The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

ment District, DR.. j. az Dunlap.
In short speech, named Chass
w Sayre. of Cologne
Mr.. A Cobb named Chas. Bryan,
of Hannah
Roll of Districts called and
ballot resulted in the election of
MI. Bryan, and he was declared
the nominee for the House of
Delegates fro n the lower side of
Kanawha. Both he and Mr. Ed
wards accepted the nomination in
short speeches.
For County Superintendent of
Free Schools, tho following gentle
men were placed in nomination:
Prof. S. V. Pullin. Prof Lincoln
Yeager and Prof. 3. G. Roush.
Roll called and ballot resulted in
selection of Mr.. Roush, and he was
declared the nominee, and being
called for appeared upon the stage
and accepted the nomination.
When the roll was called for the
nomination of County Commiss-
Toner, Gen. McCausland arose and
offered the. following resolution,
prefacing it with some pointed re-
marks:
-Resogged, That the independ-
emit candidacy. of Mr. G. e. McCul-
Ioch, of Arbuckle district. for
County Commissioner is hereby
endorsed, and that his name be
placed upon the Democratic ticket
to comply with the law.
Unanimously adopted.
just before the selection of del
egates to the Congressional Con
vention, MIR. W. NJ. Duffey offered
the resolution following:
Resoloed, That the delegates to
be appointed by this convention
to represent Mason county in the
/ Congressional Convention of the
Fourth Congressional District, to
be held at Spencer, West Virginia,
on the LIST day September, 1898,
be, and they are hereby, instruct
ed to cast their votes in said
convention for, and to use every
honorable effort to secure the nom
ination of Hon. JAS. Capehart for
Congress in said District.
Hon. g. e. Hogg offered the
following as a substitute for the
above resolution.
WHEREAS, The Democrats of
the County of Mason recognizing
the sterling ability of the Hon.
James B. Manager, of Point Pleas
ant. as lawyer and statesman, to
ably represent tic people of the
Fourth Congressional District in
the next Congress of the United
States; and
WHEREAS, Knowing him to be
thoroughly equipped for the advo-
cacy upon the stump and elsewhere
of the great principles of the
Democratic party, and believing
him to be sincerely devoted to the
prime issues which divide the
Democratic and Republican parties
to-day in the Union, and with i'm
plicit confidence in his devotion
to the cause of Free Silver, the In
come Tax and because of his pro-
nounced views against any policy
of imperialism and oil government
by injunction, and kn y ;'lg him
to be steadfast advocate of the
platform adopted by the Demo
Gratis at Chicago in the National
Convention assembled in 1896,
now therefore, be it
ResOJced, BY the Democrats of
the County of Mason in mass con-
ventiou assembled that we do here
by instruct the delegates this day
appointed to the Congressional
convention which shall assemble at
Spencer, West Virginia, in the
month of September, 1898, to cast
their votes for Hon. James b.
Menager for the nomination for
Congress of the Fourth Congress
sional District and use their best
endeavors and influence to secure
his nomination SO long as he shall
have any reasonable prospect for
said nomination.
Hon. Rankin Wiley offered the
following as substitute for both
of above resolutions.
Resolocd, That the vote of Ma
son county in the Congressional
Convention to be held at Spencer,
w. Va, on Sept. 1st, 1898, be di-
vided equally between j. b. Me-
mayer and j. Capehart so long as
the names of either of these gentle
men is before said convention, and
when either of them may retire as
candidate before said convention
that then and in that event the
whole vote of the county shall be
cast for such remaining candidate.
A motion was made to table the
substitute offered by Mr. Wiley,
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