The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-13

ed to the state executive committee.
This convention unanimously endorsed
the suggestion.
Nominations for Auditor in Order.
Calls for nomlnations for auditor
were called. and Barbour yielded to
MonongalIa. for which Hon. Frank Coz.
OF Morgantown, responded in an elo-
quent speech, placing before the con-
vention the name Of Arnold c. scherr.
The speaker paid @ glowing tribute to
the Mineral county leader, who had
stood for Republicanlsm in West vlr-
ginia for twenty years. His candidate
had learned Republicanism at the feet
Of Wiley and Plerpont To the "old'
Guard" the party OF 1906 Is largely In
debted. and this convention can well af-
ford to honor one of the Few remaining
old timers. Name your man" was fire.
quently heard, and You've got anoth-
er guess" came from Marshall county.
When the speaker named Mr. scherr
the cheering was enthusiastic, but not
equal in volume to what had been an.
ticlpated. 81 &
Brooke county yielded to Perry a.
Shanor. OF Tyler. who made the speech
OF his life, in naming Hon. James r.
Hall. Said Mr.. Shanor:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conventlon:-Thls Is a day for serious
consideration on the part OF this con-
ventlon. We have nominated q leader
behind whom We can follow with al
the energy, with all the ardor, with all
the enthusiasm Of our patures. VIZ
want to add to that list gentleman
who will hold up his hands in such q
manner so that on the third day Of No
rember, Democracy VIII be SO covered
over with the shower, OF ballots In this
state, that it will never be heard from
again.
Requirements of the Office.
I'VE are now to nominate man for
auditor, Tyler county has candidate.
In the first place that man whom We
nominate for auditor should b. man
full grown. measuring up to the stand
ard Of perfect manhood. We have such
man. OF honesty. Of sobrtety. OF In /,
tegrity: man who Is recognized by the
gentlemen who will vote aga!ns. him in
this convention as one Of the most per-
feet gentlemen in the great state Of
West Virginia.
Eve want more than that. We want
man who is an American. I offer you
a gentleman. n man who Is the Ameri-
can son OF an American father. Cap
plause) ! offer you q man who, WHEN a
boy took charge of his fathers family.
because that father lali down his life
for his love for Americanism; because
OF his love for that old flag. He shed his
blood on southern soil, and th.s boy did
not need to achieve RepublicanIsm. 1t
was born In him.
we want, again. n Republican. Ia
our candidate Republican: Why.
Lord bless your souls, my friends, his
Republicanism Is the only thing his
wife is jealous Of, Republican? Why,
1t is his religion: It is his medicine.
Whenever he is sick, he takes a little
more of it, and he is well again. He
knows nothing else: he believes noth-
Ing else; he feels nothing else. and pure,
strong ardent Republicanism courses
through every vein in his body.
In Need of an Organizer.
I'VE want more than that. We want
an organizer. Is he an organizer? Let
me tell you, my friends. that the Dem
ocrats fear his name at the head OF an
organization like the devil fears holy
water. An organizer! His name Is
magic to his party. and whenever he
puts his hand to the macnlne the
wheels of Republican progress revolva.
grinding to pieces Democratic parties
and Democratic aspirations. Is he m
organizer? Wherever he waves his
magic wand over the field of action,
Republ!canism springs up like bubbles
out Of wnter.
"Is he a winner7 He has never yet
been interested in campaign wherein
defeat has come to the Republican
party. In every campaign In which he
has taken part, and that has b"Gn every
campaign since he has been OF age,
victory has perched upon the banners
OF the Republican party, where In tie
years before that II has gone Down In
defeat. tCr!es of name your n,an.)
II don't want to name him yet, be-
cause every Democrat from .he Ala.
ghenies to the Ohio river is holding his
breath for fear that he Will be nomina-
ted by this convention.
~ will not detain you longer, gentlc-
men. l want to place before ;.iis con.
ventIon that ardent worker, that gem
inl gentleman. TINT magnificent Repub-
lican, that perfect organizer. that mag
netic. grand. glorious Republican,
James X. Hall" (App'ause.)
The Delegates Howled Themselves
Hoarse.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Shanor's
speech the Hall delegates yelled them
selves hoarse for their fnvorite.
Q. W. o. Hardman, OF Tyler, second
ed the nomination Of Scherr. On behalf
OF Cabell county, Hon. f. II. Fitch, of
Huntington. seconded Han. The con-
vention should not be swayed by scnt!-
mcnt. he said. It is n duty to put forth
ticket thnt Will win ir November.
He would second n man who has no
super!ors and few equals In the political
field in this state. Hall has no equal as