The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-03-30
State Chairman Dawson Talks
About the Coming State Convene
tion-He says send only the
Number of Delegates we
are entitled to-Inexpe.
dent to change date
of convention at
Fairmont.

In an interview with State Chair
man Dawson, some facts are learned
that are Of interest to the Republicans
of the State.
Speaking of the nesting of the State
committee at Wheeling, on February
q, Mr.. Dawson said
sit seems to have escaped the notice
of the newspaper people, that our COM
mittee took action on the request OF
the Bar Association concerning the
method of nominating candidates for
Supreme Judges. The committee au-
thoriZed me to appoint committee
of three to confer with the committee
representing the Bar Association, and
Iappointed as such committee three
prominent lawyers, Messrs. WI. w.
Cowden, Of Wheeling: Joseph Fl.
Gaines, Of Charleston, and Elliott
Northcott, of Huntington.
sThe committee fixed us the basis
of representation in both the State
conventions to be held this year, the
vote cast for Governor Atkinson in
1896, and not the presidential vote. 1
wish you would call especial attention
to the rule adopted by the State con-
vention at Parkersburg, to 1896, which
is that no county shall send to the
convention more delegates than it is
entitled to by the apportionment
that is, ifa certain county is entitled
to six delegates 1t must not elect II or
Ia. The delegates present from any
county, even If the number OF dele
gates be less than the number Ufyotes
to which the county is entitled. The
reason of this is that the convention
will consist of nearly HOO delegates,
and seats will be prepared for the
number only for each county towhich
it is entitled. This makes verylarge
convention, and If counties should
elect double the number of delegates
to which they are entitled, it will be
impossible to seat them: seats will be
provided for the delegates and alter
mates to The number to which each
county is entitled under the appor-
tionment named. This rule Is Dor
rowed from the rules of the national
convention; and its purpose is to make
the convention a deliberative body
and not mob.
'sThe State committee appointed
Capt. John X. Thompson, Edward
Cordcr and myself to have charge of
the arrangements for the State nomi-
mating convention to be held at the
city of Charleston, July IL.
".Another act of the State commit
tee was the adoption of a resolution,
requesting that the convention beheld
in each Congressional district and the
choice of Presidential electors bemade
before the meeting of the State con-
vention on July1l, so that the election
of the district electors could be ratiti-
ed by the State convention. This was
done to save any possible legal Ques-
tion, it having been moved by National
Committeeman Manley, OF Maine, that
all nominees for Presidential electors
should be made by State conventions.
Mr.. Dawson said that it had been
found inexpcdient to change the date
of the FairmOnt convention as origin
ally fixed by the committee, and that
it would be held Tuesday, May Sth.
The next meeting of the State COM
mittee will he held at the Hotel Wat
sou in Farmont, on May :, at $ O'Clock
p. m.