The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-17
.!C.'HAS. REED
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NOMINATION.
Harmony With Big
FL at Republican,
Convention

OOnUenIlOn i5
The Republican city convention heIe
in the Circuit Court room last nieht
for the purpoae Of nominating can
diuate for mayor to be voted fol; at the
coming municipal election to be heIc
in this city at The several vot.,a pre-
cinets en- March 10, 1910, was called
70 trdcr by Chairman George e.. Ho
dren, of the Republican city executive
committee, who named ex-Mayor W.
E: Arnett as temporary chairman and
Charles \. Orr as temporary secre
tary. z
T. w. Fleming moved that each
ward delegation elect a chairman to
act as the nrouthpiece of the deIeqa.
t'on. and that each ward name a com.
mlttee OF one on Permanent organ..
zatiun, a committee of one on resoIll.
tfens Chairman Arnett declared that
BEFORE the convention went any fur.
ther the call fer the convention should
ne -ead. MIR. Fleming withdrew his
molten and Chairman Arnett proceed.
cd to read the call.
Howard ~. Ogden then moved that
Joseph Lehman be made an additional
secretary. Mr.. Ogden then moved that
tho Organization thus effected should
3" made permanent. The motion pre-.
vailed. e.
Mr.. T.W Fleming then asked that
his former motion be put and it car.
ried. The ehairmen fer the wards
Iucrl:
First ward. E. C. scctt.
Second ward, Frank G. Boydston.
Third ward. Joseph 9. Wathcrwar.
Fourth ward, James E. shinn.
Eth ward; .. straud Huffman.
The committee on. resolutions con.
sisted of the following men: ~ ,s,
First ward, l.. D. Hoult.
Second ward, II. N. Ogden. Z
Third ward, c.5E .Mccray.
Fourth ward, Charles w. Robinson,
Fifth ward, Marvin Linn. IL
The committee on credentials con.
sisied Of the fcIloWing men:
First ward, George Roger.
Second ward, ---- ~
Third ward, z. F. Davis.
Fourth ward, Robert Johns.
nu,rd
On motion Of Luke Arnett the wards
thai had absent delegates were given
the right to cast as many votes :, the
conven:icn as the ward was entitled
to. The number of delegates that cact,
ward was entitled to was as follows:
First ward, t"enty.nine votes; Sec.
ond ward, twenty votes; Third ward,
sixteen votes; Fourth ward, twenty.
eight votes; Fifth ward. ciehteer,
votes.
Howard N. Ogden moved that the
roll call of tire wards he made and
that the candidates for mayor be
placed before tie convention.
Secretary Orr called the roll. First
ward had. no candidate and yielded to
Fourth ward. Second and Third wards
Was called. Mr., T. w. Fleming piaced
the name Of Charles Edwin Reed be.
fore the contention. Fifth ward ha,
10 candidate.
Frank G. 7oydston. OF Second ward,
seconded the nomination Of Charles
Edwin Reed. iA
Allison S. Fleming moved that the
secretary cast the vote of the conver,.
tien unanimously for Mr.. Reed. Mr..
Reed was Unanimously elected.
The convention adjourned.
That Charles Edwin Reed, the ne.
publican candidate for mayor to be,vot.
ed for at the coming municipal ele,.
ton to be held in this city on March
10 will be governed by the vote OF the
people of the city on the l..-ense ques.
ton was vouched for by Mr. r. w.
Fleming in his nomination speech In
placing Mr.. Reeds candidacy before
the Republican city ! convention last
night. This satisfied every one at the
convention and made the committee
on resolutions a bundle Of excess bag
gage. There was nothing that called
Ter a resolution. (,
The machinery Of the convention
was we'll fabricated, not the least frlc.
:ian was discerniblr, not a dissenting
vote to any motion that came before
tbs convention. There was harmony
that will strike terror into the Demo-
cratic ranks. i was the best natured
convention ever held In the history OF
Fairnnon:.
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