The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-19

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md fairness. The situation was simply
this that Harrison countE was solid for
Thorn. just n it would have been, Il
rTarmer had cnrried the county. Dodd-
ridge county held its mass convention
and separated into district conventions.
These conventions did not all declare for
Hnrmer, although by some wire pulling
a fterward a resolution was passed en-
dnr-ing him. In Lewis county regular
district primaries were held. In some OF
the districts they gave Instructions. l"
others they lid not. There was a mo
iority Of the delegates instructed, but
The Others were at liberty to do rs they
please. The county did not decide that
IT, delegates should vote as unit. But
hero i movement was inaugurated to-
say they should and because there was
a prospect of their not doing so 1t was
advised that there should be rumP
convention. But there was one delegate
from Lewis county who remained and
did his duty rs he saw it and he was
regular in every respect. H. was one
who had the proper credentials and not
.beins, instructed he voted As ne thought
reguI1rly. 1t would have been just as
regular. ii he had voted for Harmer in
stead OF Thorn. and, by the way, it Is
said lac would probably have voted for
Har7ncr. but when he bolted a regular
convention that waa enough for this
delegate and he made mp his mind there
and then that he would stay with the
regular convention. His vote without
the vote from Doddridge county was s.uf
iicient.
The prcteNt that no proxies could be
allowed is pure nonsense. The fact that
the atate committee is referred to to
substantiate the contention that no
p;-aSies could u. used is sheer bosh. ow-
ing to the fact that the course of tne
convention here was 1tie same a. that
of the state convention at Wheeling on
the matter of dispensing with the COM
niittce on credentials and making the
temporary organization permanent. II
is fact that she rump clement repudi
.rted Mt the very start The course of the
state convention. since itlis recalled that
the temporary organization at fhc state
convention was made permanent and tae
crcdentiul committee was dispensed
with.
But it was not necessary To have any
proxies for that matter. The twenty
,ix votes from Harrison and the one
vote from Lewis were sufficient to nom
mate without any thing from Doddridge
and vel the Herald crowd, manipulated
by The Democratic clique, knows it.
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enough votes to nominal, Thorn without
any proxies, it is first publicly asserted
that Foster. the secretary Of the con
ycntion, east the entire vote of lewis
county Caught in this lie, the asser-
ton j. then made that il was not Eos
er at all, and, when reminded that
Could. of Lewis. a regular delegate.
cast the vote of ais. Lewh county, for
Thorn, the misrepresentation is made
that there was no vote by counties but
that it was Is reclamation ,and snat
Gould did not vote.
Furthermore ii Is fact beyond dis
pute that men attended the convention.
who were more in favor OF Hnrmer
than they were for Thorn. They saw
what wont on and when It was over
they did not hesitate to declare that
Thorn was tie regular nominee and That
The other sidc was wrong.
In addition 10 this there va-e some
Democratic ward hcalers and so-c.lllsd
Republican. there who have been play
ing into Tia hands Of the Democratic
clique some time. AMI made themselves
conspicuous BY making suggestions as to-
what those who went out on tine veranda
should do. They were there to encour-
age bolt. And among them We're
members OF the Democrats clique fell
'ows who are scheduled for deputy sher
III under the clique. Also in tine crowd
who were encouraging the rump con
vention was one mt least, who not only
denounced IIarmer but who declared
that he voted against him at the pri-
mary, one whom Hanner charged with
selling him out. one whose father, when
he heard what Harmer had accused the
.ou Of. said thai he would whip Harmer.
This j. che status Of affairs. but the
hypocritical Herald with hypocrits in
control Of il, one OF them man who
poses as i Prohibitionist, though he held
nfIice by virtu, of being u Democrat and
VA elected By the Democratic party, and
Who never knew any thing else than
ne Democratic faith, under the veil of
deception, makes an attempt to decTy
he regularity OF the nomination of
Thorn, by pretending to be outraged by
IN imaginary grievance
That sheet however, shows its cow
,rdiee and dnpcity, when it negIects to
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