Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-02-29
WEDNESDAY, FEB, 90.
The County and District Conventions.

The County and District Conventions.
The County Convention to appoint del
egates to the State Convention at Column
bus. was well attended, and the requisite
number of delegates to Columbus was east
ly made up. This fact is encouraging as
indicating a spirit in the beginning of the
campaign which argues well for the future.
1t has usually been the case that there have
been few men who were willing to spend
four or FIVE days time, and some twenty or
twenty-five dollars, each. for this purpose,
and there has always before been some diff
fculty in making up the number.
In the District Convention, this County
had delegates present from most of the
tOwnshiPs;-three only were present from
dahoning, and none from Ashtabula. This
is easily to be accounted for. In the call
Of the State Central Committee, they make
the following suggestion. The County
Committees of the several Districts Will at
once correspond, and agree upon a tine
aud place for the District Conventional
select such delegates or agree that the del
egates from tie District, to tie Columbus
Conrsntion shall select them, as they deem
most erpedtcnt."
Mr.. Wetmore, Chairman of the Mahon-
ing Co. Central Com, wrote to the Chair
man of the Central Committee of this Co.,
(Mr. H. Austin,) suggesting the holding
of a District Convention at this place. on
the 22d inst. This letter was forwarded
to Ashtabula Co, accompanied by one from
Mr.. Austin. eoncurring in the arrange
ment; and as no time was to be lost, a call
for the Convention was published in the
Republican papers of MahOning and this
county. The Ashtabula Committee had
however, before receiving the letters from
the Chairmen of the Committees of the 9th
er counties, published call for their Coun-
TT Convention, and concluded to adopt the
latter clause of the suggestion of the State
Central Com, and allow the delegates from
the District 20 the Columbus Convention
to select the delegates to the Chicago Con-
v%ention. Thus, the matter was slightly
mixed up, and the action of the District
Convention of the 22d inst. in refusing to
empower the delegates from the District
to make the selection, as the As1tabula
delegates are authorized to do, make it i'm
possible to choose them at all without cal
ling another District Convention
We should lave preferred that the del
egates should be chosen by the people of
the District assembled in Convention for
that purpose, but still do not deem it as Of
very much Importance whether they should
select them, directly, or have authorized
the delegates to Columbus to do so, they
first indicating their preference, and direc-
ting who should DC chosen. And II should
also be recollected that it as asking not a
little of Ashtabula County, to send a dele
gatiOa consisting of some thirtymen to this
place. some of whom must come fifty miles,
in very bad roads, spend three days time,
and some money, to do that which it was
possible to do in another way, and without
such ezpediture of time and money.
We do not profess TO say which would
have been best, but throw out the sugges-
tions, to show that the Ashtabula men had
some strong reason for their action, in the
hope that the matter may be arrangedhe
after, to the satisfaction of all concerned.