Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-28

On motion. Hon. II. B Payne was elected Pes.
ident, Charles Wnslow, Esq, Vice President, end
Jamos Brookenshlre and A, c. Beardsley. secres
taries.
The list Of delegates were called, and all the
townships bot Brecksvil0, Royaltou and stroDgs.
vile were represented.
Messrs Il H. Dodge, D ? Rhodes b. IIarring
ton, r. W Greene, aud L J. Ryder were appoint
ed a Committee on Credentials, notice having been
given that in some Wards two setis Of Delegates
had been appointed. The % Ward was one Of
these, having two complete tickets elected BY tte
two factions, Buchanan and Douglas. Pending
the report Of this Committee, wire-pulling and
caucusslng was going on with spirit, and the Hall
presented a lively appearance. The Committee
reported upon the election Ia the I'd Ward that the
Douglas delegates be entitled to seats In the Con.
yenton.
F. W. Greene, E.q., offered the following reso.
luton:
Resolred, That the delegates TO the District and
State Conventions be Instructed 20 vote for such
favorable to the nomination Of stephen Douglas
Tor the Presidency.
The vote was taken by townships and wards, on
motion, and resulted as follows:-Ayes lls, Nays
10.
When the name Of Robert Parks, Custom House
Collector, was called for bis vote, Mr.. Parks re-
marke that he was Democrat, and If Douglas
was nominated at Cbarlestown, he should 60 fer
him. [Cheers lie asked to DO excused from
voting. On motion, he was excused
Aner Collector Parks bad thus straddled The
fence, be went 10 the back part Of the Hall where
Marshal johnson, p. AZ. Harrington, aud othtr
good Buchanaa Democrats were gathered, and was
about to explain his vote. and cODclllate them ior
his apparent deseTtlon Of their faith But Mr..
johnson, with sn authoritative and repelllng wave
Of the hand, exclaimed. "Go away, you d--d
traitor don't want 10 hear anything from such
au uugratefu dog" TIVE may not have the last
clause Of the above exact as 10 words but the idea
expressed in fully as emphatic language.) Poor
Parks was in hot water, and moved away. He
had not anticipated such test question when he
ran for delegate from bis ward lie had hoped 10
go through without exposing his true sentiments,
but he was compelled to "show his hand, !" and
Marshal johnson realized the truth OF his repeated
warnings as to the iealty of his brother official.
The result fthe vote was greeed with loud and
hearty cheers, showing the Douglas feeling tha,
prevailed.
On motion OF Mr.. KiBsman, . committee of one
from each ward aud township was appointed TO
report the names Of Al delegates to the Congres-
sional Convention at wiloughby, and to the
| State Convention ut Columbus.
The Committee reported the following Delegates
and Altenates TO the State Convention
DRLEoATEs-H. b Payne, f. Kiusman, ]. W.
/ H.fu Il 4
Wm. Folmsbee, J. W. Cray.
ALTEaSATEs-W Hilimau, Robt. Parks, l..
j Rider, J. NJ Coiiinberry A. Mcintosh Edward
Kingsley, f. W. Greene, +. T. Wallace.
The Committee reported the following Delegates
to the District Convention:
w B. Hilman, DR.. Palmer, b. Williams, Jr.,
Edwin Farr, Egber Humphrey, Ransom O'Con-
ner, II G, Egglest n, l. l.. Gleason, j Pckard,
w FOlmsbee, IL. Stearns, Leander Snow, w. B.
Smith, s. Newmark. O. r. Smith, II. Basor, L. ].
Rider, DR.. Leonard, J s. Stephenson, A. Hughes,
4. I. Wallace, n. p, Payne, j. Wedenkopf, Thos
| Thompson, j. Al. Vaughan, d. 7. Rhodes, T. J
Burrn, D. Stephan, i. W. Greene, NJ. Gallagher,
George Rathbuu, Samuel FoltE, ID. +. PeiKottO
Robert Parks, IL. IL. Dodge, Z. A, Minkiey, T.
Masters, A. Hanscomb, F, Andrews J. II. Strong
irwin Fenner.
Now that the business Of the Convention HAl
over, the time for fun had arrived, aud the ''pen
up fee lDgs" OF the unterriled Of Cuyahoga County
must have vent
H. Brownell, Esq, oherred the following resOlu
tion:
ssSTsa Tas: aS PGfS d Ct S Rs he SssaTss
Mt BrOwnell called for the ayes and nays upon
this resolution,
DR.. Mathiyet moved 10 indefinitely postpone
hr, Green moved to adjourn.
Mr. Brownell demanded the ayes AID nass upol
the question Of adjournment
Mr. Green asked bow many 1t took to deman,
the ayes and nays He thought not less than i've
Ho then withdrew the motion to adjourn. Som
one claim, that he could not Withdraw II, but /
was withdrawn
Mr.. Green then moved to amend Mr.. Brownell'
resolution by striking out all after the word ere
solved" and Inserting 'That tbe Democracy ar
In favor of the doctrines Of Popular soyereigni
as set forth in the Cincipnail Platform Of 1856
and by Douglas" (HPIe he read a long extrac
from Douglas positio1.) [Cheers.l
hr Fitch moved to amend the amendment. b
adding land ~ now expounded by Stephen a
Douglas" Accepted by Mr.. Green
Mr. Flood, Of the Democrat, admonIshed N
Browne to call for division Of the question.
Green and Fitch, simultaneously" hI
n)thlng to say In this Convention"
FloOd-'I was speaking to gentleman, n thin
with an oatb,) l never do when / speak
you"
The yeas and nays being taken on Alr. Creep
amendment resulted as iolIows-Yeaa lOO, nay,i
The resolution was then adopted vipa UOes, and Il
Convention adjourned.
1t will be seen that almost the entire dele gAti,
belonged to the Douglas side Of tho house. In Il
I'd Ward each side had two deleg ates, and ca,
side one half Of Parks, for which that worthy W
anathemlEed most souudly by me OF his broth
ofee holders Messrs. HarriJ gton aud Brown,
stood hrm ,e the interests OF the BuchAnan win
Il was little noticeable Ilat the active Dr. Mat
iVei' who few days ago was so fast for the 4
polntment OF rhysieiSn at the Marine Hospiu
aud OF ceur0e good Administration man, was
Saturday rs good Douglas man as any other.
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