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claim 1t arose out of the attempt Of one
of their workers, who was leaning over the
| table, but nowhere near the ballot box, to
pull a pair Of glasses out of his pocket. In
| this pocket he had a number Of ballots and
they were accidentally pulled out with the
| glasses, but could by no means have
| reached the ballot box. The seating Of the
delegation by the committee last night
seems to bear out their contention OF fair
ness in the matter.
About Candidates
There is hardly any question among the
delegates, as TO the success Of c. w. BELL
of Pasadena In securing the nomination for
county clerk. The advantage Of a stone
wall delegation was never more clearly
shown than in Bells fight. Newlin Will
make a good showing, but unless all signs
fail Bell will 90 in on the first ballot.
BYRON OLIVER was In the lead for the
district attorneyship nomination last night
beyond all question. The caucus of the
Soldiers home vote, which went 80 out OF
"a for him; the Seventh ward caucus, which
gave him 35 out of 50 votes, combined with
the backing Of his own ward, the Fourth
with Y votes, almost assures him OF nom
ination, and in addition he has the Young
Business Mems Republican club hard at
work for him.
The Monrovia delegation will probably
give Oliver a few votes. Chasing Oliver are
James c. Rives and Robert A. Ling in the
order named.
McComas, Hoton and Barclay are prac-
tically out of the running, although they
are all keeping up the fight.
The nomination of the candidate for
sheriff will settle matters. All trades and
combinations have been based on this NOM
ination, and it keeps a man guessing to
pick the winner. Sunday night 1t looked
like Cline. Last night MILAN certainly
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EVENING SESSION
No One Ready to Report-Adjourned
Till 8 O'clock This Morning

Promptly at o'clock Chairman Meserve
called the convention to order. Bradner
w. Lee chairman of the committee on
credentials came forward and announced
that his committee would not be ready tc
report for two hours at least and that the
committee on organization and order OF
business would not be ready until morning
What had become of the committee on res
olutons was not stated, but they assuredly
were mot scheduled for much sleep last
night.
On motion the convention adjourned un-
til o'clock this morning. The delega :es
realized the need of haste in order to get
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short one. Outside Of two. possibly three.
fights for nomination. the rest of the ticket
was slated before the convention met and
It was believed that the Sunday trading in
the three principal fights had been such as
to about settle them, and let the convention,
once started go along on a jog.
But it's not going to be that way.
The selection of e. A. Meserve as tenn
porary chairman satisfied everybody, ap-
parently, although there were delegates
inmicai to the Los Angeles Times, who
sought to construe his selection for presid-
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dorsement of the Soldiers and Sailors
union for the position for three weeks.
Judge John D. Works was nominated BY
Sidney M. Haskell of Pomona, who wake d
eloquent over the personal worth and abil-
i;y of his candidate.
Meserve's nomination was again second
ed by w. p. H. Haskell Of Long Beach,
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Only the State Candidates Will Pull Through.
Trades the Order Of the Day-Parker
Arrives on the Scene and Gage
Takes to the Woods

Edwin A. Meserve.
Captain f. J. Cressey. whose self-auda-
tory circular had been furnishing laughing
material all the morning took the floor and
seconded the nomination Of Meserve, after
stating that he himself had held the in
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= spiri. of opposition and malice, I
= which is without just cause and which 4
= is inimical 20 party success. etc, tina: 4
\ the Times be read out of the party as 4
= lis organ in Southern California, and 4
= that the convention put itself on rec 4
Z ord as opposed to the me; hods, prac- 4
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THE Y OF The X AND z

had the call, with Hamme, who has de-
veloped surprising strength, a close Sec
ond. Burr is still confident, but too many
trades have been combined against him.
However, they will "go TO it, today in
earnest an dthen I'VE will see what we will
See"
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snip COFlcst L SOiHc " tiiC StdIu dDsOiulely
free from any entangleMents with the
Times or anybody else. My future is be-
fore me, not behind me, and as chairman
will do even-handed Justice
Committees and Contests
! The one herculean task of the chairman
was the appointment Of the three important
| committees, namely, on credentials, on
platform and resolutions and on organiza-
upon Chairman Meserve that in every one
of these committees there would be fight
to settle, and upon the manner In which
these fights were settled depended not only
the chances Of certain candidates for sue
cess, but the success of the party.
In other words, the Republican party in
this county is 'all torn up" split into fac
tions with quarrels of nature liable to ex-
tend into the campaign after nominations
are made. 1t is no wonder, then, that Me-
serve asked for time to consider the per-
sonnel of the various committees.
Some Of the Fights
For instance, Burr, Campbell and others
who favor the Australian ballot system in
making nominations had the pavilion lined
with ballots all ready for the delegates just
as If it had been decided tina, system Of
voting would be adopted.
The presence of these booths in the pa
v.l.on was to the delegates who opposed the
Australian ballot in the convention in the
nature Of a REQ rag 10 gentleman bovine.
WHAT" they yelled, when they entered
the hall and saw the booths. DO these
fellows think they can cram their -
system down our throa.s Without a chance
of our protesting? Well, we'll see. That
committee on Organization will have to be
fair one or it won't GO" and Meserve took
due notice accordingly.
Where does my candidate go on the
ticket, that's what l want to know?" yelled
another delegate. THAT committee on
organization has got to give US fair show
None of this juggling business. We won't
stand it, And again Meserve took due
notice accordingly.
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AFTERNOON SESSION
The Chairman, After Anxious Labor,
Brings Forth Committees

At o'clock. the appointed hour for re-
sumption Of business, the delegates began
to gather in the hail. The candidates had
not even had time for lunch. They were
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audience, led by a male quartet on the
stage, az ose and sang America"
Following this Mr.. Lee made The form |
call to order as chairman OF the county
central committee. making the one request,
namely. that The delegates get to business
quickly In view Of the necessary amount
of work before them
The election of temporary chairman was
announced as the first order of business.
Judge Mckinley at once secured recog-
milton and made his way to ;he platform.
In a brief but characteristic speech he
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= tices and the course adopted by the \
4 Times in the present campaign. \
Then did Meserve again take due notice.
Wow.-no wonder he submitted 10 inter-
views with a hundred people and cons!d-
cred three hundred names before he an
nounced his committees. He finally made
the appointments and then took a rest un-
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all there, from the least unto the greatest,
button -holing. jollying and cajoling dele
gates.
The hot, weary minutes dragged along
until 2:45. when Judge Mckinley took the
charman's desk, and with few vigorous
raps with his croquet mallet upon the al
ready badly fractured marble slab called
the humming. buzxing crowd to order He
merely announced that the chairman
would not be ready with his list OF COM
mittees until 1880. Upon motion OF II. s..
Rollins a recess was taken until that time.
In the interim the convention resumed
its gossip and scheming, the entire Pasa-
dena contingent going into camp on the
lawn in Central park. At $3.50 the strag-
glers began to take their places again, but
lit was not until 4:O5 that Secretary Thorne
of the county central committee raped for
order, and stated that the reason for Mr..
Meserve's delay lay in the fact that he had
received over three hundred applications
for appointment to the thirty-five places on
the committees, and had been hearing most
Of the applicants themselves in person.
Chairman Meserve, looking none the
worse for the se!ge he had endured during
the last three hours in his offices in the
Billiard block, then slipped to the 'front.' He
was severely clothed In black, with fresh
white cravat and collar. rendered expedient
from the excitement of the morning With
one vigorous tap Of his gavel he immedi-
ately caught the undivided attention Of the
large assembly while every ear was
strained to catch the names Of the elect on
the committees.
Thanking Secretary Thorne for his ex-
planation and re.terating the tremendous
truth Of It, he promptly proceeded to read
the following committees:
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The Organization

Tn6 OrSdnlZaClOu
AS was expected, none fthe committees
appointed We're ready to report at o'clock
last night. The committee on organization
might have reported at 10Toclock, but it
was deemed wise TO adjourn until this
morning. The committee on organization
will report in favor of making the tenn
porary officers permanent officers Of the
convention.
. They will report against the adop- .
. ton of the Australian ballot system
. in the convention and In favor of .
secret ballot under the following plan: .
Two sets of three ballot boxes shall be
provided, viz: One large box and two
small ones in each set. The city delegates
shall place their ballots in one fthe small
boxes and the country delegates in the
other small box. When the SINAI. boxes are
filled the ballots shall be dumped indis-
crimnately into the big box so that the
city and country votes will be mixed.
| The committee has also arranged the or
der of balloting to conform with section So
of the Political Code This will bring the
| sherff's fight first on the boards and put
put the coroner's fight last.
| Over this arrangement there will be
howl-a long, loud howl-and the whole
scheme may be overturned
| Curtailing Proxies,
The committee on organization Will also
recommend that only delegates living in the
precinct from which a proxy comes shall
| have the right to vote it and that under
no circumstances shall any one delegate
have the right to vote more than two prox-
! les.
| This ruling will also cause no end Of ar
| gument and may also be overturned by the
| dele gates.
Seated the Twenty-First
. The committee on credentials de- Q
| ocided last night to seat the delegates .
| . returned by primary election from .
| . the Twenty-first precinct and also the Q
. Lordsburg delegates whose seats were 0
. contested. Q
This report when made tomorrow will
cause wrangle of no small dimensions as
the Times viii be called upon TO substan-
tate its charges of ballot-box stuffing in
| the Twenty-first The now-seated delegates
are prepared to defen dthemselves. They
| say that the Times story about a mans
snatchin ga handful Of ballots out of the
box and substituting others is false. They
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Ill evening. The appointments seemed 10
please fairly well. but there is no question
but what more than one of ;he reports will
be fought out or the floor Of the convention
today before they are finally adopted, and
what The resolutions do no. say, on one
side or the other, vii! be said by delegates
who are primed for red-hot speeches for
or against the various propositions.
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UNCLE COILS COUNTY CONVENTION

! through before election day, and made
the time one hour earlier than usual.
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ship contest I come to the stand absolutely
free from any entangleMents with the
Times or anybody else. My future is be-
fore me, not behind me, and as chairman
IL l,.n iol i,,s.
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After the Times

This resolution read about as follows:
\ Inasmuch as the Los Angeles Times \
\ has shown by its recent attitude \
\ toward Henry T. Gage. the Republican \
\ candidate for governor, and by is y
\ attitude towards other members of
4 the parry who have long been identi- y
4 fled with the success of ;he Republican +
y party in the nation, state and county, \
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Hot Resolutions

But the committee on platform and reso-
lu,ions was the one that bothered the
chairman most.
+ Early in the day il was known that \
4 the Times in ntended 20 introduce a res
\ olution 10 the effect that H. z. Os- =
+ borne, the United States marshal, and 4
4 Frank Flint, the deputy United States =
4 district attorney, being federal office \
\ holders, had no right to serve on the =
4 Republican state central committee. \
4 That in so serving these office holders +
\ were violating the civil service law. =
+ and the resolution was to call for, and +
4 it is understood does cali for, the 4
= resignation of these gentlemen from \
= their federal offices or their positions \
4 on the Republican central committee, =
= and urthermore, in the event Of their 4
\ refusal to resign the positions on the \
4 committee, that the convention ask \
\ Mckinley to remove them from office. \
When the ;enor of this resolution became
known, Boss Parker's push and pull, to-
ge,her with many country delegates, grew
Wroth A counter resolution was pre-
pared forthwith.
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On Permanent Organization and Order
Of Business
]. w. Mckinley, Chairman:
Z. ]. Fleming, l.. V. Youngworth,
Chas A. Smith, Chas. II. Mcfarland,
j. G. Rossiter, Chas. A. johnson,
Harry II. Maybury, T. A. 1empleton.
NJ e Neuner, F. NJ. fright,
N. p. Conrey. c. II. Chlcote,
]. w. Long, N. NJ. Melrose-
On Credentials
Bradner w. Lee, Chairman:
c. D. Mes senger, G. c. De Garmo.
c. o. Monroe, L. E. Doan,
B. ". Dieh, Geo. Sinsabaugh,
H. c. Gooding. G. p. Adams.
George Pillsbury, W. H. Carpenter.
Chas. l.. Batcheller, W. B. l.. Stafford.
On Platform and Resolutions
Walter r. Bacon, Chairman;
John d. Works, z. H. Lowman.
L. P. Crawford, H. A. Broughton.
Shut Up Summarily
Charles L. Batcheler obtained the floor
the moment the reading was concluded,
and asked that his name be stricken from
the committee on credentials, and that the
name of gentleman selected by his ward
caucus be selected. The chairman did not
allow hom to finish his remarks, summary
and with convincing emphasis stating that
the name of Charles L. Batche!er would
remain on the list.
Mr. Thorne read a communication from
the Columbia club inviting all delegates 20
a reception to be given them following the
evening session, and giving all delegates
the freedom of the clubs quarters.
All committees were ordered to meet i'm
mediately upon adjournment, and were as
signed their locations The committee on
resolutions was ordered aptly enough to
meet on the platform itself.
w. r. Bacon then moved that all resolu.
tions to be offered go to the commetee on
resolutions without previous reading. The
motion was carried.
On motion of Judge Mckinley the con-
ventior adjourned until o'clock in the
evening.
Realizing the amount OF business and the
many engagements in front Of the conven-
tion, Chairman Meserve was deaf to any
suggestion OF wasting a moments time.
The noes on the question Of adjournment
delegates were taking much interest in the
proceedings, but the chairman ignored
them.
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Questionable Delegates

1t was just bad when the credentials
committee was talked of. The twenty
first precinct led he fight in this quarrel
The Times has charged that the delegate
re turned by the primaries with having
stuffed the ballot box. The delegation
now seated is wrathful and doughty de-
MES the charge. A confess is on foot and
they wanted men who would play fair" on
that committee or there would be no emo
of a row. This precinct was Joined by
other delegates, seated and unsea;ed, and
cnce more Meserve ook due notice.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08

monroe County Farmer Injured i'm an
Accident Last Evening at BenwOOd.
Brain May be Hurt:
Charles Miller, one of the most
prominent farmers of Monroe coun-
ty, Ohio, was seriously injured
early last evening in lower Ben
wood, w. Va, in a street car col
lision. Mr.. Miller was riding a
horse and leading a second animal
and was on his way to McMechen
where he was to visit a sister who
lives there. The approach of car
OF the Moundsville & Wheeling
line, frightened the horses and they
leaped fair against the car. Mr..
Miller was thown to the street and
In the excitement one of the horses
tramped upon him, striking it's
hoofs against his head repeatedly.
When he was rescued he was un-
conscious but was taken to his SIS
ter's home where physicians at
tended him. This morning DR..
Ally,cne of the doctors who dressed
his injuries, stated that it was i'm
possible to determine just how
Miller would come out. His brain
may be injured, although there is
no very strong evidence of the fact
on exterior appearance.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08
A Pump r Instantly Killed.

A boiler at the Ohio Oil COM
pany pumping station, or the Nc
Cook farm, in the Gould's field
Jefferson county, Ohio, blew up
with terrific force last night. The
shantv was demolished and scat
tered for hundreds of feet about the
hillside. Portions of the boiler
were found long distance from
the place. Another boiler was
hurled out of position for distance
Of fifty feet.
Fred Long, the pumper, SON of
d. N. Long, the ex-postmaster at
Mingo, was hurled 100 feet and in
Stantly killed.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08
D. S. W.'S REPORT.

Operotors in the West Virginia
oil fields are all complaining that
the railroads discriminate against
them in freight rates on oil we'll
machinery shipped from Pittsburg
and other points. The absence of
competing lines in Some localities
has been the real cause for the dis
elimination. 1t is rather a strange
condition but, no less true, that
much of the machinery used in
drilling oil wells can be shipped at
less cost by express than if sent
over the same road by freight. A
bailer of tube of more than 20 feet
in length if sent by freight is billed
1000 pounds, while the actual
weight is less than $50 pounds.
Sometime since an operator needed
new smokestack at Warrington
and shipped it from Pittsburg to
that place by express, When asked
why he mad shipped such cumber-
some article by express he stated
that it did not cost him one half as
much as if sent by fright. The
freight charges on a bailer from
Marietta, Ohio, to Huntington, are
$I2, while the same article sent b.
express would cost but 81 so. The
discrimination against the oil men
is most strikingly illustrated by
the difference in rate on oil we'll
supplies and saw mill machinery
The rates on the latter class of
freight from Pittsburg to Manning
ton is II cents per hundredweight,
while on oil we'll supplies and ma.
chinery the rate is from 20 to 26
cents per hundredweight. Oil men
claim it is an unjust discrimination
and they should have the same rate
as the saw mill men. Their goods
it is claimed, are no more destruct
ible than those used at saw mills,
and there is no just reason for
charging them a rate twice in ex
cess OF that the lumbermen are
asked to pay. To contractors who
ship set of tools and cable to
Warrington the rate is S54. The
equivalent in weight in saw mill
machinery would be less than half
that amount. So long as there is
no competition it is not likely the
oil men will receive better treat
ment.
East of the Fonner pool, in
Greene county, the South Penn Oil
company's No. on the Enoch
brooks farm had not been perform
ing very satisfactorily for several
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08
The Harvest Moon.

In September, the harvest
moon" rises for FIVE or six nights
at just about the same time, as if it
had come to standstill. This odd
habit was noticed in old times, long
before it was known why. 1t was
found to be right handy for getting
ln.the crops In warm countries, be-
fore the ten hour law was ever
thought of, so they called it the
harvest moon.
Aud in just the same way, hun
ter's moon" has habit of rising
several nights the following month,
at about the same hour. In old
times, when they lived very much
by the chase, it was so convenient
to hunt by, that it soon got its rus
tic name, by which it is known to
this day.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08
AN INJUNCTION GRANTED
I'm am OIL Suit That is Unusually In
teresting.


Judge Tavenner granted an in
juctiop yesterday. in favor of them
from releasing the R. H. Browse
farm, at Belmont, in Peasants
county. Mr.. Singleton owned
the lease given by Browse to Will
liam johnson on January 2I, 1885,.
granting Johnson the right to pro.
due oil thereon for twenty years
and as long as oil is produced In
paying quantities.
On this tract of land several wells
have been drilled; FIVE are produc-
ing oil today and have been since
the year 1890.
Browse alter making the lease to
Johnson, sold parcels of the land to
various parties, subject to the oil
lease. Some of the present owners
OF the surface claim the oil lease is
not effective, as to the land owned
by them and have attempted to
make new leases.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08
pected the we'll would fall off. 1
stead ithas increased.

pected the we'll would fall off. In
stead ithas increased.
The observations made last week
hold good still, and it is claimed
by men informed on the situation,
that the Big Panther is putting out
more gas than all the wells COM
bined now open in the gas district
that supplies Marietta and Parkers
burg. 1t has shown it's staying
qualities and has almost fabulous
value if a demand can be reached.
The Imperial Oil company are
having rig built on the George
Covey farm at Moss run, where
they will drill a we'll through the
second Cow run sand.
Pittsburg parties are building a
rig on the William Coon farm at
Dalzell and will drill test we'll to
the Berea.
DR.. Rose, of Rochester, Pa, is
having his wells on the March
farm, on Fifteen, cleaned out and
will shoot them to increase the pro-
Observation-Disclosures Register.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-08
THE BIG PANTHER.

After three days work the Gran
lite Oil company succeeded in fore
ing the tubing down the throat OF
the Big Panther gasser, and secur
ing the we'll with a gas gate.
The well had been open twelve
days and belching gas like volca-
no. The measure taken a week be-
fore it was closed in showed "a
million feet in "a hours. The test
made Monday showed an increase
to IS million feet. This is a most
remarkable showing, as it was ex.