The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-01
White IS
NOMINEE
LEWIS co. LAWYER SELECTED
AS REPUBLICAN CONGRES-
SIONAL CANDIDATE.
District Convention Held Yester-
day at FairmOnt Was Rousing Az
fair-Harmony Predominstes.


SPECIAL D..pa,en g. ths Intelligence.
FAtRMONT. ~ Va. July 31-
Carrying the fight directly 20 the
ooor of the enemy. Republicans
of the First Congregational district
% West Virginia. 600 strong.
stornned the citadel % the Fair
mont Coal company. the dori-
mating influence behind the can
oidacy Of ~ ~ Neeiy for re-eisc-
ton 10 Congress on the Demo
cratic ticket here today. ard -
vote % i43 20 -. named state
Senator George {. White % Lewis
county. over Frank Wells Clarke.
% New Martinaviiis. Wstxel coun-
~. as the Republican standard
next November. Clarke had been
sprung as a dark morse
No sooner mad the vote been
announced than Mr.. Clarke. In
keeping with the spirit Of har-
nony and good fellowship that 50
manifestiy marked every proceed
i0g of the day, moved the nou1ina-
ton Of Senator White be made
unanimous The motion vas
greeted and carried amidst a wild
outburst of enthusiaau1.
Onto. Brooke Hancock. LswiH and
Harrison supported White solidlN-
Marshall and Marion. adjoining Wet
1ei divided their toJc complimentary
90 Mr CLARKE. With a total ol IsS
votes In tho convention only HI were
required for nomination
Judge John M. Mason. and Judge
v N Murfsu. both nf Fairmout nr-
ured |a prospective candidate un'U
nouncel his withdrawal from a rac.p-
tive position ht % o'clock Thuusday
night. but fricuds of Judge Mason.
who had been actively sIUportiur the
Marion County luri.t held Loyalty fo
him, nu'l the afternoon session open
ed. dcaplfe the fact that he had rC-
fused to sanction the use Of his name.
When tho afternoon session opened
however. Dr. was APPARENT that the
Whit, forces had effected an orennika.
'ion during the month following tho
nnnouucuwrut 90 the Lewis couuuan 81
candidacy That could not be broken
down Then a. was that more cyl
dence OF the good feeling that dom
mated the entire convention Wus
fCrthcominr for Marion Withdrew tho
claims ol a favoritr son and divided
evenly between Senator White and
Wetzcl
coneressman Kahn Speaks.
The principal address of fhe day was
delivered br Congressman Julian
Kahn of California. Couerre smau.at-
large. Howard Sutherland who was t1
d
ton hy tho press of impUrtanf busi.
ness and could not attend
Senator Nj nite was placed before
the convention bv q Hall SON of
r. Al Hall editor OF the Weston Iu
dependent Though scarcely more
than n mere youth. fhe son uf au I
lustrious father delivered one of the
greatest uCm'uafIrE speeches ever
heard i1 West \irEiuIH Time anl
agutn be- vac Interrupted bN mmuIfu
oue oufhursts of applause and outhu
siustic checring. in which the IrWi.
county decoration Ted Gen W 20 e.
Curtis. of ohio county. seconded Che
nomination oI Nr white Nr Clark
was placed In nomination tr N.rfu.
lnws of NrW NHrffus,Iffr
iu Dts speech off acceptance eara
ter White supplemented the sharf
thrust ho TOOK Hf tho Fa.rmort Goa
COMPANY and ifH rHmfyfns Interest,"
on tho Ohio county convention rat
weeks Hrn hU declaring that hs Vr-,
no man collar and was unframmeIrI
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