Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-13
SENSATIONAL ENDING.
Fourth District Congressional
Convention Disorderly.

Victory when she Wins it-Fist
Fights Frequent Disgracefai Row
Among Republicans.
PoINT PLEASANT, W. Va, June l3.
The nomination OF James A.
Hughes by the Fourth district Re
publicans was victory for the ring.
It was triumph of the bosses over
the people Congressman Freer,
who was candidate for renomina
ton, had been led to believe that
the ring was for him, but he found
out his mistake The whole party
machine was behind Hughes, and
Freer was not in the race for min
ute. Money was freely used and
votes that Freer might have been
expected TO get were swung into
line for Hughes by the liberal use
OF hard coin and the influence-of the
ring Discovering the real situation
Freer found that he was sup against
it, good and hard, the first thing
yesterday morning.
The Freer men are sore over his
second defeat this year at the hands
of the ring. Kendall's friends are
sore over the refusal of Wood coun
to recognize him, and Woodyard's
friends are sore over the rough shod
way in which they were ridden over
by the ring. The old soldier was
turned down, the anti-ring men were
turned down and the situation is
favorable to the Democracy. The
Democrats are more pleased with
to days result than are the Repnb
licans.
THE CONVENTION WAS CALLED
to order by Chairman E. NJ. Camp
bell, of Huntington, of the Congress
ional committee, who named Elliott
Northcott, of Huntington, for TEN
porary chairman, and E. Il Finn,
of Spencer for temporary secretary.
The temporary organization was
afterward made permanent
The resolutions endorse the adj
ministration of Mckinley and the
course of Senators Elkins and Scott
and Congressman Dayton, Doyener
and Freer, but does not mention the
FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
the State has had in quarter of a
century, George Wesley Atkinson.
State issues are not referred to and
the only reference to National issues
is to state the conventions conf
dence in the Republican party to
solve all national and international
questions.
E H. Fitch, of Cabell county,
nominated James A. Hughes, of.
Huntington, for Congress.
Frank G. Copen, Of Writ county,
nominated Harry c. woodward, of
Roane county.
From this point on the convention
became one of the most boisterous
ever held in the state
The result of the first ballot gave
Hughes and woodward 1l9 each, Writ
county not having voted.
Then pandemonium was turned
loose. The chairman made an effort
to verify the vote, but there was too
much confusion, and after half an
hour Of continuous uproar Richie,
which had voted for woodward.
CHANGED IT'S VOTE TO FREER.
Then Cabell, which had voted for
Hughes, did the same, and several
other counties followed, till the con-
fusion became such that no account
could be kept of the vote, though
Freer's friends say he was then nomi-
mated
The chairman finally adjourned the
convention for half an hour to secure
order and telegram was sent to
Freer who had left town, to return.
When the convention re-assembl ed,
most of the Freer votes were changed
back again, and the first ballot was
finally announced as follows: Freer
"a; Hughes II; Kendall /; woodward
1913 necessary to nominate 126.
Throughout the afternoon there
was the widest confusion. Several
lights occurred and the sergeants-at-
arms were all kept busy
Second ballot-Freer, 80: Hughes
100; Kendall i woodward ia; Eli
oft Northcott 2.
Third ballot-Freer %; Hughes 115
Kendall 2; woodward 10S.
Fourth ballot-Freer p; Hughes
III; Kendall /; woodward los.
During the fifth ballot Freer ap-
peared and the convention went wild.
Freer was forced to appear on the
stage and. bow acknowledgements sew
eral times, but he did not get the
votes.
Writ county changed its vote to
Freer, then Roane did the same, and
it looked like Woodyard's strength
would go to Freer, but woodward got
the Roane delegation back into line,
and the stampede to Freer which
would have followed did not occur.
a delegate from Writ had moved to