The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-09-05
The Press OF the District ON the
Neminaii0n tor Judge.

Neminaii0n tor Judge. dc
The Judicial Convention, at Barnes =
lile. which dominated WILLIAM OKEs, "a
,rJuhge.has ELECTED an unusual amount Etll
f edltorial comment dnour summary "
nd extracts, below, we Try to give the IS
pirit of the sayings by the press OF this - :,
ub division: r
Tue ENrERrRIsE, IND, n
)ar nearest Belmont neighbor,l gives . IL
ul account of the proceedings and, in
he main, a very fair one.
Eltorially the Enterprise takes the y
moral position tdat las Mr. K
CHAMBERS has distinguished himself for
especial severity toward q aeertain class of %
.ff.nders he is pre,eminently the man
for judicial office. AS aour amiable :
friends OF the Enterprise are a.listle mite
insane upon this subject, it is not sur
prising that they should think the cause
of temperance and The: ambition ot
CHAMBERS to be very closely identified
Its hallucinstion seems to have muddfed
its mind with the idea that the best tenn
perance man is not the man. who is the
most temperate in his habits, but the
man who will exhibit the most frantic
fury in keeping other people from drink
ling. However, due allowance being
made for it's lunacy, the Enterprise will
have the credit of meaning well, ,,sss....s
THE OHIO VALLEY NEWS, INDs 4
Merely rants and raves. We can only
acqui, the News Of gross and willtul
Misrepresentation BY assuming that it Is
lin blank ignorance Of everything con
Injected with the Convention which took
place outside, OF its own school district.
1t shows hot and spiteful temper, and
lit the copy we have seen be 8 fair speci'i
men of the paper, we should estimate It's
Influence at cipher. 80.
i rHE BELMONT. CHRONICLE, REP
/ Gives a full account OF fhe proceedings.
and very fair one for an opposition
paper. The account concludes:
ITO an uninterested observer it seem.
ed as though Belmont County, headed
lby Generals voorhies and Charleswortli,
4 were fisnked and ont generated and com.
a(pelled 10 resort to the somewhat doubt,
4 full expedient of seeding from the Con.
n vention before an organization was effcc
ted, and before any just cause arose.
ain our humble Judgment the bet.el
q plan would have been to have agreed OF
el Committee of Credentials, and submit
vi ted tile question Of who we're entitled tt
: seats to the investigation and decision o
: the Convention, and unless II is concedet
u that oil the delegates were unfair an'
i corrupt. the probability isthat justic
e would have prevailed" ss.sassas bs
O The ST cLA1RsvrLLE sAsErrE, DEN, }
HAS a very fair and mildly drawn &C
9 count. We quote paragraph which in
ls dicates the tone of the whole:
$; aHarrison Massie made short speec
lelcounseling harmony. j.. T. Spriggs sts
ted that Belmont County had the Chat
: man of the last judicial Convention, an
! that now Monroe presents Mr.. Morr1
a flor Chairman at the suggestion OF Be
lie mont delegates. On motion. OF Mr.. Ma
sic another vote was taken for Chairman
Mr.. Spriggs again nominated James |
3. Morris. Col. Char!esworth suggeste
- that the Chairmen Of the two delegation
. take the vote. A rising vote was take
K and Mr.. Spriggs announced Mr.. Morr
al elected by vote of 40 TO 3S. This vi
~ disputed by the Belmont delegates. N
:, Mosris suggested that the votes be take
!" by Stawnships, and the suggestion "
sH acceded to by unanimous consent ID
1t. Sprisgs called the townships of Monro
no which all voted for Morris Col. Charle
Z worth called the townships Of Belmon
all voted for Eaton except Goshe
- Wayne, and two delegates from Peas
.e' Pultney township was called last. 81
to when it was called both sets OF delegat
e claimed the right to cast the eight yot
e for that township The msjority OF Y
~ Belmont delegation, or rather that pe
- ton favorable to the election Of N
s'y Eaton for Chairman, insisted that I
on action Of the Belmont caucus settled t
re- question as to who were delegates fre
sn. Pultney and that the contesting delega,
50 had no right to vote in this Conventit
=. The Monroe delegation claimed Il
ea both deleg ations from Pditney should
IN ruled out and neither allowed to parti
MS pate in The proceedings until the Ct
On vention decided who. were the lega
%: elected delegates from that township
'oi Mr.. Spr;ggs stated that, rejecting
en- vote Of PuItney entirely, Mr.. Morris b
90 majority of three, and claimed q
Mr.. Morris was duly elected"
Z. THE BELLAIRE INDEPENDENT, (REP !,
~ Does not give the proceedings in I
iss In some editorial comments 1t ma
' some Measurements, most of which
gives on information from others. /.
s' whole story about there being CHAMB
a"u delegates in the Monroe delegation
.es simply this: As between the candid'
w. in Belmont there we're some deleg'
for CHAMBERS; as against OREY ii tt
.,i was one we never heard of him.
= = statements in the Independent at
M CHAMBERS deleg ates being kept at h'
'"' and their places being filed is the me
bosh. Against OKEY there were
CHAMBERs delegates, and nobody
~ kept at home On being we'll inforl
'"e on the subject, Mr.. LoNeLEY will
usu course correct these misstatenents
..na THE BELLA1RE LEADER, (IND !,
! = Contains an impartial and Intelligent
]. nv itorial on the subject,s which we Il
worthy to be,copied in full, but We
..bar room for only part. Itsays: 50