The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-06


Among those who met him, according
10 the speaker, was LnFOllcttc, The
ltepnhlican candidate for auditor. who
usteu MIN II the party endorsed any
one, 10 have them endorse his U.uFoi-
ietleD candidacy. "Wlll YOU vote ftr
!iryan ana free silver it We dor" asked
Mr.. Thaycr. mo. SIR" responded la.
Follelte. Then We don't endorse ysu,"
was the rcrly.
"CharltHbio" MIR. Kaipl,sny,icr.
Tho court house where the co,lyen-
ton was held, being very hot and STUFF
fy, and the PopulIsts apparently being
unable to raise tho whercwlthnl TO rcnt
the Republican wigwlm, Il gentleman
appealed TO Colonel ltalphsnyder,
democratic candidate for governor, who
hnd commodlous headquarters at the
Commercial, TO put up the stuff" lie
siHnihcd his Willingness to do 30, but
when Clint. Davis and s.. II. Piersoll
We're informed OF the fact. they Kicked,
Plersoll saying he wanted TO keep the
delegates together and that the court
house was not as hot as the harvest
field.
Fhcre is large number OF leaders OF
other parties here, prominent among
them being Warren Miller. l.. NJ, Wade,
4. II. Frecr, John X. Thompson. lGl-
llott Northcott, Phil. Waters, cx-Con-
ErcsSman james Capehart, Waiter
Pendlcton and Ira Post. II Colonel
Woodford is on hand he has not shown
up at the convention. RaiplfSnyder kent
under cover. though easily accessible
ana Ind his many workers out among
the delegates.
The Convention.
The convention was called to order at
1880, by s. II. picrsoll, OF Nicholas
county. chairman OF the executive com
mittec, who in n short speech urged thp
convention TO endorse Bryan, who. he
declared, was as much a Pdpullst as
was he, or any other original member
0l the Populsst party. In conclusion
PierSou begged for the endorsement OF
the Sc. Lou!s Populht ticket. Bryan
ana Watson, with the Democratic state
and congressional tickets. lie tlscn
named Y. y. Gates. OF Charleston aa
temporary chairman, and !. II. .OGnnr,
or Mineral county, as temporary Sec
retary. Mr.. Gates IN an address nr
twenty minutes. followed the line hid
down by Persoll aud stated that Re-
publlcanS had spent the night among
the hotels cndeavurlng to induce the
delegates to support the Republicans
by nominating . middle Of thI road
ticket. telling them that II they did not
DO as they would disrupt his party.
y God. gentlemen" said the
speaker, we can organize Il party In
SIX hours. have already helped or
ganlze four
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. Gates
speech. nearly an hour was spent In
naming the members OF the different
committees, after which an adjourn
inent was taken until p. N.
The afternoon session did not begin
until about l:30. when the various COM
mlttceS returned their reports. The
committee on permanent organization
named James Bassell. OF Lewis county.
rs permanent chairman. and |. II. on
ners OF Mineral county, aS permanent
secretary -rl
Upon taking theFcnair. Mr.. Bassell ad-
rocateu :he support OF the Popullst ma
tionhl ticket. but strongly advised for
separate state and congressional tickets.
Tho resolutions as adopted. ratified the
candidates and platform OF the ST. louis
PcpuliSt convention, pledged the party
TO work for the abolition OF the fee sys-
TEN and the reduction OF the salaries Of
au government officers commensurate
with the hard times. and demanded that
all officers be elected directly by the
people.
The following stnte executive commit
tee consisting Of two members from each
congressional district and five at large,
was then elected:
At lnrge-E. *. Stout. Clarksburg: n.
W. Fitzgerald, Preston: G. l.. Spence,
Kanawha; a. b. Thorne. Roane: James
BlEsell. Lewis. First dIstrict. T. II.
Stone. Wctzel; 81. NJ. Culllns, Hancock.
Second dlstrict-Z. NJ. Cochran, Grufton:
l. II. Onner. Mineral. Third district
V. y. Gates. Kanawha; II. c. Martin,
Summers. Fourth dIstrict-J. Z. Lilly.
Cabcli; 5. II, Plersol. Calhoun.
Electors Appointed.
V. a. Gates offered resolution that
the state committee be given plenary
power to confer with the Democratic
committee and arrange the entire state
and electoral ticket This brought out
spirited debate. Several OF the speakers
referred 10 Isalphsnyder. whose nume
was greeted with great applause. Dur
Ing speech by z. VI. Cochran, OF Tay-
lor. he lntimatcd that Jerome Haddox
was for Mckinley. Haddox rushed to
the front with his face ablaze and re-
peatedly denounced the speaker as a liar.
Hc CHdlT threatened 10 call the police
before the wrangle was quieted. The
resolution was rejected and substitute
appointing Six electors, one for each con-
GressiOnal district and two at large, was
passed. The following were the electors
named: II. T. Huston, j. r. Thaycr, C,
II. Davis, w. S. Garner, T. L. Spence, D.
II. Hyer.
hfter passing n resolution giving the
state executive committee plcnary pow
or as far ms the electoral ticket was con-
ccrned. n recess was taken until 7:30.
At the night session an attempt was
made to name 4 state ticket when W.
s. Carver. OF Preston offered rcgolu-
tlon that Ralphsnyder should be the
standard bearer of the silver hosts of
thla stat4 md recommended him TO the
Democratic convention as candidate
upon whom both Democrats and Popu-
lists could unite.
Another fierce fight followed. ending
in the withdrawal OF the resolution. G..
a. Spence. Knnawhn, then placed James
Bnssni In nomination. which was posi-
lively declined. Col, Fitzgerald, OF
Preston. then placed Mr. Dalphsnyder In
nomination, which was seconded by W.
L. Cullun1. OF Marshall county.
After several fiery speeches commit
tee was appointed to walt on Ralphsny-
der and bring him Into the convention.
Rolphsnyder. however, could not be
found and Clint Davis nominated J. L.
Stcalcy,' OF Harrison, the nomination be-