The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-10-16

MisfeIIaneons SeIetti0ns.
Peter Cagger and Dean Rich
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The recent deeease Of Peter Cagger,
of Albany, who, with the late Dean
b; Richmond, controlled for many years
the nominations of the democratic party
of New York, will remind those who
have had much to do with State Con-
Ventions how those two astute managers
combined to bring forward the men
whose names were to be put upon the
+" slate" for nomination. The writer
recalls an incident that occurred at a
Democratic State Convention held at
Syracuse in 1857, which nominated
the ticket that was elected in November
Of that year. Mr.. Richmond and MIR.
Cagger were in consultation at the
Syracuse House on the evening before
the assembling of the convention, as to
who would be likely to impart most
strength to the ticket.
'Well, Cagger, about the Secretary
of Stste-what do you sayP
The newspaper men, replied Mr.
| c., 'Seem to have taken up Gid Tucker
what do you think about iti'
| Don't known much about him
smart chap, they say; writes well, and
knows the boys. Best to go himP
| I reckon So
| PUT him down.
The 'Slate was commenced with
the name of Mr.. Tucker
what about Comptroller
'Oh! Church, of course; there ISM
anybody but him we can trust
! 'FactP
And Mr.. Church's name was inscribed
'Who for TreasurerP
] Don't know says Mr.. Cagger
some of your boys talk about Wander,
lpool, and nobody else seems to be push.
ling for it,
/ 'Van'sa good fellow; knows about
llager, talks Dutch, and is a fayor-ite
with the women
! Down went the name of the Stalwart
and handsome Isaac J.
Anybody want to bo Attorney-Geu,
eral 2
'Tremaiu's got it pretty bad said
| Mr.. c.; how'll that do westP
/ ooh, we go anything; but dom
some of those New York chaps want it ?
No, they're in a little fight about
State Engineer, and are. not pressing
any one. Tremain's with u.s. guess
we'd better go him.
'All right; scratch him down.
sWhat about State Engineerp
well, on the whole, replied Mr.
c., ivan Richmond's our best man
but the New Workers are in a row
about it. Sickles and Sam Butterworth
are strong for Charley Graham (Gener.
al C. K. Graham); but Fernando and
John Kelley are against it. If we gC
Graham, who is a nice fellow, there'I
| be a split, and that won't do
'Oh, no-no splits Give then
Richmond; they'll swallow it-they
mustp
He was swallowed, though Graham
made a bold dash
sWell, Mr.. Richmond, about Cana
commissioner important that; mus
have a good man.
80 That's so; there's been too much
stealing there, and it ought to be stop.
ned, How'll Jaycox aDswerP
'Jaycox is pushed by John A. Greer
and the 0nondags fellows; he's smsrt
and sound; think it's bestP
'0n the whold, yes
Put him down.
And now this Prison Inspectorshir
what shall we do with ito Fifty are
after it, from all over the state, and
every man that don't get it will be as
mad as a hornet
| Fact; its a regular nuisance! Pve
lbeen button-holed four hundred times
about it in the last two hours. I'll tell
Iyou what Peter; suppose you and ]
don't bother ourselves about It, but
just let the convention nominate that
chapP
Agreed
And they did. The slate, as agreed
upon by these two astute old heads, was
regularly put through; but when it
came to State Prison Inspector, Dean
and Peter quietly left the hall, went
over to the Syracuse House, entered a
private apartment proceeded to place
themselves outside of cooling fluids,
and chuckled just little. The con-
lvention nominated William G. Rhodes,
and that is about all the convention did