Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-07-20
PRE- TTY HOT TIME
In the Convention in the Tyler
Delegation.
Who Were on the Committees From
Our COunty-Tyter County Dele
gates Contest.
From Fridays Daily

QelQ lHeI COuNSuliOn ySolSiuaS III
Wheeling and as announced in yes
terday's Review, Captain Dovenor
was re-nominated by reclamation,
Campbell and Meighen having
withdrawn from the contest.
From the delegates from this
county, Harry w. Smith was the
county's committee on resolutions;
o. w. O. Hardman committeeman
on credentials; DR.. E. B. Conoway
on rules and orders of business; w.
A. Beagle on Basis of Representa-
ton; Congressional committee, O..
w. 0. Hardman and on Permanent
organic alton G. w. Weekly.
THE CONTEST.
Then all was lovely after these
committees had been appointed un-
til the contest from Tyler came up
before the convention, which was
settled as follows:
Chairman Snyder, of the commit.
tee on credentials, reported on the
trouble in the Tyler county delega-
ton, and he took the stage to en-
tighten the convention on the puz
zle.
Delegate Burchinal, of Marshall,
and Mr.. Moore, Of Tyler, question
ed the chairman as to the proper
mode of procedure in deciding the
the contest. At this juncture, CHR
man Curtin stated that the commit
tee on credentials had recommend
ed that all the Tyler county rep
resentatives, which work in the
seven from Lincoln district, who
were turned down by the county
convention, be admitted as dele
gates,
Delegate o. W. o. Hartman, the
TYLER county stalwart, was given
permission to say few words. He
was opposed to the admission OF
the Lincoln district men, because
the Tyler county convention had
declared otherwise. This conven-
ton was overwhelmingly for Camp
bell, and the seven delegates were
for Governor, but Mr.. Hardman
had no personal feelings in the
matter. He and all knew that Mr..
Dovener would be the nominee, but
he asked that In fairness the Tyler
county convention be upheld. Mr..
Hardman made vigorous speech
The other side-that of Lincoln
district-was presented by another
eloquent Tyler man, Mr.. F. l.
Blackmarr. He told how the Lin
coin district republicans, sixty
three In number, had met in a jury
room at Middlebourne. The vote
stood g for Dovener, 80 for Camp
bell for the seven delegates. Then
the Campbell men agreed to take
three delegates and give Dovene1
four, but the Dovener men refused
Then the Campbell men seeded,
and retreated to the county conven,
ton, which was strongly Campbell
and adopted the minority report
choosing Campbell delegates for
Lincoln district, thus upholding
thirty delegates against thirty.
three for another man. Mr.. Black
MARI said the seven Lincoln Dove
ner men were the only representa-,
tives of the district. He told how
the committee on credentials,
Chairman Snyder, had recommend
ed by a vote of five to two, that all
the Tyler representatives be adj
mitted.
Mr.. Hartman then took the
floor and asked the convention to
stand by the Tyler county dele
gates, for by seating uncertifed
delegates, First district republicans
would be making a bad precedent.
The vote was then taken on the
committees report. which recon-
mended that the Lincoln district
men be seated. The committee
recommendation was adopted, but
there were many nays. AS soon as
the vote was announced, Mr.. Hard
man and most of the seventeen
Tyler county men withdrew from
the hall. The seven men from
Lincoln district filed into the Tyler
county quarter.
Before voting on the report of the
committee on basis of representa-.
ton, Chairman Curtair's attention
was called to the fact that he hac
not noticed calls for division be
fore the vote on the report of the
committee on credentials was an