The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-14
AIS OF
GEE DINGS AT YESTER
DAYS CONVENTION

M DAY 4 The.
GREAT CONVENTION WAS
SfREE For AL SHOW.
eREAT SURPRISE OF THE
scoMVEMTioN CANE Z. 1.-THE
WHEN sWIsHER
THERE.
FfI5EIIs " Va. July Ia.
The epub lican State convention was
opened this morning with music,
q I,ra gr and a beer. 1naIlet, the latter
ahaEing been Drought into play by
81 airm an E.llsins because of the in
tense en- hnsiasm that prompted the
SdeIegates voice their sentiments
Heir favorites by continuous
CHI cheers
sss vas AZ before the long line Of
delegates and spectators that had been.
ntosthe convention hall e from.
n an early hour had finally taken their
sea Is ana were called TO order by Chair
II an fkins. TWAS noticeable that
there had been thinning out p-o-
cess during the nigh Sof the various
delssatio ions as u1any OF the thusi-
asts who had gone down in defeat
It'll aTeters flag Wereznot disposed
forsake heir beds for q conven7
ton hich hey had lost much Of
interest
DE- 5Vesthafer made an elo-
1uen but brief praye in which he in n
sfoised the divine blessing upon the
s:4.
hen the convention opened Hon.
george LarghIin presented a mo;
ION ri hich he asked that the Hall
cation from Kanawha county be
seated thou ss vote. This was
amended no udge Blizzard, who also
MY be included y, led
q Ial lofsa orthco asked that Cabell3
seoant also bes1nc1uded The motion
but the delegates re-.
we'd no seats for the very good
eason fhatt there were no chairs va
1e action Of the committee on
niles ndSorder Of business was i'm
pugned sbyE,lIi ott North ott, w hogrnoy-s
ss ed that tile order be changed I'D
at ne once of secratar Of STATE
Be ted pom "a here We're
man cries Hon. w.
as replied for the
COM a III it was the
@anae sof The committee to have the
sses51i ion take up @the most import
al II on tirst. ..5. K
George Sturgiss, whose chief
ton ter nomination of
Dawson as the defeat Of G. w
q s5SsSwisher for secretary Of State. and
10 was ms 11lrn entail in changing
81 the orderof business, took the floor
and proceeded to gore the delegates
wi TIL harangue5i in which he protest
ed against any change, it being his
s9endeavorsEto preventEit in order that
me mi ght encompass SSwisher's down
fail.
AT the conclusion of the speech the
question was put and a division was
called. The roll of counties was
called but before the result could be
sobtaine it was seen the motion was
beaten and it was withdrawn by
North
AN this iuncture Chairman Elkins
" pounded hard with the beer mallet
and informed the convention that all
was now ready for nominations.
Barbour county gave way to JEFF
$ssf erson, and Hon. Tracy H. Jeffords.
of Harper's Ferry. mounted the plat
form and in most graceful and elo-
Il unent speech placed in nomination
" Hon. Arnold G. Scherr for auditor.
Boone county gave place to Tyler,
which was represented by R. L. Greg
DRY, who placed in nomination j. S..
Darst, Of Jackson county, in a grace
ful speech.
Scherr's nomination was seconded
4 BY delegates from Braxton and Harri-
son countless which evoked cheers.
a delegate from Jackson created
some leyity in seconding the nomina-
ss5tion OF Darst by referring to the long
.swinded and historic speeches OF the
wind TANNERS yesterday. He pre-
N ferred to talk on questions that con
#&cerned the twentieth century for he
was not Interested in Roman history.
SsDarst was also seconded by Mason
"a county.
Monroe and Mineral both seconded
the nomination of Scherr.
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