West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-06-18

the restOrhtlon OF silver as aforesaid.
4. That all persons, irrespective
OF party, should disapproye Of the
recent bitter personal-political con.
test IN the Republican, party of this
Judicial District for the high Office
OF Judge of the Circuit Court.
That the office is one for which no
disgraceful political scramble should
be made. and that it should be held
above personal or partisan politics.
3. That the delegates to the Con
gressionh convention, for this dis
trlct, be instructed to cast the solid
vote Of this county for William G..
Brown ~ a candidate for tho nomi.
nttion for Congress.
o. That the delegates to the
Davis convention be instructed to
vote for j. Slideil Brown as dele
gate to the National Convention to
be held at Chicago.
The reading of the resolutions
provoked loud cheering, and it was
plainly evident thlt the free silver
sentiment caught the crowd. How
ever, there was strong protest
made by Col. John Martin, one Of
the old wheel horses Of the party in
this county, and Hon. p. j. Crogan,
who wanted to DO cluuted against
the free silver clause OF the reso-
lutions. Both gentlemen m ldo an
able plea against that section of
the report, while Henry Clay Hyde,
DIR. VIM. NJ. Dent aud William G..
Brown, spoke in favor of free silver
in the strongest terms. All the
addresses were good and it was no
use to fight the free silver senti-
ment in this county, for the reso-
lutions were adopted almost unani.
mously, only five votes being cast
against them, or rather against the
one clause only, as there was no
objections from anyone, except to
that section of the report, which
was adopted by sections.
The Committee to make out
list of delegates then reported as
follows:
10 the District Delegate Conven.
ton at Davis, Wednesday, June IL:
Dclegates-Geo. NJ. Shaffer, VIM.
Horchler, John e. Gale, James S.
Cornwell, III. f. ShAffer, j. K.
Monroe, l.. p. White. j. II. Garner,
John o. Whetsell, j. j. Kelly,
Henry Clay Hyde, VIM. Ii. Nc
Gibbons, William q. Brown, @. g.
Frankhouser, NJ. @. Gibson and
L. Il. Loar.
Aternates-B. f. Sapp, VIM. NJ.
Dent. DIR. j. M. G.. Fairfax, A. ID.
Bowman, ID. q. Stemple, d. f..
Forman, Isaac O. p. Martin, Me-
Olelland Hartman, j. w. Michael,
Ben IL. Elsey, Lee Stemple, B. p.
Whetsell, j. L.. Sellers, Thomas
Dunn, Ii. ID. Carroll and Jehu
Stewart.
On motion, the report was adopt
ed and letter was read by the
Secretary from John T.. McGraw,
Chairman Democratic Oongressiou-
al Executive Committee. stating
that tie B. 81 o. would sell tickets
at one and one-third fare for the
round trip for the Davis convention,
and the West Virginia Central
would sell tickets at half.fare for
the same, good from the 10Th
to 18th.
The following list of delegates to
the State Convention, which meets
in Wheeling, August 18th, was re.
ported and adopted
Gus j. Shaffer, Joseph Guseman,
VIM. III. Dent, NJ. @. Gibson, VIM.
G.. Brown, IL. w. Huddleson, j.
NJ. Buckner, Geo. A. Herring, Jas.
w. Robinson, Prof. Rufus Holden,
Thomas Startzman, DR.. S. NJ. Scott,
Col. John Martin, Geo. A. Kelly,
q. O. Frankhousor and Ben II.
Elsey.
The alternates are z. j. Crogan,
Henry NJ. Grimes, Jos. G.. Bro wn,
Clark Hamilton, j. IL. s. Barlow,
Patrick Graney, M. f. Pel, Jesse
w. Shaffer, p. A. Fox, Nathan
Wilson, John A. Wolfe, Henry O.
Hyde, DR.. T. j. Longstreth, j. w.
Cuppott, Harvey Walls and Y. v,
Fordyce.
On motion, the above list was
confirmed.
The following are the names Of
the delegates to the Congressional
Convention. The time and place
will probably be announced next
week