, 1864-03-26
THE OGlIO COIsPEKRrlEAD !.
CONVENTION.
HOW VaIlnndlGham was SlauEltcrc'
In tho House OF his Ff1oniia.

In tho House OF his RFIends.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercially
COLUMBUS, O., March 23.
The afternoon session Of the Democratic
Convention commenced at 2 O'clock
The committee on permanent organization
reported for President, George Rex, Of
Wayne county, with one Vice President from
etch Congressional district, ]. K. Miller and
J. D. Snodgrass representing the First md
Second districts. Amos Layman WIS ap-
pointed Secretary, with one assistant from
each district. Report adopted;
The Committee on Credentials presented
their report Mr.. Griffin moved that the
names Of delegates be read, as in his and
other counties they were instructed to con-
slider every Democrat attending, delegate
He did not know, therefore, whether he was
delegate or not His motion was lost, and
The report adopted without reading mines.
No scat was contested.
The Convention proceeded to the election
Of delegates for the State at large to the Ma
tional Convention. Mr Trainor Of Jefferson
county, nominated the following: s. Medary,
Of franklin, Geo: 2; Pendleton, Of Hamilton,
Judge Willctt, of Williams, and VIM. n Cor
~, Of Hamilton. These are the peace nomi-
nees. Mr. Fitch, of Cleveland, nominated the
following: Vim. Allen. Of Ross, Geo. ". Nor
gun, OF Knox, A1lan G. Thurman, Rufus P.
Eanney. This is the Mcclellan ticket. Mr..
jackson, Of Crawford county, added the
name Of Clement L. Vallandigham, which
mofrl that the four having the highest mum
Der Of votes should be declared elected. Dr.,
Olds moved to amend SO that 1t would require
amajority ofaQ the votes cast to elect, which
was agreed to. There was sharp work In ti1-
ing the prenmiparies. The vote stood on the
Pendlcton @sl, Willet 85, Cory l3, Chiffon A.
White %, Allen 323, Morgan 1S9, Thurman
241, Rannty 201 IS, Olds 3. The vote Of Hau-
iltou was, Pcudlcton 20, Mcdary 10, Willet
II, Allen II, Morgan j, Thurman $, Ranney3,
Vallcndjglam Is. Very few counties voted
solid for either set Of nominees.
pody TI for % the Mcclellan II ticket. The noiniua-
ton of Talla1digham upset Corry's chancc
Of election, and lie was slaughtered in the
house of lfs friends numerically, Hamilton
county not giving him the compliment Of
vote. Whole number Of votes cast was
434; necessary to choice e18. Pcndlcton,
General Morgan withdrew his name and
moved that Judge Ranney, having the next
highest number Of votes, be declared elected
this was met with storm of noes and
ayes. The chair ruled the motion ont Of or
der. The mines of Wf1ct, Medary, and
Clinton A. White, were all drawn in favor Of
Tallandigham. Several attempts were made
failed. MIR. Corry's name was Withdrawn.
This narrowed the contest between Ranncy
and Vallaud;gham.~ The excitement became
intense. The Valldndlg ghamers were, nssnsna1
very noisy, and during the call, By counties,
greeted every vote for him with cat calls,
bIr. Fitch reminded the Convention that
noise did not decide this question. X
When Hamilton county was called, the
Chairman Of the delegation announced 1t for
Vallnndigham. Mr.. kiersted sprang to bis
feet, and protested against the vote. Several
eens eeats shooE i sheir fists Il each othef faees,
aud became eminently belligercnt- The
Chairman of the delegation tried to have 1t
-rccorded-23 for Vallnndigham, tor Kanuty.
This was protested against yehemently, and
the Convention was thrown into an intense
msge was fair. It was finally settled by Civ;
ing % for yallandfgham and for Rauney, 3
Il The rcs9lt was aa follows: Whole number
Of votes cast,. 428; necessary to choice, 215,
of which Judge Ranney received 2l1, vallan-
digham 212. The result. was received with
cheers, After the announcement some dele
Gates called for The reading of the vote By
eounties. The Chair decided it ont Of order,
SO Val, went overheard. Mr.. Andrews, Of
Montgomery county, appealed from the de-
cision of the Chair. It was moved to LAY the
appeal On the table. Qr.. ITeEoLt mOunleu
scat and insisted on being heanl, though the
motion was repeatedly decided not debat-
able, and the gentleman was ordered to take
his seat. He would. not, md did not, and
went. on speaking amid great confusion.
Finally be enbsided, md the Chair was going
TO put the vote on appeal, when Mr. ghl, Of
Homes county got up and ID deen5ed ehaad Ts1an dan
There was too much tyranny already. Il VAL
landigham men could not be heard, they
would 60 ont 4 number seized their hats
and started for the door, one Ranneydele-
gate, shouting, "Go, damn you; go; II was
the old rule Or ruin spirit Of that faction"
Dr.. Trcrott insinuatcd that the Ranncyites
hadn't manhood. enough to permit the vote
to be read by counties. This brought Mr.
Fitch to his feel, Ind lie resented the imputa-
ton. -,
The Chairman made. modifying speech,
and the whole matter was finally settled BY
conseuting to have the vote read Us demand
ed; concession to the Vallandigham men.
1t was the only thing that saved the Conven-
tion from m explosion, AL this bother did
not change the result, Mr. Cox, Of Perry,
renewed his motion for a reconsfderation OF
the vote 4 motion was made to make nomina-
tious unanimous, but the Vnllandighamer8