Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-27

Third. We dcnouuce the action OF the
late House oi Representatives ia un-
seating the member dUly elected by US
.o that body as subversive OF our con-
,titutional privileges and as destructive
-o representative government.
Fourth-Wc dcnounce the attempt of
the Republican party 90 control the
lower house of Congress by the intro
iuction oi tho Force bin. which, il il
were to become o. law. would silence the
voice of thc south iu the councils of the
nation. turn the Southern States into
mere provinces and cause the encruSted
sores % ,cctiouaiism to break and bleed
anew
READY FOR THE FRAY.
The preliminary work was complete
and rho convention was ready for the
Congressional fight The Chair called
DENOMINATIONS CabeN. Calhoun, Jack
SON and other counties passed, declining
.t. name o. candidate at that time, until
Wood was reached Then Mr.. stephen
r Morgan took the ilo0r and. in short
hut eloquent aud forciNe address, hc
named Judge John e.. McCluer, whom
h. described as % scll-made man, born
Ir N.~.iria. l.t as soon as he became
...f e.ur-l r0 snow whore he ought 90
have tec born east his lot in West
Virginia. Cllel was called again, aud
Hon. Eu>ae. Gibson seconded the nom
maroa ot NcLucr iu an address that
made the ha. ring with the shouts OF
thc McLuer advocates
Young George Neal oi the same
county. followed in q speech that rival
.cd Gibson, Cor cloquguce. He I-ead
flr harmony and union in party work.
closing with the nomination of john NJ.
Hamilton. of Calhoun. Eliza Stump, of
Calhoun. seconded Hamilton. pledging
900 majority Oh Hamilton boz his own
county.
Holly Armstrong, Of jackson, nomi-
mated A. b. Parsons. and 4. G. Prickett
seconded the nomination.
Mason was again called, and the
massive figure of p. G.. Eastman was
seen ascending the platform. lie was
received with magnificent ovation
coming from every quarter of the hall,
which was repeated and doubled when
hc named Hon. James CapeharL
Nlsou's choice and thc farmers caudi-
date. Mr. Eastman closed with glow
. inr prediction of victory. Perry Simp-
SON followed aud sent thc Capehart
delegates wild with enthusiasm 10y a
strong argument for the Mason county
candidate as d representative oi the
agricultural interests.
w.. W. Thomas, of Putnam, made a
strong speech in nominating Major
|J. g.. D0wutain. N. y. Martin. of the
same county. also stirred mp Downtain
cheers.
Ell. Bailey. Of Roane, again spoke
for Hamilton.
COL sam N'nsou. of Wayne, spoke for
Capehart.
Wood county was the last to De- called,
then n. G.. Henderson named Col. w.
y. Chancellor he spoke briefly but
with marked effect Henderson's adj
dress closed the aood-gates OF oratory,
and
TuE FIRST EALLor
VA, begun. The rol call proceeded
amid silence only broken by the an
nouncement Of the vote aud an occa-
,loual cheer. With the fractions elm
mated thevotc resulted as follows:
For Capehart-Cabcll @, Lincoln l2,
Mason .3. Bitchic /. Roane l3, Wayne
2I. Wood Be- Total 50.
For McClucr-Cabcli @, PleaSanSS ;,
Eitchie O.. Writ, Wood Is. Total 30.
For Hamilt0u-Cabell 3. Calhoun o.,
Gtclie o. Roaue 3. Writ @. Total 2s.
For D0wutaiu-Cabell ], Putnam H.
Ritchie /. Total l6.
Tor Chancellor Richie :, Wood O..
Total 16.
For Parsons jackson 10, Writ i.
Total 2O
For jackson Wood 8.
An the counties had voted immedi-
ately but Wood A long delay occurred
there. Finally the vote was announced
as g for Capehart. IS for McCiuer, Tor
Chancellor. and for Jackson.
The vote had hardly left the speak
er's lips. when delegate jumped eN-
citedlv to his feet and challenged it,.
He declared that Is delegates were In
the convention to cast - votes, and
never had been recognized In the dele
CATION who were not appointed by the
county.
A moment later Eustace Gibson got
upon the platform and began fiery
speech, protesting that outsiders had
been running into the convention. and
no one could tell who was voting.
CAPTAIN Anderson. of Guyandotte,
hastily declared 90 the same effect amid
misses and confusion. General McCaus-
land got the nOor and asked the Mason
county people tO retire and not crowd
the delegates. The visitors began 10
move ont and amid the confusion the
dispute in thc Wood county delegation
was renewed.
Whom order was restored the Secre-
tary read the list of delegates from
Wood. which seemed % act as Seda-
tive on the excited nerves OF the dele
gates.
The vote was again announced and
Gibson attempted 20 secure an adjourn
ment. He was defeated and
THE SECOND BAILOr
begun. Cabeu was passed, Calhoun.
Jackson. Lincoln and Mason almost
without change. Peasants gave two
ffths of one vote % Chancellor, koane
gave Capehart "a clear gain OF two, Ham
ilton gained the DOwntain vote IN Cabell
and Putnam stood solid by her favorite.
I'm Wood Capchart gained one and Chan
cenor two 40 the expense OF jackson ana
McCluer. Ritchie gave seven for Jack
son. being the total vote of Hamilton
Capehart and McCluer in that county ON
the previous ballot. The totals were
summed up and stood as follows;
Capehart 50: Mcclure sS; Hamilton
"a: Downtain Is; Chancellor l.;JackSon
:: Parsons 30.
At this point A. y. Williams got the
floor and declared that Judge jackson
was not candidate and asked that no
further votes DE cast for him. The
NcCluer cohorts. under GioSons lead
again made an effort To secure q recess
bnt were overwhelmingly voted down.
and while Gibson was demanding call
OF the counties
rua THIRD BALLOT
began. -..s
The changes were slight. Capehart and
McCluer gained two each I'm Caoell' at