Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-09

cratic State convention IN the city Of
Parkersburg
Resolved, That we hereby declare our
| answering allegiance to the two great
est Democrats of modern times, w. ].
Bryan and Adlai e. Stevenson, In their
! unceasi1g efforts to right the wrongs
of a misguided and reckless national
administration and their efforts to re-
store to power the party of the people
of this country.
Resolved, That we congratulate the
people OF this State upon the choice of
John H. Holt and his associates Oh the
State ticket, as our stan lard bearers,
and look forward WITH pleasure TO. the
restoration to power in this State of the
Democratic party and congratulate in
advance all the people of the common
wealth in placing the affairs of state in
the hands of such honest, faithful, and
fearless representatives as Mr.. Holt
and his associates.
Resolved, That we denounce as I'M
business-like and dangerous the well
known extravaganza and reckless dis
regard of the finances OF this county
by the Rcpdl lican majority of the
Board IL commissioners, and invite all
good citizens, irrespective of party affil-
iations, to GUST from power a body of
men dominated and owned practically
by ring, both in city and county af-
fairs, which has become stencil In the
nostrils of good citizens.
Resolved, That we condemn as unfair
and illegal and against every decent
rule of propriety the conduct Of some
Republican members of the Board of
Commissioners in holding star cham
Der sessions with an incompetent as
SCISSOR to fix up for him assessments
known to every business man Il be ex-
orbitant and unreasonable. We deny
| the right of any man who sits as a
| Judge in any matter such as assessments
of property, to pass in advance upon
the very case which may be brought
before him for review or judgment.
And we congratulate the Democratic
] party and the community at large upon
the reduction in the assessment of this
county secured solely through the good
judgment, business sense and loyalty
of Thomas O'Brien, Sr.
The Legislative Ticket.
The nomination for the labor end
of the legislative ticket was next called
and Mr.. Hadlich, of Washington us
| trict, presented the name OF Charles
| Carenbauer as a man fully qualified
and capable of filling such an Office.
This suggestion was greeted with an
outburst of enthusiasm and was sec
onded by Mayor Sweeney, Of Madison
| district, who made a brief speech. He
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| free from the blemish of bribery, hon.
| est in his convictions and against
| whom there had never been cause for
| the least charge Of irregularities in any
| of his public dealings. He concluded
| by earnestly advising the delegates to
| carefully consider Mr.. Carenbauer' S
| many fitting qualifications for this end
| of such an important ticket and unite In
support of his candidacy. The general
! sentiment was in favor of Mr.. Caren-
| bauer and On motion he was selected
| by unanimous consent.
Mr.. Carenbauer made a short speech
| of acceptance, heartily thanking the del
egates for the honor bestowed upon
| him, and assured them that. If elected,
he would do all in his power to please
| the people of Ohio county under any
| circumstances that might arise.
The chairman then announced the
nominations for a delegate from the
country district. The roll of districts
| was called and .Triadelphia responded
first, suggesting the name of d. M.
Thornburg. Mr. Sweeney again follow
ed with a second for the nomination,
and pointed out various reasons that
should appeal to the judgement of the
delegates for the selection of Mr.. Thorn
burg, as one fully qualified for this
particular office Another motion
suspended and Mr.. Thornburg was Sc
lected by reclamation.
The next order of business was the
selection of the business mems candi-
date Robert Ellingham suggested the
name of Frank M. Healy.
Mr.. Coniff followed with a few re-
marks in which he said that legisla-
tive ticket ought to be selected that
would commend itself to the people of
Ohio county. He stated that he was
there in behalf of man who had never
became involved in either labor
or social complications, and who
was most strongly opposed to
the system of ring rule. He
thought that it was now seasonal
BILE time to try to bring about condi-
tons of reform in the county. He
then offered the name Of Robert t.
Devries, Madison district, followed in
behalf of Robert Simpson and William
Windsor. of Union district promptly
seconded the nomination.
Tho nominations closed and
then spirited and prolonged
contest for the nomination follow
ed: The first ballot resulted in
1917 3-5 votes for Healy; 1861 3-1O for
Simpson and 1884 ITO for Devries, and
after the second ballot. which gave
| Healy 1873 3-5 votes; Simpson.
| 1885 $40; and Devries, 2053 40, the
chair emphatically announced that 1t
would require 2,507 votes for a choice.
| The third ballot was in favor of Simp-
son. who secured 2,334 IL; Devries.
| 1870 40 and Healy, 79S 4-5, but II
was necessary to call for another bal
| lot. which nominated Simpson by a
| vote of 1904 15.
DISTS. Healey. Simpson. Devries.
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