Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-07-29

rival In the Hall he was greeted with
Applause, and upon taking the chair he
thanked the Convention for the honol
conferred on him, and made few vel
chosen remarks upon the importance o.
the work before the Convention and Of
the necessity of harmony and wisdom
in their proceedings; after which, Oh
motion, w. A. Hunt of the BELMONT
CHRONICLE was made Secretary, and j
B. Longley, Assistant Secretary.
There being present the representa-
tives of the Wheeling HtelligenceT, w
S. Faris, Esq, Geo. McClelland of the
Barnesville Enterprise, and c. n
Gaumer of the st. Clairsville Gazette,
on motion they were invited to occupy
seats at the Secretary's table.
The full quota of delegates from the
townships not being present, a mo-
tion by Capt. VIM. Sharon of Colerain,
prevailed that the delegates present
should cast the full vote of their respect.
i've townships.
On motion of Capt. w. B. Kirk, OF
Morristown, committee of three was
appointed to draft rules for the govern
ment OF the Convention, and the chair
named w. B. Kirk, j. F. Anderson
and w. A. Sharon such committee.
After which the mass convention ad-
journed 10 await the report of the
nominating convention, which, by
previous order, had determined to
meet at the school house at 125 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After an early dinner the delegates
met in the scnool house, and organized
by electing Capt. w. B. Kirk, Chair
man, and V. L. Morgan, of Bellaire,
and Thos. F. Martin, OF Somertan, Sec
retaries.
The school house not being large
enough to afford seats for the delegates,
a motion by John W. Mcfarland pre-
vailed to adjourn to Odd Fellows Hall,
where the morning session had been
held.
Upon arrival at the Hall Capt. Kirk,
chairman of the committee on rules, re-
ported the following:
Rule l. All nominations shall be
made by ballot, unless otherwise Or
dered by the Convention,
Rule 2. A majority of all the votes
cast shall be necessary to nomination.
Rule 3. The nominations shall be
made in the following order:
Two members of the General Assem-
bly,, Probate Judge, County Auditor,
County Treasurer, County Commis-
sioner, Prosecuting Attorney, Infrma-
ry Director, County Surveyor.
Rule 4. Where there are number of
candidates for the same Office the one
receiving the least number of votes
shall be dropped after the fourth ballot,
and so on after each successive ballot,
until nomination is made.
Rilte 5. Persons not members of the
Convention shall be excluded from the
hall during the session of the COnven-
ton.
The last rule was amended so as to
admit members of the press, and the
report was adopted.
The organization of the convention
now being complete, and the prelimi-
nary business disposed of, the nomina-
ton of candidates was proceeded With.
REPRESENTATIVES..
The candidates were announced for
Representatives, and the balloting pro-
ceeded, resulting as follows:
LIST Ballot-Wm. Bundy, of Warren,
10; A. G. Ramage, of Smith, 6; Solomon
Hogue, of Somerset, 6; J. F. Anderson,
of Pultney, 12; DIR. L. G. Sedgwick, of
Pease, 8; Eli V. Cleaver, of COlerain, 5;
John Watson, of Wheeling, 8; ]. B.
Smith; of Pultney, 1; N. b. Nichols, of
Union, 2.
2d Ballot-Buudy 26, Ramage 8,
Hogue 5, Anderson 10, Sedgwick 2,
CIeaver 5, Watson s.
Sd BalLot-Bundy 81, Anderson ]3,
Ramage 8, Hogue 5, Watson 5, Cleaver
6, Sedgwick l..
4th Ballot-Bundy 80, Anderson Is,
Ramage 4, Cleaver 8, Hogue 8. On this
ballot Mr.. Bundy having 80 votes out
of 64, a majority of all the votes cast,
he was declared one of the nominees.
Mr.. Solomon Hoge was withdrawn.
Balloting for the remaining Repre-
sentative resulted as follows:
1st Bdliot-Ramage u, Watson II,
Sedgwick 3, Anderson 10, Cleaver Is.
After this ballot DIR. Sedgwick was
withdrawn, and Mr.. Watson declined.
I'd BaLLot-Ramage II, Anderson %,
Cleaver %, Watson 2.
Mr.. A. G. Ramage was Withdrawn,
and on the third ballot Cleaver received
50 votes, and Anderson 90; and on mo-
ton of Anderson the nomination OF
Mr.. Cleaver was made unanimous.
PROBATE JUDGE.
The present incumbent, Chandler w.
Carroll, was re-nominated by acclama-
tion.
AUDITOR.
The question who should occupy this
place on the ticket appeared to be the
great bone of contention. The names
CT candidates being called for, the fol-
lowing were placed in nomination J..
M. Todd, of Pease; Geo. NJ. Wise, OF
Pultney; H. J. Danford, of Wayne;
Joseph P. Arick, of Kirkwood, P.
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