The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-13
STRONG TICKET
NAMED All l|.::.|: BY. BY The Il !:
REPUBLICANS.
Continued From Il: First Page.

OF Mr.. Hall. Give the young man a
chance. was thetenors OF the speakers
remarks. "If the Republicans play the
old man racket and shut out the young
men the Democrats will play the young
! man racket and shut out the Old men,
4 and then the Democrats will so into
power again" On behalf Of Il, 600 col
ored voters he seconded tbs nomination
OF Hall. 1T is our duty 10 place on tho
ticket q young and vigorous Republic
car in the person of Ia.mes K. Hall, he
said, "and victory will perch upon our
banners" q,
j. w. Stuck. of Doddridge, seconded
the nomination OF scherr. The speaker
wanted q man,who was In the political
harness in West Virginia whcp James
I, K, Hall was. in his infancy" ri z!
j. W. Duncan, of Doddriige, seconded
Hall, and there was another big DEM
onstrauon for the Ohio county man. A
delegate from Gil,ner, on behalf OF the
entire delegation, seconded Hall. II
!, Major c. B. Scott, OF Brooke, sec
ondpd, HALL, prefaclng his remarks with
an appeal for good order that was APP
piaudsd. The speaker told the sacrifice
made by the First district candidate
for auditor four years ago. because it
was good politics. There were cries Of
time, and Chairman Freer cried. "I,m
Z handling this thing: wait minute"
4 Continuing. Mr.. Scott Impressed upon
the convention the Importance OF divid-
Ing the honors and giving the auditor
to the First district. The speakers APP
peal was.an effective one. Arch Well
4 don, Of Grant, seconded schcrr. 2. D.
Marshall. of Hancock. seconded Hall.
He will do moro for Republican suc-
cess than any other man you can place
on the ticket" si...
Hammer Created Great Enthusiasm.
Il Jasper Bradley, of Hancock, seconded
Scherr. For Harrison county, Hon.
Harvey W. Harmar seconded Hall in q
speech that created great enthusiasm.
Again there we're Interruptions by the
Soherr crowd. His tribute to Mr..
Halls work for the party was eloquent
and frequently applauded. The Scherr
people again broke in with u prolonged
interruption. W. A. Parsons, Of Jack,
son county, who four years. ago was 4
Democrat, but declined to stay with
that party and became tail OF the
Populist kite, seconded the nomination
OF Scherr.
At this stage the convention WAS In
great confusion, the supporters Of the
rival candidates cheering for their re-:
spective favorites. T. L. LETTERS, of JEFF
ferson, seconded Scherr as did ". A.
Brozee. of Logan. on behalf of the coun-
ty that has the smallest Republican
vote in the state. 4 Ed
Emmett Showalter, o. Marion, was thu,
next speaker. and would second neither
Hall nor Scherr. He would suggest a
mar for which all could rally In hac-
mony-that OF Hon. Charles ". Swish
: 'er. Of Marion county. T. II. B. Duck
wall, of Morgan seconded Scherr Cap
Z tain Il. R. Smith. of Mcdowell. second
ed scherr on behalf of her twenty.six
solid voters. For Ohio county Joseph
C. Brady seconded Hall. "Ohio county
stands .hsre, to-day with one-slxth of
) the Republican. majority In the state.
and to James X. Hall mo-e than any
other man it Is due"
Promised Loyal Support to Ticket.
With Hall the ticket would succeed
and there will be another four years OF
good business management In the aud
itor's Office. Continuing. Nj. Brady
promised loyal support to the tickst and
1000 majority in Ohio county, C. n.
Matheny, of Peasants. seconded
scherr.
c. W. DillGn. OF F'ayette, moved thI,,
z the nominations close, ard the vote By
proceeded with. I, went through with
, O rush. At this point there was great
confusion on the floor, half OF the dele
gates on their feet wransling among
themselves.
Barbour was called and voted solid
for Scherr. AT the start Scherr took
) the lead. getting forty-eiyht votes in tn.
first three counties without one for
Hall Then the Hall counties began to
crowd In. and the Ohio county man be-
. gan to figure little. When GreenbrIer
was called she declared her unread!ness
(. to vote.
Mr.. Hubbard. OF Ohio. Insisted that
no county should be allowed 10 hold
back. and the chair ruled tha, the rules
OF The convention upheld Mr.. Hubbard,
whereupon Greenbricr, after more de-
lay, voted The majority OF he- delegates
for Hall @
( The first real chance the Hal. people
had to enthuse CAME when Harrison
gave him thirty-two OF her thIrty-six
votes, which brought the total TO 222H
for seherr and 2l9h for Hall. This was
the nearest Hal, came to even running
with his Second district opponent.
Mason County Split Even.
Mason split ever. but Marion votrd
all but two for scherr and he was
again IN the lead, which was increased
by Mineral and MlDgo going TO him
solid. Other counties went largely to
scherr. and when Ohio county was
reached the lsad for Scherr was o.. Mr..
Hubbard announced 81 votes for Hall
and for Scher-i and the Hall people
enthused for all they were worth. but
tho following cnuutins tyrnt La r1,nlv IN