Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-21
PROCEEDINGS OF THE WOOD COUNTY
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION, .,..

PROCEEDINGS OF THE WOOD COUNTY
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION, ,,.
Which met At Bowling Green, August 10,
1898, for tho purpose Of nominating Coun-
~ Officers and appointing Delegates TO
tho Congressional Convention.
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Tho Convention was called TO order by e.
TrtLgR, hy stating the object nr the Convention.
ana NOMINATING Colonel =. X. SLtViS As Chair
M an, aid thttrupun ; H. norUilrOS and j, u,
NEwrON wvtc cht-cu Hs Srcrciuics.
Ou motion ol AsileG COOK, cunnmittce Tive
wns appuinp l'by the Gmir to apprilon dci'-
mites T. the Congressional Cunvcuiun an'ong
hcsivctal lnwusiirs which oumWlileq 0msist.
rl Of ARHER G., OK, UkuUGE NiLttANS, JOnN
NORRIS DAVID UUNALpsJN and DANIEL NEW
ToS,
j Il. TpAcy movci ha, crmmi'icc of onc
from each tnWnshp be appointed by the wan,
hose duty il shall be- tu report u plan Tor thc
better organization nf thc Republican party in
Wund County. aud that all questions Regarding
nominations and tht prplVleiy ul changing tue
manner uf hhd ng c0uyrutious hereafter, he re.
fcrlad to said committee. The motion carried
aud the Chair appuinicd the ldowing as SAID
committee
Perryabure "a. 4 shannon wcNon-Do-
vid Donaldson: Middleton jonathan Ames
Portage Robtt McAlahh; Liberty john
Iuhnsn; Center Grmgc Wilnnisj Plain
r. &. Cumstuck Truy--C. Guodell Lake j.
r. Tacy Webster @. G.. Phelps llcnry-
Henry Carroll liloum A, J.. French Perry r
Simpson jones Freedom john BerrNrd Mil
tons. ID. Stcutns Montgomery II, w hVHli
Washington T hmms MHw,r.
luru:t the commit tee were all nrpniuted, the
motion VAS rtcun,ilcrgd aud The townships Sc
lrc,pd one committeeman each, which was as
above.
The Convention then adjourned to meet at y
O'Clock +. NJ,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention was called to order at = o'clock.
A . CuoR ,lltrcd the following resolution, which
was adopted .f..,.,
rOlloWing order tn the dispatch Of business
lst-ttihc nrniinnduuO Trcnsurcri 2l--Clcrk
ul the Court; 3l--Shrrn; I'LL -Survcyur on,
-.Cnmmssinncr 9th HppmutinE delegates II
tile Cuug rtsaiunil Cuul cuunn ith-- npmtinuuu
Of lntlrmRry Directors aud that each township
be entitled to | vote for each 10 Republican
votes cast at last election tor Govcruor HAYES
and all nominations tn be- by ballot"
The following grutlcnler were then appointed
ns Committee on RtSnuiihuSi Asher Cook,
Alex. Brown, John a. Shannon, w, V. Way
and Alyu Clark.
A committee Of five were appointed to select
Central Committee for the ensuing year, us t0l-
lnws; j. F. Price, John Norris, Frank {. Cul-
ICY, W UltCf lNNllSNn Ntiil W. ~ hNINlos
The committee On the mo le ot hudiue eCnnvCn-
tions then reported the following, which was
adopted
Your Committee appointed ON the better or.
ganiGlli,n OF The party in this county, aud 10
take into consideration the propricty oi chhng-
ing tho form four conventions, beg leave To re-
port that they iav0r the present form ol conven
iiuus ti,e.---thc mass SystenD, aud suggest that
tho mass conventions To be hereafter held in this
coun'y, tc held after :he following mnuucr
That the Chairman OF the Central Commit
tee or, In his absence, the member present
whnse name stands nearest that oi the Chair
man, shalt call the Convention u order ut II
o'clock A. NJ uf the day designated in the call,
aud notify the Convention Ia proceed Ia ballot
by townships Ion n Chairman of the Cunytu-
ton.
"1h,t il such blllolng each township shall
bc entitled tn one vdtc for every five votes ar
major fraction thereof, cast for the highest Re-
publican candidate at the last preceding general
election.
"That the Convention shall select, in such
manner as they shall deem best, -four persons,
who, with the Chairman Of such Convention as
their Chairman, shall constitute the Republican
Central Committee fur Tho ensuing wear.
rhatthe said Committee shall, on or bcfnro
the first day of August, in the year next after
their selection, issue their call tor the annual
County Convention, to meet upon day named
September following, and shall give IN said call
the number of votes each lnwu> hip would be en-
titled To cast upnn the organization 0i such Con
vcutiun, upon the hhs,s before named.
q And tho said uenttul ComuNtre shall have
power To call any and all necessary Cunvcn
tlous, and do and pei form sutl other acts MS the
best intcrests OF tue Republican cause may 10.
quire.'
The Chnir then announced that the next thing
in order was nominations, ani the TREASURER
/ was first The following candidates were thcu
announced, Albert Il. Patterson Alfred NJ
Russell, George kimbcrlm aud Luther Black
and the Convention then proceed to the first bal
| lot, resulting as follows
| Kimberlm 5I
| Russell lnI
| Patterson 5l
| Black /!
| Thornton
Necessary to a choice. 100, Therefore II,
selection was made on first ballot.
/ On the second ballot the vote stood
/ Russell -.- II,
| Patterson 3
/ Kimbcrliu 4
No choice on tha second ballot.
/ On the third ballet, Mr.. Patterson havin,
I withdrawn, the vote stood
l RussYll = IA
/ Kimbetliu o
Whcreupon Mr. RrsSell was declared tll
| choice of the Convention hv acclamatinn,
The committee to whom was rcrerred IN
duty of nprnttinninc the Conorc>sionnl dele
rar,s amone thc several townships, rcnorted A
follows:
"parryshurp ? delegates. Weston ., Plain .
Washington . Perry ,. and Mpntpumrrv . :, al
| the others | each -
The reaor, was adoptcd and the follnwing per
sons nppointed nS delegates trnm tho G,ilnvin,
townsbinS:
Perrysburg w. V. Way and Eher Wilson
| Weston john McIain and Daniel nasse,,
Middleton Daniel Newton; portave-E
{ Wilson Liberty A Sargent, Ccntrr- :
l.. Bnnrhtnn AMI j. w. Canary, PLAIN q
Galley AMI G. W. Matthews Troy -Cyn'nu
7 Gndrn: Webster Robrr, StcwaIi; Rioom-
John RUSSELL Perry lsaac Hrandc,,rr,. nm,
l Sinpson jones; Freedom Ous Uo,los, NBlm
-Gtor,e France and ". n. Hubbard, Mnnt
| rumerv- r. Clilcotp and Iru Ilnlcnmh,
/ Lake Grurra Cbar,nau Mnsbinrt,n ~
Cummings and } III. Staddcp, Henry Horny
Carroll Jackson Tnwnsbip. moi pr,sent
The neNt In orl WAS the nnn,in,tinn or tI,rl