The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-08-24
JUDGE TRIP DECLINES.
TRE FREAsE CONVENTION IRREG-
ULAR.
''NO Nomination has been Made by q
Proper Delegate Convention

Judge Tripp declines the nomination
rendered him by the Arlington House
Convention in the following letter:
CARROLIToS, o. Aug. IL, 1871.
Messrs. Joseph L. Rue and John L. Hunt:
GENTS inform me that have
received the nomination of the Repubi-
can Convention for The Office of Common
Pleas Judge at Alliance this day. That
your nomination was the only one made
by delegates an fully satisfied. Although
on the same day that You convened, am
informed that q Mass Convention was
held in Alliance, and it undertook to rep
resent the Republican delegates of this
election district, in which a Littte man by
the name of Robert Folger, who resides in
Massillon, made a motion that 2. A. Lau-
bic, Esq, of Salem, take the chair-which
he did, and called the meeting to order;
whereupon one S. Wisden, Esq, Of New
Lisbon, moved that Hon. Joseph FrOase
be declared the nominee for Judge by ac-
ciamation, and was voted on by the Mass
and declared carried by the Hon. Chairman,
and the nominee was called IN and accep-
ted It will be remembered that no pub
lie notice of the time had been given IN
the newspapers of the district, therefore,
doubtless, a large number of the delegates
were not present. In that meeting no
committee on credentials of delegates was
appointed Why2 do not know. The
Massillon papers gave the names of the
delegates elected in Perry, where the
oeTiia6le r. Folger resides, and his name
is not given as delegate. So Of z. A.
Laubie, Esq, for that delegation. was in
structed for me- and he was not one of
them; neither was S. Wisden, Esq, del
egate, for that delegation, too, was in
structed for me, and he was not one Of
them. I did not desire convention, but
the Central Committees of the counties
determined to call one; and then l re-
quested number of my delegates to be
present.
And your body being duly organized as
delegates had the right, in the accustomed
manner, to make nomination yet from
the information have obtained your con-
vention did not contain a majority of the
chosen delegates of this election district
therefore. must be permitted to suggest
that nv nomination has not been properly
made for aOa71e of majority of the dele
gates elect taking part in its proceedings,
and therefore, with thanks, am constrain-
ed to decline the intended honor.
think no nomination has been made
by a proper delegate convention; yet 1t
is claimed by my competitor, Hon. Jos.
Frease, that 1tgjority of the delegates
were instructed for him, which, if true,
rendered a Convention unnecessary. l
know that fully nine tenths of the people
of Carroll county, and majority Of Co
lumbiana county Republicans, believe that
Carroll county is justly entitled to the
candidate; yet, if majority of the Re-
publcans of the District have decided ac-
cording to the conventional rules of the
party, fairy and honestly to nominate my
competitor, shall continue to practice
the same rule of condust that have for
twenty-five years past-submission to the
fairly expressed will Of the majority.
With high regards, l remain, as ever,
yours. JOHN II. TEIPP.