The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-11
j sToEIiL CONVENTION.

) y = 4 rfgEI.tL CONVENTION.
Pursuant TO the callof g. "
Turlev, Chairman Of the Execu.
tive Committee Of the Tth' Sena
torial District, tie Delegates rep
reag ming she. several counties Of
/ he Iii teict met at The court
louise ef Logan county on the 10th
iday Of August, 1892.
At 10 O'Clock 4. H.. in the alb
4 sence of Chairman Turlev. John
I'D. Sanders, 4 member Of the FIX
iscutive Committee from Wyom-
ing county, called the delegates
% order aud postponed The form
ial opening OF the convention until
2 o'clock p. n.
At2 O'Clock P u Committee
man Sanders took tie .!stund and
announced that the call made ~
Chairman Turley wis irregular.
~ which opinion lre was support
Cd bNGemiiiitecInan Wilson, os
Ilrcsln, and declared thee owen
iion adjourned.
" hereupon John n. McGrath,
a delegate from Mercer county,
dominated II. c. Ragland, a dele
] gate from Logan county, as ten.
T5i5T7fY si|ifFffT=5iT, M f.f;FFfs
ll;nou-ly elected, ard took the
| chair AMI called the convention IL
order. and asked the convention
before proceeding to business to
F.. listen to some rernarksafrom Maj.
VIM. Stratton, Of Logan.
Maj. Stratton then proceeded
to give the convention q plain,
! straightforward Democratic talk
/ On hIotion Of J y. Siluniatc, Of
Wyoming, VIVA Stratton was
elected temporary Secretary.
On motion Of A. +. Farley, Of
III =l Al
assistant Secretary.
ON motion W. a. French was
! elected Sergeant at Arms.
On motion the temporary or
gauization was made permanent.
The following delegates were
reported as present and entitled
10 seats on the floor;
LIsooIS.-Sqnire Toney, A. G..
Grass, Bub Barrett, James Spur
lock, Charles Thomas and J. II.
Wilson.
LoGAN.-Wm. straton, J. l..
Chambers, J. f. Aldredge, Il. c.
/ Avis, X. J.. Barker, David Work
man, Ward Stone, Lee Joyce,
Bruce Mcdonald, Thomas Cham
bars, Harry Steel, NJ. II. Waldron
and Albert Meade.
MKLcBR.-A, II. Sutton, J. III
/ McGrath, a. II. Barber, j G..
Hughes, w "A. French and u.
I Howe Johnston.
j RALHiGa.-Wm. Sweeney, A. Fl.
Sutphin, George Pettry, Jacob
Palmer, John L. Toney, VIM
Smith, A. L. Fayley AMI Joseph
+ Williams.
! Wyoming and Mcdowell coun-
ties presented no credentials and
asked for no representation in the
convention.
On motion VIM. Stratcn, J. c.
Hughes, James SpuIlock and b.
H. l'etry were appointed a com
fmittee Oh resolutions and II. l..
Barker, w A. French, A. G..
Grass and \. 2. Farley were APP
pointed committee on basis Of
Representations. ;
Winlc the committees were out
the convention was entertained
with eloquent and timely speech
es.from j. r. Wilkinson, of LOGAN
and j. F. Beavers, of Mcdowell.
The committee on resolutions
reported the following which was
unanimously adopted:
We endorse the nomination Of
Cleveland and Stevenson for Pres
i{fent and Nice-president of the
United States and the platform
OF the convention at Chicago.
We endorse the nomination OF
Afderson for Congress.
We endorse the nominations
made at the Democratic State
Convention, held at PafJersburg,
|. for state officers and the platform
adopted in that conventions
And we will support thesanomi-
nee Of this convention.
The committee on basis Of rep
resentation reported the following
which. was unanimously adopted:
We adopt as a basis Of the rep
resentation Of this convention the
vote given for Gov. Fleming in
1855, which givcs.Lineoln county
~ votes Logan, 10; Mercer, IA ;
Mcdowell, 4; Raleigh, 9, and
Wyoming, 5.
On motion of II. g. .Ragland,
VIM. Straton being in the chair,