The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-10
HARRISON REPUBLICANS

Hold all Enthusiastic County ConTen-
tion-LnrgeGt In the History Of the
Party-A Strong Ticket Nominated
Able RESOLUTIONS Adopted.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va, June o.
Great interest and enthusiasm charac-
tcrized the Republican county conven-
tlon held here to-day. There was
large number OF candidates for the
county offices. many OF them very
worthy aspIrants, but that the. major
Ity of them would get left" was Of
course long foresecn. What was at
first merely a tournament, narrowed
down TO n single combat, hand 10
hand contest, and the battle was on.
All the contestants were good and true
Republicans.
Chairman NJ. C. Holmes, Of the coun-
ty executive committee, called the con-
ventIOn 10 order at the wiSwam erect
ed some time ago to accommodate the
political gatherings during the cam
pnlgn. Hon. Charles W. Lynch was
temporary chairman and D. w. Bough-
ner, temporary secretary. This was al
terward made permanent. After the
appointment OF the vRious committees,
the convention was adjourned TIL !
o'clock, at which time. In the midst OF
the almost deafening sound produced
by three bands playing together, the
assembly was called to order and the
reports Of the various committees read.
The report OF the committee on rcsOlu-
tIons cOngratulates the people upon
West Virglnla's political regeneration in
1885,: reatIirms adherence TO the prlnci-
pies OF the Republican party as defined
by the national convention OF 1899, chlet
among which is a protective tarlh;
denounces the free wool provision OF
the present tariff act as an unjust dis
elimination against an important In
dustry and demands such protection for
sheep husbandry as will secure falr
prices for American wool.
I'VE favor bl-metalllsm. and demand
the use OF both gold and silver as
standard money, either In Scsordance
with ratio to be fixed By an inter-
national agreement u that can be OBJ
tanned, or under such restrictions or
such provisions to be determined by
legislation, as will secure the mainte-
nance OF tt-a parity OF values OF the
two metals. SO thRt the purchasing and
debt paying power OF the dollar wheth-
er OF silver. gold or paper, shall be at
all times equal"
Nominations were then I'm order.
For sheriff, Messrs. Lang, Randall
and Jarvis were placed In nomination.
When the vote Of the last district was
sent In I.ang's nomination was practic-
ally unanimous, and was made SO by
reclamation. Upon voclferuus calls
for Lang. the venerable farmer mount
cd tn, platform and expressed his
thanks in n few plain words. which
were greeted with thunderous applause.
The candidates for county clcEi were
Long, Shore. Wright. Dayton and High
land. The last named, Virgil Highland,
received sevcnty-one votes on the first
ballot, hfty-onc being necessary to
nominate. Mr.. Tctrick, the last named.
was selected for circuit clerk.
The hottest fight Of the convention
was that for prosecuting attorney. Ma
for Moore and Harvey HHrmer, both
very prominent men and both having
a strong following. contested the fad
To the last when the contest was qeci-
CelyinG about four votes more than
necessary to nominate. Mr.. Harmer
made thrilling speech, pledglnE his
support 20 tb5 nominee and TO the
party. and wound mp by Introducing
Major Moore In the midst OF great Rc-
clamatlon. Hon. Jerry Hess was re-
nominated for house Of delegates on the
first ballot His colleague will be A. W.
Davis. +. NJ Davis and ]. Z. Lawson
were the nominees for assessors; i. w.
Cunningham for county commissioner.
and c. G. Flttro for surveyor. The
convention was the largest in the his
tory OF Harrison county Republican,
ism.