The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-06-07
Fourth District Convention.


to appoint delegates to National
Convention, ever held in the Fourth
District, assembled at Ravenswood,
June LIST.
The Convention was called to or
der at IL a. m. by A. A. Hanly,
Esq, Chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, who
named Hon. c.. E. Hogg, of Mason,
as Chairman, and Messrs. Geo. w.
Summers, of the Huntington AdUer-
tiser, and w. L. Mansfield, of the
Wayne Ne.cs, Secretaries.
Mr.. Hogg being introduced made
most excellent speech of accept
ance, during which he discussed in
an able and effective manner the
the Mckinley bill, the wool tariff
and the Force Bill. His speech
was heartily applauded.
Committees were then appointed
on order of business, basis of rep
resentation, credentials and resolu-
tons.
On motion, the temporary organ
ization was made permanent
The convention then took a re.
cess until p. m.
Upon reassembling the commit
tees on order of business, creden-
tials and basis of representation re-
ported, which reports were adopted.
Nominations for District Dele
gates being in order, the following
gentlemen were placed in nomina-
ton: Gen. John Hooe Russell, of
Huntington; DIR. Thos. p Carpent-
er, of Putnam county; Hon. E. R.
McGugen, of Jackson county; Col.
r. III. Browse, of Peasants county,
and Gov. ]. B. Jackson, of Parkers-
burg.
Ballot being taken resulted in
the election of the following gentle
men as District Delegates.
Gen. John Hooe Russell, of Cab
ell county, and DIR. Thos. p Carp
enter, of Putnam county.
Hon. Johnson N Camden, of
Parkersburg, was elected Delegate
at-Large, by reclamation.
The alternates were elected by
reclamation, and are E. R. McGu-
gin, of jackson; Col. R. 81. Browse,
of Peasants, and Hon. A. B. Wells,
of Roane.
The Committee on Resolutions
then reported as follows, which re-
port, after some discussion, was adj
opted:
We, the Democrats of the Fourth
Congressional district in convention
assembled, for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to represent us in the
National Convention at Chicago,
june 81, do hereby reaiiirm our
belief and faith in the principles of
the Democratic party as laid down
and proclaimed by its founders and
adherents and as affirmed in our
platform at St Louis in 1888,
uDOn iMnlCu ludb
bodiment and exponent of tariff re-
form was nominated, and to whose
honest, patriotic and fearless ad-
ministration while our chief magis-
trate every honest citizen of this
great Republic may point with pride.
We heartily endorse our Repre-
sentative in Congress, the Hon.
James Capehart, and commend him
for his efforts in behalf of that large
class of our citizens, the over burd-
ened and tax-ridden farmers, in
whose interests not a single act of
legislation has ever been done by
the Republican party.
We arraign and denounce the
Republican party for the repeated
and continued policy of class legis-
lation in favor of few unjustly and
highly protected idustries, whereby
few are becoming richer and the
large mass ofour people are becom-
ing poorer, and we hereby heartily
condemn the Republican party be-
cause of its false promises made to
the laboring classes of the country
to give them relief by proper legis.
Iation, and which at all times they
have studiously avoided to fulfill.
We denounce the Republican par
ty for its clandestine demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873, whereby the