The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-30
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sSei1ato Scott
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ShRPuDllcAnS OF west virginia NJ Paf.
kersburg "Wednesday chose four dele.
gates-at-larEe to the national conyen.
tion, who were instructed for Taft.
-four nlternates and nominated three
Judges for the Supreme Court OF Ap.
.peals: Those named were:
Delegates.
GEORGE "a. LAuG HIN. OF Ohio
county. ,s.
ESQ CHARLES F. TErER of Barbour
! county.
353 " CHARLES W. DILLON. of Fayette
county.
ISAAC T. MANN. of Mercer county.
Il HI; ,Altemates.
IA A; ! ~ 5aIcHENRY jones, Of Kanawha
county:
N COLONEL W. i. ARMSTRONG. Of
Tyler county.
THOMAS W. NORRIS. of Ohio
Z county.
j. sAuLspEnRY. Of Webster
county.
~ i. &. sunreme Judges.
is'is IRA F. $Ro BlNsoN.s Of Taylor. coun-
N. MILLER, OF Wood county.
WILLIAMS, OF Greenbrier
county.
AS will be seen from the above.
Ohio county farelsunusualy. well. Sc
curing everything they went after and
4 might have had another OF the alter
mates hut for. the generous action Of
John Cummins. Mr. Cummins had
e been named as one of the ulternates
and fight had developed between
I. Norris, of Ohio county. and SaIls-
! berry. OF Webster. that promised to be
: zsnterestirg r a1l the chair had cnlleI
fora vote. Then MIR. cnmmins came
+ 10 the front of his own yolftiun and
withdrew from the race. leaving 1t to
5fA1essrs Norris and Saulaherry anil
eliminating any trouble right nt tlie
start.
Interesting Contests.
y Althcngh the contests for the judge
ships became interesting the fights dbl
! not assume at any time bitter tinge
5 and the convention was marked by n
:.
tested itself freely
The convention was to have been
held in Terrapin Park. but n change
was determined upon almost at the
last moment. and 1t was held instea.1
at the Auditorium theater. when the
time came for the convention TO open
the piece wus. packed. and IT Is csti-
A1nated that there were close to 2.00n
people In the house. A band was on
hand. but was given few opportunities
ITO play. for time was precious anl
there were no 1npses from the busi-
It proved to be a great convention
for Ohio county. rs has already been
pointed out This is In great meas-
I ure5 due to the excellent delegation
which was chosen by Mr.. T.aughlin to
represent Ohio county. It was com
fessional men OF the county and they,
-1iail4n only great power In electinE
their own delegates. but exerted much
influence over the whole convention.
The leaders were very busy Tues
day night and Wednesday morning
and by the time for the convention
rolled around 1t was pretty we'll es-
;stnbltshed the way things would 20 and
the predictions made in the Intelligcn-
Ger OF Tuesday were verified.
8 The gavel OF Chairman Harry F.
< x sS'Woodyard. on the Stnte committee.
fell tat 1:2o. anil after calling the con-
3rention to order. he introduced the
Rev. DR.. Reece. Of Huntington. who
offered the invocation. FIe offered
prayer! OF thanks for the blessings
(which are Ours and prayer for their
! continuance and the guidance of those
In authority.
Chairman Woodyarl in his intro
3tiuctory address. said he conEratu.
lated the Republicans OF West vir-
Einia In the interest shown by the
magnificent attendance at the conven-
tion. He then named rs temporary
chairman of the convention Senator
M B. Scott, with few complimentary
remarks and as Senator Scott took his
place he was greeted by great cheers
and applause. F. A. Mcdonald. editor
sof the Huntington Herald. was named
temporary secretary. Phil Waters OF
Charleston. assistant secretary. and
William Devore. OF Parkersburg, SER
sEeantntarms. 81.
Isa In opening his address. Senator
sscott said he wanted particularly. to
5sourmend to the convention two
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