Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-08-16
DEMocRATi6 DISTRICT DELE
CATE CONVENTION.

Pursuant TO q cali OF u OlSGTlCG
Delegate Executive Cohmittee. a
convention of the Democrats of the
7th Delegate District met in the
Courthouse at Martinsburg, w.
Va, on Monday, August s, 1898, at
IL o'clock, a. m. The convention
called to order by r. W. Nor
row, of the Charles Town ADVOCATE,
chairman of the District Delegate
Executive Committee, who named
H. C. Berry, of Berkeley county, as
temporary chairman, and on motion,
ID. S. Eichelbergcr, of the Rerkeley
Democrat, was made temporary sec
rotary, with all the Democratic edi-
tors present as assistants.
The various committees were then
appointed and the convention took q
recess until L O'clock, p. m.
The convention reassembled, and
ON call for reports of committees,
the Committee on Organization e
ported, recommending that the tenn
porary officers be made permanent,
which was adopted. The reports of
the Committee on Credentials, Per
manent Organization, Basis of Rep
resentation and Resolutions were
then made in the order named, and
on motion, the reading of same was
disposed with, except the report of
the Committee on Basis of Represen-
tation, which gave Berkeley 81,
Morgan 4 and Jefferson % votes in
said Delegate District Convention.
All other preliminary business
having been disposed of, the nomi
nation of candidates for D'str;3t,
Delegates was in order.
On call by counties, vixen Morgan
was regched,{ Hen, A r. Unger
placed in nom,inaSion ~ RuthYen
w. Morrow, of }ehssson, editor of
the Charles Town 4DyooATE, which
was ably seconded by MasBs. R. NJ.
Fisher, of Morgan, and A. s. Dan
bridge, of Jefferson. There being
no other nomination, on motion oil
Hon. Daniel B. Lucas, MI. Morrow
was declared the nominee by accla-
nation.
Hon. Forrest w. Brown, of Jeffer-
son, then placed in nomination Mr.
Frank H. Harrison, of Morgan,
which WAS seconded by Mr.. d. NJ.
O'Connell, of Berkeley. There being
no other nominations, on motion of
Hon. Daniel B. Lucas. of Jefferson,
MIR. Harrison was declared the
nominee nv exclamation
On motion, a committee of three,
one from each county,wa appointed
TO wait upon the nominees and no.
tifY them of their nomination.
Both gentlemen were notified and
were escorted to the convention and
accepted the honors conferred, pledg
ing their hest efforts, if elected, to
their constituency.
The Committee on Resolutions,
through their chairmnn, Hon. Dan
iel b. Lucas, reported the following
resolutions, which were read by Mai
a. W. Mcdonald, of Charles Town:
RESOLUTIONS.
1. That we hereby reaffirm and indorse
the principles as set forth in the national
Democratic platform at Chicago in 1896 as
the supreme law of the Democratic party.
,. That we glory in the achievements of
our soldiers-oifiCer and prlVates-by land
and sea in the present war. That our I'M
pr~ecedentedand brilliant success has demon
stated, that the country may in the future
safely rely mainly, upon the volunteer both
in the army and navy, and that there is no
necessity i'll time of peace, for maintaining
n large standing army or navy, which the
Anglo Saxon instinct teaches us is always u
taN1nn f1 tho 1fhorfiaE.n f TIrr YNonT1a
3. That we reaffirm the traditional policy
of the country, which has been from the be-
ginning ef-our government opposed to the
acquisition of territory ia foreign waters,
ment rid itself of Philippines the safer
it will be for our Republican institutions
and the masses of our people.
4. AS a rule we are opposed to proteeto-
rates depending for their maintenance upon
military authority. Such government tends
to imperialism, by necessitating hordes of
military and civil officers with large salsa
ries, appointed over the heads of the people,
and i'll no way responsible 10 them.
.. We are opposed to distant depend ences,
permanent pTotectorates aud ~entangling al
liances.
6. We hereby cordially invite those Demo-
Gratis who differed with us in the last Presi-
dental campaign to cooperate with us again
in the future in the effort to secure the pre-
dominance of Democratic principles.
After the reading of the resolu
tions, Hon. Forrest w. Brown refer
red to the fact that it was under
Democratic administrations alone
that our territory had increased
from a few small colonies to an
ocean bound continent
Mr. r. NJ. Fisher followed in q
strong vindication OF the course of
the Democrats in Congress, in their
efforts To free the Cuban insurgents.
and that they were to be commended
for their fidelity.
Members of The District Delegate
Executive Committee we're then re
ported as follows:
Morgan.-Messrs. B. r. johnson,
C. p. Jack and Frank H. Harrison
JetTerson.-R. w. Morrow, W. 6.
Bates and Jacob S. Melvin.
BERKELEY. V. Quinn. j. w. B.
Evans and D. S. E;chelberger.
The committee met and organized
by the election of j. V. Quinn, chair
man, and j. W. B. Evans, secretary.
There being no further business,
convention adjourned.
II. C. BERRY, Chm'n.
D. S. ETcHELBERGER, Sec'y.
Mr.. John H. Dean. a prominent Re
publican of Winchester, died Friday eve
aoed 66 wears