Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-05-18
COUNTY
CONVENTION
nj WdUne Last Saturday Mas Well
attended, INSTRUCTED Delegates
tOVOte for Hughes.

Pursuant to call the delegates selected
by the various districts of this county
met III the court house at Wayne Satur-
day, May II, 1910, at l o'clock u m,
J. b. Burgess, chairman OF the WAYNE
County Republican committee, called
the convention TO order and after stat
ing that the object OF the convention
was TO send delegates TO the Welch con.
venuon 10 nominate a candidate for
congress, named Dr. w. f Bruns as
temporary chairman, DR. j. II. Thorn
bury as temporary secretary and I. T.
McDougal as assistant secretary.
On motion the temporary organiza.
tion was made permanent.
On motion of \. G. Holt all commit
tees were dispensed with and the dele
gates from the several districts preseut-
ed the following list of delegates to the
Welch convention:
Ceredo Distuct-A. G.. Holt Felix
Fla"ery, w. II. Selbee, Donald Clark
w. b. Griffith
! Union District-T B. Mcclure. How
ard Hutchison, John B. Burgess, p H.
Napier and A Ray.
Butler District Mel Trent, James
Akers, j b. Artrip, Hugh Hooser and
j. NJ. York.
Lincoln District 9. Webb. y. b.
Salmons, q. w. Meade, Garfield May
nard, John y. York, d d. Wallace
and Henry Copley
Grant District, Avis Perry. Andy
Perry and Henderson Maynard, Jr.
Stonewall District-H. b. Porter and
Kelley Perry.
ON motion the list of delegates as read
were made the delegates to the conven-
| ton to be held at Wech June %. 1910
On motion the chairman, secretary
and assistant secretary were added 20
the list of delegates to the Welch con
vention.
Prof. T. b Mcclure offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was unani.
mously adopted:
We, the Republicans of Wayne Co.
w Va IN convention assembled. re-
affirm our faith in and devotion TO the
time honored principles Of the great
Republican party as enunciated in the
national platforms from Jnu 6. Free
mont TO William III. Taft, which princi.
pies manifested III concrete form, written
into the law in our statute books have
at once become the bulwork OF our civil.
izdtion, the touch-stone of national
prosperity, the sacred heirloom of our
posterity, and the pride of the Republi.
can party.
We heartily commend the Taft ad-
ministration for its patriotic effort to
enact into law every declaration OF the
Chicago platform.
We commend the loyalty OF West
NirRinia's entire delegation IN the COR
gress of the United States. in that they
faithfully upheld the Taft program of
legislation
In both the Senate end House OF
Representatives West Virginia's entire
delegation has been faithful TO the trust
repcsed In them
But we especially commend the in.
trepid valor OF our own Representative
the Hon. Jas a. Hughes, for his gallant
aud successful fight for protection to
West Virginia greatest industry
Therefore be IL
Resolved. That the delegates appoint.
cd here today TO attend the Congress
slonal convention to be held at Welch
West Virginia, on June 23, 1910, be and
are hereby instructed 70 cash the vote OF
Wayne county as "a unit in said c0nven-
ton, for the Hon Jas A. Hughes and
use all honorable means to secure his
nomination as the Republican candi-
date for congress in the Fifth Distr Ct Of
West Virginia 20 be voted for in con
gressional election TO be held in Noyem-
Der, 1910.
Hon. James A Hughes was then
presented and made a splendid speech
OF about three quarters Of an hour in
lenghth, after which the convention
adjourned sine die