Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-07
Democrats In Convention,
CARRY OUT THE COMBINATION,
And Make a Ticket to Be Beaten in
October.

The Democrats held their county con.
vention at Barnesvilie Oh. Tuesday, IL
the city hail. A fair crowd was i'll al
tendance, but there was no especial in
dcations that they considered, Other
than that they we've going through tns
mere formula of making nominations
The enthusiasm was very gentle. aBG
purely of the manufactured kind.
The convention was called to order al
111z o'clock, by L. NJ. Riley, Esq, chair
man of the county central coh. mittee
Rev. DR.. Wallace opened the convention
with prayer
Upon the conclusion of the prayer, Mr.
Riley named exCounty Treasurer Ham
Eaton, of Warren, as temporary chair
man, and J. b. Ryan, as secretary. anG
the choice was ratified by the conven
ton. Mr.. Eaton, upon assuming the
duties of the chair, thanked the cOnven
tion for the honor conferred, and said
be esteemed it great honor TO preside
ever convention composed of the work.
ing men-wOrkers at the polls for the
Democratic party; more of an honor to
preside over such a b,:dy, than over q
convention of mereyl ordinary voters
As the chairman knew he could no.
make speech, he thought there was 4
purpose IN calling him to preside, to
avoid speech, so without further re
marks, Mr.. Eaton said he was ready for
the pleasure of the convention.
The townships were called for names
of delegates and central committeeman
and reported in their order.
On motion of W. n. Coffiand, five per-
4 inf ad Of ~ f.Nl
lowing committees: Credentials, Rules
and Order of Business, and Permanent
Organization, as follows: Credentials s.
John McGraDahan, Elmore Kinney, w.
A. Glover, John Y. Fisher, Cyrus Camp
bell. Permanent Organization - Lee
Leech, John c. Bethel. II. Frasher, Alfred
Bishop, j. 81. Z. Patterson. Rules aud
Order of Business-W. ). Barton, John
o. McKelyey, L. A. Workman. G. A.
Koruer, Arch Giffin.
The chair Stated that Congressional
candidate, A. J. Warner, wished to see
the central committeeman at his room
in the Albert House Immediately after
ecess, but failed to state that he wished
to distribute mules to aid in his elec
ton, and the convention took recess
until o'clock.
At /: 20 o'clock the Convention re-
convened, and the committees reported
as follows: On credentials, all delega-
tions full and no contests. On rules
and order-the usual rules. MIR. w. S.
Barton, the champion of the committee,
who for several years has been in favor
of abolishing the star chamber practice
of the Democracy in making nomina
nA in huH ha
adOpted-the chairman of the township
delegation announcing the preferences
of his delegation tor each office. The
temporary officers of the convention,
with the addition of Jas Dixon, as as
sistant secretary, were continued as the
permanent officers.
Nominations being next in order, an.
nouncements for Probate Judge were
made. Fl Day presented the name of
d W Cooper, of Pultney; r II Tannehill
named j W Walton, of Warren Hon II
Danford presented the name of Philip
King, of Warren. and Mr.. Emmett
Drummond named j J Heskett, of
Goshen.
No other names being presented, bal
loting began. There being So votes in
tn convention, A were required to!
nominate. The first ballot resulted as
follows: Cooper 43. Walton 50, Heskett
5; King 6.
: Second ballot-Cooper 46, Walton so,
Heskett 4, Kiug 4. -s-'='s.
Mr. Cooper was declared the nominee,
and, on motion of J w Laughlin, of
Warren, the nomination was made
unanimous.
Announcements for sheriff were then
made
Thomas Cochran presented the name
of Robert Hanson, of Pease, and urged
as one reason for bis nomination that
he had been soldier in the army of the
rebellion Henry Nagle named Thomas
Carr, but somebody recullecting that
Thomas had stretched hemp" several
years ago, corrected him to T. j. Carr, OF
Warren. Amos Shepherd presented
James B. Darrah. George w. Wood
fridge presented John d. Heinlein, of
Pease. as "a wheel horse in the Demo-
cratic par y-one who never pulls back
on the traces" "One who can beat the
Republicans-present, incumbent and
devil combined" George McKee, second
ed the nomination. William Gallaher.
who said he "never came up before the
Democracy for an Office, and l trust in
God never will,"-"I am no office seek
er," named Joseph Beatty, of Bultney
Coff1and named T. E. Bolon,
of Goshen.
BallOting began and resulted as follows:
Hanson 13, Helnlein 2S,. Carr IA, Oar
rah IA, Beatty 10, Bolon s.
Second ballet-Heinlein 45, Carr 15, |
Darrab 1, Beatty 5, BolOn Z.
Mr.. Heinleih was declared the nomi. |
nee
For Prosecuting Attorney. W n Coff-
land placed in nomination N. K. Ken |
non, of Richland township, and there |
being no other announcements, on mo- |
tion of j b Ryan, the rules were sus- |
pended and Mr. Kennon was nominated |
by reclamation.
Mr. Kennon's nomination was receiv- |
ed with demonstrations of approval,
and he was called to the platform, and |
in neat speech thanked the convention |
for the great honor conferred upon him. |
For Commissioners. Nathaniel Taylor,
the present incumbent, was renOminated |
by acclamatiOn.
For Infirmary Director, WIN. Coffland,
who by this time had achieved the rep
utation of being the great announcer"
the name of Levi Jones, of |
Pease, and denOminated him as the care
full, painstaking and efficient present |
of that office. W J Sttit |
named John A Taylor, of Richland. A |
ballot resulted in the selection Of Jones
by a vote of 81 to % for Taylor.
E b Kennedy, of Bellaire, was nomina-
ted for Coroner, by acclamation, after
which a motion was made to give three
cheers for the ticket, and after some |
quibbling as to who should begin the
music, puny shout went up over the |
work of the convention.
Gen. Warner, who had been engaged |
at the Alberts House seeing" the cons
here entered the Hall, and |
was escorted to the platform, where be
held forth in prosy style for an hour
and hulf .uifhnnt hn