The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-16
Democratic State nnnzantinn

ne Uemecratlc otate convention,
the result of the labors Of which We q
gave last week, was altogether tame {
affair. With the exception of the I
nomination of Governor, the proceed
ings were exceedingly dull.
When the time for nominating '
Governor came, aBilIy Glass" got up 2
and sin the name of 10000 working 7
men," presented the name of Sam. F ;
Cary. Many people "hsys i
SAM" but not this partiO- seen
All have heard of p liar one.-l
ance lecturer, AIN as q temper
pion, J. laboring mans cham
up. ,emocrat, and, to sum it all
huge political quack. His an
nouncement was followed by that of
Milton SsylOr, W. S. ROsecrans, Rufus
P. Ranney, A. Sanders Piatt, VIM.
r. Richardson and L. d. Campbell,
which were received with more or
less applause. Here some one hssti-
ly arose and announced the name Of
Hon. George Pendleton, whom, to re-
fresh the memories of Western DEM
ocrats, we state was defeIted for
nomination for President before the
New York Convention. His nomi-
nation was received with more ap-
plause than that Of all the others, and
an attempt was made to nominate
him by acclamation. Much cOnfu-
sion and discussion here ensued, and
most Of the Convention was on Its
feet at once Many favored the NOM
ination, while few others yelled out
that it was "dirty trick"-a dirty
trick in connection with the name of
the gentlemanly PendletOn-tO defeat
other candidates. Just at this point,
the following was read:
"CLIFToN, July lilo 2. NJ.
"COlonel George W. McCook or John
G. Thompson:
aMy name must not be used in any
event. I positively forbid it. You
know I could not make canvass
No friend will urge it. Show this
dispatch to any person who is using
nv name: if necessary, read to Con-
veetion.
"The nominees shall have my most
cordial support.
GEO. Fl. PENDLEToN."
It killed the Pendleton movement,
notwithstanding some of the friende
of "Gentlemanly George" said it was
a forgery. We might say in this con-
nection that the letter was nota for
gerry; Democratic Convention where
the name of Pendleton was used as a
candidate would be incomplete with
out letter from him. 1t looks like
little trick of George to get his
name before the people, and undOubt-
edly he had arranged the matter with
his friends
Notwithstanding the withdrawal of
Pendleton's name, he received some
eighty-seven votes. On the second
ballot Rosecrans received majority
ofthe votes, and was declared the can.
didate. The result was received with
loud cheers. On a motion to make
the nomination unanimous, large
number of "nays" were heard, and the
irrepressible Billy Glass, Cary's
friend, jumped up and said, "In the
name of the working men of Ohio, I
congratulate this Convention upon
having nominated a man for Cover
nor who placed in irons the mechanics
of st. Louis; and, sir"-BIlly was not
allowed to finish his speech, but was
pulled down, thus saving some dam
aging admissions he would have made,
had he continued.
The resolutions were then read
amid "bOisterOus quietness,' and the
balance of the work was got through
as quickly as possible.
After the Convention had adjourn
ed, many of the delegates began to
express their dissatisfaction with the
work done, and many of the sold stag
ers" didn't hesitate to call it q I'D
foolish piece of business"