The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-12
Conventions Packed and Pre-
pared Tickets With Slate
Are Used.
VOTERS AT FIRST FOOLED
BY the Pretense of Fairness
Speeches Disclosed Bitter
Feeling Existing.

District conventions were held in
the ten districts of the county Friday
afternoon at2 O'clock for the purpose
of naming twenty delegates and TWEEN
ty alternates to the county convention
to he held here next Friday to nom
mate a Democratic county ticket AL
so at the district conventions district
tickets were named. constituted of
nominees for Justice of the peace,
constables and members of the board
of education.
]. Hornor Davis called the Coal
district convention to order and
named James w. Robinson as. tenn
porary chairman. Joseph james was
named as temporary secretary and
the temporary organization was made
permanent. Robinson made a speech
insisting on harmony and fairness to
candidates in other districts as well
as in that district. and informed his
hearers that the party was greatly at
odds as to success this fall, as there is
big Republican majority to over
come.
An order of business was then
adopted, and Ellis Lyon and others
made speeches conveying the idea
that there had been fighting and
wrangling and that for the party
good 1t should be stopped. Lyon
hoped there was no packed delega-
ton at the convention.
Mr.. Lyon stated that he was in
clined to the olive branch of peace.
A motion then carried that the
nominees all be elected by ballot, all
to be voted on at once and the ones
receiving the highest number Of votes
to be the delegates.
Some forty or fifty men we're then
put In nomination, and, while this
was being done the dominant forces
of the convention passed around
previously perpared tickets, with the
slate on them, and thus the pretense
of fairness by nominating so many
is exposed.
The Francis forces were very much
in the majority and the others saw
this sufficiently as to be good. though
they submitted in very bad grace. The
charg is mad Francis and his frinds
packed the convention from Pinnic-
kinnick, Adamston and Wilsonburg.
Lyon thought he saw chance to
get some delegates for himself and
SO he moved to have forty delegates
instead of twenty. This stirred things
up and for little while the hornets
flew, but Lyon lost out, as he did al
so in an effort to make them alter
mates.
Here is the slate ticket as made
out before the convention opened and
as passed around by hundlteds:
Edward Fittro, James Tichenal,
Florinus. Reynolds. DIR A. II James.
A ]. West. J. arl ance. D. NJ. Ogden,
]. W.. Robinson, G. p. Leatherbury,
John Clark, Hugh Garrett, r. D.
Mayo. t. T. Gill, John Tierney. James
Meredith, Samuel AMcAndrew. j. H.
Nuzum, B. L. Koon, Bruce Mason.
The slate ticket as handed around
went through and the majority of the
delegates will vote for Francis for
sheriff and John Robinson maybe for .
circuit clerk, unless changes are
made hereafter.
Clark Convention
E. B. Lewis. in the absence of
Committeeman Lee MAXWELL. called
the convention to order and read the
call. He called DIR. ] w. Johnston
to the chair as temporary chairman
and designated Fred Shinn as secreta-
ry. These temporary officers were
made permanent.
H. T. Houston introduced the
Bryan boom into the convention in q
brief speech. He said he believed tn
Democratic party had fine prospects
for success at the fall election and
believed. that II the question were
asked. that eight million voices in
America. would answer in unison
that William Jennings Bryan, of Ne
braska, Is the man best fitted for the
presidency. A few cheers greeted
the mention of the Nebraskan's name
at first, but at the second mention
there were only few hand slaps and
at further mention complete silence.
The boom died a bornin.'"
Mr.. Houston said the great success
of the Republican party ewas due TO
the way in which its members worked
together in harmony and said that
the Democrats should look to them
for a good example in this respect.
The speaker moved that everybody be
given an opportunity in making nom
nations as longEas thy wanted 10
name them and John W. Davis
amended with a provision that the
twenty candidates getting the highest
number OF votes he the nominees.
J. j. Duncan was named for jus