Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-21
4 PEOPLES TICKET
TO RE VOTED Upon AT THE COM
ING MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
NAMED AT MoUNDSvILLE
Last Evening-Three Conventions
Were Held-The First Two Adj
journed Without Making Any
Nominations and the winners
Were Named by the Third-An Ex-
citing Evenfng-The Ticket.

meetiHg was cdIfeO Dy the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of Mounds
vile last evening for the purpose of
at the coming municipal election in that
city. The meeting was called to order
by Friend Cox and w. NJ. Meighen,
Esq, was made chairman. Mr. Neigh
en- too kthe chair and made few re-
marks, stating the object of the meet
ing. Then the fun began 1t appeared
from the remarks of some gentlemen
present that they were not in favor of
putting any ticket in the field at all,
and motion was made and seconded
to that effect. Then some one called
the chairmans attention to the fact
that there was no secretary On mo-
ton w. C. Ewing was chosen secretary.
The chairman then put the motion that
no Democratic ticket be nominated.
After several heated arguments the
vote was taken and a division was
called for by nearly every one present
and another vote was taken. The
chair declared the motion carried
Some of those present expressed
themselves as being in favor of
straight Democratic ticket and said
they could not support man who was
not of their party, while others who
were not so strong in the faith, said
that they wanted man nominated for
mayor who was friend of the work
ingman and not opposed to organized
labor as is said of the regular Repub-
lican nominee. One Jealous Jefferson
ian Democrat was in favor of naming
no ticket and letting the Democrats
stay at home on election day, and ''let
the Republican ticket get in by de-
fault" as he very tersely expressed it.
After much more talk in the same
vein by those present the chair recog-
nized motion to adjourn and the
Democratic convention adjourned in
the midst of speech by Hon. j. K. p.
Barker, a defeated Republican candi-
date for Mayor. 1t is just to say that
the majority of the Democrats were
disguised with the results of the con-
vention and will not likely support the
ticket named later in the evening.
No sooner had the convention been
declared adjourned than it was called
to order again and an effort made to
hold Citizens" convention. w. o.
Ewing was made chairman and w. M.
Meighen was elected secretary AS
soon as the chairman and secretary
had been selected a motion was made
to adjourn. The motion prevailed and
the chairman adjourned the Citizens
convention without any ticket being
named.
After the adjournment of the Citizens
convention large number of those
present left the room. In few min
utes the house was again called to or
der and O.. e. Williams was made
chairman and W. o. Ewing secretary.
After considerable wrangling about the
ACCESSIBILITY of adjourning until to-
night 1t was decided to proceed to
name a ticket. The crowd had by this
time thinned down to about twenty
five persons, including several news
paper men who by decision of the
chairman were not permitted to say
dAy IuluS III tuS COHFSHJlOu.
1t having been decided to name a
ticket at the meeting last night it was
then in order to select a name for the
ticket On motion of some one it was
decided to call it the peoples" ticket
Nominations for Mayor being in or
der, James Knox Polk Barker was
named by ]. M. Ritz. he was nom1-
mated by reclamation. Mr.. Barker was
a candidate at the Republican primar-
les, but was defeated by H. Seamon.
He is now fighting Mr.. Seamon because
of MIR. Seamon's position on the ques-
ton Of organized labor. Robert Heady
was nominated for city marshal, and
c. w. Conner, the Republican candidate
Tor city clerk, was endorsed.
The following candidates for Council
were named: First ward, j. NJ. Fox.
Herman Hess, B. e. Hodgmen and S.
w. Booher. Second ward, D. Levi, o.
e. Williams, F. w. Brown and ]. M.
Williamson. Third ward, A. ]. Younk-
en-, M. c. Callahan, William Grandstaff
and Charles L. Sullivan. The four
candidates from the First ward and A.
J. Younken, of the Third ward, are the
regular Republican nominees. Fl. W.
Hunter, ]. M. Roberts ana NJ. f. Cox,
the Republican candidates for school
commissioners, were also endorsed.
An executive committee composed of
w. o. Ewing, Patrick Callahan and
Alex. Clark was appointed to take such
action as may be necessary to have the
ticket placed upon the ballots and to
dill any vacancies that may occur if
any of the parties named decline to be
candidate.
Mr.. Meighen. chairman of the first,
or Democratic convention, was COM
plimented upon the able manner in
which he ruled the convention and his
extensive knowledge of parliamentary
rules.
ihe ticket nominated is representa-