Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-03
Tno JudloIaI Conven1ISn.

In the Convention held In this city, on
Monday last, TO nominatea candidate for
the once Of Judge Of the Court Of Common
Pleas for the Iudlcial subdivision com-
POSED Of the coIRties, of Franklin Picka-
way and Madison, considerable excitement
arose out of the rejection (3S to 2l) of a
resolution, offered by JAMES E. WRIGHT,
ESQ, of this county, proposing to change
the rule of voting for candidates In that
Convention, and resulted in portion ofthe
delegates from Franklin and Pickaway
counties retiring from the hall, and refus-
ing to participate further in the proceed-
ings Of the body, We propose to devote a
few moments to this matter, and ask Of the
Democrats In the Districts calm consider
alton Of the views and facts we shall pre-
( sent, g JOE
The Convention was called by the County
Central Committees of the several counties,
10 conformity with the established uniform
rule in the District, that is to say, each
county to be represented by one delegate
from the several townships and wards
therein. No objection to this rule was
made, In any tangible or authoritative form,
until the Convention had been organized.
After the report of the committee on Cre-
dentials, was received, adopted and the
committee discharged, the resolution Of
Mr.. WRIGHT was sprung upon the body.
, It Is in the following words 1000 29n-i ~
J. "
\ '1Iesolved, That in balloting for candi-
date for Judge, each county In the judicial
district shall be entitled to one vote for
every one hundred votes cast by said coufl-
ty at the October election in 1866, in favor
of Gen. George w. Morgan, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, and one vote for
every fraction thus cast over fifty, and that
the delegation from each county determine for
itself suhat proportion Of the vote Of such dele
CATION shall be cast for such Of the gentlemen
named in connection Nth the JudgeShip, and
bers to the Convention" iI.L
We call attention to so much Of thisr reso-
luton as we have itallcised, as showing
what would seem to be one Of the objects to
be attained by its adoption. By agreeing
to the proposition, the Convention would
have been estopped from obiectipg to the
action of any county in apportioniDg its
vote among the candidates. A majority of
the delegates from Franklin county were
opposed to the nomination Of Judge Green.
BY force of the terms Of this resolution
they had the power OF determining that the
vote of that county should be cast as a
unit for his competitor. By this means ten
delegates from that county, representing,
as we shall presently show, very large
proportion Of the Democracy of Franklin,
and who were instructed and pledged to
support Mr.. GREEN, might have been ex-
cluded from any voice in the choice, and
Franklin county alone could have made,
the nomination. a.alI .t-: s.-
/ It is proper In this connection to say that
among theI ten delegates from Franklin
county who voted against the resolution of
Mr.. WRIGHT, there are gentlemen whose
high standing in this community forbids
the idea that they would for an instant toll
crate, much less lend their aid, In perpetrat-
ing wrong upon any portion of the De-
mocracy of the District. 1t was mani
fest upon several previous votes, that the
nomination of Judge GREEN was inevit-
able, upon any fair rule of voting, and
many Of the delegates in attendance came
a considerable distance and were anxious
to get through with the business. Hence
the majority voted down the resolution!
That we are correct in these views, we
proceed to present the result giving facts
and figures. 20
The vote cast for Gen. GEO. w. MORGAN
for Governor in October, 1866, in this Ju-
dicial District, was as follows: Il
Franklin county .....!.........'.. ~...-... oZS6