Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-10-02


ticle above is SO unfair, and rejects so
severely against Tr1mbull County, and
especially against those of her citizens who
composed her delegation TO the late Judi
cial Convention, that justice to them re
quires it should not pass unnOticed. We
wish it to be understood at the outset that
while we cannot speak of Mr.. Taylor's
qualifications for the Office of Judge,
from personal knowledge, We believe him
to possess all that the Democrat claims
for him, and we would not detract n jOt,
or title, from his reputation
The Union Judicisl Convention met at
Newton Falls, on the 18th ult, (thc pro-
ceedings will be found on the outside Of
this paper, as copied from the Portage
Democrat.) The candidates for nomina-
ton were Hon. B. T. Hoffman. and G. n.
Tuttle, Esq, of Trumbull; E. B. Taylor,
Esq, of Portage; r. J. Powers, and C. f.
Gladden., EsQ's, of MahOn;pg. After Z
very few ballots the contest was confined
to MesFrs. Taylor, Tuttlc, and Glidden,
and until the thirty-seventh ballot had
been cast, which was about 10 o'clock, P.
NJ the delegations from each county,
with very few exceptiOns;) voted steadily
for the candidate from their own county.
At this stage of the proceedings, c. W.
Smith of Trumbull, arose and said that
the hour was growing late, and there seem.
ed 20 probability of nominating either one
of the candidates before the Convention,
and, in order to bring the business to q
close and, harmonic matters, he would Of
fer a resolution that Hon. Luther Day, Of
Portage County, be nominated by accla-
nation. This was seconded bya delegate
from Mahoning. A delegate from POrtag {
replied, with considerable temper,) that
Trumbull County must not dictate to Por.
'tage, and attempt to force upon her a maj
not of her choice; that Mr.. Taylor was
the choice of her citizens, and the nOmina
ton of no other man would satisfy them
Judge Day who was prese mt, then sait
to the Convention, "you sec that l an
placed in such a position that l am com
PEELED to permptOrily decline a nomination
This may not be the precise language used
by the Portage delegate, and by Judge Day
but it was to the same effect, as We are in
formed by those present.
Of course this episode produced cOnsid
cradle irritation. The name of Mr.. Tut
tie was then withdrawn; another ballot
was taken "a majority of the Trumbul
delegates voting for Mr.. Glidden, a few
voting for Mr.. TaylOr,) which resulted il
the nomination of Mr.. Glidden.
If this be a correct statement Of tn,
doiDgs of the convontiOn,-and we thinl
it is,-it is evident that the Potage dele
gates may thank themselves Cor tie gentle
man from Portage who so coolly disposed
Of Judge Day, and seemed to speak for the
whole delegation for the failure to nomi-
nate a Portage county man, because it was
certain that a majority of both the Trum-
bull and MahOning delegates would have
voted for him, on the 3Sth BALLOT; in fact
We do not believe there would have been ;
dissenting voice, unless it might have beer
from Portage. Surely the Democrat viii
not claim that Judge Day is too young, OIL
that he has less experience or is less com
potent for the Office than Mr.. Taylor.
As to the charges of "monOpolizing al
the important offices, mulish obstinacy
bitterness, relentless combination" &c.
which the Democrat nakes,sO glibly, the!
are simply ridiculous.
The first election of Judges of Common
Pleas. by the people, in Ohio, took plac
in October 1851, when Hon. Luther D ay
of Portage County, was elected. In 1856
when his term of Office was about to OK
pire, at the Judicial Nominating Conven
ton of that year, the delegates from Por
tage County presented the name Of Nh
Taylor, they voted for him, labOred 70
him assiduOusly and well, as they had Al
undoubted right to do, and vixen ontvote
were not particularly well pleased. Ye
at that time, Trumbull County did nd
have a Supreme Judge, and Mahoning di
not have an Auditor of State, or a Unio
candidate for Governor, while Portag
County mot satisfied sciM haring lad III
Common Pleas Judge for fire ye IRIS, Mu
hOnor.pg Of her SonS,>tut discardip
him, insisted upon comforting upon az
other son, the same honor" At that Cor
~vention Hon. B. f. Hoffman. of Trumbul
was nominated, and he Fas subsequent
elected. Thus Portage and Trumbu
Counties have each had the Common Pie;
Judge one term, and if any one of I'll
three Counties composing this judici;
district has any local claims, it certainly
Mahoning. The argument that MahOnir
County having the Auditor Of State an
the uominee for Governor, and Trumbu
a Supreme Judge, that they therefore hay
no claim for a Common Pleas Judge, as
no force whatever, for those Offices we
not the gift of any one county, nor Of tn
, judicial district, but of the State of Obi