The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-08-06

/ tier. Then, too, DIldIne had been up
for Office SO long and had not got any
but Assessor, that he thought he was
entitled to a fat sop" And again
his name is Dildine, and no one ever
heard of Democratic Convention in
this county where some noe of that
name was not presented for an Office.
MoItz and Nolen either were not
/ popular or did not work as the rest
did.
The first ballot was a com
plimentary one, and the respec-
tive candidates received from eleven
to thirty-eight. On the second heat
Moltz and NoIen were distanced, and
on the fourth ballot tStOner concluded
to withdraw-not because he wanted
to, but because he saw he was to be
sacrificed. He discovered then that
his time was lost, and that the De-
mocracy did not fear te lose the votes
of his friends in consequence of his
not getting an Office On the fifth
ballot Kline got 48 and Lang 81. As
soon as the result was announced
the Judge was called for, and
announced that he had stood by the
Democracy in sunshine and storm,
and expected to do so in the future.
From the Judges pleased looks we
thought he considered that the "sun-
shine had come just then, in the
way of fat Office.
Only ten names we're announced
for Clerk: Ryan, Myers, Mayor
Griffith, Wiley, Horner, Milihime
johnson, Kaga, Dildine and Rex
All possessed more or less qualifca-
tiOns, and each had special reason
for wanting the Office but Kaga-a
new name befJre Democratic Conven-
tons had special qualifications :
He had served the dear people, hav-
ing been Auditor twice, Representa-
tive once, and was beaten for Assess
or in Eden township recently. All
ran well on the first ballot. But on
the eight ballot, Millhime was nomi-
mated.
At this stage of the proceedings, a
change in the Convention was to be
seen-a visible coldness took pos
session of the numerous defeated can
didates and the milk of human kind
ness, so plenty in the morning, seem
ed to have evaporated.
Hon. E. 7. Stickney was re-nomi-
mated by acclamatiOn for Represen-
tati7e. One or two of the candidates
for this Office were very indignant
toward him for allowing his name to
run, as they asserted that he told
them he did not want the Office, and /
on the strength of that they had al
lowed the use Of their names.
Capt. Abe Kaga was announced for
Representative also. He was just
bursting with speech, actually preg-
nant with words of deep import, and
that tapped him. He arose amid pro-
fonnd silence. 1t was an awful mo-
mentl A Kaga refusing Office But
the Captain begun
L have enjoyed the benefits of Office,
both State and Federal. 1 have seen
the rottenness of them all. l desire
no higher position than some humble
avocation in life, and l would not ac-
cept any Office in the gift Of this Con-
vention. You are under Radical rule.
Cheers. The reconstruction acts are
null and void-were null and void
from the beginning. Cheers, The
National debt never can ard never
will be paid. Applause long con-
tinued. l have worked faithfully in
the Democratic party, and will con-
tinue TO do so as citizen of the Uni
ted States; but l will work more cor
daily and labor more earnestly in the
cause of the great Democratic party
when it has utter Reputation inscrib-
cd upon its banner Immense ap-
plause. "That's it p Cheers And
it will then only proclaim its true
principles. Cheers.
This speech went off smoothly
enough, except at one place, when a
delegate, who remembered the abuse
that the Captain used to heap upon
the men assembled in the Conven-
ton, when he was editor of the TRI-
BUNE, moved that Kaga sit down.
Poor Kaga! the veriest cur could
not eat vomit with as much relish as
be does now in trying to get back in
to the arms Of the Democracy. John
Seitz was finally nominated as the
second candidate for Representative.
For Prosecuting Attorney, Messrs.
Bauchman and Baker were announced.
The contest was a short one, and the
latter got the nomination. This was
followed by the nomination of S. NJ. {
Ogden for Commissioner, and the
work of the Convention was done
It was about seven o'clock when the
took place, each mem
Der adjourning of his own accord. e
Considered in the light of an Office
seekers meeting, the Convention was
a success, but as Democratic insti- c
tuition it was rather failure. En- +
.husiasm was scarce; buncome speech S
IS were not heard slime honored e
Democratic principles" were not men
.ioned cheers long, loud and furious
we're not given from the successful a
was as tame as e
young kitten. Resolutions were q
or three in number L
One endorsed the State Democratic L
Platform, and the other two pledged t
he delegates and candidates, we be- '
ieye, to support the ticket nomina-
ed, The nomination of Rosecrans t