The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-02

lion OF eltner party, anu II was remarked
by distinguished gentleman from abroad
who witnessed the proceedings that such Il
debate rs that on the adoption OF the four.
teenth resolution is rarely enjoyed BY
habitues Of the national halls of legislation.
Dlsinterested observers, many OF them
leading Democrats, spoke in equally com.
plimentary terms Of the convention In gen.
eral and Of this debate in particular.
THE FoRENslccoNTEsT.
It is scarcely more than once in a life
time that such scene is witnessed as that
which characterized the. discussion Of the
resolution OF instructions. Ohio county
may be proud Of the part her representa-
tives took upon both sides. Among the
opponents Of instruction w. P. Hubbard
was facile princeps, and upon the other side
Hon. G. D. Hubbard and George B. Cald-
we'll certainly did much Of the execution,
The excitementon the side Of the Arthur
men and the enthusiasm OF the Blaine
party during thespecch Of Mr.. Hart made
a memorable episode in the convention.
The boys were with him, and when he as-
serted that not one true Blaine man had
spoken in opposition to instructions, their
enthusiasm knew no bounds. Mr.; CarsEs.
don, Of Mineral, undertook to deny the
assertion, but little croes.questionipc
sent him discounted to his seat amid the
widest cheers from the friends Of the
plumed knight. "Next!" called Mr..
Hart, but no one was willing to stand the
test OF the direct question, "Is Blaine your
first choice for the nomination 2" When
Mr.. Mccormick, Of Grafton, was speaking
against the resolution, some disposition
was shown to cry him down, but Air. Hub
bard, the elder, pertinently remarked,
"Lst him go on; he will hang himself with
his own rope" And he did, with little
Fastening Of the choking process by MI.
Hubbard himself and Mr.. Caldwell. The
latter arose amid some confusion, seeing
which be said: II will not speak if they
do not want to hear me-" His voice calm.
ed the uproaG, and he made one of the
strongest speeches Of the debate.
A coLoRED WEBSTER.
J. B. Lewis. of Marion county, has be.
come famous by the part he took in the
two conventions, His speech OF the iouyl
,oanth ,eaol,t,on ,.oo tto,o,a rox,h a.
80. :, .J.,;..;.. - r. I 80 ,ue
the bulls eye, as did his every utterance.
"Why, gemmen, "said he, "what you see 10
object to in this resolution? You all says
you's for Jeems G, Blaine, and want to
nominate him. In Gods name how do
you pxpeet 10 nominate hjia Il you don't
vote for him ~ His unction no less than
.'s SolTs Msra4spn Sausn' .Ie n Gtowd. miterWards
,..oI ", g ~. vtcrAuuen' o;a ol mouuosvie' n9ml-
M, snoonh mom lor h;oS WIN char
1c.ei,ss'c sn; spuesn, "I4en "Un. ana leu 10
t.e"ls : elec!!oh over aioi. Cilllord, another
coloteu sanu.uate rI:M ttgV. MI. purFy, VINO
ien nunaIsd tor I srh;ht,on aneteapUn ot maae an
ulsaieu uaGaa iGr eAu.I.ion M Vi te5hpef, anu re-
CART. Hel.eI. Of Morgan county. ava
HARMONY IN THE THIRD DISTRICT,
A mistake of the wire or the types made
me say that the Republican dissspsion in
the Third District had been he,,,l ;or a
t;no Tom ooourod .nd hs,;o,r ts,N ~ 'o' :.
.''ne' alh "ssu'eu ano oelle'c mat peace
has come TO stay. Mr. Atklnson's friends
and Colonel Buttrick and Mr.. ], Z, Dana,
representing the other side, seeing the
folly OF FACING the enemy with divided
ranks, and approaching the golden orpor:.
tunity for SUCCESS in the Third District,
met each other like men and shook hands.
The treaty Of peace wss ratified here, and
the unanimous endorsement OF Colonel
Buttrick by hiB district is tho first substan.
tial evidence OF harmony. l know that
both n;j M oro o;rcara Tho +,,,.,