The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-10-05
woopcouNrY UNION coNvENrloN

Pursuant 10 call OF the Union County Central
Committee, the Union Voters Of Wood County, met
ia Convention at Bowling Green, on Thursday,
September 2eth at half past ten o'clock IN the fore
noon, to nominate a candidate for Recorder, 10 ell
tue vacancy occasioned by the death Of the late
Silvanus Hatch, Esq.
The Convention was called TO order by the
Chairman Of the Central Committee, George Par
sons, Esq, who nominated ). l.. Boughton, Of
Center, for Chairman, which nomination vas uuans
imously ratified. On taking the Chair, the Chair
mau briefly stated the business Of the Convention,
whereupon,
On motion, s. D. Price, Of Perrysburg was
chosen Secretary.
The Convention then instructed the Chairman to
appoint a committee Of five on rules and regula-
tons. The following persons were named as such
committee;
Peter Bell, ofPcrrysburg, John Russell, ofBloom,
Abraham F. Norris, of Freedom, Alex. Brown, Of
Plain, and Jonathan Ames, of Middleton.
The Comm!tte made the following report, which
was adopted.
"That candidate for Recorder, 10 be voted for at
the October election be nominated
"That he be nominated by the Unconditional
Union men of Wood county, by ballot.
"The committee recommend that each township
be entitled to woe for every ten votes cast Cor
Gov. Brough, aud one vote for the fraction of five
or more votes, as follows:
Perrysburg 35; Middleton, III Montgomery 49,
Center Is; Milton 8; jackson Z; Weston %; Por.
tage IA; Troy 6; Bloom y; Henry A. Lake Z; Perry
Is; Freedom 6; Liberty Ii; Plain 20; Washington
10; Webster IL.
"Also, that majority of all the votes cast bC
necessary to a choice"
Candidates were then announced as follows:
Stephen Merry of Perrysburg, and George NJ,
Knight, of Perysburg; NJ. d. L. Buell. and Johr
w. Woodbury., of Plain; and Joseph A. Creps, o
Washington.
The Chair appointed Henry T.. Peck, OF Perrys
burg and Jonathan Ames Of Middleton, tellers
when the convention proceeded to ballot, with IT,
following result:
Number of votes cast, 223, the townships of Lake
jackson, Henry, and Portage not being represented
OF these votes Merry received 49, Mcknight 81
BuJll II; Woodbury. 40; aud Crops 10; fractions
amounting ia the aggregate to less than vote
for convenience not being counted. Necessary t,
choice, ll2.
Stephen Merry having received more than a ma
jority of all the votes cast, was declared by tn,
| Chair the nominee for Recorder.
On motion this nomination was made unanimous
John W. Woodbury. offered the following resola
tion, which was unanimously adopted:
| Resolced That the citizens composing this Con
ventiOn. having ever enter aimed high regard for
| the estimabe character of our late Recorder, Sill
vanus Hatch, we would now put upon record ou
sense OF loss sustained by his death. BY the will
of an All Wise Providence, a good man has beer
taken from our midst one WHO adorned every sta
tion in life which he occupied, with social and
Christian virtues tn ever endear man to his fellow
man; and we here express our heartfelt sympathy
for the bercaved widow and sisters of the deceased
and we mourn with them the loss of our friend ant
] fellow citizen.
| On motion il was ordered that the proceeding,
of the Convention be published in the Perrysburg
| Journal.
On motion, Convention adjourned sine die.
S. BOUGHT0N, Chairman
| S. 3. PRICE, Secretary.