Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-05

her great strength Ike q glduL y NOlNS
Come off the perchr'l He made some
remarks calculated 70 show why Ohio
county didn't 20 Republican, and among
other things, said the county had the best
Democratic organization of the State, and
had lust placed one of the best "manlpu-
latOrs" on the State ticket. lie then nom
mated Mr.. HugUs.
Charley Caldwell suggested the name OF
IT. o. Bullock, of Wood, In what Bill Nye
would call "Wel-chosen remarks w. w.
jackson, Of Mason, nominated j. A. CID
bCls, of Mason. George Sturglss plead
that the convention make a wise choice.
George b. Caldwell made speech notable
chiefly for IT'S laoOred effort 70 win votes
for Hugus by abusing Democrats, and was
followed ov A. B. White, Of Wood, who
seconded the name of Bullock. AT l2:45
the roll call began. At that moment 10 was
raining hard ana the Wigwam was damp
ana dreary and not bali the space filed
The knowledge that Atkinson had
CALLED OFF THOSE FRIENDS
Of his who were bent upon making a fight
for him for Attorney General, robbed the
proceedings of the last vestige of general
interest aud enthusiasm was entirely lack
ing. When Mason county was called, Mr..
Gibbons withdrew his name and cast the
vote of Mason for Bullock. When Mercer
had voted Bullock had a total OF PA, and
g1 effort was made 20 nominate him bv ac-
clamatiou. out II didn't succeed, and the
roll call went on. Ohio went solid Tor
Hugus. making him a total Of lO9 then,
but RGtl09l. uao H-- AMI " was lOPS!ess
case. By the time ROane voted, Bullock hsd
34l Votes for Bullock continued 20 pile
in until Tyler voted for him, when Hooten
withdrew his name, and the nomination
of Mr. Bullock was an accomplished tact,
as MIR. Hurus also withdrew at once ana
pledged his support 20 Bullock. Hugus had
I4OvOtes when be slipped out. On monon
of Ben Meighen. Of Marshall, seconded by
Nlr. Hugus, the nomination or Bullock was
made unanimous.
For Supreme Judge, long term, ). f.
Reed. OF Barbour, nominated A. q. Day
ton, OF that county. Z. b. smith, OF ha-
nawha. nominated j. NJ. McWhOrter OF
Greenbrier, while the rain poured through
the roof I'm torrents, driving the delegates
hither and tbither in their attempts 10 keep
dry Finally, at l:20, the rain drove the
REPORTERS FROM THEIR TABLES
and business was suspended. Only 400 or
500 people were iu the wigwam at TINS
time. and they were iu q miserable plight,
hungry. wet and tired. Some of the dele
gates pulled down fragments OF dry deco
rations and wrapped them around their
shoulders 20 keep of the rain, some raised
umbrellas and c. W. Atkinson arrayed
himself I'm an Overcoat three inches too
short.
About % minutes Of . an effort was made
to reOrgauize ana the roll call was finally
resumed Neal FOrtney, Of Preston, noml-
mated j. A Brown Of Preston; Burns, or
CabelI, nominated Edward DooAttle or
that county Judge Fleming, Of Jackson,
4 ..TY ,f Mr. krNun Mn
DAYTON then withdrew MS name, saying he
did no, want the nomination. sumner
vile, OF Lewis, advocated the claims OF
Mr. D0olirtle. aud thought the Second dis
Jr.ct ought 20 be satisfied.
at five minutes of =, tho roll call began
again, Mr. DAYTON being out Of therace. The
votes ran heavily 70 McNhOrter from tue
first The vote resulted: Now hOrter 4O4;
Brown 33J. DOOittle 1876 Inon changes
began toward Brown, aud the pendulum
swung away over his way, but there were
enough changes
FROM DOOLITTLE TO MWHORrER
to keep him iu the lead and he was finally
nominated, having 433 votes. McWhorter
took the platform and returned his thanks.
Auef0rt was made TO have a recess Otan
hour but the convention refused, and then
DAYTON. Of Barbour, made an impaSslOned
appeal for Warren Miller, Of jackson, FOR
tho short term. NOrthCOtt, or CaOell, nom
mated r.. =. DoOiittle, Of Cabell James
Leamau, Of Putnam, said the ParkersoUrg
Convention was the largest "assemblage
of Democrats ever seen in the State slnce
Early left tle valley and he warned the
convention 90 name good man II they dld
not want TO be beaten. Miller was the
man. Mr.. Campbell of Ohio, also advo-
Gated Miller James A. Brown was uOm-
mated bv Mr. FOrtuey, of Preston. It was
"a sure thing for Miller before vote was
cast, and be got there with the greatest or
ease. Mr.. Miller returned his thanks.
I'm the matter of electors at large, Mr..
Atkinson presented the name OF A. W.
CampbeU. and asked his selection by ac-
clamatiOn Wetrel seconded It, and Mr..
CamUbel was chosen. There were many
cries of "u0." however. at the proposition,
and a. G.. Dayton jumped upon the plat
form and cried: Let no man say word
against A. w Campbell, for he's the
FATHER OF THE STATE
of West Virginia.
DAYTON then asked for the selection Of
Frank O.. Rumb8rgCr, Of Grant a mo
tion was made TO nominate nm oy
accIauatiou. bus Davies, of Fayette, nOml-
mated EuCch Carver, a blacksmith.
Jacob Kemp,e put mp Capt. w. =. Hamll-
ton. of RitCh.e. Ohio county came down
with "a banner iuscrj bed. 'OhiO Bummers,'
made out of the Ohio sign, a "B' from
BraXtou and tue tail end Of summers, and
started a boom for the blacksmith which
threatened 10 sweep the convention.
Payne, Of Summers, the c0l0red orator,
aided 10 along Ben Meighen moved TO
make no unanimous. Mr. m0arger With
drew his name. and Carver was nom
mated by amatiOu. Hamilton also
withdrawing AtS.lO the convention ad-
jourued
After the adjournment, Miss Leyia
Simpson, of the Point Pleasant Gazette,
was introduced 20 the notice OF the body
bv Mr. Atkinson, who moved that she be
presented with the flowers upon the
Speakers table. The dis0rganlZed mass
of spectators and delegates aSSeuted TO this,
whereUp0u Miss Simpson made speech OF
a decidedly political nature, in the course
of it expressing pity for Democrats. She
said she found the Democratic party was
corrupt ana UrprOgressive, and she mad
been compelled 90 leave il.
While this was going or, ] asked Fay
cite delegate about EnOch Carver, the
BLACKSMITH" who was named as an
ElectOr Don't give IL away said the
delegate. "0Ut he's no more a blacksmith
than YOU are He's big coal operator and
IS worth
A uUNDRED. THOUSAND DOLLARS
If he's worth 8 cent 10 sounds we'll 10 have
10 said we put q blacksmith on the ticket,
but the idea made me smile"
This man was selected on the blacksmith
theory. aud much was made of the sup
posed sop thus thrown 70 the wOrklngmeu.
Many delegates had a mental picture Of
brawuy smith, with his sleeves rolled up,
pounding away at the anvil The news
thar this particular blacksmith has wealth
expressed by six figures win be interesting.
How the News Was Received at Home.
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