The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-14
THE CONVENTION

OF tho 10th Ohio Districts will BIO Held
at lsteub.nsvills Thursday-Capt.t Dan.
Il ford Backed by Belmont and Monroe.
Carroll Is Rent with Local Troubles.
The convention OF the Sixteenth Ohio
congressional district will be held in
the Opera House, at steubcnvllle, next
Thursday, and that town is preparing
to give the delegation q pleasant re6ep-
ton. They have as an executive COM
mlttee in charge Of arrangements, DR..
f. s. Maxwell, ". R. Alban, Walter C.
Taylor. Charles J.. Meyer and S. B.
Simms, and the reception committee Is
composed OF 3. J. c. Armstrong. John
NJ. Cook. G. A. Maxwell, G. g. CASTOR,
W. F. Rldglcy, James n. Powers. L. A.
Miller II. G.. Dorhman, George Bart
hold. IT,, John Dillon, John Briggs, r.
]. Morrison. Henry Schaefer, Clarence
Murray, John Bickerstaff, Il. G. Rich
ards. w. Z. McEldowney, Joseph May,
C. II. Steel, General P. McCracken,
Henry Gregg, Hon. John l. Means,
George A. Dean.
Steubenyille's active city solicitor, H.
B. Thompson, is at the head OF q COM
mlttee Of ladies and gentlemen who
ore fitting UP the opera house 10 patrl-
otto colors for the occasion.
The convention will be composed Of
179 votes, divided among the counties OF
the district in proportion to the votes
cast for Bushnell last year. as follows:
Belmont, 65 delegates; Carroll, "a: Har-
rison. Is; Jefferson. AZ. and Monroe, Is.
1t Will require ninety votes to make the
nomination. II there Is show OF
strength at all in the convention, Con-
gresham Danford, who Is standing for
denomination. has from so to IS votes
sure to start with, and Carroll with Its
"a votes Is so torn UP that no one knows
what the outcome with that county will
be. :,
Danford has Belmont and Monroe with
so votes. and few scattering ones in
both Harrison and Jefferson counties.
though Harrison has favorite son In
the person OF the General D. A. Hol-
lingsworth and would solidly support
him IL there was a chance for his NOM
ination. But there are other ambitious
gentlemen In Harrison and they prefer
the denomination Of Danford rather
than a new man, and this Is perhaps
true OF General Hollingsworth, who will
be temporary. no doubt permanent,
chairman OF the convention
Jefferson county has also favorite
son of Emmet E. Erskine, erstwhile
prosecuting attorney otfthat county and
an excellent and popular young man.
and he will be solidly supported for
nomination II there appears chance
for him, but In the absence OF that his
friends would prefer the denomination
Of Captain Danford to that OF any new
man. 8 s'A=f
A portion OF Carroll county desires the
nomination Of John II. Fimple, but that
delegation Is divided In its own local
troubles In such a way that a nominal
ton Is likely to be made on the first call
OF the counties.
Any OF the men named would make
an excellent representative in Con-
gress. but the old war horse now serv-
ing seems TO have q decided advantage
for the nomination this year. That there
is some opposition to him necessarily
follows the fact that he had patronage
to distribute. but his standing in his
home county was attcsted last Saturday
when the county central committee, rep
resent!ng every township and precinct
in the county met ut st. Calrsville to
fix the time and place for the county
convention and to select delegates to
represent the county In the state con-
vention. unanimously selected Captain
Danford to head that delegation.
The other delegates to the state con-
vention are Hon. E. B. Armstrong, Hon.
Charles ]. Howard. James F. Anderson,
W. c. BerCundthal, Charles ". Dick
ems. Sheriff W. n. Darby. Hon. Charles
J. Helnlein; James l.. Higgins, ". c.
Mitchell. G. G. Sedgwlck, F. NJ. Cowen
and L. P. Bailey. The alternates are
Hon. c. L. ,Weems. c. c. Carroll. John
D. Hayes. John Boyer, f. z. Scatter
dag, A. NJ. Major. Isaac Johnson. T.. C.
Mercer. W. S. Mechem. Charles Howell,
Spot Green, Q. A. Dowdell and J. A.
Shepherd.