Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1896-08-18
TREASURER

AT two o'clock the roll OF the counties
was ordered called for nominations for
Treasurer. and Hon. Louis Newman, of
| Marshall, took the floor to present the
name of Hon. D.. A. Dorsey. The Con-
vention was in very good order, and the
nominating speeches proceeded rapidly.
w. w. Brannon. of Lewis, presented the
name of Hon. Andrew Edmiston; Fred
Martin. of Marion, the name of w. b.
| Burt. and J. S. johnson. of Monroe. the
name of Hon. j. NJ. Rowan. Hon. john
O. Pendleton. of Ohio, the
! nomination of d. A Dorsey, and then
Shirley Mitchell, of Writ, presented the
name of j. w. Tucker, OF Writ, IN an
eloquent little speech, which was sec
onded by Hon. b. H. Butcher, of Wood,
In an humorous speech, into which the
undoubted merits OF "Old Dan Tucker"
were delightfully."- interviewer. M U.
Sperry, of Harrison, seconded the NOM
nation of Edmiston; H. Clay Raglan, OF
| Logan. seconded the nomination of Hon.
j. NJ. Rowan; Judge Houston, OF Kan.
awha. seconded the nomination Oh
Rowan.
The first ballot was then ordered, and
| resulted as follows, it being completed at
2:45 D. m:
Dorsey, 1O3; Edmiston, 1913; Rowan,
326; Tucker, 2SS.
a motion to make the OF
Rowan by reclamation was howIed
down.
The name of Hon. Andrew Edmiston
was withdrawn by Lewis county, n the
second ballot was ordered at 2:3O p m
II resulted as follows, the announcement
being made at 3:15:
: Rowan, 35S; Tucker, 407; Dorsey, "a.
Before the announcement of the re-
slIlt Mr.. Anderson attempted to change
the vote of Fayette. but this could not.
he done under the Butcher resolution.
The request created much confusion.
Mr.. Anderson made the claim that the
resolution, which was read by the clerk,
did not apply after a roll call and be-
Fore the announcement of the result.
He was met by cries of mo?
Morgan also asked to change from
Dorsey to Tucker, while Monongalla
wanted to change to Rowan solid
The Chair disagreed with Mr.. Alder
son, and the vote was our as
taken, and at 1920 a third ballot was or
dered.
During the progress of the third bal,
lot the confusion was very great, anu
the progress made was painfully slow.
The chair plead for order from time to
time. and finally managed to hear Mar
| shall county withdraw he name OF
| Dorsey, that being done just after Lo-
| gan county voted. AS the ballot pro-
| ceeded it became evident that it was
n battle royal, and the vote of each
county was watched with the greatest
interest. When Ohio was
| solid for Rowan, R. NJ. Merchant tried
to be recognized. but s.gnally failed.
When the roll call was completed and
before the result was announced, ONO
-olai-,od a mistake in the vote.
| and repeated it 81 for Rowan and 10 for
Tucker.
Jefferson then claimed a mistake, and
| %nnounce 5 for Rowan and 20 for
Fucker; the former vote was IL for
| Rowan. IL for Tucker and 1 for Dor
sey. Berkeley also made a claim of
correction and voted solid for Rowan.
There was q howl at this. in the midst
of which Lincoln changed solid from
Tucker TO Rowan. The chair said a
change could not be made, but a cor
| rection could. AS the votes changed
the majority from Rowan to Tucker,
or vice versa. the excitement became
J intense, and the hail was filled with
| angry and g~esticulating men, while
cries of "Shamer' "Fraudi' This
against the resolution" etc, filed the
air. Umbrellas and canes were flour
ished and a high old time generally
reigned. The chair could not be heard,
but under d threat to stop proceedings
ne managed to be heard and refused to
entertain changes, except they be bona
| fde ones. This raised the cry that
Berkeley had been allowed to change
while Lincoln had not, but the chair
said there had been no objection to the
vote of Berkeley.
Then the row broke out again, and
the hall was filled with cries, among
them being the charge that the clerk
was Withholding the result.
Finally Anderson made himself
heard. and demanded that Lincoln u
ty be given a chance to state the trou-
bic.
make q statement, and was greeted
with: Have him swornI" (Cheers.
and cries of Hes a Democrat!') The
Lincoln delegation said his delegation
was partly under a misrepresentation
and part were absent and the minority
did not properly represent them.
At this there were cries of BAH"
and general uproar and confusion.
r. r. Kidd then got a chance to talk.
and said Lincoln county had no right
10 change under the Butcher resolution,
and was greeted with cries of Right
"R:shti' Proceeding, he said those
tactics could not prevail. that five hun
dred delegates could not be cheated in
a Democratic convention, and he serv-
ed notice to that effect. The delegates
present from Lincoln cast the vote of
that county deliberately, and they
should have known what they were do
ing. Swindl.ng would not do in this
matter.
d. H. Leonard made the point of or
der that Lincoln was out of order, and
General St. Clair said he wanted to
speak to that. =
a voice-sit down.
General st. Clair-You can't put me
down!
The cha:r-Gentlemen of the conven-
ton should remember that for. this
days work we may be called to account
at home. Let everyone be heard. You