The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-28
OHIO.
Democratic COnvdntion-Gr eele ,
and Brown Endorsed.

Democratic Convdntiou-Gr eele y
and Brown Endorsed.
CLEVELAND, June 27.-At q call oi
the President, G. NJ. Bloss, of Hamil
ton, the Chairman of the Committee on
Resolutions reported the following:
Resolued, By the Democracy Of Ohio
in Convention assembled, that the plat,
form and principles adopted by the
Cincinnati Convention, In connection
with the clear Interpretation OF the
same enunciated in the letter of Horace
Greeley, accepting the nomination,
afford a common ground upon which
the liberal men Of all political organi'
cations can consistently unite in oPpo-
sition to the present administration and
its official corruption.
Resolved, That our delegates, this
day chosen to represent us in the Dem
ocratic National Convention at Baltl>
more, are requested to vote for the NOM
ination OF Horace Greeley and B.
Gratz Brown as our candidates for
President and Vice President Of the
United States.
This report was received with
enthusiastic cheers. When the excite
ment had somewhat subsided, General
Durbin Ward moved to adopt the re-
port. Loud cheering
A delegate from the Seventeenth dis
trict moved to lay the resolution on the
table. [Cries Of "no, "no.":
The motion to lay on the table was
put and lost. O.
The motion to adopt wac carried by
a decided majority amid great applause.
The President then stated that the
nomination of candidates was next in
order.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The following gentlemen were put in
nomination. John NJ. Haag, of Henry
county; w. T. Wash, OF Jackson !; j.
Williams, of Monroe; J. S. Van Walk
berg, of Sandusky; General Wilev, Of
Wooster; w. Fl. Wilson, of Erie; Gen
eral z. Brinkerhoff. of Richland. Gen.
Briukerhotf, thong h delegate, declined
to be candidate. During the progress
Of the battle it was announced by w.
D. Hill, of Defiance, that a portion Of
his county delegation wished to with
draw from further participation 10 the
proceedings Of the Convention. The
names OF the seceders are j. NJ. Sewell,
Auditor Of Defiance county; A. Toberon,
Treasurer of the county; and Jacob
Kerr, Sheriff of the county. On mo-
ton the remaining delegates were au-
thorized to cast the vote Of the county.
Then Spaulding was called. A mem.
Der OF the delegation announced that
Spaulding would not vote on that plat
form. Shortly after the dissatisfied
from those two counties left their seats
and retired.
Previous to the announcement Of
the ballot there was q stampede to
Wiley, resulting in the withdrawal Of
every other candidate and the election
of that gentleman, which was made
more binding by motion and en-
carried.
For the nomination for Supreme
Judge the following names were an
nounced: Judge Alex. Hume, Of But
Ter county; Judge j. l.. Green, oil
Franklin, and Judge Charles F. Noor-
hees, Of Holmes. Each name was
brought before the Convention with a
brief eulogy Of the character and abil-
ity OF the gentleman. A ballot resulted
as follows: Whole number Of votes SIG;
necessary to choice 259. Hume re
ceived ia l.lG, Green 257 l-l6, Voor-
bees lO4. There being no choice an
other ballot was taken. During the
count of the second ballot the name OF
Judge Voorhees, was withdrawn and
the votes given for him variously
until the withdrawal Of Judge
Humes, where upon Green was nom-
mated unanimously.
While the last ballot for the Supreme
Judge candidacy was being counted, the
President of the Convention read the
following, which had been prepared by
Col. j. Dodd, G. NJ. Diblers and Gen.
Durbn Ward, as an answer to the
Illinois Democratic Conventions dis
patch
The Democracy Of Ohio send
greeting to their brothers of Illinois.
They have just adopted, in one OF the
largest Conventions ever held in Ohio,
resolutions affirming the Cincinnati
platform and requesting our delegates
to the Baltimore Convention to vote for
Greeley and Brown.
GSignedl "HUGH j. JEwETr,
President of Convention"
The following delegates were elected
to the Baltimore Convention: John A.
McHanon, OF Montgomery county; H.
B. Payne, OF Cuyahoga county; C. A.
White of Brown county; NJ. A..
Dougherty of Fairfield county; alter
nate, Geo. A. Vein, Of Somerset; ;
Charles n. Allen, Of Jefferson; E.
Cunningham and A. Kramer, of Ot-
tawa.