Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-03
The Convention.


It seemed to be generally understood
that the organization as it stood was the
permanent one, but ]. d. Stanton moved
that the Committee on Permanent Or
gan zation be dispensed with and the
present organization be made permanent,
which WAS carried.
The Chairman then announced that the
convention was ready for business, and
that the first work was the selection of a
candidate for Sheriff.
MoFFAT FOR SHERIFF.
DIR. Edwards said that on behalf of the kid
element he nominated T. c. Moffat, which
was received with cheers Conrad Bremen,
Chairman of the Richie delegation, which
WAS solid for Prince, settled the matter
with one fell swoop by seconding Mr..
Moffat's nomination and moving that it
he made by reclamation, which was
carried with hnrrah, and the blushing
candidate was pulled out before the eyes
of the convention, whereupon he thanked
it for the honor and assured all that the
Radicals would carry the county this fall.
Capt. Prince was also called for and
thanked his constituents, and assured Mr..
Motfat his hearty support.
ELsoN FOR PROSECUTOR.
The next act on the programme was the
nomination of Prosecuting Attorney.
Mr.. Tracy named J. d. Elson, Chairman
Peterson named W. J. W. Cowden, and
DIR. Edwards named A. B. Caldwell. The
tickets all being out the wheel was given a
whirl, the result being as follows:
Cowden Sl1 80
Elson. ....'''''''l, ON 20
Caldwell..."...
No msjority aud no nomination, and
another ballot was taken. That settled it.
Before the vote was announced district
after district broke for ElsoD, and on mo-
ton of Thos. D. Bennett he was nomina-
ted by reclamation.
Then Joseph made his little speech,
thanking the convention for giving him
the opportunity of running on. ticket
with Harrison and Morton.
Mr.. Tracy moved that the nomination of
a Surveyor be passed by, as there was no
Republican to accept it. On motion the
nomination was left to the Executive Com
mittee.
THE ASSESSORS.
Selection of an assessor for the city dis
trict was the next business. The name
of T. NJ. Jones was presented by J. d.
Stanton, of Webster, and on motion he
was nominated by exclamation. Tom said
thanks, and the nomination of candi-
date for the county district came before
the house. M. A. Chew nominated A.
J. Schultzs. Mr.. Tracy nominated J. 4
Clator, and TAYLOR Foreman was nomin-
ated by A. McCollocb, of Liberty. Then
o kick followed from the country dele
gates against Schultze, IS he lived in the
city, and they thought the city wanted
everything. McCollooh wanted to know if
Schultze knew o COW, o hog or q sheep
when he saw them. Charlie Bailey said
that was sll nonsense, that any Repub-
lican could tell sheep from q calf, and
he knew Mr.. Schultze could.
However, this assurance did not seem to
sppease some of the country delegates and
they said Mr.. Schultgs would lose votes
in his own party. Again the wheel of
fortune was whirled and the result of the
fist whirl was announced rs follows!
.--.lgo!
.--...
toreman... ~ 20
No majority and no nomination. Be-
fore the next ballot was announced the in
dications were that Schultze was elected
and all the districts changed their full vote
to him, which resulted in his nomination
by reclamation. Fhs successful man was
called to the front and he made some re-
marks about helping to keep things lively
for the Democrats,
THE LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
This brought the Convention down to
the Legislative ticket, which was left un-
til the last, presumably because il
was considered best. Dr.. Edwards
thought as this was the most
business before the convention,