Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-11

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CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 10.-The
Democratic caucus for officers Of the Sen
ate was held In the Senate Chamber this
evening. IL was an open aud harmonious
session. The fight between Senator Gall
and Wiley. which promised 70 develop
some ill-feelieg, ended in the withdrawal
of the former and .ae unanimous selection
Of the latter.
Mr.. Byrne. who was chosen as clerk, was
The efficient assistant clerk Of the House
turing the last session, and ls an old Wheel
ng bOv. The other nominees are sterling
Democrats and capable men.
Gen Watts raped for order ana named
fOhn f. Peck, the ''red-ueCked farmer or
Nicholas, rs chairman OF the caucus. he
was unanimously chosen Holly G.. Arm
strong was elected secretary. senator
J. B. Finley then offered the following res
OlutiOn:
WHEREAs, It has been reported in the
public press that the organization or the
present Senate Of West Virginia would 0e
taken as q test Of strength between candl-
dates for the United States SenatOrshlp;
therefore, be lt
Rss0lUed by this Caucus, That we will or
eanize the Senate solely upon the best pub
lie service and without any bearing upon
States SenatOrship
Senator Call moved the adoption OF the
resolution and the motion prevailed A
roll call Of Democratic members showed
all present The nomination of candidates
for President being declared ia order, SEN
atOr Gall arose and stated that it was al
WAYS his policy TO hight for himself and
friends, but never 70 surrender 70 the Re
pubhcans He had hoped 20 preside over
the BODY. but in the interest of harmony he
took great pleasure IN presenting the name
Of Hon. Rankin Wiley, OF Point pleasant.
This was a happy termination 10 what
promised at one time "a bitter contest ma
he was loudly app.audet. Mr. WHEY was
unanimously chosen He arose 70 thank
the members for eleCuug him 10 the im-
pOrtant position, and referred 70 the TWO
days' contest, which be hoped was ended
with credit 20 all who participated. There
was nothing In the contest which left par
ticle Of ill feeling ranking within his
breast He referred 20 mis- past assOcia-
tiOns with members OF the body, and asked
the hearty support and cooperation or DIS
fellow Senator's, and hoped all would part
at the termination of the session with the
very best feeling.
Nominations for clerk were declared in
order. Senator Cunningham, In neat
speech, named VIM. Stricken Senator
AParks, OF Jefferson, named Holly q. Arm
strong, who was clerk Of the last session
Gem Watts dominated VIM. r. r. Byrne,
Of BraXton, in an eulOgistic speech. Sena-
tor Shepherd, of Logan, placed the name
of Gen B. Fl OXley before the body. Mr.
Armstrong; nOmi nation was seconded Oy
Gen. St. Clair There being 10 more nom
nations, Gen. St. Clair asked unanimous
consent that the members vote by roll call
On the first ballot those voting for
Stricken were Cunningham, Finley, Cal,
(3); for Oxley, Dorsey, Henderson, Ma
hood, MarcUm, Morris, Sheppard and
Tarr (O; for Armstrong, Earl, Hardman,
Parks, st. Clair, Scott Wyley (0)i Tor Mr..
Bvrne. Hardman, HAYNES, Peck, Stewart
and Watts (5) There being no choice, the
roll was called again, resulting, Armstrong
g. Byrne z, Strickler 1, OXley Z. On the
third ballot Byrne received TO votes and
Armstrong T. Before the result OF the
fourth ballot was announced Senators
Shepherd. Dorsey and Mahood, who had
voted for OXley, changed 70 Armstrong,
but Mr.. Byrue received II votes and was
declared the nominee Of the caucus.
Mr.. Byrne will appoint Strickler as first
assistant clerk and u. G.. Smith, or ROane,
as second assistant The third assistant
.yas not named tonight
Nominations for sergeant-at-arms were
declared In order +. IL. BJmgarduer, Of
Writ. was placed In nomination by Sena-
T. B. Williams, of Hardy. PrltChArd
WYATT, of Fayette, was nominated by Gen.
St Clair James Henderson, Of hanawha,
was presented by Gen. Watts. The first
ballot resulted as follows: Williams g,
WYATT /, Henderson /, Bumgardner ~.
For the position of d0Orkeeper Senator
Scott named Michael III. King OF Upshur
county. Senator Peck nominated Andrew
Campbell Of Nicholas and Gen. Watts
Ii fe Ia r,sars sfa1rfg AND
David ClarksOu, all Of kanawha. Senator
Stewart nominated w. ). Burton OF Put
nara on the call of the roll Burton led
with six votes. Burton was nominated on
the second ballot
Next came the NOMINATIONS for sergeant
az arms. Mr.. Gall, Of BraNton, named
los. a. PiersOn; Mr.. McAlister, OF Ca
fbeu. named c. c. Harmon, Of CaOell; Mr..
j Lively put forth the name of q. +. LinCh,
of Lewis; Mr. Prince named R. IL. De
lanev. of kanawha; Mr.. Hon, OF Roaue,
lnamed W b. Gibbs; Mr.. Trout, of Writ,
NAMED JnO. W. Hoffman, Of his own county.
The first ballot showed that ,PiersOu re-
peived II. Harmon 8, Lynch IA, Delaney 3,
Slbbs Z. Hoffman 1 The second stood as
lows: PiersOn I'd, Lynch lS, Delaney
ibis H. Harmon was dropped. The
ballot stood: Pierson 9, Lynch 10,
new 5. Gibbs 9. Delaney was dropped
ows: PiersOn s, Lynch l9. Gibbs -.
rson was dropped and a fifth ballot
taken and resulted in the selection Of
eh bv o vote OF - 70 IL.
be candidates for DCOrkeeper were
B. RI. Campbell, of Calhoun; +. NJ.
GERS. Of Boone; Elliot Stun, OF Gilmer;
mas Z. Feamster, Of Green brier; Isbun
moth. of Taylor; j. W. Burlington, Of
Three Of these, Msssrs. Campbell,
ers aud Feamster, are eN-COnfederatS
ers. bearing bullet scars from army
= result Of the first ballot was Camp
Vickers IL. Stump 4, Feamster 10,
oth 3. Burlington 2. WilmOth with
Greenbrier county withdrew the
Feamster in favor of Nickers. A
was made and carried TO make
5, nomination by acclamstion.
The HOUSE CAUCUS
selected By the DemOcrats-The
m Quite satisfactory 10 AL a