The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-29

hfbision part
when the convent ton
every State had at least on e
delegate on the floor. wi til al -
rights and privileges granted az man nan.
Not all the delegates are W. e.
members Many are politicians pure
and simple, some few have been M M
ed as delegates through the Inf uencess
OF their husbands, but the ma jorits
acquired their seats in he "a conTesn 1
ton through hard work for$Sti1e party's
Interest
Mrs. John c. Noolley, wife OF the
Presidentia, nominee four, years agos
guards her husband from eNcitencsa tas
as one might child 10 I'M ~ WOOL
ley has aged notably since hi q feat
but with his devoted wifi in clossSS
attendance. still persists In getting
into all the hotel corridorSd discussion
and ante.conv ention argune ts.S#
Mrs, Frances Beauchamp. Of Lex Lex
ngton. Ky, recording secretarya&:s1 Of 81
the National w. C. T. u. has been
honored with a place on the Nat tonal
committee. She Is the only woman:
on the committee and the Kentucky
delegation shouts the good news aloud
on the Streets
One of the important women&of the
Illinois delegation is Mrs Ella s.
Stewart, wife OF Oliver W.. Stewart.
chairman oc the National committees.
Mrs. Stewart Is young, and It IS MAIN
tanned that 1t is through her popularity
Stewart is being doomed for the Vice
Presidential nomination. $s a
General Miles letter, which has
been construed by some to Indicate
his withdrawal from the contest for
the Presidential nomination by the
Prohibition party, Is not thus saS con-
strued by the delegates general ~. for
the Miles agitation goes on merrily
and the situa ton Is as uncertain to-
day as before A midnight conference
of Miles men, which extended intaz
the small hours. resulted In the adop~fs
ton Of resolutions pledgine MilesSsup-s
port and the appointments OF 2 steer
ing committee to push the Miles boom
Members of this committee are Is Is
a. Wilson, OF Chicago; Il E. ~ chols.ss355
Willsesbarre. Pa; John G.. SSoolleyta
Chicago: VIM. E. Johnson, F. NJ . Nc
Cartney. C. r. Jones, PhfladeIp hias
a. A. Stevens, Tyrone, Pa; e rofessors
Evans, OF NTassac husetts; .. II. 5Anlos
Portland, Oregon. and Robert Pa ton
OF Springfield, III. Professor Evans is
to place General Miles in nomination
before the convention.
The women OF the convention are
the most Insistent on dragging Gem
on Temperance to the light before gisTTTA4
ing him the Presidential nominal on-8S
They work industriously, tai king, s
rounding up the men delegate and
attending paror meetings Of the most
obscure committee The Miles Candid
dacy is the incident Of vershad owing
interest IN the convention a9ssS
The forces are divided. IA les lsiss;
openly opposed by many I, roati neHt
among his anniversaries being oliver
w. Stewart, Of Chicago, the maj ionaf M
chairman OF the Prohibitio on pa rt5gt;sss55
Fred ". Wheeler, OF Los Azllgelea
many others. They are not sa ttsti AL
with the communication Of General
Miles to John c. VoolleY.
they declare 3 that the q ectarat loof
in question fseanbiguous; that does
not put General Miles fairly on he
Prohibition water-wagon: tina il does
not commit him above all TO the one
great principle for which a earnesta
prohibitionists must contend There
are others who Interpretive Miles let
ter in another way They are cons
yinced that Miles lea with the
cause, but they are not quite sure
whether he wants the nominal ion.
iWoolley says that the letter is moi
tanta mount to a declinatio on that
Miles will accept a unanim ors noni5S
nation. :ss8SS#
Pistol Battle.
81 CHICAGO, June %. If pistol
battle at an early hour this mornings
ar i1Iprtinr - IexESTlliy1C,iS Cafit