The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-09-05
pEMOCRATs HAvE TRousLEs
OF Their Own in Nominating a county
Ticket.

was held here THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF
last week. after the Telegram had
gone to press
Willard II, Snider was called TO the
temporary chair and James w. Robin.
son was named as Temporary secretary.
Mr., SnIdor In accepting the honor as
he termed II made free trade speech
aud denounced the commercial spirit
OF the people. He thought there was
too much OF the making money nature
In this country and he advised our
people to look more to the welfare Of
posterity than to themselves. His
remarks were received without en-
thusiasm, the free trade theory being
very distasteful TO the Democratic
party after they have grown wealthy
and prosperous under the McDIngley
tarlfY and after the memorable expert
ence they had under Cleyelund's ad'
ADMINISTRATION,
The usualcommittees wore then APP
pointed and adjournment was had for
something toeat. the convention hay-
ing been in session an hour before the
noon hour as is the custom, but just
before adjournment IL was announced
that Mr.. Mckinney, nominee for con-
gress had come up from his home Mt
Falrmont to open his campaign. A
committee was accordingly appointed
to show him into the court house.
After they had had their dinner
they concluded to make the temporary
organization permanent.
The committee on order Of business
brought in the following interesting
report:
We recommend that nominations be
made in this order House of Dele
gates, county commissioner county
superintendent Of schools, circuit
clerk and county clerk. The arrange
ment seemed quite unusual but the
convention adopted the report.
Mckinney was then introduced. He
apologized for not being an orator and
for not having had time to prepare
speech, since accepting the nomination.
The natural Inference was that he was
so busy making money under these
prosperous Republican times that he
had no time to devote to the prepare
ton of calamity howl andhis secre-
tary being busy over time counting up
the profits had not had moment to
spare for that either. BE did not
seem to relish the idea OF the trans
ferring OF Marion county into the
First congressional district and blam-
ed Congressman Dayton for 1t. He
praised the wonderful development OF
the state the past few years and this
having been done under Republican
administration he virtually praised
the manner Of the conduct Of affairs
by the Republican party although he
attempted to attribute the develop
ment Of the Monongahela Valley to
Col. lie is 50 well pleased with our
magnificent Industries, which have
sprung up and grown under Republic
can rule that he promised the conven-
ton that il elected he would always
be found voting for the protection Of
our industries-what better protective
tariff or Republican utterauce could
any man make and yet The county
platform denounces everything that
smacks with RepublIcanssm? lie had
no doubt that there had been grave
abuses under Democratic adminiStra-
tons in this state and spoke from
actual knowledge, for was II not he
who was speaker OF the House, wnen
the infamous Purple Pencil outrage
was undertaken by McGraw and did
he not fight hard to carry it through,
and yet after that outrageous pro-
ceedlng he feelSt his duty to purify
politics and affairs OF state? Itcomes
In bad grace for him to pose insuch a
way. 1t was all right for him to speak
in praise Of our last martyred Presi-
dent and especially gratifying to him
on account OF thefact that he desert
ed his party to vote for principles that
would and did save the country from
financial ruin. He attempted to turn
his attention to the local government
and imagine it is bad. He concluded
the convention was an aggregation OF
Knockers and were there for the sole
purpose of entering protest against
everything and every body. He did
not suppose the convention had any
other purpose ln View as he expressed
nc hope of success. He ended with
the query, "Why should you not vote
for me p" but he failed to point out
any logical reason why any one should
do so.
{ The real fun began when 1t came to |
nominating candidates. MI. Francis
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