The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-11
AL EYES ETuRNED TO THE
oHlo RIVER TOWN AND
MANY THINGS WILL BE
DOING THERE.
THE COMMITTEES ARE NOW HARD
AT WORK SETTLING VExED
QUESTIONS.
DOING THERE


QUESTIONS.
WHEELING, w. Va, July l1.Sun
days trains brought in hosts OF dele
gates and on1ookers, and the loca! re-
-ception5 committees were kept busy
p1loting the hotel surplus to rooms IN
private homes. Barbour, Randolph,
s preston, Mcdowell, Mercer, Jackson,
aIingo and Wayne counties came in
entire or in part, and by this after
noon the last of the 795 delegates are
expected to put in an appearance
z The Mcclure was naturally the con-
sested center, and all through the day
and the night the lobby was alive
with animated groups. Dawson and
:Teter badges were in evidence, but
not. numerously. The badge phase is
due for today H. G.. Richards but
tons were also to be seen on the coat
lapeIs of Ohio county men, and the
Mcdowell county delegation wore
large buttons which read "McDowell
Stands Pat At every convention
mcdowell cuts a figure in the cam
oaign button line.
The State committee got down to
business again at o'clock this morn
ing, and Chairman Glasscock told a
reporter that it would clean UP all its
z business before the convention start
led. eve will cut the time short on
them if necessary, he said.
SSSz3s So far there has been no excite
1nent, and the proceedings have more
an appearance of waiting on develop
Inents and delegates than anything
else. although bedroom conferences
oegan TO bloom last night, and both
the Dawson and Teter rooms worked
double turn. The other candidates for
the State ticket contented themselves
with circulating in the crowds in the
hotel lobbies and entrances. Warm
times and hurrying to and fro are due
Tor this. evening.
Eikins Comes To-Day.
Senator Stephen B. Ell1ins will ar
rive in Wheeling this evening and to-
morrow at Wheeling Park will lift the
gaye1 of temporary chairman and call
tbe convention to working order. His
private secretary, Colonel Colin H.
Livingstone, is on the ground and also
Senator Scott's private secretary, John
C. Steele. Mr.. Steele said Senator
Scott was in Colorado and was pre-
vented from attending the convention
by matters which required his pres
ence in Colorado.
Press Space Crowded.
Unless the State committees ar
sEangements for the press space on the
convention stage is expanded, the
working newspaper men will be
crowded into an inorganic mass and
incapable Of writing their reports.
There was disposition to crowd the
reporters down in the orchestra pit
With the band, but that, happily, has
3,een changed to the stage, but sew
eraI luminarieS of both parties are to
oe honored with seats on the stage,
and a hopeless tumble will occur un-
less extreme care is exercised. The
convention will be covered" by rep
Eesentatives of daily papers from sew
ssrai towns, and the arrangement
committee will act wisely in provid-
ing them with necessary accommoda-
lions.
To Decide Contests.
The real tugs of war in the dele
gate contests will come to-day, when |
skanawha and Wood counties are call
ed! The Kanawha affair is scheduled
eor& the first thing, and the contes-
tants have been limited to one hour
and a half each. This limit does not
quite satisfy Grant Hall, who is max
ing the contest, because he has a
trunllful of documents, one bunch en-
bracipg seventy:five twpewritten
pages He will have to put on speed
20 get under the wire in time.
At Saturdays sessions Teter with
crew his Lewis county protest. The
Two Marshall county contests at Ben
wood and Rosby's Rock We're decided, |
With gain of one for Teter, at Ben
wood.
Dawson gained two in Putnam's |
case and the Grafton district dispute
IN Taylor, affecting four delegates,
was decided in favor of the Teter peo-
sple, a change which didn't affect the
result, as certified to.
The contests force the members OF
the committee to stay close to their |