Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-28

bnt there was objection in very de-
cided way and the list was read oy
counties.
THE EFFECT OF IT.
The total was 7S6, necessary for
choice, 394. The majority report gave
Doddridge but II, Jefferson %, increas-
ed the number TO 80, and cut Wlrt 10
TO- When the reading was concluded
Chairman Gallaher Of the com mittee
said the majority had simply followed
the precedent of twenty years and that
the interests OF no candidate had been
consulted. There was no sense In tax
ing the Presidential vote as the minor
ity had done.
Eustice Gibson then took the stand
and said the majority Of the committee
had deserted the Executive Committee
which had taken the Presidential vote
and the change had been made Tor
purpose the representatives OF a faction
hoping TO have the. convention pow 10
the behests Of faction. At about this
point there was an energetic attempt
made to howl Mr.. Gibson down ana
there was whirling time, the air being
full OF cries "put him down" stop
him." "Gibson," ''go on" hisses ana
cheers.
Mr.. Gibson stood unmoved through IT,
and when he could be heard said the
time would never come when his right
of free speech could be taken from him
ia a Democratic convention. lCheers'l
He appealed TO the manhood OF the coh-
vantion 10 give him a show.
He soon concluded, and then dele
gate from Kanawha moved to postpone
the matter until after the report OF the
Committee on Credentials had oeeh
read.
There was vehement objection. A
delegate from Summers renewed mo-
tion, previously made by a delegate from
Greenbrier and withdrawn, TO proceed
to a vote. On this, the Chair SAID ne
proposed to allow the matter TO be dis
cussed until the Committee on Creden-
tials was ready to report. Cheers
Mr.. cmLToN's LOGIC.
Then w. C. Chiffon took the stand
and made stirring speech. He SAID
that unless the Convention believed the
Republican claim was true that the
State had been stolen for Fleming In
1883. 1t ought TO stand by the majority
report. That majority had taken vote
announced TO be cast by the Democrats
of Kanawha, after the Gnbernatorlal
Conyention, and unless the Convention
wanted TO repudiate the action OF the
Legislature and announce that all the
Democratic claims and assertions OF the
last four years were nothing but the
baldest lies, the majority report ought
to he adopted, He warmly resented the
assertion that the friends OF Colonel
McCorkla had used the rnmmittee IN MS
( He was repIeu to by McGary, Of
! Lewis, who vehemently declared that
the majority report was set up job,
and that il had a distinct purpose to
help McCorkle. The vote Of Kanswha
had never been declared. All the Leg
islature did was TO declare Governor
Fleming entitled TO his seat.
Osborn, of Monroe, replied and was
followed by Senator Flourney, who de-
Tended the majority report. Great con-
fusion ensued as he attempted TO go on.
He did not believe in allowing Demo-
Gratis, who voted for General Goff. a
representation in a Democratic State
convention, but rather in taking the
vote cast for the great Democratic
leader, Grover Cleveland.
DEFENDING THE MINORITY.
J. V. Blair, OF Doddridge, next took
hand in the row. He was one of the
four who presented the minority re-
port. He said the report was not pre-
sented in the interest Of any section or
any candidate, but in the interests OF
the Democracy of the State. The pur-
pose actuating the minority was one Of
simple justice. The speaker was inter
rupted by great confusion, during
which Mr.. McGary, Of Lewis, brother
of the delegate who spoke a short time
before, excitedly demanded
show for some one else. He
was : howled down by about one
half the convention, and J. V. Blair re-
sumed his remarks, reproaching the
southern part of the State with seeking
TO disfranchise portion OF the Demo
Gratis Of his county. he warned the
men who were seeking TO do this to be-
ware how they trod upon his people.
Mr.. WILSON CoNCILIAToRY.
Col. Benz. Wilson thought the matter
could be amicably settled. He made
cOnciliatory speech, which not more
than half OF the delegates could hear,
but favored the minority report, saying
to adopt the minority report would be
to simply stand by the Executive Com
mittee b. w. Moore, Of Coal Valley,
attempted to speak, but big section OF
the delegates were determined he
should not, and the widest confusion
reigned. He was member of the ma
iority Of the committee, and finally OBJ
tanned hearing. He said the majority
was actuated by thoroughly proper
motives. The majority did not favor
the sort OF Democrats who voted for
Goff for Governor: the men who voted
for Fleming were the kind Of Democrats
upon whom TO base vote. He also
wanted to say that In committee the
gentlemen from Kanawha originally
opposed the majority report, and he
had hard work TO get him over. [Cries
Of "Oh, Oh, and confusion and cheers
FIRST IN FIFTEEN YEARS.
The next speaker was Okey johnson,
who made ringing speech, prefacing
il with the statement that II was the
first time his voice had been raised In a
Democratic convention for fifteen years.
He wanted to say, also that the friends
OF Mr.. McCorkle did not rest their cause
upon two votes from Ksnawha county.
They would not admi: that IL wasthat |
close. He then analyzed the position OF
the majority Of the committee. and pre-
sented his points In mastery manner,
and demanded TO know IL this conyen-
tion was going TO put 8 club in the |
hands Of the Republicans 70 beat out the |
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