Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-15


! Fifth District, nominated General VIM
s. Roseerans (received with cheersl
| Gen. A. V. Rice, of Putnam. nominated
! Rnfus p. Ranny, which was also receiv
ed with uprorious cheers. :,
Gen. A. Saunders Piatt, Gen Wm- r
Richardson and L. ID. Campbell wen
also nominated.
THE BOTTOM oCT-THE CONVENTION
| ROLLS AND TUMBLES.
Col. Frank Hurd knocked the bottom
/ out of all things material, as far as ths
| Convention was concerned, by nominal
| ing Geo. H. Pendleton. This threw ths
| Convention into whirlpool of cohfii
sion, from which it did not recover fol
some twenty minutes. H. l.. Dicky, o.
Highland, added fuel by moving THAI
| Pendleton be nominated by acclama'
ton. Chiffon A. White withdrew his
name and seconded the nomination ol
Pendleton. This took the Convention
entirely beyond the control of the Chair
man. Some fifty or sixty men tried to
make long-winded speeches at once. AL
the others cheered or tried to yell the
speakers down. John G. Thompson
gesticulated on one side, Frank Hurd
on the other-about a hundred in the
center, and the President raped his
table with a cane as though he were
beating stubborn donkey.
A despatch from Pendleton was read,
declaring that his name must not be
used under any circumstances. Colonel
Hurd and others insisted that this
amounted to nothing; that Mr.. Pendle-
ton was called by the party, as was Mr..
Vallandigham years ago, and he must
come.
The President decided that the name
of Mr.. Pendleton was not before the
convention. This was hissed and an
appeal taken from the decision.
E. F. Bingham talked at the Conven-
tion very much as a man would shout
at an ocean storm. Nobody heard him
or knew whick side he was on.
Two more dispatches from Pendletor
were read, declaring that his name must
not be used. These were received with
yells, and gentlemen still insisted that
Pendleton was a candidate.
After another storm the Convention
proceeded to ballot for candidate for
Governor. te
THE FIRST BALLoT-ANoTHER BOMB
SHELL. =
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Carey 38, Sayler AZ, White "a, Rose
Grams 107, Ranney 1885,, Piatt 81, Rich
ardson 26, Campbell II, Pendleton ST.
Whole number of votes $50. Necessary
to choice 295. .l -, s,s.,.--, d 80.
The uproar of the Convention preyi-
GUS to the balloting had been. of the
most violent order. There was no pre-;
tense, even CT respecting the calls or the
presence of the presiding officer. During
the call the Convention was tolerably
quiet. The Franklin county vote stood
five for Pendleton, one for White, one
for Ranney and ten for Rosecrans. q.
AS soon as the last county had voted
the uproar again commenced. a.. "a
When the vote was announced some
man stirred up the old fire by throwing
a bonbshell in the shape of the an
nouncement that the name of Pendleton
be Withdrawn. This brought confusion,
which continued in q modified form
while the call proceeded for the second
ballot. - -.-.. ..t.. .-.s.l.. 49,
The second ballot resulted as follows:
Carey so, Sayler 251. White 27, Rose
Grams 302, Ranney 1901, Pendleton 2.
Before the vote was announced
changes were made to Rosecrans and
motion made to nominate by acclama-
ton. This caused some confusion, and
the opposition commenced concentrat-
ing on Ranney. Another motion to
nominate Rosecrans by acclamatiOn was
received with furious negative demon
strations and cries of no. franklin coun-
ty finally voted 16 for Rosecrans and one
for White. Members threw off their
coats, left their seats and the convention
swayed like five hundred school boys at
foot ball. a-, -.5..-,.-l
Hamilton county made one or two eff
forts to announce change in her vote,
but some belligerent members objected
and it was choked off -s,'...,,..
At last the chairman of the delegation
announced that they were ready to
change. ..-. ..-.-.- -,
Bart Smith said no, and became furi-
Gus. Rosecrans put Vallandigham in
Jail. That was one thing he did, by
God. He couldn't have his vote.
When the motion was made 10 make
the nomination unanimous, Billy Glass,
in his wire-edged falsetto voice, and on
the part of an humble working man,
the Convention on nOmi-
mating a man who had imprisoned
working m. Just then he was seized
by the coat tail and emphatically squeez-
ed into his chair, while Kisses and yells
came from every side.
The result of the motion To make
was mingling of yeas and
nos. The negative was demanded and
a strong no was given. sl..- a3 .H