The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-13
TWO CONVENTIONS

SIR:-Thc dcpIorablc result Of the
Elkins convention to-day In Its d.
vision into two factions. each OF whom
nominated their man. is u matter OF
dccp regret to all loyal Republicans
but the friends Of the Hon n. J. Fort
nrv ms earnestly feel that to have SUD
mitted TO the wrong attempted 10 nc
hurst upon them would have dchas"I
the Republican party and dcEThuSu
,I,rm ms; men. Under the circumstances
n "a deemed right and proper IN )nSH-
ficatIon OF their attitude IN the matter
that brief statement be mao" OF tue
true circumstances governing the situa-
ton and their actions.
The convention that was calIen !"
nominate candidate for judge OF Ih'
Third judicial circuit had Two cahhl-
dates before the convention; ihty Wen n,
The present Incumbent, Judge j. =.
IJokc. and Hon. Nell J. FOrtney. both
nom Preston county. AS originally
elected. the delegates from Preston
county stood q for Fortncy and FOR
Iokn ON the only vote in the CON
vpntion they lined M 5Oia for F0rtncy
and ~. for Hokc. The other counties
IN the judicial circuit, comprising Bar
hnnr. TnyIor. Tucker and Randolph,
with an aggregate vote Of 81, each had
n majority OF delegates favorable to
Hckc. This gave the Hokc mon control
or the various committees. ana the ma
iur!ty Of the judicial committe" heinE
favorable to HOkc. the temporary chair
man and secretary as named were lIohc
men This temporary organization was
made permanent. TIL" u0kc men thus
Rad technically and in fact their own
% n
ma iorlty OF four 10 one on all OF the
committees and absolute control OF
every part OF tho organization Of thGH
convention, They were thereby vested
with tho technical right 10 exercise
their power arbitrarily and completely
In the decision Of contested delegates
and all contested points prior I" the
contamination OF the permanent organ
i.atiou. and TO the end the chairman
and secretary were the leading cham
mons Of Hokc in the persons 81 NJ :,
Cornwcll. OF Randolph. and \. II. Gun
ninEham. of Tucker, respectively hghen
the FOrtney people were technically NJ
the mercy OF the Hoke organisation ana
the uncont"sted delegates on either sac
being about equally divided ana unfair
advantage taken by tho Hoke orEan!Ea-
lion could have operated tO the possible
defeat Of FoTtRcy by such wrongful
means.
Right there the matter hinged. There
were four contestInE delegates from
Court House district, In Taylor county.
for Hokp. who contested the seats NJ
the four regularly elected FOrtncy dele.
gates. 4 canvass Of both sides OF al
the other delegates TO the convention
developed the fact that these four con-
testing delegates were necessary TO
nominate either man; the evidence pre-
scented before tn" convention clearly
revealed the fact. eliminating all minor
considerations. TINT the four contestthE
IIokc delegates from Court House dia,
triCt, In Taylor county, were named
by Hokc people. who boltcd the reEH'
lar convention and actually irit the
room In which the convection was
called and conducted.
Tho story leading mp TO the seating
of these four contcstlng Hole delegates
Is briefly as follows:
When the convention was called I"
order VI. $. CnTnwnll was named az
temporary chairman and y. NJ. Gun
uInEhnm temporary secretary various
committees were then named, the com.
mIttce ON credentials being the Nl1al
ono ON this committee were placed
four strong Hokc mon from Barbour
Tayior. Tucker and Randolph counties
and one Fortncy supporter from l'rrS'
ton. William .. Dawson rms COM
mlttcc was over two hours IN It's u'-
alterations taking CvidcnC" OF the Huts
lions at Issue. When the cpWmi'sN'
reported to tn" convention Two ieEu-
Iorly elected FortEcy delegates Pnl
harbour were declared chuti'd 10 NY,
Goats There had been no question
,.,Isrd rs TO the rights Of these two d"le-
,,,teg 10 their Fcats until to-day. Whcn
= contest was trumpei up against
,bam and they wcrc seated. In oFdet
mar more might bc some appearance
oT fairness IN tn" uns"atinE Of the lour
Trortncy Delegates from Taylor county
which followed, the majority report was
rr1d Nv chairman Wilson, Of the COM
nitica on credentials. coating IN" I".lt
Uokc delegates. and moving the ndop-
tlon Of the majority report
SIr Dawson then showed IN uothlI lh'
regularity OF the proceedings ni 'h'
court house district convention OF ray
Tory county. backed up by the sworn
,retiu0uy OF eighteen witnesses that
II was called ri the regular time ana
rl1cr by tho district committeeman, ana
portlciTulrd IN hy the TDNc followers
IN 10 aud Including the timc when bnl-
lots wore taken Tor delegates and iw"lv"
yates caut, and then thci!iOkr people
having seen on tgHt votes prior I" III"
bnIIotiuE that they TCTo IN the mt
rpriiy got W and lcft the convention.
rrrairCd IN mother room and named
tnoir contcstiNr delegates, MT. Dawson
Inoy,1 nn'aurudmrnt seating the Fort
ury dclrEatrA The previous question
wgs called uud the chair ruled tho mo-
iIon Of tho adoption Of tho report was
I'm order over that Of the amendment
This brought on n contest. but the vote
followed and with the four Fnrtney
delegates from Taylor county gAciul'h
from voting che convention declared lur
the 10ko dpI"GutCI hy votCm ~ ~ 10
q Ia. 49, announced BY the chair Ihrn
tho Forincy delegates IN solid body
nearly left tho convention, 0rWiniE"h
one ~ their own and dccinrch fortnry
In" nominee for Judge.
Tho mon who nominated Fortncy
wrrr as loyal and true mon Un any
who over stood Tor party or principle.
There w,Tu IN thuir numu"E gray
headed mon who had fought for Roe
pullcanIsm IN tEr darts hDurH of tn"
pruy IN THIS state. there wurn young
}npa. HtfeHs and oHghUalpHtIC la tanlr
rartw frlity and others with lNNdauin
ambitions. and an wont together In
orc common cuU'c. l"w1u|.1 end
rnalluall1g F0rtury glihr" than runwii
10 wnpt ru"' regarded HG a w1utpn
lujurtira ard wrong.
THIRD CIRCUIT REPUBLICAN,.
Grafton ". Va. Jun" II.
ParIor Car, 0u o.. 4 ~. Trnim' "a Hnd 81
on and after Monday, Jane a.. until
further NOTICE. PUlpr ears VIII j." run
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