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

Ohio ........... II - =.
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Totals 49,. 27,G3 1915 5i.S2 Z
Sixteenth bnllOl-Melghcn. 7.Gs: Her
Vey, U,lb; lfrsliinc, b2,22; Campbell, 0.
Seventeenth ballot = MoIghcn, .7.33;
lIervey. 1867; Ersklne, 81; Campbell, 4.
Would Not Adjourn,
After tho seventeenth ballot had been
taken the llorvGyitGB moved to udIOurn
until morning, but the storm OF oppUsI-
ton which greeted the suggestion show
cd tina. the convention had no dIsposl-
ton 10 DO anything OF the kind. Then
MIR. Hooking, OF Ohio, moved to take q
recess OF twenty minutes. but this mo.
lion uld not even receive Il second, II
wal plain to be seen that the E,rskine
people were determined to fight II out to
q finish.
There was very little change In tho
total votes OF any OF the candidates, and
Ohio county's vote'avas steadily given
~ for Erskine and II for fiGrvcy. The
llervcy men In the Ohio county delega-
ton. were Harry Hooking, Union, six
votes; Waddle. OF Liberty, two votes,
ana Bryson. Richie. nine votes. Tho
other Ohio county men were for Eraklnc
after the first two or three ballots.
A Stampede TO Campbell.
On the eighteenth b9llot all the votes
had been cast as on the previous one. hut
before the secretary was ready 10 read
the result, Marshall county's delegates
began changing to Campbell and the
ballot as finally announced resulted as
follows:
Mel IIer-Ers.Camp.
Chen. vey. kline. bell.
ntOohe .''.''.'.''.. =. =. E.
linNCock .........,.. =. e.. ..
Marshall ......".... ga 90 G IA
ohlo .'.'....,........ :. II 10 :.
Totnls............, ga $40 1876 fla
Hervey Nominated.
The nineteenth ballot decided the fight
anu 1t was an exciting one from begin
ming to nd. The secretary began call
lng the counties and brooke mudo the
ilrst break by casting seven votes for
Judge Campbell and Hancock gave him
her sever. Then Marshall was called
By districts and almost Its total vote was
recorded for Campbell. 1t looked as
though tho Hancock county man would
win out, and II Ohio county had stuck
TO her forty-three for Ersklne, the other
seventeen would probably have been
given to Campbell; but the unexpected
happened and OhIo's chairman an
nouncsd It's sixty votes for IIeryey. Then
n cheer went up that told the town that
the light was owe Mr.. Dunlap, OF the
delegation, objected to tho vote as an
nounced. saying no had cast the two
votes he represented for Ersklne. Then
brooke changed her solid vote back to
Iiervey and numerous districts In Mar
shall did the same, Delegate Hooking
moved TO make 1t unanimous and It was
carried with u hurnh. then the chair
mar declared II. C.. Hervey the nominee
OF the convention.
Before adjOurning, tho chairman up
pointed the following committee TO no
tify Judge PAUL and Mr.. lIervey OF their
nomination: Messrs. Oliver Marshall, OF
Hancock; Z. II. Cotton. OF Brooke; W.
p. Hubbard. OF Ohio, and Josiah Sim
clair. OF Marshall.
The result OF the convention met with
popular approval all over the city and
even those delegates who had voted for
some OF the other candidates were we'll
pleased that 20 well equipped n gentle
mar should be placed on the ticket.
There are no sore heads. and although
the conference became quite heated at
times the fight was made In a friendly
spirit. The ballot, before Brooke
changed to her favorlte son, Mr.. IIervey.
was as follows: