Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-08-20
NOTE OF ITS PROCEEDINGS--BRI
MENTION OF ITS NOMINEES
IMPRESSIONS

AS one Of the delegates from Green
brier we attended the great gather.
ing of the mountain Democracy in
State convention at Wheeling las,
week, and shall now attempt to give
the readers of the INDEPENDENT q
brief account of what was done
The number of delegates from the
various counties was limited to the
number of votes the counties were
entitled to in the convention so that
the whole number could not exceed
S4S. Every county was represented,
many Of them by full delegations,
and among the spectators we OBJ.
served many men we'll known to the
people of the State at large. The
convention was held in a large, beau.
tiful, well ventilated hall in Wheel
ing Park, five miles outside the CITY,
and reached by railroad which took
the delegates back and forth in ease
and comfort and with but little de-
lay. 1t was in every sense a repre-.
sentative convention, and one of the
most enthusiastic we have ever at.
tended.
AT 2 p. M, on Wednesday, the
18th, the convention was called to
order by Chairman, w. f.. Chiffon,
OF the State Committee, who intro.
duced one of the clergymen of the
city to invoke the divine blessing
Mr.. Chiffon then announced Hon.
Rankin Wiley. of Mason county, as
temporary Chairman, and Thos. II
Dennis, of Greenbrier, as temporary
Secretary. Mr.. Wiley's speech, on
taking the chair, was brief but very
appropriate and sounded as the key
note of the campaign the free, indie
pendent and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the existing
legal ratio of 16 to 1. The usual
committees on permanent organiza-
ton, credentials, resolutions, &c.
were then appointed, after which
the convention reluctantly took re-
cess till Z O'Clock to give the com nit
tees time to report.
At that hour the convention re-
assembled. Judge David f. John
ston, of Mercer county, was recon-
mended and elected as permanent
Chairman, and Chas. II. Taney, of
the Wheeling Register, as permanent
Secretary. Mr.. fancy, however,
did not act, and his duties were per-
formed by Col. j. b. Peyton, assist.
ant, and other Secretaries. Mr..
Byrne, of BraXton, from the com
mlttee on resolutions, reported the
platform, which met the approval of
all, and which we will hereafter pub
ish. Other Committees soon re-
ported and we're discharged, and then
the convention was ready to hear
nominations for the Office of Gov
ernor. At this point the following
resolution was offered by Col. St.
Clair, Of Fayette, and adopted by a
rising vote amid wild cheers for
Bryan:
" ITO Hon. Vim. j. Bryan, Madison
Square Garden, ". Y.
The, West Virginia Democracy, in
State Convention assembled, sends
you its unanimous and enthusiastic
congratulations on your nomination
and your bravery in bearing the BAN
ner Of the people into the very home
OF the single gold standard. The
representatives of every county in
the State Of West Virginia tell you
with one voice that West Virginia is
solid from center to circumference
tor Bryan, Sewall and free silver at
l6 TO l. God bless you and the cause
OF the people, of which you are the
living embodiment"
When the Chairman announced
that the convention was ready to
hear nominations for the Office of
Governor, the Bennett and Smith
forces began at once to play for time,
hoping that by further argument
with the delegates thew might check