The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-31
Mrs. Surratt Avenged.
Defeat Of John A. Bingham
XVI Ohio Congressional Con-
. >r"r -vention.
Nomination Of Capt. L. Danford'

The Radical Republican Convention
for The Sixteenth Congressional Dis
trict of Ohio, met at Central Hall,
Bellaire, yesterday. The district is now
composed of the counties Of Belmont,
Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson and
Noble, and full delegations, and hun
dreds of men to get up outside pressure
for the respective candidates, from each
county were present.
The arrangements were excellent and
were calculated to promote the comfort
OF the delegates. Tickets Of admission
were provided for each delegate and
the members of the press, and no one
was admitted who was without a ticket
until after the nomination was made.
1t was not difficult for close OBJ
server to see that the prevailing senti.
ment was against the denomination OF
John A. Bingham, but up TO the tenn
porary organization Of the Convention,
at half past eleven clock, this opposl-
ton lacked organization and direction.
Cant. Lorenzo Danford Of ST. CIalrs-
vile, and DR.. j. r. Updegraff of Mount
Pleasant, were the opposing candidates.
and it was known that, although
Jefferson county had instructed her
delegates to vote for Bingham, Upde-
graff had votes enough in the Jefferson
delegation to secure Danford's nomina-
ton. A good deal Of engineering to
secure this vote for Danford or TOR
Bingham, was INDUCED in by their re-
spective friends.
The Convention TEN porarily organ
lied by making Hon. Charles Hare, OF
Noble county, President, and c. d.
Spaulding, Of Steubenville, Secretary;
The usual committees were appointed
and the Convention adjourned until
half-past one o'clock.
During the recess there was a lively
amount of button-holing going on.
Bingham was closeted with his friends
in a room in the Globe House, while
CAPTAIN Danford was busy among the
delegates. Finally trade was struck
up, bv which Danford was to receive
the Updegraff vote as soon as 1t was
safe to do so, and Updegraff was to be
made the Presidential elector for the
District with the help Of the Danford
vote.
On reasssmbling in the afternoon, q
permanent organization was effected
before either the Committee on Creden
tials or Committee on Rules were al
lowed to report. The Committee on
Organization reported the following ::
President, Col. Jos D. Taylor, OF Guern.
sey. Vice Presidents, VIM. Hays, OF
Jefferson; Abraham Holmes, OF Har-
risop; J. o. Grimes, of Guernsey; John
Lisle, of Belmont Charles Hare, OF
Noble. Secretary, A. j. Gill, OF Jetfer-
son; Assistant Secretaries, w. B, Hsrn,
of Harrison; S. L. Grimsley, Of Guern-
sew; W. Knowff, Of Noble, and Frank
Robinson, of Belmont.
Col. Taylor, on taking the chair, made
a flag and and spread eagle speech de-
cidedly anti-Greeley. He blew the
Bingham horn loudly, gave the effete
monarchies OF the Old World dab in
the face and sat down happy.
The Convention then commenced the
transaction of the business before it.
Bingham, Danford and Updegraff were
formally nominated. The Convention
then proceeded to the first ballot, as
follows: Danford-Belmont, 81; Guern-
sey, 5; Noble, 3. Total, 80. Bing,
ham-Guernsey, 8; Harrison, IS; JEFF
ferson, IS; Noble, 7. Total, 81. Up
degraff-Guernsey, 6; Jefferson, 7;
Noble, ); Total, IS. Necessary to a
choice, So.
On the second ballot the only change
was in the Guernsey county vote,
which stood 7 for Bingham, IL for
Danford and / for Updegran, making
the total, Bingham, SO; Danford, 45
aud U pdegraff l3.
On the fourth ballot Noble county
changed five votes from Updegraff to
Danford, making the total: Bingham,
so; Danford, so, and Updegraft s.
On the fifth ballot Binghamyreceived
two Of Updegraff votes from Jefferson.
The thing was now getting red hot.
Delegates were buzzing about the hall
like flies around molssses barrel, and
when the sixth ballot was taken its re-
sult was awaited with breathless inter
est. 1t stood: Bingham, 3d. Danfori, I,
81, and Updegraff |, two OF Updegraffs
votes in Jefferson county having been
cast for Dauford amid the widest
cheers and excitement.
Updegraff had now one vote, and
that one vote would nominate Danford
or bring the Convention to a dead lock.
The seventh ballot was ordered and
resulted as follows: Danford-Bel-
mont, 81 Guernsey, l3; Jefferson, 3;
Noble, s; total, 55. Bingham-Guern-
sey, 6; Harrison, Is; Jefferson, -;
Noble, I; total, 50.
The announcement Of Danfords
nomination was received by his friends
with cheer after cheer, while the Bing-
hamites looked correspondingly de-
pressed. The successful candidate was
sent for and made a speech, pledglng
Belmont county to the Radical ticket
by 500 majority, and the district by
$500.
Mr.. Bingham was also sent for and
put upon the stage to speak his piece.
1t was q mournful effort. 1t sounded
good deal as if be was preaching his
own funeral sermon. 1t Was evident
that John wasn't happy. He seemed
to feel that he had been slaughtered in
the house Of his friends and he don't
take kindly to slaughter.
| We left the Convention before it had
| finished its deliberations, as did most ol
the Bipghamites. The Convention had
lost its charms for them and Cadiz and
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