West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-10-08
THE JUDGEsHiP SOLVED.

this district, held at Philippi, Tues.
day of this week, Col. Robert Viii
liam Monroe. of this county, was
nominated for Judge on the Demo.
cratic ticket. The convention as
sembled in the court house aud was
called to order by Hon. W. ID. II.
Dent, Of Grafton who was selected
as temporary chairman by the Jud =
cial Committee aud Messrs. John
L. Roger aud A. 5. Polling, editors
OF the Platndealer and Democrat, Of
Philippi, were selected as secre.
taries. On motion, the temporary
organization was made permanent.
On motion, committee Of five
was appointed oil credentials and
basis of representation. T.. j. Gro.
gan was the member of the COM
mittee from this county. The COM
mittee reported that the counties Of
the district be allowed vote in the
convention as follows: Tucker o,
Randolph 16, Barbour 10, Taylor
IL and Preston 10, making 65 in
all. and requiring 33 to nominate.
Nominations for Judge were de-
clared in order, and Maj. L. p. Il.
Brown, Of Beverly, nominated Hon.
Il. ID. Strader, of Randolph county,
John w. Shank, of Barbour, nomi.
mated Hon. j. Hop Woods, of Phil
ippi, aud p. j. Crogan, OF King
wood, nominated Col. Il. w. Mon
roe, OF Preston.
The bnlloting was right lively,
and it required about fifteen ballots
to determine the nominee. Ran
dolph aud Tucker stood by Strader
and Taylor and Preston voted SOL
idly for Monroe, aud Barbour for
Woods. Strader's vote went to
Crogan once, but the latter de-
chned to be candidate, and then
break was made for Judge Ice.
but he refused to tie in the fight.
Finally Il motion was made To drop
the lowest man on the next ballot,
and this being Woods, left the
Sight TO u finish between Strader
and Monroe. On the last ballot
Barbour split half and half and
gave y votes to Strader and u to
Monroe. Randolph voted 16 for
Strader and Taylor and Preston
stood by the "Old Roman" This
made IT stand 324 for Monroe, or
only lacking half vote OF the
nomination, while Strader had 235,
leaving fuckers vote out, us they
waited till all the others voted be-
fore showing mp. Had they voted
solid for Strader it would have tied
the vote, so they came over and
voted solid for Monroe, and the
last ballot stood, Strader 23l and
Monroe All.
On motion, he nomination was
made unanimous.
On motion of w. d. r. Don't.
the Chairman of the Democratic
Committee in each county was de-
clared the member of the Judicial
Committee for that county, and
that leaves the judicial Committee
stand AS it was, with E. ID. Talbot,
Of Beverly. as Chairman. aud j.
SlIdell Brown, of Klugwood, as
Seer etary.
On motion, the convention adj
jourued sine die.
The utmost harmony aud good
feeling prevailed.
Those present from this county
were Col. II. w. Monroe, Z. j..
Crogan, Col. j. w. Brown, Henry
Clay Hyde, J. K. Monroe, T. w.
Cooke, j. Slidell Brown, Isaac p.
Martin and JOS. G.. Brown. The
editor Of this paper was chairman
Of the Preston delegation, and the
way we stuck to The "Old Roman"
male him feel proud.
Now that there is q nominee in
the field for Judge that no one Gun
say aught against, and all concede
would make Il splendid official in
every respect, let's all vote for him
and elect him without regard TO
prejudice, politics or religion.