The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-04-30
o. (By John Bond.)'

farkersburg, w. Va, April a.
On a single resolution, offered by
Hon. William Henry Hearne, former
candidate for governor, Geo. A.
Laughlin, Chas. F. Teter, c., w. Dif-
Ion and Isaac T. Mann we're named
as the Big Four FROM ;Wast ,yrRinia
and were instructed to cast q their
votes for William Howard Taft, ,ffof
Cincinnati, for President oY 2, the
United States. ;.%S ~ .-... r
Sentiment had practically crystA1-
ilzed on these four prominent renpb.
l1cans as delegates at large, and Mr.
Hearne offered the resolutiou.sbeforra
the committees had reported. He
was given great ovation and there
were. fifty seconds. from+every p6r-
ton ion of the auditorium, and when the
question was put It carried .a,natf,,
,monsly. :; x ,,FSss \ - IS
~ atrma1s. Harry AVN ae eaxarassu ttYaY5
state, committee called yShe cbil
tion TO- order at 1:15 o'clock ats tiiiasss
auditorium. Rev. Reese, OF Hunt.
1nston offered prayer, and Chairman
woodward named the temporary Or
ganization with Senator Is Scott de-
chairman and F. A. Macdonald ae
secretary. Phil Waters, of kama
wha county was made assistant secre-.
tary. "< !. .It0- =.
Chairman Fred Paul Grosgcun. de
the Charleston delegation, moved:
that the temporary Organization he
made permanent. His motion wai
seconded by Judge Bennett of Fay.
etteville, and carried. '?:%I.,'.
The point was raised by Generar
Z. c. Curtin, Of Braxton county. lie
the delegate and judicial conventions
was to be two conventions. The
matter was discussed on the door
and 1t was decided that It was a. ain
gle convention. -. + %iI
A committee on resolution, q cona
mlttee on credentials and d commit :
tee on rules and order OF business
was appointed, consisting Of one
member from each senatorial dis
trict. Grant P. Hall Of Kana whn
county, was appointed on the com
mittee Of rules and order of bust
ness. =. ~. :,TI.
While the committee Oh rules and
order OF business Yves o1iS < Mr..
Hearne, Of Ohio county, offered the
resolution naming the -four delegstea
at large which was utafliuno ously
adopted, after a number had second
ed the motion and CongfeBsnAan w.
r. Hubbard OF the First district had p
made speech in it's favor, -.
The committee on rules and order
or business then reported that the
rules OF the national houAe of repres
sentatives should be adobted. nonf-
nation Of delegates at large; alter
mates at large; nominate success,
or to Judge Robinson; nominate a.
successor to Judge Miller; nominate
successor to Judge McWhorter. n.
The committee ON credentials re-,
ported there would be no report from
that committee the state COMMITTEES
avtng disposed Of all contests
AS alternates at large 10 tho Chf-
cago national convention ]. McHenry
Jones, Of Kanawha county; r. N.
Norris, Of Ohio county; w. l.. Arm.
strong, Of Tyler county, and A. II.
Salisbury, Of Webster county were
chosen. y ..
Senator Scott on thanking the con-
vention for the honor, OF presiding
over it, reached the climax OF hjs
speech when he referred to the presi-
dental possibilities. He referred to-
Knox, Fairbanks, Cannon and Taft
and when he pronounced the name of {
the latter the convention went wild,
the name Of Taft being cheersd for
three or four minutes and no longer
did any doubt exist that the four
delegates at large would be instruct,
ed for the secretar! OF war. :: II ~ r r.
After fully reviewing the evidences
presented the state COMMITTEES declas