Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-07-11

Smith, who was the principal orator OF
1.-THE Convention, on the Toledo plat
form, labor and the Capitalization oi
lcapital, &c, the resolutions were unan-
Iimously adopted
i The next business in order being the
Nomination of county ticket, it was
resolved that nominations should be by
ballot. Announcements were made
for the Office of Probate Judge, as fol.
lows: Geo E Smith, declined, Henley
81 Gregg and r ] James. A ballot was
had, giving Gregg IA votes and James
$50 that Henley H Gregg, of Goshen
township, was declared the nominee for
PROBATE JUDGE. f
For the Office of SHERIFF, Levi Cas-
'sell and Samuel Simmons, of Bellaire,
were placed in nomination, but the
latter declined, and Cassell was declared
the nominee by accIamation.
! For SURVEYOR, Chalkley Dawson, OF
Barnesville, was placed in nomination,
whereupon delegate inquired if Mr..
d. was identified with their party, and
was answered by Mr.. McClain that he
was Republican. The nomination
was agreed to with but one dissenting
vote.
For COMMISSIONERS, the names OF
Thos. Archibald and j. M. Richardson
of Pultney, John Mckinley of Goshen,
and Geo. w. Murphy of Kirkwood,
were presented, but all of them except
Mr.. Murphy declined, and he would
probably have followed suit had he
been in attendance upon the Conven-
ton. OF course Mr.. Murphy was NOM
mated by acclamation.
| INFIRMARY DIRECTOR.-Chas Bait
zell, of Bellaire, was put up for Infir-
mary Director, but declined, stating
that he had all that he could do to take
care of the poor at home. The names
of Joshua Gregg and VIM. Lingo, OF
Kirkwood, were also presented, and a
ballot resulted in votes for Gregg and
9 for Lingo. Lingo was declared the
nominee.
CoRoNER.-W. J. McClain, of Pult-
ney, didn't know anything about
physic or pills, so he declined, and DIR.
p. r. Chapman, of MorristOwn, was
nominated by reclamation.
! Delegates 10 the Congressional Con
vention, to convene at Steubenville,
to-day, were elected as follows: Pat
rick Whalen, Geo E Smith, Chas Bait
zell, Samuel Simmons, Francis E
Drummond, VIM Grove, M Rich
ardson, VIM Lingo, Joshua Kirk, ii ID
Gregg, Isaac Hayes.
The following delegates to the State
Convention, to be held at Colum-
bus, July 23d, were elected: David
Stewart, J McClain, Elwood Phillips,
John Mckinley, John McKeever, Geo
E Smith, Levi Cassell, Philip King.
Thomas Archibald
The following County Executive
Com mittee was appointed by the
Chair: Patrick Whalen, Everett Hes
kett, w s McCurdy.
For the general welfare of the party
it was suggested that Central Com
mitteeman in each township be ap-
pointed, and that an enrolment of
voters be made. A partial report OF
the receipts and expenditures OF the
Executive Committee last year was
made, and vote of thanks was tender
ed to Mr.. Cyrus H. Kirk, for securing
the use of the Court House for the
Convention-to the citizens OF ST. Clairs.
Vile for their cordial treatment, aud
to the me:nbers of the press for their
attendance, and the Convention ad-
journed.
The Convention though small in
point of numbers, was conducted with
decorum, and business for the most
part, was transacted with dispatch and
in order.