The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-26
COL, POORMAN GETS IT.
10 Is Nominated for Congress- on
the Eighty-ffth Ballot.
MCCOY and HOLLlNGSWORTH QUIT
Aud tho Deadlock ia Brokcn-I.lvcly
and Spirited Ending OF tho stcu-
bcnvillo Convention Yesterday Fore.
noon..Tho Delegates TO Minneapolis
and Nominee for Presidential lclcc-
tor Chosen.

tor Chosen.
After o stubborn contest Christian i.
Poorman was nominated for Congress
by the Republican convention OF tho
Sixteenth Ohio district at Slsubenvillo
yesterday. Tho nomination came OH
tho eighty.fith ballot. When the con.
vcntion adjourned Tuesday night II
looked very dubious whether any Of tho
four good men before tho convention
could got the nomination. Jo(crson
had already been released by Mr.. Rich:
ards from longer support Of him, but
had stood fast ,hroueh'thc whole OF tho
night session in spite OF his Withdrawal
in caucus. 1T was understood that that
county would spring q dark horse yes
terday morning, in tho person OF Hon.
Robert Sherrarl. Few believed that
tho convention could DO etampcdcd to
him, being forcwnrncd Of tho purpose.
Judge picrcc, OF Carroll, or Mr.. Cook, OF
Steubonv:llc, seemed moro promising
suggestions as solutions Of the problem.
Colonel Poorman's supporters wcre
about equally divided between hope
and resignation to defeat. Their hopes
were largely inspired by himself. He
seemed 20 have 4 tirmcr mental grasp
on tho situation than anybody else. Flo
told the ISTELLIGEScEn representative.
Tuesday night that lie would DO nomi-
mated the next morning or tho dead
lock would continue until no broke it
himself. His Judgment was certainly
thoroughly vindicated by the result.
The convention rcconvcncd at o
o'clock yesterday and without waste Of
time began to ballot again, the first bal
lot Of tho day being the eighty-third Of
the convention. Poorman had 90 votes,
from Belmont and Monroe counties,
Hollingsworth 81, Richards tho 80 OF
Jefferson county and Mccoy CAROLS %.
Another ballot was takor, the only
change being the gain Of one vote by
Poorinan.
Then tho e%ishty-ffth ballot was called
for.
Mr.. Deford, Of Carroll county, took
THO platform and withdrew the name OF
Judge Mccoy, Of that county. This
caused a good deal OF excitement, which
was increased a little later when General
Hollingsworth advanced, and amid
cheers made a manly speech withdraw
ing his name. Before he had done this,
however, the balloting had begun, Bel
mont casting 20 votes for Poorman and
3 for Hollingsworth, and CAROLS vote
going 10 Poorman, 0, Hollingsworth 10
and Richards T.. Harrison, after Mr..
Hollingsworth withdrew, gave her 20
votes 70 Pobrman and Jefferson followed
suit with AZ. Then Belmont changed
her three votes and gave Poorman the
solid 63, and the result was announced,
amid loud applause, as follows:
norman l59
aonlngswortn 10
facnatds !
Mr.Frank Archer, Of Belmont, moved
that the nomination be made unani-
nous. and this was done with a,yell.
Judge I. II. Taylor, of Carroll county,
DR.. G. A. Keepers, Of Monroe, and
Harry Sherrard, Of Jefferson, were nom
mated as delegates to the Minneapolis
convention. Tho vote stood:
- cSpe.9 ID
suuSC 81
BIZ. 49,. Sc
This elected DR.. Keepers and Judge
Taylor. R. Z. Mcdonald, of Carroll, and
DR. A.C Armstrong, of Monroe, were
made the a%lternates.
Hon. Robert Sherrard, of Steuben-
vile, wasunomiuated for presidential
elecror.
Colonel Poorman had been summoned
from his room at the hotel, and he adj
dressed the convention in IN est
and eloquent speech, which was fire.
qusntly interrupted by applause.
Then the convention adjourned sine
die, with three cheers for the nominee.
Steubmville is q good convention
town, and all the delegates and hangers
on were about as glad to stay over night
as the people Of the city were to- have
Thorn stay. The secretary, Mr.. W. R..
johnson, o., the Ereninq Star, made an
excellent one, and was complimented
on all sides.