The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-06-10


now: if could have evaded or lodged this po-
sition, assure you I would have done it, for
this is the first time in my life that have ever
stood in the presence of a political convention
[Laughterl 1 have been reared soldier from
my boynood [applause,l and claim to respect
and obey the laws of the land and those who
are appointed to administer them. IApplausel
That is my simple code, and when you, gentle
men, have selected proper Governor and
proper legislators, and when these Legislators
have enacted laws, we may be certain that the
men of my schooling will be obedient citizens
and obedient soldiers. LApplause.l
am here in Columbus to attend the funeral
of my aide de camp, Mccoy, whom most of you
have known in the war, now buried in a sweet
aud beautiful place in Columbus, where he was
reared, and l must go away this afternoon
Therefore make my appearance, assure you,
solely out of respect to the men who are assem-
bled here to-day on very important occasion.
L believe, gentlemen, you are fully qualifedto
do what you have assembled to do, that you
will do it with wisdom, and do it well, and that
it will command the universal respect, not only
of your own fellow-citiZens, but the people of
the whole United States, for Ohio is now uni
versally regarded a leading State of our
Union. I thank you very cordially for your
kindness to me in inviting me here to-day,
and assure you respect the occasion which
brings you together, and pray that you may
be endowed with all the wisdom the occasion
calls for. IApplause.l
Gov. Noyes was permanent president
of the convention, and made a splendid
presiding officer. A man without his
tact, fine commanding voice and great
promptness would have been utterly
overcome by such a:convention. But he
managed it admirably The Taft men
were full of strategy and determination,
but Gen Grosvenor took the lead in op-
position, and was as shrewd and deter
mined as they, and being backed by
three-fourths of the delegates, the ma
jority were completely triumphant
insert the following from the report
| in the Cincinnati Gazette:
The balloting then commenced and proceeded
amid much excitement, three-fourths of the
counties voting for Hayes. When Darke coun-
ty called she withdrew the name of Will
lam Allen and cast her seven votes for Hayes
amid loud applause. AS county after county
voted for Hayes, cheer after cheer shook the
house, but the Taft men fought bravely, and he
received all the votes expected last night, and
some from wholly unexpected sources As the
roll stood before any changes were made, Hayes
had 325 votes, Taft 1856, Horton %, and Wade 10.
Athens, Mefgs, and Gallia withdrew their votes
from Horton AMI cast them for Hayes amid
great applause.
motion was made at this point to make the
nomination CT Hayes unanimous by acclama-
ton. 1t was not formally put but the enthusi-
asm of the convention, which had been con-
stantly growing, now reached its climax
Cheer after cheer went up from thousand
throats. The light of the great chandelier that
linz
was suddenly turned on the band struck up a
strain of triumph, the whole convention sprang
to its feet, hats and handkerchiefS were waved
and thrown into the air, and it seemed as if the
storm could not subside. Some show of order
being resumed, the changes went on. The
nineteen Wade votes were changed to Hayes.
franklin County was the first to make a change
from Taft, casting for Hayes the three votes
previously given the Judge. Some of the Taft
men greeted their change with Kisses, but Fay
ette, Clermont, Richland, Seneca, and Portage
| Immediately followed franklin. The vote
then, although not formally announced, stood,
Hayes, 1896 Taft, 153 and Hayes was declared
the nominee amid another storm of applause.
will now turn my attention to the
Editorial Convention.
Large cards were to be seen at the ho-
tells, requesting the editors to register
their names at the Board of Trade rooms,
| We all met there a quarter before nine
on Thursday morning, and received
badges, programmes, and tickets to the
banquet. We then took the street cars
in front of the State House, and proceed
ed to the Ohio Agricultural College,
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farm contains 300 acres of land, and the
college building is large, beautiful brick
building We all took drink of ice
water, and then repaired to the fine lee
ture room, and were received by Presi-
dent Orton, in a neat little speech fol-
lowed by few remarks from Mr.. Sulli-
want, a large, venerable looking man.
We were then told to visit the various
departments of the college The collec-
tion of minerals is quite full, and to me
very interesting. 1 saw pretty full
collection from jackson county. The
skeletons of animals, birds, fishes, ex-
tinct animals, &C., were exceedingly in
teresting Then the experiments with
electricity, and in fact all through the
chemical department, attracted large
crowds.
A number of women were with US at
the College. Among those to whom
had an introduction were Mrs. Rodney
Foos of Columbus, and her sister, Mrs
Bickham, of Dayton, the wife of Gen.
Comfy, of the State Journal, the wife of
Judge Estell of Millersburg, and her
daughter, Miss Jones, daughter of the
editor of the Athens Journal, Miss Hop
lev, daughter of the editor of the Buoy
rus Journal, and many others. My wife
and daughter were with me, and Mrs
Alderman or Marietta was also in the
city, but she was not we'll, and did not
20 to the College.
We came across a fine lawn, crossed a
fine stream of water, and took lunch at
the dining hall Of the College in build
lug some two hundred yards this side of
the College building proper.
We took the street cars for the city,
and as | was tired did not go with the
party direct to the schools, but went to
my room and rested an hour. l then
went and met the party at the High
| School, Just as tho exercises were about
to close. The entire school arose to their
feet and sang "Amerca" AS they fin
ished, with the words