Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-21
nePnbiican County Convention.
The Republican party Of Franklin coun-


The Republican party Of Franklin coun4
ty met In Convention at the City Hall in
Columbus on Saturday last. DR.. James
Williams, of the State Auditors office,
called the meeting to order. b. Gilmore, Of
Columbus, was appointed Chairman; DIR.
Williams, Secretary, and John Helzel, Of
Hamilton township, Assistant Secretary
The chair suggested that a committee on
Credentials should be- appointed; but no
one made motion to that effect. The
Wards and Townships were then called for
their reports of delegates, when 1t appear
ed that the Sixth Ward of Columbus and
the Townships Of Jefferson, Plain, Nor
wich and Pleasant were not represented.
These were entitled, under the call of the
Executive committee, to 10 delegates; the
remainder to II. 1t was agreed that a ma
jority of all the votes cast for candidate
should constitute choice, and that the
vote should be taken viua vocs by Wards and
Townships. iI I+ .t#'i .(.4hl
The Convention proceeded to nominate
two candidates for Representatives to the
State Legislature. The following gentle-
men were named: L. W. Babbitt of Plain;
Gen. Saul S. Henckle, Of Columbus; Gen.
John @. Mitchell, of Columbus; Col. Horace
II. Park, Of Mifilin, and Jared Foresman, of
Truro. The nominator Of Gen. Mitchill
withdrew his name in favor of Col Park.
The General was then renominated by.
two. Some discussion arose as to whether
the General was not going South. Henry
c. Noble, of Columbus, having come in, was
called upon to decide the question. He
said Gen. Mitchill was going to reside in
Memphis. The Generals name was then
withdrawn. Mr.. Noble was nominated,
but peremptorily declined. 80 ~. ~
The motion to nominate Representatives
was then laid on the table, and 1t was
agreed to proceed to the nomination Of
Sheriff. The following candidates were
named: Capt. John T. Shufilin, Gen. Theo-
dore Jones, Lieut.. Joseph Amos, all Of Co
lumbus, and Elon Dryer, of Jefferson. The
wards and townships were called. II votes
were cast-64 for Capt. Shufflin;8 8 for Gen.
Jones; / for Lieut.. Amos, and none for Mr..
Dryer. Capt. Shuffiin was declared duly
nominated. <Irig8 .aft . a9.OL ~
Capt. Orange Sells, of Washington, was
nominated for Auditor, and Gen. Jones for
Clerk of the Courts, by acclamation., ,5'.' 'a'
The nomination of Representatives was
taken up. In addition to the names already
before the Convention, Gen, James NJ.
Comfy, of Columbus, was nominated. II
votes were cast; Gen. Comfy had 81 and
Gen. Henckle IL, The former was declared
the nominee from the city. The Chair an
nounced that the next thing in order was
to nominate q Representative from the
dountry. Mr.. Foresman declined. He said
that, as he had once ruin for Representative
and been beaten, and as he had not been in
the military service, he thought be would
make poor candidate. II votes cast--Col'
Park received 52, aud Mr., ,Babbitt 9-the
former declared nominated. M
James r.. Armstrong, of the District Pro-
vost Marshal's office, was nominated for
Treasurer, byacclamation. s.s.
For Commissioner, George Lewis, of Sha-
ron; Harrison Walcutt of Franklin, and
James Reeve, of jackson, were named.-
II votes cast--for Walcutt, So; Lewis, "a,
and Reeve, u. No choice. On second
ballot, Walcutt had 3s, Lewis "a, and Reeve
0. WaIcutt declared nominated. l'.
The following gentlemen were named fol-
Ihfirmary Directors Horton Howard, oi
Prairie; Elijah Merton, ,Jr., of Montgome-
ry; John Otstot, Martin Krum, Sr., and
VIM. Shrum-the last three of Columbus
Messrs. Howard, Otstot and Shrum declin-
ed. Go votes cast-Merion received SO, and
Krum 26. Merton declared the nominee.
Lieut.. Amos was nominated for Coroner
by acclamation. H on'1
| For Surveyor, the following gentlemen
were named-W. w. Pollard, of Columbus
Joseph s. Henderson, of Perry; John Cox
Of Madison, and s. r. Taylor, of Sharon
Mr.. Henderson declined, and Mr.. Pollard's
name was withdrawn. GA votes cast--4t
for Taylor and IS for Cox. Taylor declared
nominated. = gJy ,,I0ay.ad iin' .rdg.isIi'
DR.. M. d. Brock offered the following res
olutions, which were adopted; ' .. - +
Resolved, That we cordially receive and
adopt the Platform of the State Union Con-
yention Of the 2lst June, and will earnestly
support the ticket there made. -Hit21At
| Resolued, ,Thatwe heartily approve of the
general tone and spirit of General Cox's
letter to the Oberlin committee. l .a 'i' -
Resolved, That the ticket presented here
this day, composed as 1t is, of tried patriots
and friends of the .Uniou and the Govern
ment, deserves to be elected, and that we
will use Our best efforts to secure such re-
sult.sIcifsJah aiils'Gci'fH 10 si9I1i9f,liH-E
i The Convention then quietly adjourned
-EMfGRANTs LAST WEKK.--C. H.. Campen,
4 Emigrant Agent, reports that, 46S emil
! grantspassed this point last week, 29s Of
whom were bound for settlementin Ohio
the remainder, in about equal proportions,
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