The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-07-06
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Greeley aud BrO~n Esdorsed


CLEVELAND, June ~ AT a call OF a.,
President. c. NJ Bloss. OF Hamilton. the
Chairman Of the Committee ON Resolu
tons reported the following
Resotrcd, BY the Denioerac, Of Ohio, IN
Convention assembled, that the pla,lorm
and principles adopted by the Cincinnati
convention, IN connection with the clear
Interpretation OF the same enumerated IN
the letter Of Horace Greeley, accepting the
nomination, afford common grannd n non
which the liberal men OF all political a
CARNATIONS can consistently unite in opoo.
sition TO the present administration and its
corruption.
Resoived, That onr delegaie-. this dav
chosen TO represent us IN the D.mocrat,o
National Convention at BALTIMORE, Are re-
quested 10 vote Tor the nomination Of
Horace Creole, and r. Gratz Brown as our
candidates for President and Vice Prrs-
dent Of the United Stxtea
This report was received With en,husi-
sstic cherrs. When the excitement III
somew hat subsidized. Uvn-ral Dnrlnn w.,
moved 10 adopt ia, r,pun. iLsud cnso.
ing
A delegate from the seventh J,s,r,c,
moved To lay the resolution on the table
Tories mo, "no"1
The motion to la, on the table was not
and lost
The motion TO adopt was carried by A
decided minority amid great applause
The President then stated that the nom
nation OF candidates was next in order
SECRETARY Oh srATK
The i"iiowing gentlemen were nut in
nomination. John NJ. Haag, Of Henry
county; w. L. Wash, of jackson; j. viii
Jams OF Monroe; j. =. Van Valkberp. of
Sandusky' General " ley, Of Wooster; W
IL. Wilson, OF Erie; General Il. Brinker-
hoif, OF Richland. Gen. Brinkerhoff
though delegate, dvclincd TO be-
candidate During the progress Of the
hattie II was aanonnctd by W. d. IAN %
Defiance. that portion OF his county dcl,
CATION wished to Withdraw from further
participation in the proceedings of the con
venton he names oi the seoedera are
j. Nj. Sewell. Auditor of Defiance county;
A. Toberon, Treasurer ci the county; AID
Jacob Kerr, Sheriff oflhe county On mo.
ton the remaining delegates were antbor
lied TO cast the vote of his county. Then
Spaulding was called A member OF tho
delegation Announced that Spaulding
would not vote "n that platform. Shortly
aiter the diseatislied irOm those two coua.
ties len their states and retired
Previous To the announcement to the bal
lot there was stampede 10 Wiley, result
ing in the withdrawal Of every other can
dtdate aud the rlect,on ~ That gentleman
which was made more binding by % mo
lion and ENTHUSIASTICALLY carried
For the nomination Tor Supreme Judge
the following Nance we're announced
Judge Alex Hume, of butler county
Judge j. l. Green, OF Franklin, and JUDI.
Charles +. Voorhees,, OF Holmes Each
name was brought before the Convention
with brief eulogy Of the character and
ability OF the gentleman. A ballot result
r'i NJ follows: Whole number of yofea
BIO, necessary to a choice 259 Hume re
c''ved ia l-l6, Green 257 Il6 Voor
he's, lO4. There bei"g no ebo,ce another
ballot was taken. During the count Of The
second ballot the name Or Judge VUorLees,
was Withdrawn and the votes given Tor
him yar.ousiy changed until the withdraw
al OF Judge llumes, where upon Greea
was nominated unanimously.
While he Inst ballot Tor the Supreme
Judge candidacy was being counted. the
President OF the Convention read the fol.
lowing, which had been prepared bv Col
j Dodd, a. NJ Dibblsrs aud ten Dur
tin Ward. as AT aarwer to the Illinois
Demoerntic Con vsutIOn'a Dispatch
The Democracy Of OHIO lend r-ertir
10 their urothers OF lliinns The, ha,p
ju-t adopted ~ one ~ the largest Conven.
tons ever h.ld ~ OHIO. rsnoiuHoif. affirm
inS the Cincinnati platform aud requesting
our delegsfsf 10 the Baltimore Con,ent. ,1
n vote for Greeley and Brown
l~'guedl ''Ilv0n D JrwtTr.
"Prssident Of Convention
The following delegates we're elected n