Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-30
A.Correction, Corrected.

The Crisis of March 30th makes an extract
from the Columbus letter to the Cincinnati
Gazette, written on the day of our State Con-
vention, In which the Reporter speaks of
the organization of that body; and then it
goes on to correct him, as follows:
It is not true that "Gen. Fitch" is ''Chair-
man of the State Central Committee" The
Chairman is John @. Thompson, of this
city, whose duty 1t was TO call the COnven-
tion to order. Mr.. Thompson says that, by
his watch, he was in the Hall several minu-
tes before the hour set for tine Convention to
meet, and when he arrived to call it to
order he was surprised to find Mr.. Rex In
the Chair and Amos Layman acting as Sec
retary, and the work under way. The Hall
was not half full, some say one-fourth of the
Delegates had not arrived. Mr.. Fitch had no
more authority to call the Convention to or
der than sany other man." 1t was this pre-
concerted movement, and the march sto-
len upon the Convention which produced
the fll-feeling, and at one time came near
breaking up the Convention, by the arbi-
trary acts Of the Chairman, and the false
count made by the Secretary, to overawe
and cheat the Delegates out of their cor
rectly expressed opinion. They succeeded,
It Is true, and the Delegates submitted to
it. But that is all those guilty Of the trans
action can boast Of The same trick was re-
played on re-convening after dinner. ''Gen.
Fitch" again got In early and reported the
same officers as the permanent officers Of
the Convention, before the Committee on
Credentials had time to report ,oho tcere Del
egdtes and scko soere not
= There are some things stated in this
= correction that are not true; and, we
believe, they would have been omitted, had
Gov. MEDARy been in the Convention and
witnessed Its proceedings. If it be true,
that Mr.. THOMPSON was in the Hall several
minutes before the hour set for the Conven-
tion TO meet according to his watch, then
his watch was egregiously at fault and
deceived him terribly! According to all
other Columbus time, 1t was after ten and
half o'clock when the Convention was call
ed to order by Gen. FITCH. The Delegates
had assembled and were becoming impa-
tent for organization. Mr.. THOMPSON was
looked for all over the Hall; and was wait
led for, some time. Finally, it was stated
that the Franklin County Delegation
was still In session; and, as there
was a very general desire on the part
of the Delegates, that the morning business
should be completed, in order that the Coms
mittees might go to work, a Member of the
State Central Committee, who was present.
was urged to call the Convention to order
this was declined. After waiting some
miputes longer, and Mr.. THOMPSON being
stin absent Gen. FrroH proceeded to call
the Convention to order-ash he or any other
Delegate had perfect right to do, after the
time had come GEoRaE REX was duly
elected President and AMOS LAYMAN, Sec
retary' itwas done openly and fairly--in
tnc same way that such things are always
done-and no complaint was made in the
Convention. + s'iis7
At the beginning Of the afternoon ses-
sion, Gen. FITCH reported from the commit
re On Permanent Organization, &C., and
his report was unanimously adopted. Tbat
isaIl the 'trick' there was in shatl
t1No one who witnessed the p,,t,ence eool-
mess, and forbearance, that characterize,
:ehe course Of the Presldept in the disclarot
of his arduous and trying duties, vii
charge upon him a single arbitrary act
AZ for the allegation, that the secretar,
made q aiAlse count" we have only to saw
thai the ''dirty dog" who reported Il /,
Gov. MkDxnr does not himself believe n
sifHaof f7A IS the tally sheetsv IN n,
hands Of the Secretary, and the printe,
tables o. voices abundanfly prove w
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