Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-28

unanimous denomination for Recorder.
He is now engaged upon his first term,
and has been an acceptable official.
WILLIAM A. Brown, for Commissioner,
is o near neighbor of the man he hopes
to succeed Morris Cope although he
resides in Pease township.
JOHN A. CLARK, renominaLed for In6rm-
ary Director by acclamstioD, ID farmer
living in Union township.
Manager Connelley draped large
American flag across the stage of the Mar
tins Ferry Opsra House yesterday morn
ing and at II O'clock John Pollock, of St
Clairsville, Chairman of the Central Com
mittee, stood uuder its folds and cAllei the
Republ can Convention Of Belmont county
to order. By direction of the Executive
Committee, Mr.. Pollock explained, he an
nounced that John Wilbur Nichols, of Rich.
land township, had been chosen temporary
chairman. He did not add that Mr..
Nichols is leading candidate for the State
Senate, but every person in the convention
was aware of that fact. After thanking
the convention for the distinguished honor.
Mr.. Nichols, who carries for good luck a
large, red horse shoe mustache, delivered a
carefully prepared speech IN a manner that
seemed to be thoroughly endorsed by most
of the delegates and spectators. His voice
was strong and clear, and when he shrug-
ged his shoulders and declared that Ben
iamin Harrison Mr.. Nichols called him
Ben vas a NICE clean Christian gentle
man, and more of n Statesman than he had
ever heard of, the convention became en-
thusastic and demonsirative. Mr.. Nichols
then gave Governor Foraker honorable
mention, told the delegates how many in
terest-bearing bonds had been Issued by
the government, and then sliled of into
the fair skies Of Oratory. The audience
WAS expectaut The orator had spread his
wings and seemed to he sbOut to soar into
the upper heights. Instead, he deliber'
ately buncoed the convention by reciting
some political poetry, said by a friend tc
he negro dialect, but which was entirely
unintellgible to his hearers. After he had
concluded, delegate from Richlaud nom
mated Mr.. +. l.. Mcmillan for temporary
secretary. The motion was carried and
the chair appointed the following commit
tees, VINO were to report Immediately upor
the reassembling after dinner:
Committee on Rules DR.. l, G.. Cope,
f. E. Cle7enger, 7. p. Harris. Abner vii
kinsOn.
Committee on Permanent Organization
q. G. Sedgwick, A. +. Dent, w. II. Boyd,
c O. Shepherd, A. II. Caldwell.
Committee on Resolutions: VIM. Smith,
VIM Patton, John Boyer, Charles James,
W. @ Burgenthal.
Committee on Credentials: ]. c. Kint-
ner, W. @. Cochran, Samuel Thrall.
II was half past one when the conven.
tion was again called to order. The Com.
mittee on Credentials reported that tbs
delegations were all full and that there
were no contests. The Committee on Per
manent Organization reported, recon-
mending that the temporary organization
be continued, and that the editors Of the
Republican papers of the county be made
assistant secretaries. The report was
adopted. The Committee on Resolutions
had no report TO make. The Committee
on Rules and Order of Business reported
that ffty-twO votes was majority
of the votes in the convention, and
would nominate; il recommended that the
nominations be made in the usual order,
and that after the seventh ballot the low
est name should be dropped, and so on un-
til nomination was made. The report
was adopted.
REPRESENTATIVE.
Col. G. L. Poorman stepped forward on
the platform when nominations for Repre-
sentative were called for and in q neat
speech declared that he had great pleasure
in presenting the name Of the Hon. A. T.
McKelvey, Of Richland township, gen.
tlemau with whom he had served and with
whose capacity he was familiar. Isaac X
Lane, of Warren township, Immediately
arose from his seat to move thst the rules
he suspended and and that the nomination
he made by acclamstion.
"Are you ready for the question ?" in
qured the Chair
"Mr. President" " said William j. Nc
Claim, from the Bsllaire delegation, there
are men in this convention Just as well
qualified for the place as The man who has
been named, and they ought TO have fair
chance" Mr.. McClsin rolled his eyes
around the convention appealiUgly and
then sat down The motion TO nominate
by acclamation was put and declared car
ried. Perhaps a dozen or more negative
votes were heard.
CLERK OF THE cor RTs.
DIG. Cope, of the COlersin delega
ton. which had sen. in Republican major
tiles for twenty years, presented the name
of distinciiyely working man-Thomas
Adams. of Maynard precinct.
A. S. Taylor, OF KirkwOOd, named q
gentleman in every sense Of the word,
strictly honest and moral, az we believe, a
man of courage-no laggsrd-Jlhn W.
K )se." "
Lawson Emerson, the young ST. Clairs
Vile attorney, assured the convention that
Theodore C. Ayers would make gallant
run. and if elected, an efticien; officer.
John G. Kintner named a Republican,
who has always been a Republican, man
of spotless character-a strong and an
honest man, Henry NJ. Davies, Of Rich
land township.
The b8lloting began. Davies showed
strength from the start. He cast % votes
on the first ballot. On the seventh, Tom
Adams name was dropped, and 81 the
Archer people had begun coquettiDg with
W. F. Smith. the young GAINESVILLE at
torney. MI /. r. Llne arose impatiently
from his seat and stated to the convention
that Warren township did not want Smith
for Clerk and that Smith did not want the
Clerkship. This was explicit enough, bat
On the next ballot, Putpey csst her whole |
strength. IS votes for Smith and Warren
neatly returned the compliment by giving
Davies her nine. At the end Of the bal
lot. Davies had two more than a msiority, |
and amid great applause the result vas an
nouucsd The ballots were:
First hallot-Adams, p; Rose, "a
Ayers, -; Davies, %
Second ballot Adams, q; Rase, p;
Ayers, 10; Davies "a.
Third b3llot-AdAms, l5; Rose, 23i
Ayers. IS: Davies, 81; W. F Smith, II.
Fourth ballot-Adams, %; Rose, 2l;
Ayers, y; Davies, -; Smith, IA.
Fifth bsllot-Adsms, l.; Rose, 2di
Ayers, y; Smith, II.