The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11

I.TIIfI 49, NtetNy AWMN0MNNUWn u 3
.,s Columbus, Aug. 8.
inc attendance at the Convention, q yery
tun. y WAS organized at 40 O'clock by an
pOint,ng ~ m n, sawyer, Of Auglaize. chairman,
UnsLles L: Weller, Of Butler SecretaTy and
Wllialn myers o. Hamilton, assislsnt. :
on ulO'iyl " ~ .. =, Metcalf Of Putnam 4
coqmluee q y was appointed to nominate
ernment Of the convention. s'.S sV',
On motion of J. Nv. Wilson. ~ s..a. II.
committee Of q was appointed BY tbe sa,, ssrs,aI
Congressional delegations to report resolnt;nr..
for the consideration Of the convention. A, y
| On motion the convention took recess unt;I
8 O. clock, Pm s1's
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| The convention re-assembled at 2 O'Clock.
pursuant to adjournment. #ET,
The committee on permanent officers report
ed Edison B. Olds, as President; John H. Ge-5
rard, Of Hamilton, and 90 Others as Vice Pres
idents; and Chas. L. Weller and FIVE others
as Secretaries. The report was unanimously
adopted. e5lS FI7s
The same committee reported rules for tl,e
government Of the convention, which were
adopted. The rules require a majority of all
theyotes to nominate. M ta-isiT sgsSI
Gen. Leidy. from the. committee on creden.
tialS, reported the names Of the delegates, which
was accepted, and the reading dispensed with.
Every county in the State except Darkeis reps
PRESENTED. s
| Reuben Wood, Of Cuyahogs, was then nom
linated as the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor by acclamation, amid enthusiastic cheers.
i On motion of VIM Fitch, Of Cuyahoga, d
COMMITTEES was appointed.to wait on Governor
Wood and inform him Of the nomination and
request his attendance.
The convention then proceeded to nominatee
4 le8ndidAte iof Lieut. Governor ~ $50
I, The 'naInes6 Col. VIM, Medill,s of Fairfield,
and O. L. Vallandingham, of Montgomery,
were presented as candidates. 4e 4 3 =
AT this moment the committee appeared with
Gov Wood, who ascended the platform and in
a few pertinent remarks, accepted the nominal
tion. naE & ~
!; The convention then proceeded to vote for
, Lieut.. Governor, which resulted as follows -
VIM. Medill, 166; G. L. Vallandingham, go.
VIM. Medill was declared duly nominated,
and the nomination was declared unanimously
confirmed. &e ~
On motion of Mr.. Porter, of Hamilton, the
friends of Mr.. vallandinghamgaye three cheers
for the nominee. 0f5tf
Il On motion of Mr.. Shannon, of Licking, a
committee of three was appointed to. wait on
/ Col. Medill and request his attendance.
5 The committee soon returned with Col. Me-
dill, who ascended the platform. and in a few
, appropriate remarks accepted the nomination.
; The convention then proceeded to nominate
, five Supreme Judges, which resulted as follows:
LIST ballot R. P. Ranney 238, VIM. B. Cald-
well 1856; John A. Corwin l73; AllenG. Thur
man 13li D.: 0. Morton "a; T. W. BARLEY IA;
/ VIM. Kennon ITO; Geo. w. Belden $751;, ]. r..
Swan Il; E. M. Stanton SO; j. E. Hanna IS;
u. b. Holt Fitch Groesbeck /. 1t required
81 votes to nominate, Messrs. Ranney, Cald-
WELL Corwln and Barley were declared duly
.. nominated. aet1'3 ie's
2nd ballot-Kennon At, Thurman 1875, Mm-
ton &c, Belden 46. No choice. ~
Third ballot-Thurman 1856, Morton 46, Ken
non AZ, Belden 40. Allen G. Thurman was
r declared duly nominated. '.,.
! On motion, the nominations were separately
l and unanimously confirmed.
S On motion, the convention took recess until
: 7 o'clock, P. M.
EVENING SESSION.
: The convention re-assembled at O'Clock
pursuant to recess, and proceeded with the
= nominations.
1 For Auditor Of state.-Wm. D. Morgan l43,
D Asa G. Dimmock 102, X. Whine -. Wm, d.
: Morgan was declared nominated,
e Secretary of State-lst balIot--Wm. Treyitt
!, 80, 9. B. Flood =, w. R. Muse 78, Robbins
a Is.
!: 2nd ballot-Treyitt lo3. Flood SO. Muse So.
+ Robbins Is. - ,'a
3rd ballot--Treyitt III, Flood 70, Muse 6s.
Mr.. MUSES. name was withdrawn.
4th ballot-Trevittl37, Flood Ill.
u Trevitt was declared duly nominated.
Treasurer of State.--1st ballot-John G..
Breslin 1877, Scott 81, H, B. Smith "a. Bfes-
: lin was declared nominated.
Attorney GeneraL-George .. Pugh 1873,
Joseph Mccormick 78, j. W. McSweeney 81.
Pugh was declared nominated.
On motion, it was agreed that in the nomina-
ton for the Board of Public Works, the candi-
date receiving the most votes should be for three
{ years, the second for two years, and the third
:. for one year.
The convention then proceeded to ballot
: with the following result:
George w. Manypenny 228, Alex; P. Miller
, 239, James,B. Steedmansl59, Porter 70, Myers
: 81.
S All the above nominations were unanimously
confirmed 10
]. w. Wilson, of Seneca, from the commit
. tee on Resolutions, reported resolutions endors-
J ling the principles Of the New Constitution, and
u re- affirming the resolutions of the Convention
0 of 1848, which were unanimously adopted
Z without one word of discussion,
n Adjourned sine die. .N.