Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-10
Special Correspondence Of The Register.

and Cabell delegation, together with the
chairman of the Republican committee
As | said in my dispatch last night, these
parties, with the band, were detained at
the junction, forty miles away, in the in
terror of Ohio, where they remained, sweat
ing fuming and cuSsing from about $50
u. III. until long past the noon hour. To
while away the time several delegates re-
solved themselves into foraging commit
tees and stole fruit from the Buckeye gar
dens adjacent, while the band played "l'm
dying, Egypt, dying" and the select COM
mittee were sending vigorous and rcplcte
dispatches to Superintendent Sharp, Of the
X. & Ohio railroad, who replied by prom
iShing to have an engine on hand ut a very
early moment
While we were lying at the junction,
the various delegations present cilected
temporary organization. White, Hughes
and Peterson, of Huntington, resolved
themselves into an Indignation committee,
to which they were assisted hy the REGIS
TER correspondent. After the committee
had agreed to TCsOlute Indignantly, tls
REGISTER man withdrew, and the Others
went into secret session and considered
the ACCESSIBILITY OF taking the north bound
train for Columbus with view to hold a
Convention there Us an adjunct. About
this time, 30 i. x o., the locomotive ar
rived and We steamed out.
AWAITING OUR ARRIVAL.
When we arrived at Point Pleasant we
learned that nothing had been done as yet,
the Hutchinson crowd having held back
the Convention until the arrival of the
chairman. {. Il. Smith. and the dclega
cations.
We found upon arrival that the steamer
Oneida, with the Ritchic county delcga-
tion and the Ritchie Guards and their
band had arrived about | o'clock, when
they should have gotten in about daylight.
The military with their war trappings,
blue clothes and gliStening hayOnetS had
marched and cOuntermarchcd through the
town, but didn't seem to have Ovcrawed
the unterritied 10 any great degree. Bay
OnetS are not in harmony with the feeling
Of the people nowadays, and p, W. didn't
make the capital he sought to obtain by
the display of tinSel and the chrySalis Of
war. There's no rebellion now.
The convention convened at the rink I'M
mediately upon our arrival and the dclega-
tiOnS empty of stomach, but full of indig-
nation, marched arimly up 10 the rink.
To even casual observer il was apparent
that the
PINS HAD BEEN SET Up FOR HUTCHINSON
long before we met. The vote has been
given in my dispatches, but not the
details and facts Although Hutchinson
from the start seemed 10 have the
advantage OfCOl. Mclcary, Judge Redmond
and Morris in point of numbers, there was
open dissatisfaction, not only among the
rank and file, but among the solid leading
Republicans who were not ut all silent in
their opinions OF future defeat if he were
nominated.
There was 4 time during the progress of
the convention when it appeared as though
some one would take Taurus by the bow
spirit, and that was when \. II. White, Of
the state ,I0WRGi, put Capt. {. Il. Smith in
nomination. While White waStrying get
Smith before the convention the ycllS were
deaiening; men Sprang upon the seats,
waved their hats and shouted at the top of
their vigorous voices for
SMITH, SMITH, SMITH.
While the Hutchinson crowd, in parti-
cular were strenuous in shouting, No, No,
For few moments the confusion was i'll
describable, the Chairman. Mr.. James Il.
Menager, pounded the table with hung
starter until the boards BECAME lOaStncd.
and the newspaper men, the ladies and
spectators stopped their e.1rS to the internal
fire and clangor, Pandemonium would
have been quiet retreat in comparison.
At last White got the ears OF the conven-
tiOn to a degree and introduced the nOmi-
tiOn of Capt. Smith. Mr. Smith came for
ward and in neat and handsome address
declined to run in opposition 10 fellow
tOwnSman, Mr.. Hutchinson. Ry his de-
clensiOn in such well wOrded. neat terms
and under such circGmstanCes-in the face
of a sure nomination, Mr.. Smith made
hosts of friends among the Rcpub
licans. Indeed. among Democrats, who
wanted him 10 run least of
all the candidates. The crowd were still
unfortunate and succeeded in getting his
name again before them To meet with the
same result Finally after finding that
Mr.. Smith would not run, they again set
tied down To business. The Hutchinson
strikers were again energetically elbOwing
their way through the crowd TO the differ
ent delegations and another ballot taken
which showed that ne had gained some
what in strength and that the fight hung
between their candidate and Col. Mclean.
The s0lid thinking men are iUr Mclean,
whose defeat To 4 certain extent can be
ascribed to Gibson. of Huntington. who
made the kick of the evening in
opposition TO his nomination.
GibSon's kick was strenuous
and emphatic, in words which could not
but be understood. The convention now
cooled down somewhat aud another move
ment in favor Of Hutchinson began. Ab0nt
6 D. IN. 4 motion tOadi0urn w4S pat, which
was voted down by almost the entire con-
vention. as the rink had only been
rented for the afternoon and had to he
turned over TO other parties during the
evening, it was decided 10 take another
vote and then adjourn. Before the ballot
was taken it was apparent that Hutchln-
sons men had gotten in their work and
that the finale had come. The result was
a vote of 80 and a fraction for Hutchinson
.s4 being required for a nomination.
The convention then adjourned, the dele
cation began to make preparations
to leave. The special tTain of
the Wood and upper delegation
left about : O'clok, while +. WIS men
guards and all-tOOk the Oneida about the
same time and have gotten safely home, if
they re not stuck on sand bar somewhere.
The lower delegations also had n small
boat chartered, and boarding that steamed
out for their homes, all except the first
mentioned, dissatisfied, disgruntled and
cussing mad at the nomination.
The nomination of C. 3. Smith was the
only one which the Democrats had any
cause 10 fear, and at the time when White
held his name in tefrorem they were cer-
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