The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-18
How IT WAS DONE.
Further Report Of Thursdays Session-A
UowlIng Mob.

Further Report OF Thursdays SessiOn-A
HowIIng Mob.
Following is Il acondensatiOn OF the in
teresting report filed by the INTRLLldES
GER reporter Thursday night, and which
owing to the inefficient telegraph ser
vice at Huntington was not sent. II
came by mail, but it is none the less
interesting:
Upon rcassembling at nearly 0 O'Clock
y. M, nominations for Treasurer were
called fOr, and Mr.. EnslOw, OF Hunting
ton, named the present incumbent, W,
I. Thompson.
Mr.. Stevens, OF Calhoun, seconded it,
John K. DOnehoo, OF Hancock county,
nominated l.. K. Smith, of New Cum.
berland. The mcketof "time" and "put
him ont" was again started on Mr.. Done.
hoo. Ben Oxlcy, OF Lincoln, seconded
ThompSon's nomination. Marion coun.
ty seconded Smiths. j. A. Ewing, Of
Marshall, nominated D. A. Dorsey.
Mason county seconded Dorsey and
Thompson, Mr.. Hogg, who made the
letter speech, being greeted with great
Cheering and cries OF "hurrah for Hog
Hog and ha'monyw
Ex-senator Hereford placed the name
OF John NJ. Rowan, OF Monroe, before
the convention.
Mike Owens, Chairman OF the Ohio
county delegation, seconded Dorsey'l
nomination. Mr.. Owens, by the way,
did the delegation proud Us chairman.
Logan seconded Rowan. Oliver Cor.
rell, OF Peasants, did likewise. Kama
wha seconded Thompson.
Through all this the confusion grew
WORSE AND WORSE
and finally Porter Smith got mad and
cleared the aisles beautifully. He made
the delegates sit down and brought
about some degree Of order.
The baIlot reached Wayne, which
went nineteen for Thompson, eleOting
him with four to spare. He got thirty.
five votes after that, Then Ohio changed
to Thompson and others followed in
rapid succession till the result was prac'
tically unanimous,
MORGAN RENoMINATED.
A motion was made to suspend the
rules and nominate B. S. Morgan fol
Superintendent Of Schools by acclama
ton, but objection being made, this wa
withdrawn. For this office were named
Virgil A. Lewis, OF Mason, and B. S. Nor
gan, the present incumbent. Logan anC
Preston seconded Morgan. r. S. Blair
of Richie, asked that Col, Dan johnson
might speak for that county and he was
permitted 10 do so, naming NJ. X. Duty
b, +. Martin seconded Morgan,
Mr.. Morgan was nominated over
whelmingly, and finally n motion t
make II unanimous was adopted.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
For Attorney General, Mr.. Withers, o
Gilmer, named R. +. Kidd, OF that coun
ty, in a very felicitous speech. Harry
Gilmer, Of Greenhrier, named Willia4
r. Thompson, OF Summers, who he salt
was n Democrat OF 1883 and not froT
prejudices growing out OF past history
Col. Arnett, OF Wheeling, nominated
Attorney General Alfred g. Caldwell
Col. Arnett made good speech but wa
sawed off by cries OF time and sit down
Mike Owens, OF Wheeling, in Q mod
est but pleasing speech, pamea \. y
Sommevyille, whose name was Cheercd
Mr.. Owens was finally interrupted b,
the usual yells, but the Chair pounded
for order, and Michael went on till III
was done. .IMr. Worthington, who.said HI
came from the "snow-Clad hills OF Pres
ton county," the county known every
where as the banner Republican count.
OF West Virginia, named P. ]. Crogan
Eustace Gibson was loudly cheered whel
he stepped forward, and when the RQis
subsidized n voice cried out "PrOXiC
don't 90. You was ruled out"
PROXIES DID GO.
"WhO is that Teller wants to rule m
outP" said Eustace, and there wer
shouts OF "Hurrah for Gibson" all owe
the house. Gibson nominated Col, Re
bert S. Blair, Of Richie,
Raleigh county seconded William i
Thompson, Mr., Manion, OF Wheeling
seconded Crogan's, and expressed til
hope that he would be "ennominated.
The vote was awiully scattered anon
the six candidates. Ohio county CAV
SO 2l.27ths for Caldwell; II 6-27ths 70
Summerville and for Crogan, but late
Marion changed from Crogan to Gale
well. The totals were not announce
till Wetzel and Tyler went to Summer
Vile; Tucker, Wayne and Logan I
Thompsoni Mason TO Kidd GreenbTiC
soiidihei on Thompson. By this tim
/ everybody was on his feet and til
crowd was 80 denselyipackedin the aisl,
that many people were standing o
other peoples feet also. Ohio count
! announced that she would change h,
/ votes from Caldwell 20 ThampsOn. b.