Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-07

IHE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION Or
COUNTY AFFAIRS DENOUNCED.
THE OMAHA PLATFORM RE-AF-
FIRMED-JOHN B. ARNOLD NAM
ED FOR CONGRESS.
The Peoples party held a convention
at Moundsville yesterday, and as
result another ticket Is placed in the
field to be voted on at the next general
election
Resolutions denOuncing the way Mar
shall county affairs are run were passed
and from their wording the convention
tried to give the county officers a
black eye.
The meeting was called to order in
the afternoon by the chairman, w. B.
Cullom. After electing VIM. Carroll
secretary the following named persons
were appointed a committee on reso-
lutions: G. w. Harris, w. H. H. Show
acre, VIM. Gosney and w. NJ Carroll.
These gentlemen were in session a
short time and prepared the following
report:
We, the Peoples party, in conven-
ton assembled, do declare our firm be-
lief in the principles as set forth in
the Omaha platform, especially the in
itiative and imperative mandate. See
ing in the past the disastrous effects
of fusion with other political parties
We declare our fixed unalterable oppo-
sition to any kind of deal with any
party and we positively forbid our
county commissioner or any candidate
from entering into any deal or bargain
by which the integrity of the Peoples
party might be jeopardized.
'fSecond-We denounce the present
State administration for it's reckless
and careless management of the State
Institutions; especially the State pris-
On, in allowing the convicts such lib
erty that it has become nuisance and
menace to society. The prisoners are
allowed to run at large at all hours,
even going to the country picking
blackberries, fishing and swimming.
We demand that the will Of the people
and the courts, which sent these per-
sons to the penitentiary as a punish
ment for crimes and not as a recrea-
ttion, be strictly enforced.
"Third-We call the attention of the
| voters and taxpayers of Marshall coun-
ty to the gross mismanagement of the
county court, which in the building of
tho hrid ha
and it's favoritism of corporations has
| proven itself to be wholly incapable,
and to cap all the managers of the Re
publican party have forced the
nomination of one of the chief actors
in this bungling or rascality and thus
hope to continue the reckless plumber
and waste of the peoples substance In
the future as in the past. We also de-
mand speedy return to an honest and
economical administration of our coun-
| ty affairs.
| "Fourth-We pledge our hearty and
unanimous support to the ticket this
day nominated and ask a careful con-
sideratiOn Of orr principles by tho in
| telligent voters of Marshall county"
| After these resolutions were adopted
the following ticket was nominated:
For Congress-John B. Arnold, SUBJ
ject to the action of the Congressional
conference. House of Delegates-W
M. Carroll, of Washington district, and
NJ. Yves Bonar, Of Meade district
County COMMISSIONER. M. Rine, OF
Liberty district. Superintendent OF
Schools - Young, of Franklin dis
| trct.
The members of the executive COM
mittee are: John Dunlap. Washington;
- Truxall, Union; John McCreery
Sand Hill; John Cunningham. Webs
ter; Peter Crow, Cameron; b. Duffy
Meade; Henry Resseger, Franklin, and
J. L. Bonar Clay.
The meeting was not very largely al
tended. but those present finished the
business in short order.