Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-09-13
gates and candidates, resulted in dreary

Qeldy, auu SuCu ScrOugluS as tueIo was ds
the door was awful. The delegates repert-
ed as they came in, that it was hardly pos
sible to get in. The Chair cried out about
ten times per minute, "Gentlemen Dele
gates will please take their places, and try
to get through with this business" A
delegate announced that there were hun
dred delegates in the streets, who found it
impossible to get in. There was fight
outside, and as the crowd within rushed to
the windows to see it, the building fairly
trembed. An Irishman put in something
about the 18th Ward, and there was in-
stantly quarrel. In few minutes the
doorkeepers were overwhelmed, and the
crowd rushed in. The chairman commen-
ced hammering with the gavel, and crowd
kept time, clapping their hands. At length
motion was made to adjourn, and there was
hideous chriek of yes and no, and the
chairman said it had been decided in the
negative.
A motion was made to adjourn to Car
thage. A delegate declared he would be
willing to go there or to Cheviot, Sharps-
burg, or anywhere so we can get out of
this Cd id hole" Now for quar-
ter of an hour there were about twenty
men on the floor, trying to put motions
and make speeches, and all the rest were
shouting, not word could be heard. The
chairman screamed and roared and lam
mered in helpless, foolish way. An at
tempt was made to have the report of the
Committee on credentials read. Perhaps
it was read, for there was paper num-
bled over, but nobody heard it. Joe Bun
ker made his appearance on the stage.
His brother John moved that he be re-
moved. A horrible alteration followed.
Joe Bunker denounced Joe Blundell as
swindIer, and the most disgraceful epithe,s
and profanity were banded about. Blum
dell and Joe Bunker tried to get at each
other to fight, but were prevented. The
brothers Bunker had row that was pain
full to see and hear. They appeared to be
determined to butcher each other.
In the midst of the most fearful clamor,
John Bennett was hustled out of the chair
and w. ]. Flagg substituted. Mr.. Flagg
made little speech. He said this scene
reminded him painfully of Charleston
But there had been row enough. An ac-
tive canvass for nomination was good
omen, but there had been omen enough.
The Report of the Committee on Gre
dentials was then read.
The decision in several cases was receiv-
ed with shrieks of "NoI' "nop There
were the most rampant demonstrations on
part of those who were excluded by the
Committee. A crowd of fellows in the
Orchestra were determined that the others
who were on the stage should be put Off
They were perfectly infuriated and demo-
MAC. Nesmith, of the firm of Thompson
d Nesmith, mounted the stage, and there
were instantly loud and thlesting cries of
"Put him off" "put him off," "Hc is not
a delegated" And several roughs mounted
the stage to put him off. He retreated be-
hind the Chairman, and was pursued by
fellows hungry as wolves for his scalp. In
a moment two or three fighting men inter
posed in his behalf, and the stage was over
wheimed by the rowdies, and there was
great deal of scuffiing about and swearing
beyond all precedent and all common COM
prehension.
Mr.. Pugh appeared at this moment, it
having been presumed that he could be
heard. The courteous chairman, Flagg,
could not get in and Pugh tried to speak.
There were loud and long cries of Pugh,
Pugh, and voiceferous yells to take down
some person or persons on the stage
Several times Mr.. Pugh's sharp voice was
heard in the din, saying: "Fellow Demo-
Gratis" At last he sat down laughing
Then the calls for Pugh redoubled, and he
came forward again.
He repeated the remark, "Fellow Demo
crats"-when there were deafening yells,
"Put them off the platform" why"
said Mr.. Pugh, "what the devil difference
does it make to you who who is on the
platform9" There was minutes quiet,
and Mr.. Pugh said that he was panied
and surprised to see such differences among
Democrats. They must not let their pref
udices and passions aroused by the primary
elections carry them so far, so beyond all
reason. Why, what were they quarreling
about? AS for himself, he did not get. to
vote at all last night, yet he was going to
vote for the tickc: made by that Conven-
ton. Those men standing by him there,
who had been quarreling so furiously y
they would be ashamed of themselves in
half an hour.
(Mr. Pugh forgot that the quarrel was
really between the Jews and the Catholics
"a religious quarrel centuries old-the
bitterest bloodiest the world ever w
Now Mr.. Pugh wasn't delegate. But if
they would allow him to give them piece
of advice he would move the adjournment
of theConvention.
When Mr.. Pugh took his seat there was
an instantaneous outburst of screams from
all quarters. The Chairman paid no atten-
tion to the tornado of noise coming from
the Convention, but quietly consulted with
two or three persons as TO what time and
place it would be well to adjourn. Pres
emily motion was announced that the
Convention adjourn to meet in Mount
Pleasant, at 10 o'clock on next Tuesday.
This was put to the Convention, and it
was declared carried, and the Convention
was adjourned, the yahoo cries still going
up. There was another effort made to get
a speech out of Pugh, and he advised the
por mn rt;ee of the yarious wardc To cop,