The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-26
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NAMED
FoR THE STATE SENATE BY DEMO
cRATs IN A FARCE COMEDY CON-
vENTIoN IN OPERA HOUSE.
cJRTA1N RAISED AND FELL SEW
BPAI TUNES ON SOME VERY
AMUSING ACTS ATyD RIDICULOUS
SITUATIONS.
Doddridqe Denounces Harrison As Cow.
ardIy and Fun Of Tricks and Harrison
cringsd From Its Furtiws Intentions
aud Submitted With Gentleness Of
patton's Barn Lamb.

patton's Barn Lamb.
gie Democratic senatorial convention
Z was afaTce comedy Of tine most slirVtis-
ing sort. As convention IT. was tame
birt. sls q farce it was the real thing Il
deserves TO be handled in several acts
The Democratic clique was busy all
the morning buttonholing the delegates
from Dodrbdge and Lewis counties, both
in the street, and IN private and public
Offices. Busy rs bees they remained
f,IntiI The convention had been long de-
layed ond buster still were ttney nfter
the crowd tsiat IS the forty or fifty per-
sons. assembled in the opera house
That was act one and tale clowns OF tho
show wore All keyed up ready to do
their part. The rehearsing com
pletc.
Act Two: Tine convention was called
TO order by j. Carl Vance, none Of the
members Of the old executive commit
tee having enough interest IN the con-
vention TO be present. He read the call
and then called Olandus West to the
chair as temporary chairman. West
came forward and expressed himself rs
suddenly surprised. the old5ti4ne way
Of getting around tine matter OF making
4 speech. This done there was q pain
fuI pause. but some one got ilis wits
together and suggested j. Hornor Davis
as temporury secretary. but TINS was
not expected to get III front Of the cur
tain. and was promptly tabooed by
Davis, who suggested James w Robin
son. editor Of the clique sheet, be shoy
"a 10 i. front and before tine foot
lights. The order of Davis went with
out ev.n . murInur, but Robinson was
nowhere 10 5e found, and a delegation
took it voluntarily upon themselves 10
20 in Quest Of the Substitute secretary
They found him in the neighborhood
and after a wait OF some iration, ne
was there TO pray his little piece and
thus was THE intermission broken This
ended tine second act and there had been
no encore as yet.
Third Act: The curtain Went up
again. wncn james f. Allen made a mo
tion that tine temporary organization be
Innlle permanent. This was contrary tc
John Patton's conception of the role
that was being played and he promptly
iinduircd mhetner Alien had not misread
his lines. Patton thougnt tnerc should
be the usual committees by all means
and did not see how Democratic uslga
could be - iflagrantly violated, but
mum was the word and hc did not wax
warm and furious in his protests but
submitted with the gen.leness OF a
child and became as meek as the barn
lamb on Bull skin. The tension was
broken. wdicn Edwards, OF Lewis
county. he who. used Andy Etlmiston to
Get hold Of the Weston Democrat moved
that the roll 6f counties be called and
II there were no cont ests tnat the usual
committees be dispensed with, except
that thc counties appoint member
each of the executive committee and
that the temporary organization be
made permanent. This ended the first
part Of The act. and wllat may be called
the shuttle nct followed This consist
czl Of getting tine Delegates buncled ae-
eordina to their respective counties
Tnis done III was found THAT the faith
ful consisted actually of five from lewis
four from Doddridge and less titan q
bakers dozen from Harrison. They
oou ascertained that there were no con-
aasts likely becluse OF the paueity ot
number, and tuere was temporary lnh
III the play. ,rhc act ended with the
appointment Of the executive committee
smelly, T. F. Allen, Of Harrison Y Il
warvls, Of Lewis and & w Bland. Of
idge. and still there was a nlissh.
Four This may properly be
d the clique part Of the perform
A. Payne read a resolution What
Ssen prepared earlier in the Jay
,e approval Of the clique. II
aa thai /, committee on confcf
Snsisting OF three from Har-
ni bwo from caca Of the other
mites, be appointed 70 consider
isability Of deferring the nom
of D candidate for senator unit
=, date, when a complete represen
might he secured. This brough'
Is climax. The clique was there
to sse It 50 through witl
taie result 81 their labori