The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-04

RoMNEY, WILL BE NOMINATED
FOR GOVERNOR ON THIS BAL
LOT.
| CORNWELL NOMINATED
PARkERs8URG. AUG. 4.-JoHh
j. cORNWELL, OF HAMPSHIRE
WAS NOMINATED FOR COVER
NOR ON THE THIRD BALLOT
FOLLOWING is THE VOTE OF THE
THREE CONTESTANTS:
coRNWELL, e5e; THOMPSON
2a5; BENNETT, 81.
CABELL COUNTY THEN MOVED
THAT coRNWELL's NOMINATION
BE MADE UNANIMOUS AND 1T
WENT THROUGH WITH A HUR.
RAH.
PARKERSBURG, Aug. At was
10 clock this morning when the plat
form was agreed upon in committee
and long after that time when the
convention assembled. AS finally
adopted the negro issue was omitted
from the platform. The tariff plank
and State taxation plank caused some
trouble, especially the latter, which
was discussed fully, many fearing that
Holt, who helped prepare the tax
commissions reports would be too rad
ical a plank in the platform. After
the platform had been shaped up, the
convention was@-calIe Ito, ordertza
1880 o'clock.
R. F. Kidd was made permanent
chairman and W. E. r. Byrne, secre-
tary Permanent Chairman Kidd
made speech arraigning Republi-
cans on State issues and greatly en-
thusing the convention.
The platform adopted deals entire
ly with State issues except that it ap-
proves the ST. Louis platform.
1t arraigns the Republican party for
and wastefu1 use of pub
lie funds and corruption. 1t demands
honest elections, registration law,
which the people have authorized by
amendment, but which
the Republicans have failed to enact.
It condemns the special session of the
Legislature which the Republican gov
ernor called and which is "deceiving
instead of relieving the people" 1t
favors constitutional convention
with a view to having the tax sys-
tenn in such way as to bring it before
the people for their votes. 1t recog-
nizes the rights of both labor and
capital.
An effort made by George Byrne,
Of Kanawha, to incorporate white
supremacy plank in the resolutions
was voted down by an overwhelming
-ote.
The presentation of names for the
domination for governor was then be-
gun.
Kidd Speech.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Aug. A
n assuming the chair as permanent
chairman. R. F. Kidd made most elo-
luent and humorous speech. He re-
,alled the Acknowledgement of his |
enatorial district when he was GUST
"a from his seat in the senate long
.nough to elect n. 3. Scott to the
senate while if he had not been un-
eated John T. McGraw would have
cen elected Senator. He spoke Of
he free manner in which delegates
0 this convention were selected, and
lGlr 1TGeuOU1 10 ACT instead OF DSluS
ictated to by Senator El1ins, as was
be Wheeling convention. He spoke
f adjournment of the Legislature for
wo days to allow Democrats to at
end the State convention, and said
would be better if they never re-
urned. He said when the Wheeling
onvention approved compromise tax
ills no one there knew what was in
he bills, and when they were made
ublic there was not one word in them
long the line Of tax reform as had
cen understood. He said it was pro-
osed to relieve farmers of the State
axatiorl, and proceeded to show how
new assessment by proposed State
TX commissioner, together with in
rease Of county tax would double
: triple all taxes now paid by farm
IS.
He said senator Ellins had told a
epublican Senator pass every bill Fl !
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