The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-07-23
The Slaughter OF Judge Rau-
neYs
BROOKLYN, CUYAHosA COUNTY, Ono, ]
July 1ltb, 1869. {

EDIToRs HERALD D:-You have hit the
nail pretty fairly upon its head in your
reasons of Judge Ranney's defeat before
the Democratic State Convention. Al
though Republican, I happened to be
in Columbus on the day of the Conven-
ton, and watched pretty closely the en-
tire proceedings.
Your article gives things exactly as
they occurred.
On Tuesday evening it was admitted
on all hands that Judge Ranney would
be nominated by reclamation or on the
first ballot 0neOf the CuyahOgs dele
gates informed me that BlOss Of the
CinefHnati 5,uq quiFer had sent a telegram
to Cincinnati politician, asking that
large force be sent up to defeat Ranney,
and this was answered by the arrival on
the train, few hours afterwards of
large crowd of roughs with blue over
alls and minus shirt collars %
On Tuesday night at 6 o'clock, not
thirty delegates desired Rosecrans's
nomination, but Pendleton's friends CO.
operated with Yallsndighsm, and held
their caucuses, keeping in session all
night. Il was during these meetings
that the illustrious dime martyr did
his share of the business. He did not
come to the Neil House, where matters
would have been hot for him by Ran
neye friends, but cooped up in the
secret reeeeses Of the Exchange, near
the Depot, he held his counsels, and ar
ranged that Montgomery, Holmes, Ash
land and other backbone counties
should 90 for Rosecrsns, thus eating
his own dirt, and forcing it down the
throats Of others.
The Hamilton County delegates de-
sired Rsnney's defeat because they
knew if he was nominated and elected,
it would seriously interfere with Pen
dleton's chances for the Presidential
race in 1872. They reasoned that the
next candidate for the Presidency must
come from the West, and the Democrat
who could carry a strong radical state
ike Ohio, would be prsttyo certain Of
the nomination. They feared Ranney's
popularity, and though the best plan
would be to unite with Yallandigham
and defeat him in convention. Es.
The springing of Pendleton's name
was a part Of the programme. 1t was
doneto create feeling for new man
but from what saw, Pendleton could
never have received the unanimous
vote in the convention. He would have
been pretty vigorously opposed from
Northern Ohio. The Ranney delegates
were generally sensible men, who could
easily detect the workings of the wire
pullers from Hamilton and Montgome-
w. But Pendleton was determined K
sacrifice Ranney. He knew Rsnney'E
strength, power and ability, and he
chose q despicable way to defeat him
While Pendleton feared Ranney
would make way with the aspirations
of tYoung Greenbacks' for the Presi
deucy,a Vallsndigham thought if th'
Judge should happen to be elected, i
would be goodbye to the great DaytOr
snartyr' for the Senatorial successorshil
TO Sherman. So Ranney was defeated
in the house Of his friends In th,
evening more disguised crowd neve
saW.-houd were the muTmurs on al
hands, and dozens of delegates frou
Southern and Southeastern Ohio de
cIared the nomination of Rosecrsns +
be the death knell of George H. Pen
dleton.
The delegates from zsold Crawford
Stark, and other counties were loud i
their denumeiation Of Pendleton, an
openly declared that be never agsi
90 70 National Convention with th
unanimous vote of Ohio. The trut
is. the 9TH Of July can be fixed as th
date when Pendleton't Presidential a
pirationsr were sealed forever. It wi
be a pretty difficult job for him to g
ten Of the congressional districts
northern Ohio to take mp his nam
again. Exit Pendletonl Exit Va
andigham.
But it seemed on the evening Of th
Convention that Ranney's defeat onl
made his friends bolder and more opel
and many of them Propbesied TIN
three years from now Judge Ranney
name would be- strongly pressed as
candidate for the Presidency.
OF course, these crude thoughts we
,otbersd nv an outsider, but they ms
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