The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-27
Capehart
NOMINATED At POINT PLEASANT
BY tho Fourth District Demo.
Gratis Amid Scenes Of Great
Tumult and Disorder.
The Wood County Delegation Dis.
tinsuishcs Itself by Kick.
ing up n Lively Row.
NO SYMPATHY FOR JACKSON,
The Convention Deeming It Wise
to Pass Over the Result of
Ills Campaign in Silence.
"fwc" Wilson Gives Why 10 Anderson
In the Third District, who Is Nom.
mated by Acclamation
Srtcla, Dipq,eh 10 he Ia,e,!tacnor.

Tho Democratic Congressional con.
ventiou OF the Fourth district was held
ut this place today, aud resulted in tue
nomination OF Capehart, Of this county,
for their representative in Congress.
The convention was called to order at
1850 o'clock by Hon. r. S. Blair, OF
Richie county, who was chosen TEN.
porary chairman, with Lewis Barnhart,
OF Putnam county, US first secretary and
J. l.. knight, OF Peasants county, as as.
sistant secretary. The various commit.
tees were then appointed and the meet.
ing adjourned till $50 o'clock. At the
appointed hour they reassembled and
the convention being called to order the
temporary organization was made per-
manent. The committees then came in
with their reports and the fun com.
menced.
ABlG wEANGLE.
Qlitc wrangle ensued over absent
delegates who had sent proxies, and the
delegation from Wood county came near
haviuga free for all Fight among them.
selves. In the mids, Of all the commo-
lion and uproar Stephen E. Morgan pre-
sented tue name OF ]. G. McCluer, of
Wood county, as a candidate before the
convention. A second was made, and
the following gentlemen hud their
names placed before tho dissentious
body for recognition: James Capehart,
OF Mason; ]. 6. Downtain, Of Putnam
John Nj. Hamilton. of Calhoun; William
n. Chancellor, OF Wood.
Balloting wns begun and another dis
turbance broke out in the Wood county
delegation, and the vote on the first
ballot was changed. Things began to
wax warm and Eustace Gibson, OF CabelI,
the only man present that could make
himself heard, arose and said: eve
come here and meet q mob instead Of a
convention" He then accused Mason
county OF being packed, and-his voice
was drowned amid the hisses and gen.
eral tumult The chair was at least five
minutes in quietinS the hilarious dele.
gates. Gibson again came TO the front
and called all who hissed geese" and
Snakes" and another similar outbreak
followed. After order was partially re-
stored gentleman from Cabell euc.
ceeded in gaining recognition from the
chair, and merely remarked that such
confusion and conduct WIS unprecedent-
ed and unheard OF, and offered motion
which was not put TO vote. A Richie
county delegate then moved to adjourn
thirty minutes, which was put to vote
and lost.
WANTED TO PUT TIE DEMOCRATS OUT.
Another motion was finally suggested
10 exclude all those who were full of
whisky, and for fear this motion would
break up the convention it was ignored.
A sargeant.at-arDs ut this juncture had
to be appointed and he was empowered
by the chair to put out of the room
every spectator present, and, in fact, all
but delegates, in order that they might
proceed with the balloting. Another
fqueuky voice from Wood announced
that they would not permit men to come
there who were not delegates and Gust
their votes IS they had done in the pre-
ceding ballot. One delegate from Wood
said they had no chairman OF their dele
gation. Another said it was false rs
hell" and violence came near be.
ing resolted to. 1t was then found
some men in that delegation had been
voting who were not delegates and held
no proxy. The roll OF Wood county va.
again called. The voting proceeded with
as much confusion Us before, and when
announced ono OF the delegates wep
bitterly.
NO ONE MouRSED FOR JACKSON.
Several would.be orators Of the spread
eagle typo referred to the fraud perpe
tEated by "Czar" Reed and the Repnbli
can Congress in ursedting Judge Jack
son, but all attempts 10 evoke an ex
preston OF sympathy for Jackson ant
the "twe" business fell like stone il
the mud, showing conciusiveiy that the
delegates felt that the least said upon
that subject the better. ~
The event OF theconvention was w. W
ThomnsIeltqnent speech nominating
Major Downtain, Of Putnam. He eulo'
eized Downtain's gallant record as a sol
dier, when an ex.Coniederate promptly
inquired (Which side" tho Major es
poused. When informed that he wat
loyal 10 the core the silence that greeted
the announcement was painfully sug
gestive 10 Downtain's fri.nds.
A DREARf FAILURE.
Alter Capehart had been duly de
clared the nominee an attempt was made
to bring the disSruntled elements to
gctber in what some one called an old