The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-22
DEMOCRATS
SELECT Their
CANDIDATES
"A. G. Martin Is
Nominee for
Mayor

The Democratic city convention was
hold last night In the Circuit coure
room and named the ticket to be voted
for at the coming municipal election
to be h-id on the nineteenth day of
March. The convention was called to
erd>r by Charles e. Manley. chairman
of the Democratic city executive com
n,ittee, who named Hon. .. S. Mckin.
ney for temporary chairman and Attor.
ney n. A. Watts for temporary seere.
tary. MIR. ManIey then read the basis
Misrepresentation for the several wards
which was as follows: First ward, thir.
teen votes; Second ward, twenty.three
votes; Third ward, twelve votes;
Fourth ward. twenty-three votesi, Fiftl,
ward. nineteen votes.
On motion of Clyde S. Holt, the tenn.
porary organization was made perma.
nent.
z. G. Morgan moved that commit.
tee Of five from each ward be appoint.
ed to select the delegates that should
represent the several wards a the con-
vntien. Raymend J. Abbatiechio OPP.
rescd the motion and Tusea Morris
statcd that thu mode of procedure was
outlined in the call. Clyde Holt raised
the point OF order that the motion had
not been seconded. Morgan Withdrew
the motion. Clyde S. Holt than moved
that the convention proceed to NOM
mate candidates for mayor and in the.
event that only one candidate was
placed before the convention the nnri.
.nation be made by accl1mation, II
more than enc candidate be named
that the convention then resolve itself
[ into ward conventions and vote for tine
candidates according to the represen.
taticn of the wards as announced in
tho convention and that the ward con-
vcntions non,inat: their candidates
for councilman and elect their COM
mrtteemen. The motion prevailed and
nominations for mayor were declared
in ORDER
J. Walter Barnes presented the manic
of the on!y candidate that the eonven-
tlon was given chance to vote for
He applied four tests to prove that his
candidate was the proper man to be
the standard bearer for the Democrats
in the coming campaign. The first
requisite that the speaker named was
ttat the candidate must be Demo
erat. His candidate he said met this
|requirennt. having all his life been a
supporter of the principles of true
Democracy. the pure cid etfeJrsonian
Democracy. the pure old Jrffersonian
other requisite that the candidate mus.
have and that was that he must be an
honest man. His candidate was f,cr.
est and in known to the majority of the
people Of Fairmont as "Honrst Heck"
'The next qualification was he must be
capable. His candidate met this quail
tification. TIE last requisite in order
10 BE- successful in the election hn must
he popular candidate. E:ld here 1t
was that his candidate stood strong.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Barnes
speech Mr.. Charles e. Maniny moved
that the nominations for mayer be
closed. Tine motion carried. Clyde s.
Holt moved that the nomination b.,
made by aeeiamation and his motion
prevailed. MIR. Martin was acclaimed
tho candidate. Cries for Martin
brought the candidate for mayor to the
frcnt of the room and in a short talk
he accepted the nomination !or mayor
The convention then resolved itself
into ward conventions. The First
ward convention WAS held in the coun.
|ty Clerks office. The convention or
aanized by electin9 Thomas q. Hem
derson chairman and Clarence Fisher
lecretary. r. Bruce BartnoIow was
numed as the wards candidate for
council and Howard Adams was elect.
ed committeeman. BartnoIow made a
little speech in which he declared that
he was dry. A{
The Second ward met In the County
Court room. The convention organized
by eIeetinu Clyde S. Holt chairman,
and Samuel Lecper secretary. George
NJ. Lilly nominated Clarence e. Smith
for councilman. There was no ioppoH.
Ing candidate and MIR. Smith was de-
efared the nominee. Fielding r. ciet-
land and George M. Lilly were the can.
dldatrs fer committeeman. The vote
indicated that Lilly had majority and
he was declared elected.
At the Invitation Of Charles E. Man
ley the Third ward convention met ..ln.
side the barr, The term seemed to DO
familiar: to the Third warders. Little
.tinie was wasted in getting -lnside the