Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-11

| - -CARDINGToN, January 1O, 1867.
| Pursuant to the call of the committee e
the delegates appointed by the Democracy
of the Eighth Congressional District met
in Convention, in Cardington, to-day, for
the purpose of putting in nomination a
candidate for representative in Congress,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
Hon. C. S. Hamilton.
On motion of 81. S. Benson, of Morrow
county,, Mr.. 7. NJ. Holder, of Marion
county, was appointed temporary presi-
and Fl. S. Prophet, of Morrow county, tenn
porary secretaries.
| On motion of Jonas Smith, of Richland.
the roll Of counties was called, when the
following gentlemen were announced to
serve on the respective committees: 4i
| On Crsdentials--J II Anderson, Richland;
H S; Prophet, Morrow; E. # sPoppleton.
Delaware; G B Christian, Marion; David
liDyal, Union.
| ON Permanent OrganiSation-M r Dickey,
Richland; II NJ Tyrel, Morrow; A j Smith.
Delaware; ] L Bell, Marion; III B Falkner,
Union. isHT1 s'ss7sl0,s fs7s
On Resolutions-Jonas Smith, Richland !;
E D Bryant, Morrow; D HYATT, Delaware !;
H III Knowles, Marion; Thomas Jones,
Union.
On District Con,nittee-David Bushey, of
Richland; Lester Bartlett, of Morrow Jno
w Cone, of Delaware; H T Van Fleet, OF
Marion, and Cyrus Phillips, of Union.
After announcing the place of meeting
of the various committees, the Convention,
on motion, adjourned till o'clock P. NJ.
ONE O'CLOCK, P. NJ.
The Convention was called to order by
the temporary President
Col. NJ. R. Dickey. from the committee on
Permanent Organization, made the follow
ing. report:
PRESIDENT,
Dr.J. M. CHRISTIAN, Of Marion.
VICE PRESIDENTS,
DIR. e. Hyatt, of Delaware.
Thomas Jones, OF Union.
a. SECRETARY,
II. s. Prophet, of Morrow.
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES,
Il Jas. s. Grail, of Richland. 49,
T. 81. Holder, of Marion.
The committee reported the basis of rep
resentation shall be one vote for each one
hundred votes and for each fraction of
vote equal to fifty, cast for A. G. Thurman
for Governor at the last election, which
will give to the respective counties the fol-
lowing number of votes: Delaware %.
Marion 20, Morrow Is, Richland 81, Union
Is, and each county shall determine its own
method of casting said vote, the delegates
present from each county casting the vote
of the county. t5a
- ORDER OF BUSINESS.
First. The reports Of comittees and the
election, of officers OF the convention. =,
Second. Nomination of candidate for
Third. The selection of two delegates to
the National Democratic Convention and
two alternates. sai. Tf.r.a
Fourth. The selection of one Presiden-1
tial elector and one alternate elector.
Fifth. 1t shall require majority of all
the votes cast to make nomination.
On motion of Col. w. P. Reid of Della
ware, the report was received and adopted.
J. 81. Anderson, of Richland, made re-
port. which, on motion, was adopted.
H.T.yan Fleet, on behalf Of the COM
mittee on District committee, made the
following report: 5ia si,- ~.
Thomas Holder. of Marion; II Proph-
ct. of Morrow; II D Keith, of Richland;
E G 9Poppletop, of Delaware; w NJ Ran
dali, of Union a 7zas ord fas
On motion the report was adopted. a-e
Jonas Smith, of Richland, on behalf of
the committee on Resolutions, reported as
follows:
Resolued by the Democracy of the Eighth
Congressional D istrict in Convention assembled,
That we reaffirm our approval and faith in
the platform Of principles as adopted at
our recent 9Th of January Convention at
Columbus, and hereby adopt the same as
our platform in the Congressional contest
now pending in this district. IiJl ~ ]
Resolued, That we hereby pledge our un-
divided and unconditional support to the
candidate this day nominated. z
On motion of Major Runyan, of Marion,
she report was unanimously adopted. q
The Convention thereupon proceeded to
nominate candidate for Congress.
Mr.. Brewer. of Richland, nominated Col.
B. Burns, of Richland. 00Sss as ,yNSsovf Il
Mr.Bensen, of Morrow, nominated Jesse
Meredith, of Morrow. ~" 4
Col. w. P. Reid nominated Hon. James
&. Hubbell, of Delaware. ,g<.2,zs ~ 81 asya
Mr.. Saiter, of Marion, nominated George
q. Busby, of Marion. ~ No. Y q, -','A ~.
On motion of Fl. s. Van Fleet, of Marion,
the candidates were invited to address the
Convention and pledge themselves to sup
port the nominee.
In obedience to the invitation of the Con-
vention, the different candidates appeared,
addressed the Convention on the political
questions of the day, and pledged them
selves to support the nominee.
~ FIRST BALLOT.
Burns. Meredith. Hubbell. Busby.
Richland.. .......---3 sd 1sf =
Marion. .....-.....- HHE -ll 20
delaware .....- -
MoiroW ..-..'..-.. 20 a-.
Union... lO W - -
.s1rslGa TT II Is % 20
Union also cast two votes for Bushnell.
No choice. Mr.. Van Fleet Withdrew the
name of Mr.Busby. ~
SECOND BALLOT. -e- ~