Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-26

Washington; 18th, L. G. Davis, Tuscarawas;
18th, w. r. Upham, Stark; 18th, VIM. john
ston, Summit; 10th, Eben Newton, Maho-
ming.
Secretary--GEo. A. BENEDICT, of Cuya-
hoga; with an Assistant from each Congress
sional District, as follows:
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.
1st District-Wm. p. Nixon, of Hamil-
ton county; 2d-H. G. Armstrong, Hamilton;
3d-Geo. d. Hendricks, Preble; 4th-Geo.
d. Burgess, Miami; 5th-Henry Ticker,
Allen; 6th-James Purscll, Fayette; 7th--
VIM. L. Ba'com, Greene; sth-H. Z. Cod
man, Marion; 9th-W. M. Reid, Craw-
ford 10tf--Mahlon Chance, Wood; llth-
Samuel Burwell, Adams; 12th-Samuel M.
Penn, Ross; 13th-Charles b. Giflin, Lick
ing; l4th-Benjamin Douglass, Wayne;
l5th--C. L. Donnally, Meigs; 16th-M.
Hatton, Harrison 17th-J. X. Rukenbrod,
Columbiana; lSth-W. w. Nevison, Lake /;
19th-E. II. Fitch, Ashtabula.
The Committee recommended that the
rules governing this Convention be the
usual parliamentary rules; and that in
making nominations the following order
be observed:
lst-One Supreme Judge, for the Long
Term; 2nd-One Supreme Judge, for the
Short Term; 3rd-One Supreme Judge, for
the Unexpired Term; 4th-Secretary of
State; 5th-Attorney General; 6th-.Comp-
troller of the Treasury; 7th-One Member
of the Board of Public Works, Full Term;
One Member Board Public Works, to fill
Vacancy; Sth-Two Senatorial Electors;
9th-Four Delegates at Large tothe Balti-
more Convention, and Four Alternates-
The Report was adopted.
THE NOMINATIONS.
The Convention proceeded to make nomi-
nations the Office of Supreme judges being
first to be filled.
SUPREME JUDGES.
The following gentlemen were nomina-
ted for Supreme Judge, (full term) that be-
ing the first office on the list: Luther Day,
of Portage; Horace Wilder, of Ashtabula;
Simeon Nash, of Gallia; John Welch, of
Athens; t. c. Jones, of Delaware; and
Walter L. Stone, of Sandusky. The name
of Judge Jones was withdrawn. The Con-
vention proceeded to nominate by ballot,
but before the vote could be announced
several counties changed their votes to
Day, and it being apparent that he had
large majority of the votes, his nomination
was made unanimous.
1t was moved that the rules be suspend
ed, and that VIM. White, of Clarke, be nom
mated by acclamation for the uneXpired
term of four years. Some gentleman want
ed to know what rule was to be suspended;
and another responded by saying 1t 'did
not matter" Judge White was then ''nom-
mated by acclamation," there being afew
dissenting voices.
Judge Horace Wilder was then ''unani-
mously" nominated for the "uneXpired
term" there being about the same number
of voices dissenting as were heard against
Judge Whites nomination.
SECRETARY OF STATE
Was the nomination next in order and for
that office Messrs. VIM. Henry Smith, of
Hamilton; Captain A. Kaga, of Shelby; j.
w. Longbon, of Jackson; Benjamin Cum
ninghani, of Harrison; d. A. Stewart, and
Oviatt Cole, of Medina. Judge Lawrence,
of Logan, who nominated Mr.. Kaga, in
dulged in rhetorical. flourish over his
mans services in the field of battle, and
was choked off by cries of order. Before
the tally-sheet was footed up, it being ap-
parent that VIM. Henry Smith had large
unanimous amid great enthusiasm on the
part of his Hamilton county friends.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL.
Mr.. Stevenson, of Ross, nominated, on
behalf of the army, which he said had not
yet been noticed OH the ticket, and all the
offices worth anything having already been
given away-Colonel John M. Connell, of
Fairfield, for Attorney General.
Colonel VIM. p. Richardson, of Monroe,
was also nominated on behalf of the army.
Chauneey N. Olds, of Columbus, was also
nominated.
A Voice-"On behalf of the army?"
Robert NJ. Briggs, of Fayette; James
Murry, of Wood and VIM. Stanton, of
Hamilton; were also nominated. Mr.. Odlin
withdrew Mr.. Stanton's name, it being ap-
parent that he was "played out"
After considerable confusion and the ia
king of the vote, the nomination OF VIM.
p. Richardson (he having received clear
majority,) was declared unanimous.
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY.
A gentleman from Fulton county nomi-
mated Moses r. Bradley, of that county, for
the office of Comptroller of the Treasury,
and moved that the nomination be made
unanimous. Fulton county appeared dis
posed to storm the Convention.
A Voice-"Mr. President-It is due this
Convention that this man Bradley should
be Endorsed. There appears to be differ
ence of opinion in the delegation from his
own county, and it is due to this Conven-
tion that somebody should indorse him."
The President-"The chair Is of soon
trary opinion" (Laughter.)
Mr.. Griswold, of CuyahOga, after des-
perate effort to make himself heard, nomi-
mated S. S. Osborne, of Lake county, (who
so conspjcuously favored the abolition of
the office in the Legislature last winter)
Fulton county declared herself unani-
nous for Bradley, and moved his nomina-
ton by acclamation. (Some shouts of
ave- some of "nay.")
The President-"The chair is of opinion
that the yeas have it."
Cries of ga division" were uttered all
over the house, and the vote was finally
taken by counties, with the following re-
suit:
Osborne. $50
Bradley having received a majority, was
declared nominated, and the selection was
then made unanimous.
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
The Postmaster of Newark announced
that Licking county never had candidate
on the State ticket, and needed one to keep
up the fatering spirits of her "loyalists,"
and therefore nominated Col. Thos. j. An
derson. Other gentlemen nominated John
B. Gregory, of Scioto, subsequently with
drawn, James Moore, of Coshocton; Enoch
Raffensperger, of Stark; and Phillip Herzig,
of Auglaize. Mr.. Eggleston, OH behalf OF
the Hamilton county delegation, seconded
the nomination of the "Auglaize Dutch
man." The vote was taken, and Mr.. Herzig
having a large majority, the Postmaster OF
Newark moved to make the nomination