The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-07-30

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date, aud rs sort Of peace Offering to Eeal
over ancient feuds aud to seal mp the mem
ory Of stupid diflcultles.n Common sense
dictated his nomination ne party neces-
slty. But the hatred Of all persons who
had pledged thcmselyes to Judge HAYNES,
and the same blind iniatuatlon which die
tatcd the nomination or Mr.. JonN q. LOWE
last summer, ruined Mr.. PARRoTr irrotriov-
ably. He was known as a HAYNES man.
And although his eminent SquAlihcatlone
were admitted his excellent character un-
denied and the necessity OF his nomina-
tion was urged-the delegates declared that
they would do all to defeat him, and they
did defeathim seandaiousiy. His fote was
not respectable one; and he was dropped
as the lowest ON the ticket after the first
ballot. QUNcY CoRwIN did better, not
being known Rs 50 decided q HAYNES man ;
and having influences that urged him pow
erfully. Bat it;Was Of 40 avail for either OF
them. Mr.. AcKERMAN, who has been buried
for several years after the most unsuccoss
ful political runs that were eyer made In
this county, was dug up saturday morning
and galvanized into life aud run into the
domination to the disgust ofa very serious
number. II arenes very badly for "Aier-
chants and acturers"--supposcd by
the Journal to possess all The Intelligence
Of the party-when young man Of MIR.
PARRorT's position, Integrity and quallf-
cations fares no better at their hands than
he did; and It speaks much worse for their
sense of propriety, when a leading man OF
their number rises to mis- feet, after Mr.
AcKERNAN's nomination, to insult the de-
Geated candidates by assuring the Conven-
ton that somebody had informed him ut
the door as no came in that Mr. EcAKRMAN
was the best qualified man for the place !"
admitting at the same timethat he had not
voted FOR him. That style of men don't
figure weil in conventions. The school
board will suit them better.
Amer this tho race for Sheriff came of.
The Poor House was nominated. Nobody
seemed to remember the time when BEARD
ran for Sheriff, and there were some votes
cast for o. @. IL. DAVIDSON, scattering.
We remember It well and shall refer TO il
hereafter. t.
Then followed the struggle for Auditor.
IL was generally supposed that DAVE
ScHAEFFER would make good run against
DIETRICH. His qualifications for the office
were admitted, and his three years of SER
vice in the field were supposed to be some
thing in his favor in a Republican Conyen-
ton. But he was literally nowhere. He
was shamefully beaten. DIETRIcH's por-
trait Of JEFF. DAVIS, his bugs, dog, alliga-
tors, &C., carried the day-especially as he
was the pet of the managers and his name
tods on the city slate. SO the veteran went
down in the house of his friendsl Soldier
No. l.
Tho next fight was for Treasurer; aud
here the city played her strongest game.
Mr.. SrALEY was only on his first term of
office, having had also the expense of a
campaign once when 1t was declared there
was no vacancy TO FIJI. lie served six
months in the army as private until dis
charged for physical incapacity; and was
clearly entitled, by all rules, to a re-nomi-
nation. His opponents were Capt. Crook,
of Butler; FOSTER, of Clay, and Capt.
FENNER, of Dayton-CHARLEY GRIMES
having withdrawn early. After the first bal
lot FOSTER declined; leaving the field open
to CROOK, SrALEY and FENNRR, all three
soldiers; but FESNER having the advantage
Of living in Dayton. The Convention
put a soldier on the ticket; but to qualify
the dose n captain was selected and the
private thrown overheard, although he was
entitled to the place; and to make the thing
still more palatable the Captain was Sc
lected from the city, and the country Cap
tain was badly beaten. Soldier No. 2. If
CHARLEY GRIMES had only staid in the
field he could have beaten them alias he
was neither from the country nor the war !;
unless he had been a HAYNES man, indeed,
in which case the thing was very doubtful.
Now came on the big fight for fat Of
fice-the Clerkship Of the Courts. There
were two big men in the field, between
whom the struggle was to take place. The
candidates were Fox, Captain CHARLES
GARMAN, Capt. FIELDING LoyRY and HER-
BERT II. WEAKLY. Captain LoURY did not
stand much chance. Whatever were his
views on the subject he was to some ex-
tent identified with the HAYNES wing, and
was regarded rs Mr.. HowARD's candidate,
who had been active in the HAYNES fight.
WEAKLY showed no strength at all, His
friends acted injudiciously in showing him
into the fight. The real contest was be-
tween Fox the present incumbent and Cap
tain GARMAN of the army--a home patriot
and hero from the wars. For awhile the
issue was doubtful; but service in the field
amounted to nothing in the eyes Of the
1" Merchants and Manufacturers Oonven-
tion." The war was over now, and they
didn't care about carrying on the humbug
any longer--so Mr.. Fox ran away with the
prize, and there were two soldiers left dead
on the field, GARMAN and LoURY. Soldiers
No. 3 and No. 4. This result created SO much
dissatisfaction among the outsiders, that at
least one-half of the crowd dispersed in dis
gust, and with 1t went some of the dele
gates. Never mind, gentlemen GARMAN
gave Fox too short n chased BY the time the
fall rains set in, he win be SO run down by
the democracy that his wet tail will hand
him over an easy prey to his pursuers.