Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-30
from the Madison Co. Democrat
Politics AT the CAPITAL.

Mr.. EDITOR Last Saturday the Demo-
cratic County Convention to nominate a
ticket met in the City Hall. There were
nine candidates for Clerk Of the Court, three
for Prosecuting Attorney, seven for Com
missioner, and the usual proportion for
minor offices. AS nomination is consid-
cred equivalent to an election in this strong
Democratic county, of course there was
much excitement and electioneering among
the one hundred and forty eight delegates.
G. Lowenstein was nominated Clerk E. T.
Delaney, Prosecuting Attorney; E. M.
Lisle. Commissioner; Fred. Fornof, Infirm-
ary Director, and VIM. P. Brown, County
Surveyor. The Radicals are always
hoping to take advantage of differences in
the Democratic party about candidates pre-
vious to a nomination, but they generally
discover by the election that the harder
Democrats fight over their choice of men,
the more united they become afterwards
against the common enemy. 1t has been
found beneficial in counties where there
are large Democratic majorities, to adopt
the popular vote system for nominations,
and then no one can complain that he does
not get his own strength in the contest; and
experience demonstrates that this is the
most satisfactory system. The ticket NOM
mated contains lighting elements for cam
paign, and the German and Irish popula-
tion cannot complain that the Democratic
-
ing them share of the offices.
The Congressional canvass in this Dis
trict is opening lively amongst the Radicals
since the declination of Mr.. Shellabarger,
whose last proposition to reconstruct Ohio,
by providing chat the negroes may open
side-polls for Congress, where the Judges
OF election refuse their votes, was taken as
conclusive proof of lunacy. In this county
L. j.. Critchfield, E. E. White, General G. G.
Walcutt, Luther Donaldson, Esq, and the
inevitable SAM" are OIL the track, while
Chauncey Olds and General w. Swayne
have declined the doubtful honor of being
candidates. 1t is understood that Clarke
and Greene counties have settled the mat
ter by a combination, as they have ma
Jority in the Convention, and the "loil
Xenians swear that the carcass of any dead
Radical outside of Franklin county is pre-
ferable to any live whitewashed Radical in
this "Copperhead" sink; and the Cincinnati
Gazette, which had the first news OF Shella-
barger's declination, Immediately started
Greene county candidate, and posted the
redoubtable A. G. Sands into the district to
make "Samivel'' smell Ben. Wade and
"nigger." You see, therefore, there will
be a happy time at London on the 18th OF
July in the Black and Tan Congressional
Convention, and the universal belief is,
that the result will be loud smell OF
Greene cheese. In the meantime, the De-
mocracy are quietly taking the advice of
sssladison County" in your paper of the
2Sth ult., and waiting to see the whites OF
the enemys eyes before firing. The par
tiality OF the Democracy of your county in
announcing Colonel Baber, of Franklin, as
a suitable candidate for Congress, some
time before the subject was canvassed in
this county, has met with universal ap
proval here. Indeed, since our County
Convention, it is conceded that there will
he no other name presented from here, and
that Franklin county will be unit for his
nomination, and the information from
Greene county is to the same effect. The
Westbote of this city, the German organ,
copied your announcement, and the feeling
is general that this county is entitled to
the candidate, and that he must be a man
able to take the stump and canvass the dis
trict thoroughly. Colonel B. is known to
be fully posted on all the issues, and radi-
cally right on the questions OF Negro suf-
frage, Greenbacks and bond taxation, and
our people are determined to have square
stand-up fight, and no Chase-dodging.
large number from here are going to the
New York Convention, as the fare is but
seventeen dollars, and the return tickets
run to the 18th July. Set down our county
for over 5000 majority for Pendleton and
Greenbacks. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Columbus, June IL, 1868.
1t may be proper to say that the subject
of the Democratic Congressional nominee
In this District is not engrossing much