The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-14

Republican party, and to sweep in triumph
the whole State of Ohio, from the river to
the lakes.
Nominations for Lieutenant Governor
being next in order, Mr.. Covert, of Cuya-
hoga County, nominated Hon. William q. |
Rose. Mr.. Cuneo named Gen. Minor M. |
Kirby, of Wysndot.
Balloting was then proceeded with and
resulted in the nomination of Rose by the
following vote: Rose, 449H; Kirby, 145K.
The nomination of Mr.. Rose was then made
unanimous.
OTHER NOMINATIONS.
For Judge of the Supreme Court, General
j. Warren Keifer, seconded by Warner NJ.
Bateman, of Cincinnati, named for the long
term, ending 1887, Judge Upson, of Akron,
one of Governor Fosters recent appointees
to that bench, and it was made by acclama-
tion. Judge John 81. Doyle, of Toledo, the
other appointee, was named for the short
term expiring February 8, 1884, and for the
regular term following thereafter. This
nomination was also made by reclamation.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court Dwight
c. Crowell, present incumbent, was renom-
mated by acclamation.
For Attorney General Hon. Henry c.
Taylor named E. l.. Dewitt, of Franklin;
Col. W. c. Lemert, of Bucyrus, named Dan
iel Pabst, of Crawford; Captain Sterrett, of
Troy, seconded by General Keifer, named
M. B. Earnhart, of Miami County, and ex-
Senator Joseph R. johnson, of Youngs-
town, was also named. Earnhart led so
far on the first ballot that all the other can.
didates withdrew, and he was nominated
| by acclamation.
For Auditor of State, DR.. Scott named
| the present incumbent, Hon. John F. Ogle-
| wee. This nomination was also made by
| acclamation.
For Treasurer of State, Martin A. Jami-
son, of Warren; G. l.. Kurtz, of Athens;
Daniel Staley, of Shelby, and John c.
Brown, of Steubenville, were named. Mr..
Brown was nominated on the first ballot.
For State Commissioner of Common
Schools, Colonel D. F. DeWolf, the present
| incumbent, was renominated; also by ac-
| clamation.
The only contest of any consequence was
that over the nomination for Member of
the Board of Public Works, the last on the
list. For this E. B. Henderson, of Mus
kingum; Hon. Dan Mcfarland, of Scioto;
Jonathan Rose, of Guernsey; Samuel Case,
of Wood, and Leo Weltz, of Clinton, were
proposed. The last named was put forth
by E. R. Doane, of Clinton; Major Bick-
ham, Colonel A. L. Conger, of Akron, and
DR.. Scott, the latter of whom declared
Weltz to be "one of the best Germans in
the State of Ohio, and one of those that
favored the Scott law" As the ballot pro-
ceeded, Henderson and Case were with
drawn and the contest narrowed down to
Mcfarland, who scored Isl votes, and
Weltz, who got the nomination by 800, and
and it was then declared unanimous.
THOUGHTFUL PROVISION.
This closed the nominations. On motion
of General Keifer the Central Committee
was authorized to fill all vacancies occur
ring on the ticket by death or declination
, 1t was now 2:05 pm and there being nc
other business, the chairman declared the
Convention adjourned sine die.
The Nominee.
Joseph Benson Foraker was born IL
Highland County, O., July 5, 1876 Hi
grandfather came from Delaware in 1920
and settled where Rainsboro now stands
and where the Judges father now resides
After attending the country school, he en-
tered at the age of fifteen the office of hi
uncle, James Reese, Auditor of Hillsboro
The following year the war broke out anc
;, he enlisted as private, but was soon mad
q sergeant, and came out of tn,
: war as captain. In 1869 b.
a graduated at Cornell University
i after which he went to Cincinnati
and read law with Judge Sloan. He wa
!. admitted to the bar in October, 1869, ant
i the following year married Miss Juli'
Bundy, of jackson, from which marriag
t he has four children. In 1879 he was elect
q Judge of the Superior Court, but resigne'
! in 1882 on account of failing health and
S preference for the practice of the law. H.
e resides at Walnut Hills, suburb of Gin