Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-21
SECRETARY: "
B. r. C0WEN, of Belmont.

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n WI. MYERs, Seneca.
The committee recommended for the
government OF the Convention the rules
governing the Ohio House of Representa-
tives, so far as practicable.
~ The, committee reported the following as
the order for the nominations:
Secretary Of State Il I1U Is
Member or the Board Of Pubic WORKS.
A Delegate moved to amend so as that
Supreme Judge shall be nominated first.
The counties were called on this amend
lmenti and the vote resulted--yeas, 206;
nays, 227. The amendment was declared
lost. The report was then adopted, as 1t
came from, the committee. o7r' sfyeu .rlF
Hon. PETER ODL1N, the President, came
forward, thanked the Convention for thus
honoripg him, reviewed the history OF the
last five years from Radical standpoint,
discussed the various constitutional
Amendments, glorifed the Republican
party, and then entered upon the duties Of
his position 1a rru7sq sdl taff -ai yi
+ -''i! THE NOMINATIONS. e'-'s''
The Convention then proceeded to nom
mate Radical Candidate tor Secretary of
State, with the following result: 1865 i-anp
1H' l SECRETARY OF STATE. ....
1 f.IL.n Eirst Ballot. , 10, c..osl
William Henry Smith......,l ,lYots not announced
Gen. Gen. J!s 6inson.. Voc not not osacsd
Gen. H B. Banning ..... Named, but withdrawal
h After the counties had been called, SMITH
had a majority OF all the votes cast; but the
Assistant Secretaries were so slowin loot
ing up the figures, that the friends of the
several candidates went to work to elec-
tioneer again-when nearly an hour was
consumed in changing votes, principally
from ROBINSON to WILDEs. Finally, amid
great confusion, it was decided that the
tally sheets Of the Secretaries were in such
a ,nuss and naNddle, that a correct and satis-
factory result could not be attained. The
Convention then decided to proceed to
another ballot. RoBISsoN, was Withdrawn,
and the voting showed the following re-
sult '3' tu -ll "..- .''7,f-hlp'.. (. .f
9mos 1y, 5'i Second Ballot 1892 'At D.. -.l-
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Smith !..!. sH.!.........22 .226 1l
-WideS. s..g.'s... ...-. :. ..-t,... s."-..- '4Ho
! WILLIAM HENRY SMITH was declared to
be duly nominated for Secretary of State,
and motion to make the nomination unan-
imous was adopted; not, however, without
several dissenting votes. Indeed, one del
egate claimed that there was mistake in
the count" and that WILDEs had 226
votes, against 2ls for SMITH; but be was ST.
fenced, and SMITHS nomination was acqui-
esced in without any further fighting.
The Convention then voted for Supreme
Judge, with the following result: l u.oiI
-..sH SUPREME JUDGE. ~ ;rltoo |
Josiah Scott. .!-........... .226
Philip y. SWtng-. 90
Cen Mois, 1sB NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS
Judge ScoTT was declared to be the nom
inee, and the nomination was made unani-
nous. 3.Hu 10 ~. ID .~... h'Hu 1
| BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
. JOIN N, BARRERE and ANDREW ]. DEvER |
were named for Board of Public Works,
and the voting commenced !; but finding
that DEvER was receiving very few votes,
his friends withdrew him, and allowed |
BARRKREto be re-nominated by acclama-
tion. N W.. ~, a.. '' .
or the Committee to Select a
state Central COmmittee.
, Mr.. Howard, from the committee to Sc!
Iect State Central Committee, reported |
The following names The report was
a adonfnd FIfHHl ..t"f % t' r.IFr4|.I. .f.