Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-03
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OHIO.

1GA1H
General Henry S. Commager, formerly
of the 9th Ohio volunteers, was nomin-
ated on Tuesday for Congress by the
Democrats of the 10th Ohio, (Ashlsy'D
district.
W. p. Reid is the Democratic nominee
for Congress in the Eighth Ohio District,
now represented by Hon. James r Hub
bell. Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the state platform of the May Convention,
opposing the Constitutional Amendment,
demanding the repeal of the Civil Rights
and Freedmen's Bureau Bills, favoring
the taxation of national bonds, demand
ing an immediate reunion of the states
upon the principle of no taxation without
representation, approving President John
sons restoration policy, expressing unal-
terable opposition to negro suffrage, and
indorsing the call for the Philadelphia
Convention. B. Burns, of Richland, and
E. Sehofeld of Marion, were appointed
delegates to Philadelphia.
The nomination of Judge S~hellabarger
to the Union Convention of the Seventh
Ohio District was unanimous and enthusi-
astic. 1t is a deserved compliment to one
of the ablest in the present Congressional
delegation from Ohio.
The Sandusky County Union Conven-
ton was held on Saturday, and the fol-
lowing ticket nominated Probate Judge,
A. W. Hendry; County Clerk, G. o. Sell
kirk; Sheriff, David S. Worthington
Treasurer, James d. Chamberlin Prose
cutting Attorney,-Cogswelli County
Commissioners,-Tsy lor,-Caswel Cor
oner, John W. Stevenson.
A Democratic Convention is called in
the Seventh Congressional District O 0hio,
to meet at London, August C, for the pur-
pose of nominating a candidate for Con-
gress, and appointing two delegates to the
Philadelphia National Convention.
At tia Union Judicial Convention of
the Sd subdivision of the Sd Judicial Dis
trict of Ohio, on Wednesday. at Napoleon,
Henry county, Hon. A. S. Latty was de-
clared the unanimous choise of the Con-
vention for Judge.
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
The Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, the
Hon. Caleb Cushing, and Judge Benz. R.
Curtis, may possibly be among the repre-
~sentatives from Massachusetts at the Phil /
adelphia Convention
A correspondent suggests the Mark
Lemons lines as appropriate to the Phil
adelphia Convention:
"Wiu the Boa bolt the Blanket -
Viii the Blanket choke the boa : -
Tremendous thought
Pr0iigioHI BiankafF
ENOsNoUs BOAiltf"
The Rebels (JohnsoDites in the Fourth
Congressional District of North Carolina
held a meeting at Raleigh on July 18th
to elect delegates to the Philadelphia
'Greybaek" Convention. Mr.. Jones Full
Ter, who during the war was a bitter
Rebel, was appointed Chairman, and Mr..
Seaton Gales, who as late as February 22d
last Washington's birthday, refused to
soak under the United States flag, was
chosen Secretary. The Hon. Robert B
Gillian and A S. Arlington were elected
delegates. They are both s~ecessionists,
and the latter is an ex-member of the
Rebel Congress
The Philadelphia delegss7s from Ne
braska will be j. Sterling Morton and
Andrew J. Poppleton. George Francis
Train claims 10 secure a place, but the
Nebraska men repudiate him as he is not
citizen of Nebraska.
GENERAL.
Theodore Tilton, the brilliant young
editor of the Independent is mentioned as
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton in the Third Congressional District.
The Maine Democratic Convention is
to be held at Portland, August Z. Hon
E. F. Pillsbury, a lawyer, residing at
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