Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-01

Louisiana as in Ohio and Massachusetts.
J. F. ANDERSON, Chm.
| CHAs. A. REYNOLDS, Sec'y.
4 NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS
were then in order. Mr. Hollingsworth,
of Harrison county, said he had been
directed by the unanimous vote of the
delegation from Harrison, as well as by
a resolution passed by the County Con-
vention, to nominate candidate, "a III
sing politician of Ohio, capapable of in
fdelinite expansion, as all Ohio men are -
He paid a brief, bnt glowing tribute to
the present incumbent, DR.. J. Z. Upde-
graf, of Jefferson county.
Mr.. 7. B. Coulter, of Jefferson, in a
few neat remarks, seconded the nomi-
nation. Both speeches were cheered en-
Enthusiastically.
Judge Johnson Dillie, of Caldwell,
nominated James NJ. Dalzell, of Noble
| county, whose name was received with
marks of decided approval by the dele
gates. Judge Dillie made very appro-
pirate address in naming his nominee,
referring to DalZell's record with some
eloquence. A reference to John A.
Bingham, who was called by the speak
er that old man eloquent" also provo
ked applause. Rev. L. Timberlake, of
Guernsey, seconded the nomination, re-
GREETING that the soldier element had
not been more fitly recognized by the
nominating conventions of the Republi-
can party. He referred to the Private's
well-known temper ance record, which
caused some applause, and a gentle
smile on the part of some of the dele
Lgates. Amid the applause at the end of
his speech, voice from the lobby of the
hall shouted, "Hurrah for the private
soldiersw whereupon the applause broke
out afresh.
This being all the nominations, a bal
lot was taken by counties. Belmont
cast so votes for Updegraff and for
Dalzell; and Col. Baron in announcing
this said, "And, Mr.. President, am one
the three! Everybody laughed. Guern-
sey county cast 25 votes for Updegraff
and for DalZell. Harrison, in the
words of the Chairman of the delega-
tion, "26 full round votes for Jonathan
7. Updegraff." Jefferson 40 votes for
Updegraff. Noble, % for Dalzell. Max
ing total of ia votes, of which Upde-
graft received 141 and Dalzell 33
DR.. Updegraff was declared the nomi-
nee, and Messrs. Hunt, Coulter and Hol-
lingsworth were appointed committee
to notify the Doctor of his nomination
by the Convention.
Pending the retnrn of the committee,
an election for nominee as member of
the National Electoral College was pro-
posed. On a call of the counties for
nominees, DIR. Todd, of Belmont, rose in
his shirt sleeves. Abiding to this, as
he called it, seeming discourtesy, he said
it was an example which he desired all
to follow repeatedly before the close of
the campaign. He put in nomination
j. NJ. Lewis, ESQ.,, of BarneSville, accom-
panying the nomination with a few
ringing remarks, the best calculated to
warm up and snthuse the Convention of
any during the session.
A delegate from Guernsey county
named Capt. W. NJ. Farrar, of that coun-
ty, saying that he believed in the eter-
nal fitness of things, and he thought it
would be an exceedingly appropriate
thing for the Convention to choose as its
representative on the Ohio electoral
| ticket the man he named, who had been
member of Gorfield's staff during the
war. Jefferson county named Hon. Lo-
renzo Danford, of Belmont county, and
Noble, Geo. w. Taylor, of that county.
Hon. A. R. Smith presented the claims of
Noble, saying "she was small, but she
was great in her littleness." He appeal
ed to the Convention to recognize the
claims of his county, saying she had
never had any recognition in the dis
trict, and she was now i'll danger, by a
redistricting of the State, of being "cast
under the dark shades of Monroe"
"Help us" he said, "for this is our last
lingering gleam of hope. Laughter,
and signs of sympathy.l
Several of the nominations were ably
seconded, and it being discovered that
Mr.. Taylor's position as United States
Postmaster uufitted him to serve as cleo
| tor his name waS withdrawn and that