Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-02

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Report of the. Nominating Delegates in
~ the Theatre. .5 ssra
The nominating delegates met in the
Theatre and left the people around to stand
in the State House yard. 1855 -a#
A motion was made for all those who
were not delegates, to retire. {Cries OF
no! no! no! agreed! agreed! Much confu
sion the question not put. /.
Mr. Drake-lt is impossible to do busi.
nes IN this confusion. 7-as 'Esa -
A delegate-There is plenty of room for
all. (Agreed to that! hurra for youD
Mr. Guest Of Greene-Tho people who
are not delegates should retire and give
room for the delegates. No! no! no, sir. g.
Mr. Guile of f.Muskingum-Is this .Lo-
coloco convention? should think from the
confusion it was. .aa - ~ {
Gen. Hinton-There is no use in hav.
ing the people go out--there is plenty Of
A voice--Again, is this Locofoco con-
vention? No sir, it is worse than that.
Many voices-Orderi order! Do come
to order! e3 = -,l fa as 1#
1t was agreed that the secretary should
coll tho counties over, and that they should
take their seats as called. Order now
reigned in Warsaw, and the secretary pro-
ceeded to call the countless y'-.e.'
After the call, Mr. Trimble, Of Highland,
moved that Jeremiah Morrow act as chair
man. Agreed to. -.-. 4...s
Mr. Morrow took his seat, and su ggested
that his voice was not strong enough to ba
heard; thereupon,
hir Trimble moved that MIR Drake &c.
as Vice President Some agreed,a some
not agreed Mr. Drake took the chair. -
MIR Guest, OF Greene county, observed
that some gentlemen answered for coun-
ties which they did not belong to. He OBJ
jected to this. None but legally appoint
ed delegates should act. (Cries Of ihat's
right, that's right) f " :; a,
Mr. Wilson, of Washington, moved that,
if there were any gentlemen who did not
legally represent any county, he should re-
tire from the meeting. .sssf sasi=
MIR Backus moved to amend the motion
by inserting, to the gallery. Agreed, a.
greed. ~ ta
MIR Eekly suggested that there was room
enough on the floor without going to the
gallery. Hurra for Eckly, good for him,
that's right. 80
The Chair. Order, gentlemen; we must
have order, we cannot hear ourselves; the
gentlemen in the gallery should keep Or
der. .l-.lsa=i.s1. aglg sl- ls-.r .sr'.
MIR Baekus moved that the convention
do now proceed riua roce to nominate q
candidate for Governor.
Many yoices-No, o,no-by ballot,by bal
lot. tf -as=1t a.at i -ss s
The Chair. The question is, whether
we shall vote in public or in secret. [Cries
Of Uiua voce, by ballet, &c.
The question was taken, and decided to
vote by counties, and vira roce. close
vote.
A delegate. All the gallery voted.
From the gallery. Not Il man, not q
man, in the gallery voted, not a man. Ia
question was raised as to the legality
Of Mr. Davenport representing the county
of Monroe, he being citizen of Belmont.
[Cries ofquestion, question, order, erdei.l
Mr. Sapp stated, that he hoped no one
would be choked down. [Cries Of question,
question, order, order.) s. l.a 1s-
Mr. Russell, of Harrison, thought that
Mr. DeaAenport should have his seat; as be
had been requested by some of the people
to represent Monroe, he moved that the
Congressional delegates have the power to
fill vacancies.
Mr. Guest, of Green e,addressed the Chair.
Many voices-Question, order, question,
come 10 order.) -e<
MIR Guest. am not to be chokeo down;
he contended that Mr. Davenport had no
legal right to represent Monroe. Many
veices-Question, we must have the ques-
tion.) r-.
Mr. Davenport arose to explain. lQues-
ton question, order, orderly =
Mr. Davenport proceeded with some fee
ling, to comment on the remarks of Mr.
Guest. He did not come here to sneak in
to the Convention, and did not wish to take
the seat. rl.' 'a.t-. .-..... e Sc
Chairman. Order, order. Gentlemen
we must have order. -: 1906,
Mr.. Van Trump arose to endorse Mr..
Davenport's whiggery. f.
Many voices. Question, question.
A voice. Vote by counties.
Many voices. No, no, oh no, oh no.
Voice again. We have right to demand
the vote by counties.
The question was then taken en- masse,
on giving Mr. Davenport his seat, and dec-
ded in the affirmative.
| Mr. Backus moved that Convention now
proceedto nominate Governor by ballot
Many voices-Mr President, Mr. Chair
man.