The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-07-09
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT con-
KERTIOM
MsSsrs. CLARK, Bradbury and Cbsri1g-
ton the Nominees.

The Republican Convention for
the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in which
this county is included, was held at
Portsmouth last Wednesday week.
The district is composed of sixteen
counties and there were I2o delegates
in the Convention, Or being neces-
sary to a choice.
General c. H. Grosvenor, of
Athens county, was made permanent
Chairman, Hon. H. c. Jones, Of Vim
ton, Vice President and c. A. Atkin-
son, of Jackson, Secretary.
The candidates before the Conven-
ton we're Judge Bradbury, of Meigs,
Major Cherington, of Lawrence,
Judge Loudon, of Brown, M. L.
Clark, Of Ross, P. c. Smith, Of Pick
away, and S. H. Bright, Of Hooking
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Bradbury 1857, Cherington 7a,
Clark 561z, Smith 3415, Loudon Al,
Bright 4I5z. Bradbury, and Cher
ington, were declared nominated.
The second ballot resulted as fol-
lows Clark 631z, Loudon 335l,
Smith 10, Bright 7, Clark was de-
CIared DoD,iDated
The ticket is considered a very
strong one, all the nominees being
prominent and able lawyers, Judge
Bradbury having had long expert
ence IS a Judge Of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas.
Politically the district went Repub-
lican in 1881 but Democratic for the
past twoyears. This being the Presi-
dental year, the chances are consid-
cred in favor Of the Republicans.
The nomination Of Mr.. P. c.
Smith, was seconded by Hon. J. J.
Pugsley, of this city, whose speech
is thus referred to by the Chilhcothe
Leadey:
The Hon. Jake Pugsley, of High
land, was a former law partner OF
Mr.. Smiths, and that gentleman
was most fortunate in securing the
assistance of the Hon. Jake in plaC-
ing him before the convention. He
seconded Mr.. Smiths nomination
and he did it in one of the neatest
little speeches made in the conven.
ton. The Hon. Jake is a gentle,
man Of good appearance and fine
address, and has a faculty of using
the English language in a way tha
leaves no opportunity for his hear
2 ers to misinterpret his meaning, while
there is also an elegance and polish
about his sentences that has a tend
S ency to increase the listeners re
e spect for the speaker. The Hon
! Jake improved the opportunity t
thrust the knife deep under the fiftl
rib Of the candidate from BrowI
D county, and twist it around two o
i three times, while his face bore evt
dence that the Hon. Jake rather en-
joyed his work,
: The nomination Of Mr.. Clark, wa
: seconded by our townsman Cyru
e Newly Esq, whose remarks wer
g thus complimented by the LeQdsr
n Mr. Cyrus Newly, of Highland
Il seconded Mr.. Clark's nomination i
It a very becoming way, and in brit
Il but we'll chosen remarks. Nj
Newly grew facetious at the yer
outset. One of the speech maker
who had preceded him, had glorie
. in the fact that his candidate was
: self-made man. It had been the il
F tention Of the Hon. Jake Pugsley {
j. make precisely the same point fC
/. his own man, but when he foun
p that his thunder had been stolen, b
~ went the self-made man one bette
and claimed that God made SmitI
le This left Newly somewhat at sea (
is to Just how he could do honor to ii
ic origin Of his candidate, so he ju
frankly stated-in way that brougI
down the house-that he didn't kno
,g and he didn't care whether Mr., Clal
% made himselfor somebody else mac
him, he knew that he was here, ar
rs here with an ability and a arePutatiC
e, as a lawyer unsurpassed by that Po
D. sessed by any attorney at the SOutI
81 ern Ohio bar. Mr.. Newby's secor
~ ,..,r vrva11 va.afvral