Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-10-01
FAYErrE COUNTY HER
The Republican Meeting.

There assembled in City Hail. on friday
September 25, 1874, at ? o'clock p. n, good
" number of citizens, from different parts of
the county, agreeably to the call Of the Re-
publican Central Committee, to rally and hear
the issues of the present campaign discussed
by our United States Senator John Sherman
and the Hon. J. @. Smith, and others The
meeting was organized by appoiating ]. B.
Priddy Chairman. c. NJ Jones Secretary
The Hon John Sherman, being first present
ed to the audience, WAS very attsntively list
ened to for an hour and three quarters, while
analyzing the present and reviewing the past
condition of affairs in our Government, in that
able and foFeible manner peculiar to himself.
His entire effort was a mastery one and his
arguments such as tend very greatly to con-
firm every sound man and set Alright the doubt
full; and it is to be regretted that a greater
number did not avail themselves of the privi-
lege of hearing a solution of the more intri-
cate questions involved in the present issue,
as given by Mr.. Sherman. No true man; that
has the best interests of his country at heart.
can well afford to miss hearing the opinions of
our great statesmen, who have made those in
trieate questions of finance subjects of con-
stant study for years-especislly, when they
are willing to come into our own midst to pro-
claim them
Hon. J. @. Smith was next presented and
proceeded to make few very appropriate re-
marks, but on account of the lateness of the
hour, and the very able manner in which the
audience had already been addressed upon all
the more important questions, deemed it injus-
tice to those present 70 ask them to remain and
listen to lengthy arguments from him upon
some minor questions, and closed with an ex-
hOrtatiOn to the party to be active and vigi-
liant; for while the Southern States send al
most solid Democratic delegation, it only
requires q small representation from the North
to give them control of Congress.
W. s. Furay, correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gazette, being present, was then called
for by the audience. but owing to the length
of the meeting already. thought 1t doing in
justice to himself and still greater injustice to
the audience, to add anything to what had
already been said; so, returning thanks for the
honor o f scAll, very politely declined.
Motion then prevailed to adjourn.
B. PRIDDY, Chr'n.
G. II. JONES, See'Y.
Democratic County Convention.
Psrsuant to notice, the Democratic party
of this county held their convention at the
Court House in this town. on Saturday last,
to nominate Democratic county ticket
The convention being put in running order
made tho following nominations: For Sher-
if, Alden Thompson, of Marion township;
for County Commissioner, Thos. N NOEL
vain, of Wayne township; for Infirmary
Director, Peter Wendell, of Union town.
ship, fer the full term; for the short term,
George Hadley, of Perry township; for
county Surveyor, John 8. Burnett, of Jas
per township; for Coroner, Samuel E. Ham
ilton, Of Jasper township.
There being some doubt as to the de-
mOeracy of John s. Burnett, as he has al
ways been Republican, satisfactory ex-
plantations were made by 0. r. Cunning,
who rose up on behalf of Mr.. Burnett, and
explained Mr.. BIS loyalty to the Democrat
ic party, as he had renounced the Rspubli-
can party and was pledged by Mr.. Cunning
to work for the election of the whole Dem
Oeratic ticket