The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-15
REPUBLICAN CONYEN ZION.

tlhudlb 10 ~ puUIHutu Cdli, INC
Republicans held mass convention
at the Court house last Mouia~ at
o'clock for the purpose Of selecting
delegates to the Congressional, judi.
cial and Senatorial conventions.
This part of the convention Was op
EN- to AL who saw proper to attend it;
but the convention proper, that
which named the organization, select
ed the delegates, prepared the reso
luttnns and decided upon the iustruc.
lions for Woodward for Congress,
was vey secret affair, and was
held on Sunday night with only few
of the leaders present. And on
Monday when the meeting WAS called
To order, the Chairman was so well
con to his job" that everything nov
ed of like clock works. John Nc
Guilty, he Of strong faith and loud
voice, vas made Chsirman, and ia II
speech which YVES very much in
vogue at the close of the Rebellion,
and which had been ventilated
through some twenty or more cam.
paigns, tried To enthuse the faithful
in behalf of the e o, p; but, sad to
relate, except the Hon. II. A AL
tizer, John NJ. Wolvertou, and A.
5. Stump, recent converts to the
faith, they wouIden't 'thuse worth
cent. At the close Of the Hon. johns
etiusion, the Hon. ii. A. Altizer,
who, by the way, seemed TO be the
leading spirit Of the Assem-. bly,, moved
that committee on resolutions be
appointed, which carried without
dissenting voice, aud with a very few
asserting voices. The Committee
was named, aud was instructed by
the chair to retire to one OF the Jury
rooms, where they could read the res.
Olutions furnished them, sign them,
and report, and while Shey were do
ing this the convention took Il five
minutes recess.
Upon the report Of the committee
on resolutions the chair Immediately
put the question without giving any
one an opportunity to be heard
A great many Of the rank aud file of
the party, who do not believe in ring
rule, or undetermined tactics, to com.
pei convention to instruct for
candidate, were opposed to these res
clutiOns, and tried To be heard upon
The question. But the oratorical
John who welded the gravel of au-
thOrity had been told what 20 do and
how 10 do it, and he WAS not the man
TO disObey instructions, especially
when he had the honor of presiding
over great comfy convention, com
posed of about 100 able bodied repub.
means, and five converts, and such
men rs Rev. j. w. Taylor, who have
always been found In the front ranks
of the party's hottest battles, were de-
liberalely sat down on, and not al.
lowed voice in the meeting; while
The erslwhile dqmo-popuIislic Aluzer
and the mercurIcal aspiring Wolver-
ton, were allowed the freedom OF the
floor aud told TO speak t. their hearts
content.
Alter the meeting had instructed
for Woouyard, which, by the way,
was the chief object Of the conveu.
ton, any way, the rest was easy.
Altizer was allowed TO name the dele
gates to the various conventions, and
then he was permitted TO tell in clio.
quent terms, how he had searched all
through the secret chambers Of the
democratic party, and throughout
the byways aud hedges Of the popu-
list party, tor the true light, but had
never found it until that day while
listening 10 the graudIloqueDce Of
oratorical John, when t burst upoh
him and shown around him, as the
light Dnce shown around Paul while
on his way to Damascus. John NJ
Wolverton, who would like to he
County superintendent then pros
ecuting attorney, and who, four years
ago, had been candidate iu the
democratic party for the former Of
fee, and bad been talking Of running
ia the same party again ibis year.
until the very recent past then told
the dearly beloved how sorry be was
for all his past magazines. aud that
iflhey would reward him with an Of
fee, be would love then. forever az a
child lovelh ils father lie also told
them how it WAS impossible for an
honest, conscientious man tO be q
democrat, and iuiimafed that he bad
been one oftbe bases, hypocrites sll
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