Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-07-22
The Convention-The Ticket
Voice of the Ohio Press.
The Cleveland Leader says:


gate assemblages ever convened in Ohio
The counties were represented BY intelli-
gent, patriotic, Garnet men, and their de-
! libera tionswere characterized BY good order,
good sense, harmony, and dispatch. No
sectional spirit or clique management con-
irolled the Convention, and the action OF
the body gave satisfaction to all port ions OF
the Stale, cementing the opposition TO the
Administration of Mr. Buchanan from the
! Lake TO the River. 1t is now rendered quite
certain that there will be but two State
tickets in the fed this fall-the Republican
Ant.Lecompton and the Lecompton Demo-
cratic Even IN Hamilton county the pros
poets are re-y fst;ering for a united op-
position ticket t. the democratic LecomP-
ton. and tLus that former strong Citadel OF
the y, moeratic parry in the State will be
| forced 20 surrender
The ticket presented for the sufTrages Of
the people is eminently worthy Of universal
support William V. Peck, OF SciOtO, for
! Supreme Judge, possesses rare talents, quail
/ iiications and experience. Though but
/ slightly known in the Lake counties his
nssse is familiar to all parties in the River
region. and he enjoys the esteem and con-
| 6dence of all TO a remarkable degree. This
is shown by the unanimous support he has
received on former occasions in his Judicial
District. composed of the counties os Sc iota,
Pike, Jackson, Lawrence and VintG1-a
District usually Democratic, We believe,
except when JUICE Peck is in the field. A
native of, aud educated in Connecticut,
Judge P. in early life settled in Southern
Ohio, where he soon acquired an extensive
practice in his profession, and established
an enviabie reputation as a sound, able
lawyer, and gifted, exemplary man. At the
session of lS4i-5, the Wing General As
sembly elected Judge Peck to the Common
Pleas bench. So ably and so satisfactorily
did he discharge the duties Of Judge, that
uPor the adoption of the new Constitution
he was elected by the people oil the Dis
trict without aLy opposing candidate, and
in 1856 he was reelected with bu. thrt e
opposition votes in the 1--WE counties, The
legal profession of his District speak of
him as one OF the most acute, clear headed
and profound jurists of the age. and the
| people all esteem him as the Just Judge
Iis election will do honor TO the Supreme
Bench OF the State of Ohio.
William B. Thrall, of Franklin, for
Comptroller Of the Treasury, is also an ex-
celIeHt selection. Mr.. Thrall is we'll known
throughout the State "a nd formerly conduct
ed the Ohio STATE Journal with marked
ability. man of infiexible integrity, dis
criG ination, sound judgment, and familiar
with governmental matters, the Convention
correctly appreciated his fitness for the
place by giving him nearly an unanimous
! vote of nomination The first ballot.
Christopher 2. Wolcou, of Summit, for
Attorney General, has been tried, and not
found wanting. The laundering aye which
unanimously proc laimed him the first and
only choice OF the Convention, was such an
Endorsement of ar able and faithful dis
charge of important official duties, as few
men win in life time.
| John l.. Martin, of But Ter, for Member
J of the Board of Public Works, is a good
selection in locality and candidate. Mr.
Conover, who has charge Of the SJut hern
| Division of the Miami Canul, Is the retir-
| ing Member of the Board. Mr.. Martin re-
sides at Middletown, in that Division, and
| is an exten, ,ive Floui and Paper manufac-
| turer. Born and bred in the free air of the
Green Mpunt1ins OF Vermont, d siilwrigh
by profession. he emigrated to Franklin
county, Ohio, in 1887. From 1910 to I&45
he was employed in heavy Canal repair ilbs
between Columbus and Portsmouth. aud as
an engineer. For ten years past Mr.. u.
has had no connection with the Public
Works, but has successfully followed man
ufacturing pursuits. He is a fine specimen
of the old tasioned Wing sons of Molly
lStark-inteIligent, active, honest, and cap
able; not an office seeker, but competent
and ready to serve the State faithfully
That he is exactly the right sort of man
for the place, was eviden ed BY the tenacity
wit which the delegates who best knew
his wo rlh voted for his nomination from
the first to the final ballot. On The last ballot
nearly the entire vote of the R. serve was
cast Tor Mr.. Martin-jnst the kind of vote
he will get from the people of the Reserve,
we doubt not, OH the second Tuesday OF
October.
The Resolutions adopted are brief, to the
polHt, and acceptable to the entire Con-
vention. Such was the Conyention--such
is the ticket presented for the suffrages Of
the electors oi Ohio. Let it be earnestly
vigorously, and triumphant!y supported.
The Toledo Blade says:
We believe the unanimous response from
the Republican party will be that these are
nominations "eninently fit to be made - OF
Mr.. Martin, we do not, at present, know
enough to speak, but we feel disposed 10
think that Convention whose choice has
fixed upon such men as the first three on the
ticket, would not have filed the fourth place
with one unworthy the support of those
upon whose suffrages he IS to depend
The Dayton Gazette says:
The STATE CONVENTION. We devote a
large space to-day, to the proceedings of
the Republican State Convention. 1t is
said to have been the fullest delegate Cos
vention ever assembled in Ohio, and it was
as harmonious and enthusiastic as the most
san.uIne could desire.
The ticket presented by the Convention
is comp sgd Of good men, well qualified for
the position for which they are named, and
tue to the principles Of the party Of Free
dom. The ticket will be triumphan,ly
elected. The Convention turned a deaf
ear to, the appeals of those uneasyi diap pida-