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The Judaeshlp Appotntment.

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The Judgeship appointment
On Monday. February 10Th, meeting OF
the members Of the Bar of Jefferson county
was held, with Vim. II. Travers, Esq, in
the chair, which adopted resolution that
telegram be sent to the Governor of the
State requesting him to defer action in the
matter Of filling the vacancy then existing
on the Bench of the Thirteeth Judicial Cir
cult, until the Bar Of the Circuit could con-
fer and advise with him as to the course
which would NEE, with the most approval
from them aud the public. Pursuant to
the resolution the following telegram was
dispatched to him the following evening
Hon. A. b. FLEMING,
Governor of West Virginia,
Charleston, W. Va.
The members of the Bar of Jefferson
county respectfully request that no action
be taken in reference to the appointment of
Judge for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
until concerted action of the united Bars of
the Circuit can be taken and communicated
70 you. Signed
WM. ii. TRAVERs,
A. L. KENNEDY,
A. w. MCDONALD,
GEORGE BAYLOR,
FRANK BECKwITH,
FORREST w. BROwN,
J. +. ENGLE,
T. c. GREEN,
JOSEPH TRAPNEL..
Benz. TRAPNELL.
CLEON MOORE.
On the 18th instant a meeting was held,
of which the following is the official min
ute, duly certified and subsequently APP
proved by the Bar at an adjourned meet
ing
At a meeting Of the members of the Bar
Jefferson county, held at the Court House
on the seventeenth day of February, 1892,
there were present Messrs Baylor, Beck
with, Beltzhooyer, Brown, Gibson, Green,
Engle, Mcdonald, Moore, Trapnell and
Travers. A. w. Mcdonald, Esq, was call
ed to the chair, and Benz. Trapnell, Esq,
was appointed secretary.
The object of the present meeting was to
arrange if possible a conference with the
members of the Bar of Berkeley and Nor
gan counties and, in view of such con-
ference, to endeavor to determine the sense
of the Bar as TO whom it would recommend
for the vacancy, existing in the judgeship
in this Circuit
Mr. Travers proposed resolution that a
telegram be sent to the members of the
Berkeley and Morgan county Bars, asking
a conference with them on thi, subject, to
be held in Martinsburg on the 18th instant.
The resolution was adopted and the tele-
gram sent, with the request that an answer
be returned to-day.
Joseph Trapnell, Esq, then proposed a
resolution, that it is the sense of this meet
ing should be the appointee
to fill the said vacancy, and that the mem
bers of this Bar should support him for the
to fiji the uneXpired term at
the next 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 in
serted in the blank left in the resolution
After considerable discussion this resolution
was adopted. The meeting then proceeded
to take the proposed ballot, aud Cleon
Moore, ESQ, was appointed 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
aud the blank was filled with
the name of Mr. Green.
The meeting thea adjourned, subject to
the call Of the chairman.
Signed 4. w. MCDONALp,
Benz. TRAPNELL, Chairman.
Secretary