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

HOW Hon. E. : Riley won H

triumph
At half-past six nominations for At
| torney General were declared to be in
order, and Hon. John A. Howard took
the platform to present h name of
General T. S. Riley, the present incum-
bent of the office. He said he believed
he had the right to ask the Convention
TO take into their minds this considera-
tion: That the first essential was the
strength of the ticket. The question Of
geography always figured in such mat
| tiers, and all the candidates SO far Sc
Iected came from south of a line drawn
from east to west across the center of
the State. He now proposed to name a
man from the extreme northern portion
| OF the State-a man from the chief city
| of the State, and a NAN 10 whom the
Democratic party of the State owed
| much for his work in the past. He eulo-
eized his candidate as a man of high at
tainments, rich promise, and great legal
abilities, and when he named Tom
Riley he was responded to by shouts OF
Riley" from all over the hall.
Mr. Howard was followed by Hon.
George E. Price, of Kanawha. who
| nominated w. q. r. Byrne, of Braxton.
w. l.. Taylor, of Mcdowell county,
| seconded the nomination of Attorney
General Riley, in a rafting speech.
Spencer Collins. of Gilmer, seconded
the nomination of w. e. R. Byrne.
John w. ArbuckIe, of Greenbrier,
also seconded the nomination OF Byrne,
in one of the best addresses of the Con-
vention, arousing much enthusiasm
among the delegates.
I Hop. Woods asked the Con-
yentfon TO transfer 1.-THE law department
of the Democracy from the city of
| wheeling and the county OF Ohio. where
it had been for twelve years past, to
the county of BraXton," and to give he
nomination to Mr.. Byrne.
w. w. Brannon, OF Lewis, also spoke
for Mr.. Byrne, but wa interrupted after
the first two minutes oy a chorus OF
timer
General J.. w. ST. Clair. of Fayette.
smoke for the interests of he Democ-
racy OF his county in the nomination
and reelection of Thomas S. Riley, of
fhe COUNT of Ohio. tom Riley is an
freshman and a Democrat, and has stood
up for the Democracy and has fought its
battles in your greatest emergencies. In
adopting your resolutions you have ap-
proved his public acts and his public
career, and if you vote him down you
40 MOL u u lllC bC0I vi NA4S
| Democratic party. There are here, IN
| this Northern Panhandle, a few DEM
ocrats. There is no larger number OF
Democrats in your State than In this
neighborhood, and in 1883, when it ap-
peared you had lost your State to
Nathan Golf, Tom Riley worked for
eighteen months to save 1t and he did"
The address was loudly cheered.
AT Z O'Clock the roll was ordered
called. When Gi1mer was called the
vote was challenged and the delegation
was ordered polled and the county was
passed.
BY the time the roll call was half
over it was apparent that Riley was
running fast to the front, and when
Randolph was reached he passed the
400 mark and was Don on the safe side
of the majority mark.
Before the result of the ballot was
announced Mr.. Byrne took the plat
form and withdrew his name. He said
he had gone into the fight in earnest,
but had found it was a joke. He was
not in 1t, and therefore wanted to get
out. He moved the nomination of Mr..
Riley by reclamation, and that was
done, while the band PLAYED "The
Wearing of the Green and the conven-
ton cheered as Mr.. Riley appeared on
the stage.
The ballot was as follows, the result
not being announced:
FIRST BALLOT FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
Vote in
Convention. Riley. Byrne.
Barbour -. -. Is 8 u
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