The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-06-27

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could not by any means whatever
raise enough enthusiasm to cause
more than passing smile to fit over
their countenances and as suddenly
disappear. Mr.. Dayton and about
40 delegates came in ON the evening
train Monday and were escorted by
a brass band to their hotels and not
a cheer was heard, but we were in
formed that the "big delegation
would come to morrow" and then
Rome would howl, but she failed to
even crack smile
When the GAG train pulled in
Tuesday morning there were only
two coach loads of delegates and af-
ter they alighted and fell in line the
brass band, some fifty yards in adj
vance of the column, led the way to
the opera house where the greatest
farce on earth" was billed to show
at 10 A. NJ. People who did not
know that the convention was to
meet here asked who the Odd Eel
lows were burying and expressed
great surprise when informed that the
procession from the depot was not
the Odd Fellows burying a deceased
brother but 1.-THE Republican delegates
of the different counties of the Sec
ond District starting in on the wake
over the remains of Congressman A..
G. Dayton who will be buried out of
sight on the 3rd of November.
The convention was opened at
1870 by the appointment of Hon.
W. S. Meredith as temporary chair
man and H. M. Morgan Secretary.
Hon. Joseph Moreland, Mayor of
Morgantown, delivered brief and
happily worded address of welcome
to the delegates or behalf of the town
of Morgantown.
The only business transacted be-
fore the recess at noon for dinner
was the appointment of the members
of the various committees.
AT 80 P. NJ the convention was
called to order and Hon George G.
Sturgiss elected permanent chairman
and Ira Robinson secretary.
Mr. Sturgiss thanked the dele
gates for the honor and then rushed
into regular fright in the middle
of the campaign" red hot stump
speech which took up about an hour
and half. Mr.. Sturgiss could not
by any effort forego the pleasure of
giving the bloody shirt fiirt and
referred to The days of 81 at which
time as always, according to Mr..
Sturgiss, the democratic party bad
been on the wrong side. Mr.. Stur-
giss covered the money question by
saying that the Republican party is
the exponent and representative of
gold, silver and paper money of equal
value in buying, selling and paying
debts. At the close of Mr.. Stur-
giss' speech the names of Hon. w.
Ii. Chapline, of Jefferson county, and
W. G. Wilson, of Randolph county,
were presented to the convention, one
of whom was to have the empty hon
or of being the nominee for Presi-
Dental elector. The first ballot re-
suited in tie, each of the gentlemen
receiving 1l2 votes. During the
polling of the second ballot there
occurred the only thing that gave
the convention the appearance OF
political meeting and broke the
death-like stiffness that had pervaded
the hall. When the vote came down
to Taylor county the delegates con-
sumed 10 or fifteen minutes in
wrangling over the casting of their
vote and this wrangle caused some
of the sleeping delegates to awake
from out of their sound slumbers and
give few of their spasmodic cheers.
When the result of the vote was an
it was found Mr.. Chapline
had been offered as sacaifice next
November by vote of 115 to 100
for MIR. Wilson, thereupon the first
end man whose stage name is Hon.
W. H. Chapline, but real cognomen
is mud, skipped out from behind the
scenes and in front of the curtain
and thanked the convention and
stopped short in stump speech for
fear of consuming too much time
and retardiug the funeral prepare
tions for the appearance of the corpse
and opening of the grand wake.
Hon. Will Muster Out Dawson, of
Preston county, then came to the
front OF the stage and after stating
That Preston county would give Nc
kinley, Hobert and Dayton $500
majority and making a few more
equally as Eighty remarks, moved
that the Hon. A. G. Dayton be nomi-
mated for Congress from the Second
district of West Virginia. Several
delegates seconded the motion
among them Hon. John w. Mason,
who took up valuable time in telling
MIR. Dawson that Marion county
would lead Preston in her majority
or come in second best, but he did
not have much to say about the Hon.
Aston Gordon Dayton. He was
followed by U. S. G.. Pitzer, of
Berkeley county, who commenced
ais little speech, which abounded in
lights of fancy, by thanking the
Lord that Preston would give such
! big majority and praying that
Marion wonld go her one better and
her. tearfully lamenting that Berke,
ey would not be in their class in
November. Mr.. Pitzer was followed
~ Frank Cox, Esq, of Monongalia,
Who, like all who had gone before
lin, could find but one reason why
Aston G. Dayton should go back to
congress and the one reason why he
vas the only man in the Republican
'arty in the Second district wise
'nough to hold down chair in the
councils of the Nation, and that was
hat while he was holding down the
hair the River and Harbor bill
vas passed and included an appro-
'riation for the Stacking of theMo-
river the contamination
Il which was to make all people in
his beautiful Monongahela valley
walk on, sleep on and die on green.
JACKS Of a four figures denomina-
ion. After promising that Monon-
ALA would give a majority ranging
rom one to ten thousand, Mr.. Cox
anished behind the scenes and the
clegates who were awake asked for
he vote to be taken before they
ropped off to sleep again, and to