Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-02-23


BENZ. TRAPNELL,
CLEoN MOORE.
On the 18th instant meeting was
held, of which the following is the
official minute, duly certified and
subsequently approved by the bar at
an adjourned meeting:
At a meeting of the members Of
the bar of Jefferson county, held at
the Courthouse on the 18th day of
February. 1892, there were present
Messrs. Baylor, Beckwith, BeItz-
hoover, Brown, Gibson, Green, En-
gle, Mcdonald, Moore, Trapnell,
and Travers. Angus Mcdonald,
ESQ.,, was called to the chair and
Benz. TrapnelI, Esq, was appointed
secretary.
The object of the present meeting
was to arrange, if possible, a con-
ference with the members of the bar
of Berkeley and Morgan counties,
and, in view of such q conference, to
endeavor to determine the sense of
the bar as to whom it would recon-
mend for the vacancy existing in the
judgeship in this circuit.
Mr.. Travers proposed a resolution
that a telegram he sent to the mem
bers of the Berkeley and Morgan
county bars, asking conference with
them on this subject, to be held in
Martinsburg on tie 18th instant
The resolution was adopted and the
telegram sent, with the request that
an answer be returned to-day.
Joseph Trapnell, Esq.,, then pro-
posed resolution that it is the sense
of this meeting that should be
the appointee to fill the said vacancy,
and that the members of this bar
should support him for the nomina-
tion to fill the unexpired term at the
next general election, and further
proposed that after the adoption of
this resolution the meeting should
proceed by ballot to choose some one
whose name should be inserted in the
blank left in the resolution. After
considerable discussion this resolu-
ton was adopted. The meeting then
proceeded to take the proposed bal
lot, and Cleon Moore, ESQ.,, was APP
pointed teller. Several ballots were
taken, and after the fourth Forrest
w. Brown, Esq, who had been voted
for on the previous ballots, withdrew
his name. The fifth ballot resulted
in the choice of t. C. Green, ESQ.,
On motion of B. D. Gibson, ESQ.,,
this choice was made unanimous, and
the blank was filled with the name of
Mr.. Green.
The meeting then adjourned, SUBJ
ject to the call of the chairman.
A. w. MCDONALD, Chm'n.
BENZ. TRAPNELL, Sec'y.
During the course of the day the
following kilograms were received:
MARr1NsDuRG. W. VA.
To A. W. Mcdonald, Chairman:
Speaking for ourselves only, and not agree
ing in advance to be bound. we are willing to
confer tomorrow with members of the Jeffer-
son bar.
(Signed) d. c. WEsTENHAvER,
STUART w. WALKER.
BERKELEY SPRINGS. w. Va.
10 DOu. a. W. hcDOnaIu. CQuTleS Town:
majority of our bar agree not to partici-
pate in the contest for JudgcShip.
(Signed) j. RUFUS SMITH
Pursuant to its adjournment, the
meeting of the jefferson bar was
called by the chairman at haIf-past 9
on Thursday morning, the 18th in
slant. Up to this time no notification
had reached it from the Governor
that he deemed it expedient and ne
cessary to hasten the appointment of
a successor of the late Judge Duck
wall it was therefore reasonably in
ferred that lie had acceded to the re-
quest made for delay.
1t was determined at this meeting
that instead of appointing commit
tee 10 represent the bar so many of
its members as could leave home
should go to Martinsburg to consult
upon the matters already indicated,
and five of them accordingly pro-
ceeded on this mission. On reaching
Martinsburg, they, in company with
several of the members of that bar,
repaired to the Office of E. Boyd
Faulkner, Esq, to arrange the de-
tails of the proposed conference
They were met by the statement that
the matter had already been settled,
and that Mr.. Faulkner had already
been appointed to fill the vacancy,
being at the same time shown tele-
gram received by him some hours
before, announcing the appointment,
whose contents had not as yet been
made public in Martinsburg. which
accounted for the fact that the gen
tlemen from Jefferson were in igno-
rance of it.
We understand that Mr.. Green will
be candidate for judge of the Thir-
teenth Judicial Circuit.
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