Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-06-21

such counties shall cast the vote Of such !
ourities. "a, r
7th. The vote to Be taken 6iuta voce by
cou nties,y TO be announced by the chairman
for each county delegation. ...,t
9th. Your Committee recommend the
selection Of Presidential Eelctor for each
for each Congressional district, BY the dele.
gates representibg such districts in the Con-
vention. t+..t itI..,si. t..i..r
Mr.. dddngs moved to disagree to that
portion Of the report. which contempt lated
the postponmsnt Of the report Of the com.
mittee on resolutions, until after the nom.
nations, and upon the question being taken,
the section was stricken out. ,..1
That portion tof the report relative 70
officers was adopted, and rii
Hon. WIN. r. Sapp Judge Walker and
Mr.. O'Neal. appointed coninltee to con-
duct Gen Eckly to the chair.
Gen. Eckley took the chair. and address.
ed the Convention with forcible, patriotic.
well delivered speech, closing with thanks
for the honor conferred upon him.
A motion to change the order of nomina-
tions SO as to nominnte Attorney General
next after Supreme Judge, was voted down.
The report as amended was adopted.
w. r. Smith or Madison, from The COM
mittee on Credentials, made report which
was adopted.
James Monroe, from the committee on
resolutions, made the following report!
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the declaration OF bfinci-
pies adopted by the recent National Con
vention Of Republican party at Chicago,
meets with our hearty approval.
RESOLVED, That we cordially indorse the
nom ination OF Abraham Lincoln OF Illinois
for President, and Hannibal Hsmlin
of Maine, for Vice. President of the United
States, and pledge them onr earnest and
hearty support. atl
The report was received with shouts af-
Ter shouts Of irrepressible applause.
i J.. w. Vance, of Knox, offered as an
amendment the following, which he wished
adde to the resolutions: r.
II Resolped, That we adhere to the declarn.
tion of principles made by the Republican
Convention OF Ohio in 1859.
After much noisy debate and the vo'ine
down Of several motions calculated to defeat
the amendment it was adopted by a large
majority.
The G Convention then proceed to make
the nominations:
SUPREME JUDGE.
Hon Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Richland co..
Hon VIM Lawrence, Of Logan; Col N H
3 Swayne, 'of Franklin, and Chas B Goddard
of Muskinguun, were proposed for the nom
motion Of Supreme Judge, and Hon. Jacot
Brinkerhoff was nominated on the first bal
lo:, the following being the vote:
Brinkerhoff s51. Swayne ia, Lawrenc,
81. Goddard IA. Total $50. Necessary t.
a choice 23l.
On motion the domination was mad
unanimous.
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ruBfro woRKs
John H Chamberlain, Of Summit county
Kent Jarvis, Stark: Seymour Stephens
Huron; Levi Sargent, Tuscsrawas; F \
Case, Williams; NJ J Becker, Kkox; yaco
}; Winter, Licking; and John Carlisle, Guys
hoga, were proposed for the nomination o
members Of the Boatd of Public Works.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Sargent 247, Jarvis IS, Chamberlain 30
!, Case 36, Winter "a, Carlisle 6, Becker
(, Stephens Total 400; necessary to ,
choice 23l.
After the vote had been taken and It ha
> been ascertained that he had a majority
without announcing the vote, Levi Sargen
n was declared the unanimous nominee.
s. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
so Griswold, OF Cuysh ,ga; 8 E Brown
of Miami; s d Burt, Lorain; J d Cox, Trum
m bull; R NJ Corwine, Hsmilton; G R Sage
Warren; J H McMath, Harrison; Jane
q, Murray, Wood, were proposed for the nom
/. ination OF Attorney General.
.; First Ballot--Corwine lso, Murray u
Of Brown 81, Cox 81. Griswold 50, Nc Msth Il
ID Burt a.. Sage l<s ,oial 4eo; no choice.
rs Messrs McMs,h, Cor, Sage and Burt wer
withdrawn, b.o .s,.,f ,.lffr. .a,.l.yss..
81 Second BsllotI-Murrsy 254, Corwins l7s
~ Griswold 81; total ago. atr.5 d,.a ei,l
- James Murray was declared the nomine
By acclamation. ail mo.4 qsigai Hla
80 sRsAreRIAL PREsipkHrrAL TLEcToKs.
u" The counties were called and Frederic
Hasesurek received the unanimous vote I
" ~ the Convention and was declared one Of III
- Senatorial Presidential Electors.
- Columbus Dslano, of Knox. and Joseph
s Root, Of Erie comfy, were proposed for th
other Elec,or at large. The vote stood:
- Root 266. Delano 1856 total A52.
Joseph M Root was declared duly nom
~ mated. and the ssms was made unanimou'
:, The following Congressional Distrit
- Electors we're announced and confirmed b
the Convention: 4las
u LIST district-B Eggleston, Hamilton Co
I'd do WIN N Dickson, do
y; Sd do Frank McWhinney, Prebls
'a' 4th do John Riley Knox, Darke
9th do d H Murphy, Brown
7th do Nelson Rush, Fayetts
sth do John Hinkle. Hardin t5s d.
10th do H 8 Bundy, jackson e'
llth' do Dani,l B Stewart, Athens
l4th do Willard Slocum, Ashland
= 18th do Joseph Ankeny. Holmes
18th do Ed Ball, Muskingum q