Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-08-08

lldl1i, stli0 8stS tiHUWeu 10 r6i1ldltl tIlOl6,
His treatment by his. fellow delegates
was anything but polite when he re-
fused to accede to their; wishes. His
persecution by the Herald will not in-
jure him in Steubehville. All the adj
vice of Mr.. Allison to Mr.. Danford con-
corning the IN propriety of accepting a
under such circumstances is
gratuitous. Such was the conviction
of the members Of the Convention Of
the fairness Of the vote that there was
not dissenting voice. tor making the
unanimeus:ei Wetrust the
editor of the Herald, with his reputa-
ton of twenty-five years standing,
will not ruin that reputation by bolt
ing so good a ticket. Boilers are in
poor repute in this part of Ohio.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY, CON
VENTION. a'i' i,','.fA Z.
The delegates elect from the different
townships met in. convention at Bel
laire on last Saturday, Capt. w. B.
Kirkof Union Township, was called to
the chair and Nj. Manning and c.
Wilkinson, chosen Secretaries. The
roll of the townships was then called
and all delegations reported filed. On
motion a committee of three consisting
of j. f.. Anderson, D. d. T. Cowen and
Adam Bentz were appointed to prepare
rules for the government of the con
vention.. The committee retired and in
a few moments reported as follows:
9se Boy .3qRULBs. .i7.'-i;7l f-0sst
1.-The officers of the conventionshall
consist of President, Secretaries and
Tellers. sst' - -
, 2-The total vote, of each township
shall be cassidy the delegates present.
3-Candidates shall be nominated in
the following order, viz: Probate Judge,
Sheriff, Commissioner, Surveyor, In
firmary Director.
after 3rd ballot the name of the
candidate having lowest number OF
votes shall be dropped and after each sue.
ceeding ballot the candidate having
lowest number shall be dropped until
the nomination is made.
"a majority of all votes east shall
be necessary to nomination.
Report adopted. A motion then
made to reconsider was lost.
3. On motion the Chair appointed Jno
F'Dayis and n. III. Holloway, Tellers,
Convention then adjourned until P. NJ
1 p. INSTRUMENTATION reassembled.4 -
On motion S. w. Lee was added to the
list Of Secretaries. a resolution was
then offered by Capt. Holloway requir-
ing candidates to pledge themselves te
support the nominees of the eonven.
ton. The resolution was tabled by q
vote of % to q. sa. "a
The presentation. of candidates fol
nomination being in order d. ID. II
Cowen announced the, name of Hon,
C. w. Carroll of Richland for Probate
Judge, Adam Bentz announced the
name of DR.. H. w. Baker ,of. Warren
this pointthe econventionwas thrown
into a discussion upon the question o.
allowing Mr.. Thompson, not a delegate
to address, the convention upon the
policy of ratifying the nomination O
Mr.. Baker, then a candidate for the
same Office. nominated by the Temper
ance party. The question was lost
seme of Mr.. Bakers own frieLdsy re
garding 1T improper and voting against
it. The position of the latter candi
date seemed to be as. follows: His
friends asked for him the nomination
at the hands of the convention, bu
agreed that if defeated in the nomina
tion he would not support the nominee
With this understanding the following
ballot was taken: Carroll, Al, Baker, I6
For Sheriff the following names wer,
Offered: VIM. III. Cochran of Pultney
Isaac L. Craft of Riehland, VIM, Sharon
of Colerain, VIM. 6. Kinney of Goshen
Capt. Jas. Dean of Pease, Lieut.. Thos
Hammond of Washington, Capt. Thos
Wilson Somerset AID A. j. Smith O
Wayne. nsg i.es sgbs4 s5l
1sT BALLoT-Co Cochran, 3; Craft, 8
Sharon, 4; Kinney, 10; Hammond, IL
Dean, 8; Wilson. o. Smith Withdrawn
Total Ga necessary to choice 80.
ID BALL5T kinney, II; Craft,
Cochran, IL; Sharon, 4, Wilson, 4
Hammond, IA; Dean, 8. Toog
Sd B4ELofAKi Kinney, 16; Craft, s
Cochran, u; Sharon, 4; Wilson, 4
Hammond, l8; Dean, 6, Capt. wilson
name was now withdrawn and Mr.
sharon being the lowest was dropped
4TH DA4LoT-Kinney, IS; Craft, 8
Cochran, IS; Hammond, II; Dean, Z.
9TH BALLoT--Kinney, %; Craft, s
Cochran, IA; Hammond, 20.
9TH BALLOT Kinney, Is; Cochran
%; Hammond, "a.
7TH BlIAoT--Cochran, A; Ham
mond, %. 1.' ~
Cochran was declared the nominee.
For Commissioner the names o
Matthew Boothe of Wayne, VIM. Bar
Der of Union and VIM Alexander O
Pease, were announced. Before bal
loting Mr.. Boothe's name was with
drawn. Onfrst ballot Alexander re
eeived 45 votes, Mr.. Barber, 1G. Alex
ander was declared the nominee.
For Surveyor, q. w, ChesseIl, pre-
sented the claims of Noble Carter O
Kirkwood and Hon. Jno. Patton an