The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-14

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MIR, SonmerJ moved 10 make It unnnl-
nous. Which was done. Then there were
cries for B0gSs. and TINT gentleman ap-
peared on the platform. lilo was, he
said, only n farmer and country mrr-
chant. 4"But," he added, II am going
to be elected, | know that. And know
] VIII III tho oiicG with honor not only
which elects me-
a little eEOtism there, oh!
NOMINATIONS for the office Of state
treasurer were declared in order. \
delegate moved for Il recess OF one hour.
but the great majority Of tho delegates,
without regard to faction, wctr anxious
to wind up the work or tho convention
as quickly as possible, and voted down
the motion.
State Treasurer.
Nominations for rtatc treasurer were
then declared In order. brooke yielded
TO Marshall. MIR. Lou Newman pre-
scented the name O 10. \. Dorsey, OF
Marshall. MIR. w. NJ. Brannon, OF Lew
Is, named n man~Grom the First con-
grcssIonal district which had not been
lhonorcd by the convention: Ms caudi-
date was Hon. Andrew ;dmiyton. OF
Weston Mr.. Frank Martin, OF Fair
mont. nominated William +. Burt, VI
Marion. W. NJ. WClch. OF Mineral,
S named the present state trrlsurer.C Cap
tain. ]. NJ. Rowan, Of Manroc. which
was seconded by A.. S. Johnson, OF
Monroe. Mr.. Pcndlcton seconded Dor
4. sey's nomination.
MIR. Kendall, Vt Wrist, demanded re-
cognitlon for the Little kanawha val
ley, Wrist county hadn't raised h-r'
because she vas disappointed in the
last convention. but now wanted TO be
honored, and presented the uane OF
James ". Tucker. Of Writ,
B. F. Butcher. Jt Wood. secured
fuckers nomination, claiming that he
was "a lircai d~eScendent OF old Dan
Tucker" Mr.. Sperry, of Harrison. Sec
onded EdmiStOn's nomination..
Henry Clay RHgland seconded for
Rowan and y. II. Leonard. OF Wood.
& seconded fuckers nomination. Charles
Edgar Hogg, o. Mason. also spoke for
Tucker and Rowan Was seconded again
by CabeH.
Before the roll call for the vote be-
San there was an attempt 10 stampede
the convention for Tucker. 1t started
with loud cries Of Tucker" Tucker"
from the tier u! counties embraced In
the Little Eandwha valley. the band
struck up "Old Dan Tucker" and wild
cheering WIS kept up for nearly i've
minutes. The standards OF sevcra!
counties were slIltched from their
mornings and assembled about the
standard OF Writ. The standard didn't
occur. but the demonstration had an
effect on the vote. Tucker was running
as 4 young mans candidate" and the
younger blood or the convention was
undoubtedly for him. The ballot result
ed: Rowan SIG; Tucker 2SS! Dorsey
JOB; EdmIstor l2S. There being no
choice. another ballot was ordered
EdniSton Withdraw.
Lewis county withdrew Edmiston's
name. and ,nost OF his strengths went
10 Tucker. AS the ballot proceeded 1t
looked as II the state house ring can
iidate would BE- defeated. Governor
MacCorkle and the Ch!ltons were busy
hustlins their man ltowan. There were
two votes in the KaraTha county del
esat!on. who could NOT be whipped into
line and the bosses determined to APP
ply the mint rule on the third ballot II
possible. The second ballot showed the
anti-ring candidate. Tucker. Within
only twenty-five Of the nomination.
Dorsey's would have nominated him
81 with plenty TO spare The result Of this
ballot was, Rowan 1858: Tucker +O7;
Dorsey 81.
Before the announcement. Nichola3.
county desired 10 change her vote. The
chair ruled that Il resolution adopted
by the convention prohibited u change
OF a vote pending roll call. Colonel ST.
Clair declared he had hard OF no such
resolution and it was read to him. He
made n shrewd speech. trying to show
that the resolution did not apply after
the roll call was completed. but the
chair ruled against him.
Tia third ballot proceeded amid great
confusion and excitement All the
delegates were on their feet aud so
great was the disorder the chiir al
most wore out his gavcl. Ohio county
plunlEcd her vote solid for Rowan and
the ring rNotcrS howled themselves
hoarsc. The vote was challenged and
the county was permitted to correct It.
Tucker t:ain.d l." ohio.
The correction gave Rowan thirty
seven ana Tucker fifteen. Under the
ruling OF the chair n county could cor
rect its vote II challenged. but could not
change counties wanting to change
caught on and began correcting" their
votes. first on one side and then on tn.
other. 4 delegate rushed forward and
demanded that the chair stop the pro-
" ceedIng, as the new votey were not
bona ilde changes.
Then The convention became involved
in a wrnnglc, In which the bittcrcst
n feeling IA enGendered. Lincoln county
desired to explain That 4 majority Of
her delegates were absent during roll
call and the vote vas Incorrectly re-
ported. This created a storm, during
which Hon. r. +. Kidd went upon the
stage and made Il violent speech, in
which he said that Mr.. Tucker was be-
ing cheated out Of a nomination fairly
won, and he told the convention that
this attempt to dcfraud 800 Democrats
out OF their rights never would be sub
mlttcd TO.
There were angry denunciations OF
this speech and the prospects for n free
for all fight were very good. General
st. Clair. also from the Stnge, started
to speak for the ring side. and n dele
gate shouted: Rule him down.
st. Clair Aroused.
you cant pull me down,d-n you
shouted the general. BY God, you
don't dare to come up here and try It,"
There was great excitement, in which
the chairman plead for a fair hearing
for all sides. St. Clair held in his
speech that the resolution adopted did
not preclude the convention from per-
hitting nbscntces from after re-
cording their votes. Hon. D.. II. Leon
ard differed with him and cOntcndcd
that It was the business Of the abscn-
tens TO be In their places.
The chair ruled that Nicholas cOulQ
not correct her vote under tn. cir.
cunH,anccs and General st. Clair up.
penled and demanded n roll call. There
was great excitement, In the midst OF
which n delegate from LINCOLN county
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