The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-08-23

The Cincinnati Commercial has been
boasting for years that the rural dis
.tricts and cross roads politicians can
not dictate how great cities shall be
governed; and that great @ paper
now attempts to dictate how the Re-
publican party Of Ohio shall be man
aged and run. Well, last week Re
publican (?) convention was held in
Cincinnati to nominate a county
ticket. It was convention of which
the Commercial appears to- be very
proud.
The Columbus Dispatch is an inde-
pendent Republican paper, and gen.
orally truthful, Its Cincinnati cor
respondent, in giving an account of
this convention, among other things
says:
The Convention was not only one
of the most enthusiastic political
gatherings ever held in Cincinnati,
but it was, at times, one of the widest.
The feeling generally prevails that
the Hamilton county delegation in
the next Legislature, will be needed to
carry that body for one side or the
other; hence the great interest in the
nominations at this time. The DEM
ocrats were about as much interested
as the Republicans and their presence
and work was seen and felt in the
body. If there is any one thing more
than another that goes to show how
metropolitan Cincinnati is becoming
it is the pressure under which the po-
litical conventions are run. It has
been generally conceded that the Dem
ocrats monopolized the hummer ele-
ment and to them alone has it been
given to conduct their ward and local
politics by mob rule, but the Republi-
can Convention of yesterday possessed
some of the most essential elements
that gave notoriety to the celebrated
Five Points in the palmy days of New
York ring control.
The Convention was held over in
the German stronghold lover the
Rhine" in the Turner'S Hall. 1t was
composed Of 392 delegates, which
number being multiplied by five, would
probably equal the actual participants
in the work of the Convention. These,
with the usual number of hangers-on,
went to make up crowd that far sur
passed the capacity of the hall, which
would accommodate about one thous-
and people comfortably. The Con-
vention opened up in good shape, and
gave evidence of being a harmonious
and peaceable body, but as the day
wore on the excitement grew intense,
and only by the aid Of large and eff
ficient police force was business con-
Quoted. Meeting shortly after ten
o'clock. the Convention about eleven
took an adjournment until one o'clock.
This was the golden opportunity for
the buns and leeches to get in their
work and buy and sell and get gain
out of their votes and influences. The
Convention was noticeable for the
number Of young boys and roughs
who went to fill up many of the dele
cations. The matter Of buying and
selling was almost an open business.
During the recess from eleven until
one, the candidates and the delegates
mingled not a little, and the amount
of drinking that was done was aston
ishing, so that when the Convention
was called to order at one o'clock a
large portion were ready for the fight
in the literal sense.
The real music of the Convention,
so to speak, was not reached until the
ballotlng for County Auditor was
reached. Here, it was thai the ward