The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-24
r IS 'FBDD" H'GLHTIS.
That's What the Boys Call Him.
And He viii Go to Congress
FROM THE THIRD DISTRICT.
s.,.r. Nomination Made by the
r..onpi,c,n. of the han"wha
,n.,rlc, A0cr Hot Fight
something About the Man.

WdiluniH u h''
1rIIu apuid." James Hereford Me-
cInni. ,. +, the iuIl name OF the next Con-
,.,nop from the Third district.
,rcJ.I',isa contraction and a mild cor
a.,i,n NJ Hereford. He grew up into
.l a ny when the lawyers who rode
~, m,prtlin circuits carried their
,g,,,i.. in their hats. A Democrat said
".,ba, Nrliinnis is one OF the best
,,,,.l common Law practitioners in
NJ. p,r, Of til, State. lie is speaker
n viJ, reputc, aud they do say that be-
h-., iur. he is only one remove from
T5toia. II, srasps Il question quickly
,SJ il lon,n't take him long to know
,1,t, toaoont il and do it. He is an
,l,@hy story teller, and from hall an
s",y @ IN hs company can testify that
@ %c I'm. all the qualifications OF u good
cnc lie uses his stories as SO many
ESrERING WEDGES,
,bcr he comes in with what he is driv.
;a,a,. ndyon are as much pleased with
m, ,sill Of the the thing as with the
s,orr lie is well posted generally,
Egr6 4 stayer, and has IN off hand hap
nv.,o.lurkv way OF bearing himself, all
II which has gwen him remarkable
hoII on the people OF his region. He is
"Wuginto the campaign to devote all his
lnr 10 it, aud one Of his neighbors said
Ia me. "whcn Fudd McGinnis gets OIL
ii. mnle and starts in for votes, he'll get
,Iem, and don't YOU forget it, and he
zane down on my shoulder us though
bq tbogght doubted the skill and Gu
ery Of NIcGnnis or the latent powers
Of hismuIe.
lIcGinnis is not us handsome man
As Allcrson, but it did not cost him
.8Bea ior his nomination. walked
with him to the Convention hall this
morning and lie said he didn't care
whether he was nominated or not, but
Il nominated he rather thought he
should owe il to the
CAUSE OF PRoTECTIOS
to get into Congress and give the good
cause Iiit McGinnis hasn't been Il
Republican from before the flood, but
he is agood one and he began by vot-
inr for fairfield. The opposing candi. |
dates were handsomely supported and
Que by one went down after 4 closely |
contested fight that meant business, but
thry were all prompt to Join in the jubi-
lee apd "wlIUup her up ior MCGlnnis."
Fora Third district convention it was
rather tame. set the tendeFfoot from -
higher hitnIe would have wondered
whether NJ times it wasn't about 10 take |
on the characteristics OF row at short |
range. when only half the delegates were
on their icrt nj one time yelling fOr rec.
ogniti0n, protesting against something
or somebody, or shouting tor tavorites |
in an effort to stampede the convention.
Those accustomed to these things were
NOT AT ALL CONCERNED.
ior they knew it was not going to be
much Of a storm. 1t was only when Il
speaker, in moment Of rash enthusi- |
asm, began to walk over a whole field OF
pet cOrns and to jump on them with his
heels, that there was any real ground for
apprehension OF trouble. No trouble |
can't, although there wns sOme mighty !
plain talking, some OF it much too plain.
Word had been passed around tl0t "Nlc-
Ginnis is no Republican," and friends
Of Anderson, the nominee OF the recent
Coal Valley scrappIng match, were sus.
perIcd Of being at the bottom OF the
scucmc to discredit the Raleigh county
man, Tor it was no secret that OF all the
entries MCCiinnis gave them the most
apprehension.
WHAT IT MEANS.
at means q thousand votes heard
a Democratic politician say; "a thous-
and more than any other man can get,
aad wouldn't want to insure John Al.
denOa il NlcGinnis is nominated"
From tue stage ! saw Democrats cir
galaiIHg among the delegates and quietly
dropping in a word TO injurc the Nc.
Ginnis cause. These tactics became so
open that it was proposed to call public
attention to what was going on, but on
second thought ii was concluded that
there was not enough fool Republicans
III the Convention TO make the thing
dangerous. Very soon ii was seen that
the early work OF Democratic politicians
against McGinnis was doing substantial
good, II took all day to do the work
Otcanse there was great food OF
rNFErTEGED oRAToRY,
some of it effective and some OF it vast
ed also because at the outset things got
into tangie, partly through n division
in the kanawha ranks and partly be.
cause 81 Il misunderstanding. 4 b.
Clark, OF tpshur, editor OF the Buck
Nannon Delta, had been made temporary
chairman and I. j. Wilson, OF Fayette,
temporary secretary.
hey. Mr. Terrence, OF Charleston, had
Just finished prayer for wisdom and
harmony when the trouble began. Col.
ration Of kanawha, in order to save
u'Ae' as he explained, moved that the
Eha'r appoint the regular committees.
WihGr folks said this was scheme to set
uP mRss against the contesting Kama
VIVA delegates. This opened the ball
snq after some sparring the Convention
apelled to 90 on in the regular way, ap.
EoIhumg committees by counties. Then
to, falten said Gen. Gotf desired to
SVhlef T'lh the Chairman OF the Con.
,cAIlOn before Congressional Commit
Me was appointed. After long, some
ulgS heated discussion, the Convention
&!iAIo an uproar. By this time Col.
ration discovered what was already
SSuTTeS@!y St,T suspected, that what Gen.
To. Toa uld desire was to have it known
na' @ Ne would like to confer with the
Go,nlnte when chosen and the Congress.
''0'''' Committee when appointed. That
QuIErGD EVERYTHING
AMI tue convention took Il recess for
"'aner and to give the committees time
'oprparc their reports.
Alter recess the Committee on Gre.
Ta'laIS Tyn'laIS reported no contest except in
Maaa,wha and that had been compro.
m'sed; also that proxies were ruled out,
T eNGeI'cnt thing to do, the convention
.Wought' The Committee on Resolu.
.I TOls recommended the endorsement OF
Hn,,; ,uv National and State platforms and
SSuuIll9ees, and this went through with q
"attaa. The temporary organization
was made permanent. &.