The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-15

wageworker, and after some introduc'
tory words which sobered the crowd in
the belief that he was going TO give
Anderson black eye, he wound up by
secnnding the nomination. The crowd
had howled itself hoarse and was tired
OF speech-making, aud kept very quiet
while he was talking till he had talked
twenty-five minutes or 80 when there
were cries OF "Saw him of"
An excited delegate named Smith got
up and shrieked for fair play, while
O'Brien himself asserted his ability to
take care OF himself, and he talked for
fifteen minutes in spite OF Interruptions
and confusion which almost drowned
his words.
William Payne, who introduced him
self as
"a LIVE MAN FROM M'DowELL,"
said he had been worried 80 long he
proposed to get even, and he went on to
second Stratton's nomination. Anderson
received 1876 votes and Stratton %. A
motion was made to nominate Anderson
by acclamation, but it was ruled out OF
order. Mr.. Stratton then took the plat
form and withdrew his name and moved
TO make Alderson's nomination unani-
nous. He said he would do oil in his
power for Anderson, but in some parts ot
the district it would take hard work to
keep him from defeat. He denounced
the Republican effort TO pcrpetuate the
war tariff, but particularly tue taxing
OF whisky and tobacco. This provoked
the widest laughter. He said the Dem
ocratic party was in danger from faction
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
For presidential elector Frank Here.
ford, William StrNton and William r.
Yager were named, but at this juncture
the band came in playing "Dixie" and
escorting Anderson and an escort COM
mittee and q scene OF enthusiasm sell
dom equalled in the State was witnessed.
Mr.. Stratton withdrew, saying there was
no money in the position. Hereford was
elected. The chair was empowered to
name an Executive Committee and Mr..
Anderson was brought out and received
with tumultuous applase and cheers.
He exhibited considerable feeling in
thanking the Convention, but did not
90 into the issues OF the campaign, eX-
Cept to say Cleveland'S message was fair
notice to all in the Democratic party who
were tinctured with Protection views to
fall in and march along with the pro-
cession or get out Of the column. He
worked the Chinese chestnut, Gd
nduseam. The fight is evidently to be
pushed in this district on the Tariff is
sue.
A MEMORABLE CONVENTION.
Roger Q. Mills and Joe Blackburn are
to speak at Charleston Saturday, and
Anderson says he will talk tariff in every
school district. He denounced the
efforts to defeat him MS unfair, and said
the statements OF weakness in his own
counties were lies. 1t was go.as.you-
please convention, such as nobody in
the north end OF the State can imagine.
New Martinsville wasn't marker to It.
Profanity and stories so coarse and vul-
gar that they would make bronze statue
sick, excited no comment.
After the convention, while waiting in
the hot sun for their trains, the delegates
got into several fights. The hotel win.
dows suffered most, one having sash and
all smashed out and several being
broken. Pistols and knives were out,
but nobody was seriously hurt.
MoGG IS HOPEFUL.
Congressman Hogg is here. In an
swer to query I put to him, he said;
"There is some dissension still, but it
seems to be healing up, and l think we
will be all right by N ovember."
Senator SomerviIle came down to Coal
Valley to-day and he and ALI. Caldwell
both kept up pretty lively hustling all
day. 1t is evident from the outcropping
in the Convention to-day that Pat Duffy
is n big favorite. Senator Kenna came
home this morning. He will head the
Kanawha delegation ut Huntington: It
is said that Senator Faulkner will lead
the Martinsburg contingent.
II. r. Howard was the only guberna-
torial' candidate at Coal Valley. His
friends were also there in force, and did
good work. His leading partisans ex-
press themselves tonight as very much
encouraged by the outlook. w.s.F.