The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-07-10
THE MINERVA REPUBLICAN, CON-
VENTION.

for this district, held at Minerva on
Wednesday Of last week, was not the
most harmonious affair. Stark county
had three candidates, Henry A. Wise OF
Canton, S. @. Bowman of Massillon, and
E. N. Hartshorn OF Mt. Union. The diff.
ferent factions Of this county were bit
terly.opposed TO Mr.. Wise of this city.
The Republicans fror" the different parts
OF the county declaring that they were
tired Of being dictated to and run by the
y Grand Moguls" Of the Canton "McKin-
ley .Saxton, Underhill & Co., Ring" As
usual, their candidates were neither of
them gallant soldiers" but all Major
Generals" of the Calico Brigade. The
following is the way the Carroll Chronicle
takes off the convention
"The post bellum warriors Of this Sena.
torial district met at Minerva, Wednes-
day, to yell at the Confederate Briga
diers, congratulate themselves on saving
the Union at $l3 month in depreciat'
ed greenbacks, and incidentally to nom.
mate candidate Cor State Senator, but
fate had it in store for them to get side
tracked off the main line, and get into
first.class fight among themselves. A
few of the great warriors were absent,
among others Major General R, H. Fol-
ger, who two years ago went over the
district with whole menagerie and side
show combined. Msj,GeD. Jim Under
hill, who was Probate Judge during the
war, was called to the chair, and Major
Gen, Harvey Eckley secretary. Nomin-
ations being in order, some Maj General
nominated Gen. E. N. Hartshorn of Mt,
Union Gen. Day nominated Gen. Hen
ry A. Wise, both of Canton; Private Ul.
man nominated Maj Gen. Bowman of
Massillon; Maj Gen. and ex-Draft Com.
missioner Trip nominated Admiral
Taylor Of Carrollton. Cory and bloody
words were used in these descriptive
pedigrees. II was said of Harlshorn he
took deep interest in the Republican
cause, circulated Republican documents
in his neighborhood hauled to the polls
in his private carriage everybody who
would go with him ON election day, or.
ganized the Republicans in his township
and precinct" &c. Each of the other
candidates received a similar endorse.
ment, though no reference was made to
their having served in the Union army,
and the Democratic rebels were terribly
bombarded by venomous jawbones. Bal.
loting commenced, with the following
result:
FIRST BALLOT. SECOND BALLOT.
Wise.."................S 80 Wise............... 81
aylOT"".,............ ~ TaylOT..-....... ..". Is
Hsrtshor,....",....".. 10 HaTtshOrD. ...... IA
BOWman""."."""..".1 Ii Bowman ................. 10
1.-TWO votes were cast for "Blank, ,"who
we presume is also Republican Major
General. The convention consisted of
"a warriors, and the votes of 3S would
nominate. The ballots continued with
about the same result, except when the
Bowman support would sometimes 90 to
either Taylor or Hartshorn, or divided
between them. On the 2lst ballot the
result was Taylor 27, Wise %, Hartshorn
l4-fVe of the delegats having gone
home or not voting. 1t being train time
at this juncture, the reporters Of the
Chronicle left for home. We learn, how.
ever, that between five and eight O'Clock
a most unrighteous and unholy wrangle
was INDUCED in by these pious Generals
As night grew on some of the Major Gen
erals returned home, and the Wise dele
gates, being in the majority, and having
named the chairman, undertook to fill
in" with Wise kickers from Canton, who
had heen brought along for that purpose
To this bull doing proceeding other del
egates objected, and racket or a riot
or beth Comblned-seemed inevitable,
and at it they went, hammer and tongs.
Maj Gen. Mong of Waynesburgh, now
clerk in the Probate judges office, and
who wormed in Wise delegate in Lew
Scotts own township, very broadly inti-
mated that if Carroll county man was
nominated, Stark county would defeat
him. This was bluff from Wise to Tay.
lor, and the groundwork for it was here:
Wise and Taylor had agreed that no an.
nouncements should be made in the
Free Press prior to the Republican nom
ination; but the Free Press each week
editorially endorsed Taylor in column
and half articles. The Wise men, fur.
ther on, proposed the shameful barer
that if Taylor would agree to put 81 600
in the canvass, they would agree to nom.
mate him; and this much they thought
Admiral Taylor oughtto do because Wise
had agreed to spend 50 900 if he (Wise)
was nominated. The Taylor men, to
their credit be it said, spurned this bull.
doing demand for 'corn.meal," with.
drew Admiral Taylor's name and waved
Carroll county chances, and the balloting
proceeded amid the most bitter and aCri
monioas feeling; the chairman mean
while tacitly encouraging the rowdy eIe.
ment from his own town, and threats
toward the Major Generals in the town.
ship of Carroll county. This pandemo-
mum continued until the 33i ballot, s |
o'clock, when Hartshorn received 36 of
The go votes cast, and was declared the
nominee. Bowman received 19 votes,
blank 8, and Taylor 8, notwithstanding
The latter's withdrawal.
Reports were current on the streets |
Yesterday from authentic sources, that
The Carroll Free Press would bolt Harts-
horns nomination; bet Carroll county
has too often turned the other cheek"
10 their big brothers at Canton" to as
,ert their manhood at this late date"