Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-20
THE RADICAL CONVENTION.


ventlOn a FIzzle-TwO Wards and
Fourteen Townships not Represent
ed-The Candidates Nominated for
Defeat I'm OcIOber-Tho Radicals I'm
Congress aud sam. .ShellAbarger In
dOrsed-The County Executive Conn
mIttee, &c., &c.
Shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday
forenoon, we entered the City Hall in Co
lumbus, where the Radical Republican
Convention for Franklin county had been
appointed to be held at that hour. We found
about a dozen persons present. The num-
Der was, however, slowly augmented until
it reached up to magnificent crowd Of
thirty-6ve or forty. The number of dele
gates embraced in the call for the Conven-
tion was eighty-four. e.....
At about quarter before eleven o'clock,
the Convention was called TO order by DR..
James Williams. J. e. ST. Clair was APP
pointed President, and w. II. Foster Secre-
tary. The President suggested that the
delegates hand their credentials to the Sec
retary. ,..
On motion of A. B. Buttles, it was agreed
that unrepresented wards and townships
might be represented by gentlemen pres
ent from such wards and townships. I'm
der this motion, Henry Lindenberg took
his seat as representative OF the Sixth
ward, from which no delegates were re-
ported. The following is the list of the
delegates reported to the Secretary:
CITY DELEGATES.
First Wdrd-H.J. Cox, Robert Chadwick,
r. A. McIntire, John Nelson and w. w.
Riley. .--
Williams, d. p. GrOsvenor, Col. K. Burr,
Third WGrd-L. J. Crltchfeld, s. D. Toll,
H. II. Charlton, G. N. Bancroft, Joseph Sui
livant VIM. Taylor.
Fourth Ward-Emeric McDermith, DIR.
Van r. Seltzer, Judge G. Heyl, E. l.. DE
Witt. Adam Stephens, Grafton Pearce.
Sirth Ward-Henry Lindenberg.
Seuenth Wdrd-JOhn Richards, John Ott-
stot, John Jones, j. e. st. Clair, q. +. Cas-
tie, j. N. Brittingham.
ETgllth Wdrd-H. +. Booth, j. X. Arm
strong, Thomas Robinson, w. +. Slater, f.
N. V. Spice.
TOWNSHIP DELRGATEs.'
Mi6lin-A. B. Buttles, K. X. Williams.
TT7ro-JOhn West, VIM. Gutenberg,
Vincent Hutson.
Shron-R. c. Carpenter, George Lewis,
L. X. Taylor.
PerTy-S. S. Davis.
The Secretary called the roll of delegates,
and a considerable number were found to
be absent. On motion of Mr.. Buttles, the
following gentlemen were appointed
committee to report County Central Com
mittee-A. B. Buttles, M. d. Brock, DIR.
James Williams, w. j. Fell and S. S. Davis.
The Convention then proceeded to the
of candidates. The following
were then made by acclama-
tion:
Nelson Rush, for Probate Judge; G. F.
Castle, for Prosecuting Attorney, and David
Taylor, for Commissioner.
The following gentlemen were named for
the candidacy for Infrmary Director: VIM.
Merton, John OttstOtand Elan Dryer. Mr..
Ottstot being present, respectfully declined
the honor. The Convention then proceeded
to ballot-T. G. Donaldson and II. H. Chari-
ton being appointed Tellers, and each car
rying hat around the Hall and receiving
the votes. The result was announced by
the President as follows: Mr.. Dryer receiv-
ed 80 votes, and Mr.. Merton 9-total num-
Der cast, Al. Mr.. Dryer was declared duly
candidate for Intirmary Di-
rector.
Mr.. Buttles, from the committee on Cen
,ral committee, reported B. Gilmore, WI.
Fell, II. G. Bancroft, v R. Seltzer, j. INVEST
water, N. w. LeFavor, T. c. Donaldson, Col.
R. Burr aud J. G. Vogelgesang, as County
Executive committee, with power to ap-
point County Central committee of one
member from each ward and township. The
report was agreed to.
Mr.. Buttles offered the following resolu-
ion:
Resolued, That the Union voters of Frank
In county, In Convention assembled, do
most heartily and cordially indorse the res
buttons of the Union Congressional Con-
Vention, which met at London on the 3lst
lay of July, and do ratify the nomination
Of Hon. Samuel Shellabarger for Congress,
him the full and earnest support
IF the true Union men OF Franklin county.
The resolution was adopted with some
on the floor; the Convention ad-
ourned sine die, and the delegates made a
rapid, but not very noisy, stampede down