The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-01
HARMONIC IREIGNEDI ISUPREMEljQ
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTIONS
HELID0fIN THE. s.CIT'YI LAST NIGHT
'sAyERY \ v tlE;,ia STRONG ssETS Of cANpl
ll,4a DATES &: :s5 WAS NAMED FOR,
G OUNciCMEN.E
sREPU RE; PUBLIcANs S & re BEGINNING
IL rs,iR3 To I R!PF'RoFlTi 3 Et 4 I BY RECENT
sisl, M isTAkES. III

nthusiasticS conventions were held
bysthe: Republicans of the city in the
9syarious wards last night. ] The same
storysof Sburying the hatchets and Of
settlng together for a sweeping vic.
tory comes from every meeting. The
Democrats will get very little comfort
s.onts aaIlt of last nights proceedings and
tie Citizens ticket will have some
trouble in finding lambs for the
slaugh hter
The report in detail is given by
wards including the delegates to tho
scity !s: convention which meets on Fri.
day asFhl., night Of this week to nominate a
candidate for city clerk.
4 ss,2s First Ward.
Isl The convention in the First ward
was was characterized by good feeling
and harmonious action. A detailed
account : ssgI Of the meeting will be found
IN 2, the First ward notes. Harry Shaw
was nominated for councilman aud
4 nothing short Of a sweeping victory
will satisfy the banner Republican
ward Sof the city.
Second Ward.
The Second ward convention TO u,e
The exp ession Of one OF those pres.
twas "a yeritable love feast. A. j.
Stone presided and NJ: NJ. Foster
wa made secretary. M. A. Il Jollifr
was Dominated for councilman With.
q, out & position, and W.:sR. Crane was
ele cted committeeman The follow.
ing d elegates to the city convention
were appointed:
James Titherington, w. R. Crane
Jas Shinn. J. e, Powell, II. H. Ian.
& ham. W. S. ]. Hamilton, w. H Brand
4 I ID, 2r;:SE &c Jamison, A. Howard Elem.
ing, ts111nng Fred Meade, Frank Boydston.
Samuel Reinheimer, A. Bruce Nc.
J Donald q James Watson, James r..
sENsselill,% Ne BENJAMIN jenkins, Bell Wilson,
B Y II Hawkins, Henry Hess How.
ard Swisher.
n n 81 fs3 Third Ward.
I'm the Third, q. F. Davis was made
chairman and Thurston w. Flemin.
secretary of the meeting. Clarence
s$l1.s HMussrave was nominated for
councilman and Thomas Buckley
I M Of the city Republican exec.
Sntive committee. The following dele.
! gates to the city convention were
named Earl Combs, John Smith.
Samuel Kopp, Garfield Dunning, Hen.
Blair Thomas Buckley, Fran;
Reed, Charles Fisher, Ed. Mccoy, !,
!; ~ Ross, ID. II: Howard, Robert Smith,
Garfield Brown, Jas. Jenkins, Arch,
Fleming, Thurston w. Fleming, ONE
4. 1D.'nalnning, 2. I. Davis, Sanford Nor.
SsTis, Samuel Williams, James Martin.
- ~ II 5;5:S Fourth Ward.
Harmon prevailed in the Fourth,
a5theS 1lh nominations being made without
opposition nlSand evidently by common
\: sent: q. i. Hall called the meet.
Z ing ll to order. NJ. j. Lantz was made
chairman pro ten. and Fred Helmick,
is scretary. On motion OF A. l.. Leh.
4 smanS ma the temporary organization was
made permanent. J.. E. Robinson
placed &c the name of NJ. L.. Hutchinson
before the convention for council.
man. No other candidate was men.
y sdoned 3fi!ora and Mr.. Hutchinson's nomina.
ton was made unanimous.
Emotion of A. l.. Lehman the fol.
lowing delegates to the city conven,
"A ton l & We're named C. B. Highland,
si..$EsS SBurgoyne, L. E. Bennett, M. w.
ogden, J. L. Hall, r. d. Spring,
1 Harry Engle, George Malone, S.. j.
ssBrobst, s.. Dean. CSM. Shuttles.
4 worth Louis Helmick, c. B. Swearin.
gen Charles Randall George M.
Rleming, Y. A. selby, Capt. Thomas
Reed ]. Lee, George Miller, ]. e.
obinson, c: M. Stanley, M. j. Lantx,
Fred EHelmick j. l.. Hall was re.
elected committeeman.
Fifth Ward. .gf
In the s Bloody Fifth" everybody
seemed greatly pleased at 1 the pros.
2pecta 't q citing together again. It
vas vas e eyid dlently the desire OF all pres;
ent to- forget old scars and before the
meeting was yers many Of the old
scrapp perss got TO wond dering what
they had ever found to a lgfts about: n!