The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-13
DETAILS OF PRO
CEEDINGS AT YESTER
DAYS CONVENTION

I
working with that end in view. Mr..
Swfsher is opposing the idea of throw
ing the solid vote Of the county to Te-
ter, and will insist on it being equally
divided as instructed.
The First Speech.
The first speech of the day was
made by Hon. Charles schuck, of
Ohio county at 1925. He told the
crowd they must not smoke in the
building. This was the first time the
crowd had cheered since entering the
hall. At 2:2S the people on the stage.
arranged little surprise on the dele
gates The curtain was suddenly low
cred obscuring the stage and when it
was suddenly drawn up again splea-
did picture OF President Roosevelt was
seen hanging on the center Of the cur
tain The crowd set up a mighty
cheer at this.
Senator Eikins Arrives.
AT 1928 Senator Stephen B. EIkins
| the temporary chairman, arrived in the
hall and his entrance on the stage was
the signal for another mighty cheer
| from the assembled throng. At 1880
| Chairman Glasscock called the conven-
| ton to order and introduced the Rev
| Dr. Howard. OF st. Matthew'S P. e
church. who made fe-vent prayer il
| which he plead fer good feeling. He
prayed that all bitterness might pass
away and that the work of the con-
vention would be to the honor and
glory of God and the country.
Chairman Glasscock read tele-
gram from Senator Nathan B. Scott,
in which he expressed regret at not
being able to attend the convention
and he hoped that they would act to
the best interests of the party. He
said the Republican party could be
depended upon to settle the tax ques-
ton right. 1t was remarked after the
reading of the telegram that Senator
Scott had not attended the State con-
yention in recent years but always
managed to be away on other bust
ness. Chairman Glasscock, after
reading the Scott telegram made a
| short speech in which he predicted
| Republican success in the State and
he said it would make no difference if
| lie .bSiIlOCidIS lHS Sitil
| Davis family.
The First Brush.
Senator Ellsins in his speech paid
| particular attention to protection and
| in fact devoted most of his time to
| that subject. He said Henry G. DAVIS
was far better man than Judge Par
ker, and that he should have been
r,la Of
ond.
At the conclusion of this speech
Taylor Vinson of Cabell county made
a motion that they divide into sena-
torial districts for the purpose of Sc
lecting members of the convention
committees. Before action could be
taken on the motion Hon. w. P. Hub
bard arose and moved that the report
of the State committee be accepted,
and that their be no credential COM
mittee appointed. His motion includ-
ed that there be no further contests.
Mr.. Hubbard in his talk claimed that
he made the motion in the interest of
facilitating the work of the conven-
| ton.
Mr.. Vinson claimed that his motion
| mad precedence ana insisted on It's be-
| ing taken up. Quite large sized row
followed and for several minutes the
convention was in disorder.
| Kissed Charley.
Congressman A. G. Dayton got the
floor and made speech opposing Mr..
Hubbard's motion. He said the conven-
| ton was the judge of its delegates
and that they should decide whether
or not there was to be contests. Char
| ley Caldwell followed with a fiery
| speech on the same general lines as
Mr.. Dayton. He was vigorously hiss
ed by a large section of the delegates
and it was only with the greatest diff
fculty that he could be heard at all.
| Several times he had to quit and wait
| for order to be restored. He was al
ternately Kissed and cheered for sew
eral minutes and the uproar was the
greatest Of the session.
Caldwells speech apparently made
| little or no impression. except to show
| that the Teter men were desperate ANA
wanted to, take advantage of every OPP
poTtunity to create trouble. He was
Immediately followed by Governor A.
| B. White. Governor White was Wig
| orcusiy applauded. He said he spoke