The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-23
La TOILETTE NOMINATED
For Auditor on the First Bnllot-Conven.
X ton Adjonrns Until this Morning.

For Auditor on the First Rnllot-Convrn,
ton Adjonrns Until this Morning.
Special Dispatch to the IntcllIgenccr.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va. July 20
At the evening session the same expert
ence of getting order that was gone
through with this afternoon was had
again. only in worse form. a motion
to adjourn till tomorrow was lost. at
last order prevailed. and the roll cali
Tor the nomination FOR auditor was
begun. II. w. Starkey. OF Mercer, NOM
mated iIou.Ash NJ. Prince, of that coun-
| ~. J. Fl. eHolt. OF Taylor, made n fine
speech. In presenting the name OF Hon.
L. NJ. LaFollette, Of Grafton, Hon.AleX.
Dulln, OF Braxtnn, nominated Hon. ia :
| cob 5. liycr, Of that county. Four
years ago Dulin was In this city as
q delegate to the state Democratic con-
vGntion, but he has forsalSen that party
| for the party OF protection and prosper
ity. All three nominations elected
great applause, but that which follow
ed the mention OF Hyer's name stirred
up tremendous demonstration, led
BY Braxton's delegation with fox horns.
j. Sherry. OF Cabell. seconded Hyer's
nomination.. c. Il. Scott, of Brooke. on
behalf OF half OF his county delegation,
seconded LaF0llette. His speech cuus-
cd another big demonstration similar
to thnt given HyGr. Another Brooke DEL
egale seconded Hyer DoddrIdge sec
ondcd LaFollette. Robert Stnlllngs, OF
Grant. spoke In behalf OF LaFollcttc.
Harrison seconded both LaFollette and
Hyer; Jefferson was for LuFollette.
Robert II. Hughes, for n portion OF IA
nawha. spoke for Hyer. aud a. II.
Malone spoke for the other portion for
Prince. George c. Cole, OF Lewis coun-
ty, seconded Hyer, and Z. =. Rucker
performed the same service for Prince,
for Mcdowell county. John w. Mason,
Of Marion, followed IN Lalollettcs be-
half, Another Marion man was for
llyer, Thomas ]. Parsons, of Marshall,
was for 14nFollettc. DIR. Bnrbce, of Ma
son. seconded IIyer, and w. A. Ros-
berry. also OF Mason. for LaFollette.
W, Il. Crooks, Of Mineral, spoke for La
Toilette. II. $. White. for Prince, III W,
i. puckwall, OF Morgan.for LuFolletlc,
Malone, of Nicholas, for Iiyer. George
Poffcnbnrger, the same, Editor Oldneld,
OF Summers, for Prince. u. s. G.. pitzcr,
Of Berkeley. for 1.aFollcttc. Several
more SecondlnB speeches were made,
and the roll call was finished.
The FIRST ballot was taken amidst
great noise. The chair was unable to
gct order. A rackc, arose IN thu Fay
cite delegation about proxics. Speak
ers upon that question were hIssctl.
The convention WIS evidently too large
and noisy for proper management. The
Fayetto delegation was admitted and
holders OF proxies were allowed one
vote. Tho ballot nroccc.ed -noIsily. Hyer
lead all nlong TIL Prince began throwing
his support to LaFollctte, aud every
body hastoned TO get IN tho band wag-
on. Mercer and Pcndleton changed TO
l.al'ollette, McDowcll to lIyer, Ohio
gave ilfty-n!nc FOR ilIycr nnd one for
LnFollctte. Raleigh, Logan, Preston,
Marshall, Summers, lraycttc, Green
br!cr. Marion, Cabell, Randolph, aud
others wont to I.aFollctte. Everything
was going LnFollottea way aud the
balance OF tho counties rot into tho
band wagon. Az 80 O'Clock the rules
wore suspended md 1.nFollcttc was
nominated BY neclnnatlon. Tho CON
vctttl9n went wild with delight, La
Toilette appeared OF the platform
amid great applause, and THANKED the
convention. The convention then ad-
1ourncd I'LL Tomorrow morning.