Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-24
DemOcra1ic County Convention.

4SGMAOCEAGAL OOGAASy OOAAN
Our Democratic friends of this county |
held their convention in this town, on Sat |
urday last, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for county offices. The meeting
was organized by calling Jas. E. Ely to the
chair and appointing w. C. Gould secreta-
ry. The first thing done, we believe, after
the organization of the meeting, and an ex-
PLANTATION of its object by the chairman,
was to resolve to choose delegates to at
tend the Democratic judicial convention, to
be held at Greenfield. Whether the dele
gates were appointed. or not, is a matter of
Indifference, we suppose, as the members
of the convention seemed to be Indifferent
to that matter. The great and absorbing
question being who they should place at
the head of the ticket, as the champion
leader of the rank and file of the Fayette
county Democracy. Names were annOunc-
ed as aspirants for this position, namely:
for Representative to the State Legislature,
as follows: A. N. Stimson, W. c. Gould
and Z. L. Ford W. Smith. As no candidate
received a majority of all the votes cast on
the first ballot, second was had, and the
candidate receiving the lowest vote was
dropped. On the next ballot Mr.. Gould
was dropped, he having received only
half dozen votes, and the contest narrowed
down to Stimson and Smith, and at this
point in the proceedings lively work was
commenced. The friends of the candidates
were dexieriously hunted up and hustled
in to deposite their votes in the hat; this
was a momentous period in the proceed
ings The votes were all announced and
the hat closed, when it was ascertained that
ex-Sheriff Smith was the lucky recipient
of popular favor by one majority. Know
ing our inability to do the subject justice,
if we should attempt to describe the ap-
pearance of the two extremes of the Dem
ocratic party at this particular juncture, we
think it prudent not to attempt task that
would require the artistic skill of the cele-
brated Mast.
Mr.. Smith held the office of Sheriff of
this county, for the two terms, some years
the duties of the office acceptably, though
his political views, for some years past,
have been regarded by many personal ad-
mirers as being of a conveniently oscilating
character; yet, Mr. Smith is a very fair rep
resentative man, and eminently qualified
and suited to lead the party which has Sc
lected him as their standard bearer in the
present political conflict, and it is to be ex-
pected that his friends will use all the ap-
pliances commonly resorted to in such
cases, "made and provided" to secure his
election. The Register will, undou ubtedly,
give Mr.. Smith, as well as the rest of the
ticket the full force of his wellknown
power and influence.
The balance of the ticket is composed of
the following gentlemen: Treasurer, Geo.
Dahl; Commissioners, Robert Wates, OF
Madison township, for three years. and M.
Draber, for one year; Infrmary Director,
| VIM. McCafferty, of Madison township. A
motion was made by some one to place the
name of Col. S. F. Kerr upon the ticket for
Prosecuting Attorney; at this announce
ment the scribe of the convention rather
indecoriously exclaimed "No; darned il
you do!'' The subject was thus dropped fo1
the time, but we learn that before the meet
ing was over, it was determined by accla-
nation that Col. Kerr should be honored
with the privilege of having his name placed
upon the Democratic ticket
On coming out of the court house, some
inconsiderate wag of radical said: 81 won
der what mean thing that lifelong oppo-
nent of the Democratic party has been
guilty of that they should wish to infict
such torture upon the Colonel in his declin-
ing days, as to make him candidate for of
fee on the Democratic ticket?