M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-09-03
Proceedings Of the Democratic
County Convention,
MOARTHuR, aug. %, 1S57


vention met at the Court House and
organized by appointing John Fee,
Esq, Chairman, and A. Pearcc Sec
retary.
On motion a committee Of three,
composed of r. Welch, John Are
baugh and J. W. Swepston, was ap-
pointed upon credentials. Said COM
mittee reported the following dele
gates present;
ELK TOWNSHIP. w. Swepston
H. Reynolds, A. ], Swain, A. Thomas, E
Archer, A. Pearce, John Fee, and John
Huhn.
KNOX TP.-W. H. Black.
SWAN.-A. Webb, ]. S. Fee and R
Welch.
CLINTON.-B. Dill, P. Murdock, Geo
Craig, Thomas Leach, and vacancies.
MADISON.-M Albaugh, J.. z. Epsom
A. Norris, and vacancy.
VINTON. - John Arebaugh, l.. Arc
baugh, John Mace, and vacancy.
JACKSON-Not represented.
RICHLAND.-J. Cox, S. Wykof, +
Claypool, VIM. Cox, A. N. Redfern, Geo
Brown, and Vacancy.
HARRISON-Not Represented.
BROWN.-Thos. Mugee, ]. B. Lilli'
bridge, and o. Buckingham.
EAGLE.-Not Represented.
WILKESVILLE.--A. DAWSON, VIM.
G, Mckinney, B. RatclilI, and vacancies.
On motion, each delegation was al
lowed to fill vacancies.
Democrats present from townships
which had sent up no regularly ap-
pointed. delegates, were, on motion,
permitted to cast the vote Of said
townships.
Messrs. II. Reynolds and Thos.
Magee were appointed tellers, and
the convention then, on motion, pro-
ceeded to nominate candidates for
Offices in the following order:
Probate Judge, Clerk, Prosecuting
Attorney and two Commissioners.
The candidates being required to
abide the decision Of the convention,
Messrs. B. p. Hewitt and E. A. Brat
ton came forward and pledged them
selves to do SO.
The ballot on candidates for Pro-
bate Judge resulted as follows:
B. p. Hewitt, 81 votes and E. A.
Bratton s votes. B. p, Hewitt was
thereupon declared duly nominated.
Messrs. j. j, Allison, Geo. Lantz
and j. r. Newton were announced as
for Clerk, and Messrs. AL
lison and Lantz pledged themselves
to abide the decision ofthe convention.
Mr.. Newton not being present, B.
Dill, Esq, vouched that he would
submit to the decision of the conven.
ton. The vote resulted thus:
Geo. Lantz, % votes.
j. j. Allison, 8
j. r. Newton, 4
Mr.. Lantz was declared the nomi-
nee of the convention.
TMr. Newton requests the Secretary
to say that his name was presented to
the convention without his knowledge
Or consent, and against his will.
o. T. Cunning being the only can
lidate before the convention for Pros
ecuting Attorney, on motion, he was
nominated by acclamation.
Candidates for Commissioners be-
ing next in order, the ballot stood as
follows:
Samual Magee, 36 votes.
Samuel Tarr, 19
Charles Gray, -
Archibald Norris, 8
Messrs. Magee and Tarr were then
declared the nominees Of the cOnyen-
tion.
The convention then proceeded to
appoint delegates to represent this
county in the Representative and Sen
atorial Conventions, with the follow
ing result:
DELEGATES TO REPRESENTATIVE CoNvEN-
II. Swain, r. Welch, E. Arch
er, ]. S. Fee, John Arebaugh, A. Norris, II.
REYNOLDS, Z. F. Bingham, Thos. Magee,
Geo. Lantz, S. S. Murray, A. N. Redlern,
Repiamin Dill, Peter Miller, Jr., ]. A. Wal
den, p. Murdoch, e. A. Bratton, A. Thom-
as, N. Richmond, A. Pearce, Thos. Leach,
Harrison Lysle, John Booth and Humphrey
Clark.
DELEGATES TO SENATORIAL CONVECTION
S. S. Murray, D. Foreman, N. Richmond,
]. T. Mackey, Isaiah Smith, B. P. Hewitt,
Morris Albaugh, DR.. l.. Holland, o. T.
Cunning, Z. Archer, A. Webb, F. Fry, a.
]. Swain, w. H. Black, ]. Fee, B. Ratliff,
]. w. Swepston, John Mace, A. Davidson,
J. G. Swetland, John Dowd, L. Arebaugh,
VIM. Fee, and Jehiel Frazee.
The following named gentlemen
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