The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-24
REnIARKAsLE SPIRIT OF GOOD
{ FEELING WAS PREVALENT AT
The CLOSE OF THE COUN-
#T.Y CONVENTION.
THOSE WHO WERE NOT NOMi-
5sss3 sATED SEEMED HAPPIER THAN
he SUCCESSFUL CANDl-
DIDATEs-GoOD REA-
sss$$s= SON FOR 1T.

:
The faithful finished up the work from
5sS where our account of yesterday closet
almost without. incident. What hae
promised to- be the real fight of the
sconvention proved to be very one-sid
sed contest.
combination of circumstances
made the nomination of Scott Lowe
8seasy over George A. Vincent. Vincen1
had been at work in the country dis
tricts and had things pretty well. Sc,
sf up, but two things worked his down
I--one was the work of the slate
makers who had picked Lowe as the
candidate, and the other was false
report put in circulation that Repub.
Iicans were working for Vincents s
nomination. The result was a sur
prise, even to the t*ring'' itself, for they
had thought Vincent's strength would
s. be considerable. x -
Vincent now seems very happy, lays
sthe blame on the Republicans, as the
Democrats suggest, and is glad he will
not#have to make the race. The vote
stood $50 to 55.
The contest for Sheriff was the joke
the convention. There were only
7Ewoacandidates, and both denied that
they were after it. B. F. Ramage
made the star speech of the convention
in placing George Lilly in nomination.
There was a roguish smile on almost
every ones countenance, the speaker
1ncIndea. It was not realized fully until
then That Lilly was not taking himself
seriously. Everybody knew that the
delegates were only kidding" but
SSfhav vjC1InnorodS ;e2s&
Morris placed G. E. ManIey before the
advent OF Harrison Man1ey into Marion
county politics in 1876. Close friends
ssof Mr. Manley are authority for the
statement that he did not want to run,
but, as one man told the writer, the
Democrats insisted that as he had
been the beneficiary of Democratic vic
tories SO often, he ought to be willing
TO hold up the party's hands now when
1T had such poor show of success
so, Mr.. Manley was drafted into the
service. He said about the same thing
after receiving the nomination. He
said he had been importuned for
months to run, but had tried to keep
out Of it, and finally consented to let |
his name be presented; that the hard
'erEhe protested the more his distressed
brethren besought him. He stated
3Ehat8he had not asked single dele
gate to vote for him. Mr.. Lilly made |
a like declaration. He said he was
afraid to ask them to vote for him for
Tear they would do it. Lilly was alb
;solute1y the happiest man in Manning
TON when he realized that he had been
before the convention, got all the ad-
Vertlslng he wanted, and yet wouldn't
have to make the race. His face fairly
beamed, and he then and there an
nounced himself as a candidate four
years from now. 1t is quite remark
able for man to hold office for twen-
ty-four years in county, the best
ones in it, and then ask for four more
yet that is what Mr.. Manley is now
doing. How different from Judge Par
ker, who says four years are sufficient.
Il 1I&W1il be hard for the Democrats of
Marion county to uphold both Parker
and Man1ey in their principles, at least
one would think, SO; but Democrats ]
can can stand for most anything these
days. The vote for Sheriff stood: Man
ley, 207; Lilly, 80. h
8 80 Tar the slate had gone through
intact. When it came to the House |
OF Delegates, one name which had been ,
on the list was missing. Failing to re. {
reive the proper announcement from
sources sources where sympathy had been
sought, and not, feeling very well for |
lack of attention at the State conyen- Z
ton, this gentleman chose to seel, the t
coincidence of the sad waves of the
brIny deep. Two of the slated ones +
went through all right-A. M. Glover 6
and H. S. Yost. F. M Meredith {
was substituted for the missing name. /
Hamilton and Fortney being marked t
rors 1t3ts the slaughter. The vote for House t
Delegates stood as follows: Mere
diti1. 211; Glover, 1913; Yost, LAG; Ham t
1ton,S102. and Fortney; 46. IL
Il Next in order was the nomination | Ii
Eor5A oor Assessor in the Western district. Id
Three names were presented - vi. ~ S
John IT. Brock, B: F. Holbert and q. [h
Thomas: The first ballot resulted as
so11oWs: 'lllo Brock, 81 Holbert. and II