Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-24
A LUNATIC ASYLUM.
That's What the Third District Repubh-
can Convention was-J. III. MeGinuis
Nominated.


That's What the Third District Republi-
can Convention was-J. III. Mcainuis
Nominated.
specsa Tsseprcm 10 the Register,
CHARLESTON, W. VA August 23.-The
Third District Republican Congressional
Convention met here 10 day. About $50
delegates were in attendance. The Fayette
county detection from Anderson had in
spired some would.be leaders with the idea
that there was a chance for success,
and the hustling for the nomination
has been of the liveliest character
within the last few weeks. Four
candidates were in the field, McGinnis, of
Raleigh; T. 81. Davis, of Greenbrier, and
A. Burlew and ]. W. Tompkins, of Ka-
nawha. G. F. Patton, of Charleston, called
the convention to order, and A. B. Clark,
of the Buckhannon Delta, was made Chair
man, and T. B. Wilson, of Wayne county,
Secretary. The proceedings we're enlivened
in the morning by a red hot fight over
the selection of a Congressional COM
miitee. Kanswhs county, which was
represented by coptesting delegations was
unable to select member, and asked that
the appointment be deferred under the
pretense that it was the desire of General
Goff to have hand in the matter. The
other counties saw "nigger in the wood
pile" in Kanswha's evident desire to bag
the Craftsmanship Of the cammittee and
wanted to 20 on and appoint 1t with
out Visiting for the Kanawha member
The fight ragged hot, and wild mountain
oratory filed the air. The convention got
entirely beyond the control Of the Chair
man, who surrendered his duties to the
secretary. An a"gry alteration followed
between Smith and Patton, Of Kanawhs,
in which Smiths right 10 sit in the con-
vention was questioned Finally the mat
ter was put to vote and the Kama
whs county hustlers gained the
victory. The selection of the
committee was postponed. Some of
the back comfy delegates we're furious at
the way Goff's name was used in the con-
test. They say il it was warranted it will
lose him scores of votes. When the hour
for reassembling came and the committee
had made their reports the following per-
sons were put in nomination for Congress
man, viz: Theo. Gaines, of Fsyette; j. w.
DAVIS, OF Greenbrier; J. G. W. TOmpkins
and A Burlew, of Kanswha, and J. II.
McGinnis, of Raleigh county.
McGinnis was nominated on the ninth
ballot. During the bslloting the hall
was the scene of wild excitement, and
when McGinnis was declared the nominee
the hall resembled an asylum turned
loose
Maj J. W. Heavener, of Upshur county,
was selected as District Elector.
The convention adopted parrot-like
platform, in keeping with that of the Re-
publican State convention. 1t denounced
everything pertaining to Democratic rule
and Landed to the skies everything Re-
publican.
J. j. Mclaughlin, who announced in the
convention, while secoudipg the nomina-
tion oi James II. McGinnis, that he had
left the Democratic party because of the
principle of protection to American in
dustries," participated in the Democratic
primary in Summers county and made a
speech in the Democratic County Con-
vention at Hinton which instructed
for John d. Anderson. In that speech he
demanded minority representation and
when the convention refused it and in
structed for Jonn d. Anderson, he then
and there publicly announced that he
wOuld never again vote the Democratic
ticket. That's what's the matter with
"Msc."
The Democrats will have walk-over
in this district.