Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-03-24
Correspondence Of the Plain Dealer
Rascality Of Whiggery and Treachery
Of Free S0ilerS In the Ohio Legisia-
ture --NI0re about the Elections.


Mr.. EplroR: This has been ON event.
ful day. The wicked have been caugh,
in their snare. This morning the House
and Senate met in joint convention, not
having accomplished al the elections on
Saturday.
The morning was occupied with election
Of the following persons; John Pearcs,
whig, was elected President Judge Of the
9Th Judicial Circuit; and Ralph 8. Hart,
whig senator, was elected President Judge
Of the 10Th Judicial Circuit, the new cir.
cult created this winter, composed solely Of
Montgomery county; George Hoadley, ,Jr +,
q Democrat, and | believe the law partner
Of Hon. s. r. Chase, as Judge Of the Supe.
irior court Of Cincinnati; Elisha N. Sill,
Free Soiler, was elected Fund Commission.
or Il was pretty hard work 10 get the
two latter gentlemen through. The silver
greys kiched mos; awfully, ys, it was in
the bond, aud ST must be did," The
thumb screw Of party discipline was ops
p lied, and after a number Of turns, the re-
fractory were compelled per force to give
in. II was litter dose, yet ii was swas-
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elected Register, and Hamilton Dawson,
also whig was elected receiver Of the
State Land Office at Defiance.
The grand finale 10 the proceedings Of
this bargaining Convention, came Oft this
afternoon to The ns,onlshment Of every one,
in manner not anticipated by even dem.
oera,s. =, Rufus p. Ranney, o radical dem.
ocra,, of Trumbull county, was elected
Judge oe the Supreme Court. 10 place OF
Judge Aver, who resigned q few dayssince.
Il came abou, thus: When the Con.
vention met this afternoon, the election Of
Supreme Judge was frs. in order. Mr..
Converse, Speaker Of the Senate, being
she whig nominee, lefi the chair, and CALI
ed Mr., Vinal 10 il. Tbs pairing off left
eighty members in the Convention, en-
titled to vote. A fier two unsuccessful bal.
lots were had, Mr.. Thompson, the wing
Senator from Delaware, wished for some
reason 10 leave the hall. Mr.. Howard,
was then paired of with him.
This left % votes in the Convention. Two
more ballots were then had, but 10 vo.es
we're cast on each, one more than the nun.
bsr agreed upon, you will perceive. OF
course, those ballots were declared void.
The filth ballot was then had, and the
out showed that Rufus p. Ranney
had 80 votes, Charles c. Converse SO
votes, 2 were blank. But II votes were
cast, and democrat had received ma.
joriiy Of the whole number. You can but
imagine the surprise Of everybody excep.
one or TWO, nj this result. Tie Speaker,
Mr.. yinaIl, was about 10 declare the result
when MIR. Eckley, the Senator from Car.
roll. the most uaPrincipled man in politics
| ever saw, moved That the ballot just had,
be taken over. The Speaker directed the
tsllers, 3Messrs. Bundy, whig. and Burns,
democrat, TO count the ballois over; which
they did, and they corresponded exactly
with the count Of the clerk.
le flow should the wings get ou, Of fthisi-
Oh, il was a mistake, said Eckley, and his.
motion must be put. Most Of the wings
backed him up, bu, !. would not do. The
democrats were demanding that the result
be announced. and the wings were saying
very foolish thing. Mr.. Burns theneread
from the rule provided IN such cases, which
showed u 70 % most clearly the duty ot
the Speaker to announce the result. He
had not even choice. MIR Foost, The Sen.
aior from Fairfield, seeing through the ma
neuvre o! the wings, told Them plainly that
tha result must be announced, or the Con-
yention should here end, and no more cleo
tions should take place this winter; for the
democrats, before they would be 20 out.
4 ~ "a ~ .-
ragged would leave In body. Every whig
had been elected by single vote, and dem
eerais had let u pass Now the tables are
turned, and there were cries of unfairness.
An opportunity was here given for any
one TO explain. Mr.. Moore, a whig, said
he had put his ballot on the rim Of the hat,
end he supposed il went in, but could not
say. The wings drew breath, thinking
this would relieve them; but Mr.. Thomp-
son OF Lorain, said that he bad put his bal.
lot towards the hat when it passed him;
whether II went in or not he could not
say; he supposed so. The device too shal.
low; itwould not work. No one would
get up and say that he had not voted, or
that be had made q rnistake. SO II was
impossible TO get out OF the dilemh,a.-
hiHgs were beginning 10 assume q rather