Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-08-20

came back with an effective address
that set the delegates to cheering again.
First round won by the machine.
The next business was to nominate
candidate for Auditor. The ma
chine was supposed to be for Camden
Sommers, of Harrison county, but in
reality it was there to beat him, and
it was proposed to do it with Col. For
rest w. Brown, of our own county.
He had such assurances of support
that he consented to allow his name to
90 before the convention, and was
placed in nomination by Geo. w.
Johnson; Camden Sommers was put
up by George Horror; W. H. Boggs,
of Pendleton county was also named !;
and W. NJ. Mckay, c. NJ. Gaylord, j..
C. McEldowney, W. L. Key and Geo.
Washington Tippett were put up for
certain slaughter. 1t was one o'clock
a. m. by the time these nominations
were made, and the chairman declared
doubtful motion carried and the
convention adjourned until 10 a. m.
Permanent Chairman David E..
johnson, of Mercer county, who, by
the way, was frstrate presiding Of
fcer, called the convention to order
at 10 o'clock. The Jefferson county
delegation had made a splendid fight
for Forrest Brown for Auditor, who
had not been a candidate until few
hours before, and on the first ballot
he got l89 votes. The machine gave
him some big county votes in a very
ostentatious manner, but it was no.
ticed that it didn't do a thing but
vote lot of its other counties against
him. Boggs had big lead on the
first ballot, and it only took one more
revolution of the machine to crunch
Sommers and Brown and put Boggs
on top. Second blood for machine.
(Mr. Boggs, the nominee, IS an eH-
| Corfadarate soldier and 6rstrate man
He was in the Shenandoah Valley
during the war, and he told the wri-
ter he was coming to make us another
visit this fall
The machine slipped its first and
only cog on the nomination for Treas
urer Col. J. NJ. Rowan, the present
incumbent and popular and faithful
official, was put up, and the machine
was for him. j. w. Tucker, Of Writ
county, however had a great follow
ing, and it was seen from the begin
ming that he was right init. The
others who were named for the office
were Hon. Andy Edmiston, D. A.
Dorsey and W. B. Burt. On the first
ballot Rowan got 326 and Tucker 288,
with the others far behind. On the
second ballot Tucker got 407, Rowan
353 and Dorsey 81, the others having
withdrawn. On the third ballot Dor
sew withdrew, and then there was a
battle royal between Rowan and
Tucker The machine made a SUI
preme effort. Governor and ex-Gover-
nor, big leaders and small fry, impor-
tuned the delegates for a few votes.
Their very anxiety to have Col Row
an nominated resulted in his undOing,
however, for even those who knew
him to be an honest man and faith
full Treasurer got interpretations
when that Kanawha combination
fought so hard for him The vote was
known to be very close at the end OF
the roll call Jefferson corrected her
vote and increased its II for Tucker
to 20 for him and 5 for Rowan.
Berkeley followed suit and went solid
for Rowan. Lincoln tried to change
her vote, but it was against the rules
and the chair decided that it could
not be done. General ST. Clair fought
hard to admit the change, and a dele
gate from that county declared it was
not change but an error Delegates
howled against it, and Chairman John
son held to his opinion stoutly. St
Clair appealed from the decision, and
a red-hot time was imminent when
General Holley, of Lincoln county
arose and told the honest truth, show.
ing it was a change of vote and moi
a correction that was sought. The
crowd cheered General Holley, call
ing him good boy" and "honest man.
st. Clair withdrew his appeal, qule
was restored, and the vote announced
Rowan 4O8 and Tucker 439. TheI
the delegates whooped and shouted
the band played "0ld Dan Tucker,
and the nominee was carried to tn
platform on mems shoulders, WHERE
his speech consisted of the statemen
that he wanted to go and telegraph
the news to his wife and babies, Ma
chine knocked out.