Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-06-15
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UnSsn' 'Csunsy Convention.
Pursuant to cali of the Central Committee,
the Union men Of Ashtabula County met, in the
Court House, on Saturday, June 1867, ard
orgsaised by electing Samuel Hayward, Presi-
dent, and T. G. Winship Sec.
On motion, w. c. Howells, ]. N. Giddings,
w. p. Rowland, C. Il. Goddard, and VIM. N.
Eames were appointed committee to report up
on the proposition to change the manner Of
making County Nominations
The meeting then took q recess.
AFTERNOON.
The Committee on County nominations, re-
ported that they had agreed to submit the fol-
lowing as an outline of plan of making Coun-
sy nominations: @
Resolved, That the Union Central Commit
tee of this County be requested to order Pr
mary election for the nomination of County Of
ficers this year, instead of the old system ofa
Nominating Convention. To carry out this re-
quest, we suggest that elections be held on Sat
ufday,: the e. day Of -, 1861 at
| the usual places of holding elections, at which
all voters of the Union party, shall vote, on the
The Central Committee viii name three I'm
| ION men in each township. to act as judges OF
the nominating election, who shall, at the hour
which those present may decide upon, of the
| day above named, opon a regular poll, using
| ballot box and receive the votes of those en-
titled as above described. They shall keeps
! poll book irf,the same manner, and be governed
| by the same rules as are observed at the Octo-
ber election. Each voter will write, or have
printed upon his ticket the name Of the man,
whom he prefers for Representative; Sheriff,
Treasurer, and 50 on, 10 the usual style of tick
cts. This poll shall be closed at the hour of five
o'clock when the judges shall proceed to count
out the vote, which when counted, they shall
preserve, and make out statement of the same
| to be returned to the Central Committee.
| At'the time of this election, either by ballot
or otherwise, the Union voters ofeach township
shall chose one of their own number TO act as
advisory member Of the Central Committee, for
| their township When the poll books of the
| nominating election are made out, and state
ment of the vote prepared the votes shall be
sealed up, and delivered to the Advisory Men,
ber of the Central Committee then chosen who,
on the Monday following, shall: meet the Cen
tral Committee, in the presence of such as chose
| 10 attend, and assisted by the township mem
bers, shall proceed 10 open the poll books, and
count out the vote Of the whole. county, as re-
turned. A.When they have canvassed this vote,
they shall then announce the same in DETAIL and
declare those who have received the highest
number of votes, to be the Union candidates
for the offices for which they were supported
at the primary election. In the event of there
being tie vote, or any circumstance requiring
an appeal from the election, the Central Com
mittee OF 1--WE, and the Advisory Members. 2S
in number, shall constitute board for that
purpose. e.,
Dr. Eames as minority of the Committee,
submitted the following as substitute for the
last paragraph Of the above resolution.
That the voters of each township shall at the
time of their primary elections, elect the usual
number of Delegates to a County Convention,
which convention shall nominate in the usual
manner, candidates for all the Offices for which
no candidate shall have received a majority Of
all the votes cast at the primary election.
Pending these reports, after some discussion
of the plan, in consideration of the fact that the
meeting was rather thinly attended, and some
parts of the county not very well represented,
it was moved that the Central Committee be
directed tosubmit the question to the primary
meetings for the election of Delegates to the
next County Convention.
The following gentlemen were then chosen
delegates to the Union State Convention
Il. A Reeves, N. L Chaffee, W. NJ Eames,
8. Hayward, A. Krum, 8. A. Northway, E. H.
Fitch, J. A. Prentice, L. Reeves, and H. j.
Coven. z" .s'.
On motion the Delegates were authorized to
fl any vacancies in their number or cast the
fun vote of the county. The following Resolu-
items were unanimously adopted:
Resoyved. That the several enactments of the
last ana present Congress. known as the Re
construction Laws, are eminently wise and just;
and are absolutely Eecessary to the restoration
of those States AID people lately in rebellion, to
their constitutional, relations to the Federal
Government.
Resolved. That the Union voters Of Ashta-
bula County pledge themselves to their breth-
rem throughout the State, thai their best and
most earnest efforts shall be giveh to secure as
large majority for the pending proposed
Amendment to the Constitution of Ohio, as was
ever given the county.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
SIS. HAYWARD, Pres't
T. s. WIxsHIP, Secy.