Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-21
The Democracy Of the Fourteenth
g-T Districi I'm cOnventfOa.


Y-T District I'm cOnventfOR.
Itisa little singular that the Fourteenth
Ohio Congressional District contains the
political antipodes of the State. At its
southern end is Holmes county, the scene
of the instruction of 1868, and notori-
ously the bittercst Copperhead county in
the State; at its northern is Oberlin,
whose very name is a synonym for radi-
ealism wherever itnis known. The Dis
trict is somewhat evenly balaRcedb by these
heavy weights at each end of the board,
thonGh on s fair and full vote lit is safely
Republican. In 1862, through the remiss-
ness Of the Union men, George Bliss,
yirulent Copperhead, carried it by SO
maiority. In 1854 this disgrace was
wiped o-,t, aud it elected Martin Welker.
the present interchangeable member, By
1850 majority on the homo vote, in
creased 70 1852 by the ballots of the sol
dicrs. Last fall Cox, (Union,) carried it
by 662 msjority.
The Democracy of the District met in
Convention at Wooster yesterday, for the
purpose of nominating candidate for
Congress. These gentlemen evidently
have some hopes of carrying the District,
for each of the counties OF the District had
a candidate in the field, who received the
solid vote of his county delegation. Lo-
rain gave her l6 votes for II. II. Popple-
ton OF EIyria; Medina her seventeen for
J. &. Young of Medina; Ashland her
seventy-.wo for T. j. Kenny, of Ashland;
Wayne her thirtp-three for George
Bliss, of Wooster, and Holmes her
twentv-six 2 for L. r. Y Critchfeld,
of Millersburgh. After continuing this
sort Of thing until it grew monotohous,
on the twentieth ballot the delegates
from Ashland and Holmes united on Mr..
Oritchfield, giving him forty-eight votes =
not enough for choice. n This brought
abouta a union of the other three counties
on Mr.. Young,Iof Medina, who was nom-
mated on the twenty-second ballot, rcceiy-
e.
ing sixty-six votes
Mr.. Young is net candidate particu-
larly to be feared. He is the leading Dem
ocrat OF Medina county, and owes what
prominence he possesses to the fact that
the Democracy of that county are very
weak both in numbers and talent. Welker
o.,qAt to beat him by two thousand major
ity, and if the Union men do their duty
he will.
This business having been disposed Of,
the Convention succeeded in kicking up
quite a breeze over the Philadelphia affair.
A member moved to appoint delegates to
the Philadelphia convention. This met
with general favor except among the
Holmes county men, who are Democrats
pure and simple, and believe in keeping
their Copperheadism unspotted from the
world. They therefore proposed to with
draw from the convention. ThereuPon
the jealous PoppletOn-bright and shin
ing light among the Democracy of Lorain
declared that the delegates from Holmes
should not be permitted TO withdraw In
response 70 this Mr.. Estill, the Holmes
county leader, mildly suggested tha;
they had "ffty good Democrats
there and that they could "whip their
weight in wildcats, which intimatiOn
had the effect of calmirg Mr.. Poppleton'
nerves and removing his objections. An
/ exciting discussion followed. Mr.. Estili
instead of withdrawing his delegation, re
mained and made a speech for them, II
which he said that during the th'
tinkle of Mr.. Stewards bell sent Demo
crsts to prison, and he didRt-want to g
down to Philadelphia now TO the tinkie o
the same bell He wanted M&homet Il
come to the mountain. The ardent an,
sanguine Poppleton differed He viewe'
the Philadelphia affair as grand scheme
Tor the evangelization of Unionists, an,
was in..fayor of sendinS on allthe Copper
head missionaries available TO assist il
! the good work Kenny and Bliss ais
made speeches faEOring the project, afte
which Kenny and Bliss were unanimou;
ly selected as the delegates Kenny j
the lively little Cnpperhead who repre-
, sented Ashland county in the last Legis
lature; Bliss is the gentleman who assist
ed in the prosecution of the oberlin re
euers inIs Is59,, and who 'misrcpresented th
Fourteenth DistEiet-iR-t The FhiFty-eight
Congress. He voted against the Const
tuiional Amendment abclishing SLAYER.
We are, therefore, gfHd to see that he hi
i been converted to the doctrinethat {: sla-
: cry is abolished, andlneithsz can, nor ougl
TO be, re-established in any state or terr