The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-14
GREAT CONVENTION WAS
sA EREE&EF FOR All SHOW.
q HEAT SURPRISE OF THE
coNNENTIoN cAMEsAT THE
LAST VII EN- SWISHER
NM GOT II HERE.

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EEL July Ia
T'l.e# Il pubiican State convention was
Opened this forming with music,
Is. beer #rnallet, the latter
been brought into play by
sS Cha rrnan EiIins because of the in
tense nfhusiasrn that prompted the
daiegaIes TO voice their sentiments
sss heir favorites by continuous
cheers.
was a I 40 before the7l long line Of
SlgigEaEeg and spectators that had been
to the convention hal from
an early hour ha d final = taken their
eats and were cal1edfto order bY$ Chair
naan IE1kifis.H t was noticeable that
& HERE had been a thinning out pro
seess during the night OF he various
delegations as many Of he enthusi-
asts who had gone down in defeat
with the Teter lag were not disposed
Ssst forsa1se their beds for a conven-
ion III ich they had lost much Of
M nterest
S. T..s Westhaf Ter made an elo-{
Iuents bal brief prayer in sWhichshe in
s5 Voked the ivine blessing upon the
ss nvenI On.
nv hen the convention opened Hon.
81 George AZ. Laugh1in presented a mo-
81 ii hich he asked that the Hall
II DELEGATION from kanawha county be
ss seated thout a. vot e. This was
ended by Judge Blizzard, who also;
sss asked tina q WOOD county be included.
Elliott Northeott asked that Cabell
& count $50 Sincluded The motion
as carried, but the delegates re-
IhatRthere were no chairs va
cant i5S3
ne action Of the committee on;
rules and order of business was inn
pugned Ilfott North colt, y honey Is
aSSSsd III the order be- CHANGED 8ssan 90.
he Once Of Secretary Of State
sbe goted upon first here We're
an cries Hon W.
of,, Replied for the
tse. averring that it was the
emf az The ornInlttee to have the.
COW ntion take up the most import
ant osHces q rst.
George Sturgiss, whose chief
# am bitten after the nomination or
Dawson was the defeat Of c.. W.
Swishsr for secretary Of State, and
~ who was trumenta1 in changing
WI heS order of business, took the floor
81 and proceede led ito gore the delegates
with Eharangue in which he protest
led against any change, it being his
s#endeaVor:fto prevent it in order that
ne might encompass Swisher's down
sss8fall
the conclusion of the speech the
question was put and division was
& called. The roll of counties was
Il called but before the result could be
ri obtained it was seen the motion was
beaten and it was withdrawn by
$3Northcott.
this juncture Chairman Elkins
pounded hard with the beer mallet
i and Informed the convention that all
n was now ready for nominations.
Barbour county gave way to JET
Ss M ferson, and. Hon. Tracy H. Jeffords,
ssof Harper's Ferry, mounted the plat
Ss form and in a most graceful and elo-
quent speech placed in nomination
T Hon. Arnold C. Scherr for auditor.
Boone county gave place to Tyler,
which was represented by r. L. Greg
ES DRY, who placed in nomination J. S.
a Darst,fo Jackson county. in a grace
full speech.
s$sE&ES cherr's nomination was seconded
by delegates from Braxton and Harri-
nj son counties, which evoked cheers.
y A delegate from Jackson created
s some levity in seconding the nomina-
II ton Of Darst by referring to the long
winded and historic speeches of the
yesterday. He pre-
4ferred to talk on questions that con-
$cerned the twentieth century for he
was not$interested in Roman history.
IN Darst was also seconded by Mason
s county.
Monroe and Mineral both seconded
Differentiation of Scherr.
A5svote was then taken on auditor,
5sss but before it had reached Jackson
Scountysit was evident Scherr would be
and Darst, appearing upon
y the floor, withdrew from the contest
IN and asked that the nomination of
y Scherr be made by reclamation.
State Treasurer.
When nominations for State Treas
ssS$ urer We're called for the name of
NJ Hon. George c. Cole, Of Lewis. was
ssspresented by. r. %Ad. Hall, of the