Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-07-11
upon the credit

lily of money borrowed upon the credi
of the County.
We givethe amount disbursed during
the year 1870:
lCounty Fund............... So 4as q
Bridge 3O.sss 5
baiiding Fund q, 4,9tS 2
Total OF three Funds Disbursed ssIsl 4
Total OF three Funds Collected 0,95l 9
Difference S,l7s 5
i Here was an Indebtedness sadjIeC
upon the County in one year of $37, ,179,
5S and no provision made for payment
A partial statement of these facts one
year ago resulted in inducing the peo
ple ofthe County to dislodgeinga part O.
these public plunderers. Will they aei
with equal gopd sens sense sa again2u saa.lr
I The oddi5. .Repu6licdi,tof of June q, con.
lelades an article upon the prospects d
Mr.. Bingham for a reconciliation a.
lfoll0ws:ieZ WoHa 5'feb ,hi7sii' $40
But in Jefferson county the excite.
ment on the'subjeet is far more than or.
dinary. At their primary meetihgs
held on Saturday, delegates were elect.
led and instructed for each township
Almost the entire Republican vote ol
the county Was epolled. There were
three candidates Updegraff,g DaHbal
and Bingham., The rule adopted was
that the delegate should be Instructed
/ to vote, first, for the candidate receig-
ing the highest number of votes, and
secondly, lin case he should be dropped
in Convention for the one receiving
the next highest number. Out of the
twenty-five delegates from the county,
eighteen were instructed for Bingham,
and seven for Updegraff. but under
Ethe rule Mr.. Bingham, will doubtless re.
ceivei the entire delegation after, the
first ballot In the total VOTE of the
Eeoanty Mr.. Bingham received Il very
large majofitE In SteubsaN lille ife had
majority of one hundredliand fifty
over the combined vote of the other
candidates, and IN several of the town
ships he carried almost the entire vote.
The delegates have not yet been ap-
poihted in Belmont and Noblecounties.
.fhere is no reason to doubt that, Mr.
Bingham will be sustained by q MAORI
lty of the delegation from Noble =
| perhaps by all ofthemsf nss,ij isjis.T {
AS to, the Republicans of Belmont
lcoanty, Mr.. Bingham has no stauncher
warmer friends in the district. We
need only refer to the splendid Vote
1given him by that connly two years
tago. But as Captain panferd lis a can,
Ididate from that county, we. think it
likely that he viii receive. the compli-
mentary vote of their delegation.
The Convention will be composed OF
| 10S delegates. Of these Jefferson will
have 25, Harrison Is, Belmont 81,
Guernsey IS, and Noble 10. So that we
may conclude that Mr.. Bingham's re-
nomination is placed beyond any rea-
Isonable doubt. .,..,,..,..f .@..f. ~.
It says that under the rule Mr.. Bing-
ham will doubtless receive the vote, of
the whole delegation of Jefferson after
the first ballot. When and where was
such a rule established? That the mi
Iinority ofanY delegation is bound to go
with the majority either upon the sec
ond or any subsequent ballot is new
idea. Is Mr.. Bingham responsible for
that decision? No such, rule has ever
yet prevailed in any convention, and
the writer of the above article viii
scarcely convince the sensible sensi delegates
of Jefferson of its existence. Where
Mr.. Bingham's stannch friends, are in
Belmont county, we have, failed to
tdiscover. 1t is true the Republican Of
n ,.d;i,Ity ~ gaye him thair snnnort two
S,1a.o ~ : eSsL s,yo @ ,,nan The nrincinla MOf two q
ey;Is5 tiI,5, ,,cboose tba laastu hut certainly
Mr. Bint,h,m, does nof feel. a.It.,r fiattered
Eo0as tbesnnnart he received from rom Bel
modnns odnnsdel delegates rates two 70 Y wears ago at Cam,
br;odIo e,i q 9 cain 1--WE think IL likely that
Capt. .Danford will receive the compli-
mentary vote of their delegation. p We
know the feeling of the people of the
county upon this subject and we know
that our delegates will; stand by. Mr..
Danford fist, last, and all the time.
The above article was. intended for
mere political effect and, if not written
lby Mr.. Bingham, was, at, least, circu-
lated by him in this county and that
without prepayment of postage. Why
docs Mr.. Bingham descend to such
work, even circulating mis-statements
concerning an opponent, to secure his
reorganization? we leave the answer
with his istaunch friends in this county.
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