mr.. Holiday arose and asked that the
nomination OF MIR. Meighen bs msds
unanimous, and in q very pretty little
speech asked his friends to support and
work !or Mr.. Meighen as earnestly as they
woula have done for him had he been the
nominee. fa
The motion prevailed, and Mr. Meishen
Was declared the unanimous choice OF the
convention for the position. '.,4 ~
AuderRon Saarpneck, A. Q aWhitteker,
Jas. 4 Rice and Jasper Wilson were then
placed in nomination for County Commis.
Hloner to succeed Mr.. Bonar, the outgoing
member. 80 go, - 49,
After the fra! ballot Mr.. Rice was with.
drawn, aad Mr. Wilson after the second.
The third ballot resulted in the election
OF Mr.. Whitaker BY vote OF 1928 to 974.
SoMISATloSs FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Nominations we're then mado for the
House Of Delegates On ths frs. ballot
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