Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-01

ing under defeat, ana conscious lHal tHe
Republican party could be reunited and
reiuvenated by reform in its local machin-
cry, its leading men without more fuss
and feathers than was necessary moved
forward as one man and broke the ma
chine into smithereens. The GLoBE-RE-
PUBLIC assayed to assist in the undertak
ing, and, after voicing what was considered
a popular demand for change in the plan
for nominating candidates, and outlining
what that plan should be, number of
leading citizens, as many as could well be
handled in one issue Of the paper, were in
terviewed on the subject There could be
no mistaking the sentiment so universally
expressed in those interviews. There YVES
no uncertainty, no equivocation. 1t was
plainly, and pointedly direct for change
and delegate convention.
The Central Committee, in answer to
this popular demand, issued the call for
the convention, they also submitted a
somewhat novel plan for the selection of
delegates. This plan was uot received
without some question. Some very good
people thought it resembled lottery
scheme, others thought it too tedious, but
it was received, and happily it has given
entire satisfaction. 1t utterly dumbfound-
ed the ward politicians who had been ac-
customed to setting up the pins in the
wards. Old-time honesty and spirit of
fairness and purity of elections seemed to
once more prevade the party caucuses pre-
vious to the convention. The convention
ITSELF as result, was composed of the
representative men of the party. 1t was
an extraordinary meeting of the Republi-
can citizens of Springfield. Its personal
presence; its honest deliberations; its
discriminating care; its manifest freedom
to act without fear and the evident absence
of cliques and claquers were altogether
convincing to even the casual spectator
that the popular will of the people, whom
the convention represented, would be fair
ly expressed by that body of men. 1t was
large convention, fully fifteen hundred
people crowded Blacks Opera House from
pit to dome, and the vast assembly mani
tested its sympathy with the work of the
convention, and acquiessed in its results
with applause that shook the building.
The ticket presented is unexceptionally
strong. Had it been previously cut out to
make it representative. it could not have
been more fortunate in that respect than ii
is. The workingmen are ably represented
in Jas. p. Goodwin, the candidate for
Mayor. He was born upon the farm and
early berett of parents, he was left to his
own resources. He came 10 Springfield
in 1874 and engaged in the shipping de
partment of the Champion Malleable Iron
Works. In this work he acquired suffi,
cient money TO allow him to attend law
school, returning from school he re-entered
the iron works and studied law at night,
and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He
is seli-made, and represents the progres-
sive class of young American manhood.
His reputation for sobriety and general
uprightness is unquestioned. His nomi'
nation is not only gratifying to working.
men, but is especially so to honorable
young men who are trying to work their
way in the world.
A. n. Summers. for city solicitor, was
admitted to the bar in 1882. He is ably
fitted for the position. and he is popular,
as was evident in the convention, when il
fairly stormed over the rules in calling for
him after the nomination was made. He
is well and favorably known in the city,
aud will carry special strength to the
ticket
W. H. Hughes for city marshal, was a
soldier i'll the late war, and is a we'll known
police officer of the city. He is popular
with the people and, next to Goodwin and
Summers, received marked applause when
nominated.
Ed A. Williams, for street commissioner,
was formerly in the knife and bar shops Of
the city. He afterwards became one OF
the principal foremen in charge of the
construction of the city water works, and
was employed in the same capacity on the
Plum and Limestone streets sewers. By
an explosion of a sewer on which he was
engaged in Richmond, Ind, he lost a foot.
Capacity and perfect fitness for the place
were the considerations that placed him in
nomination.
Edward c. Gwynn, for water works trus-
tee, is the present president OF that Board.
His position on the Board speaks for his
fitness for reelection, aside from an abund-
snce Of testimony which might be ad-
duced TO the same end and which would
only be a repetition of what everybody
knows
The colored people are well represented
BY two of their well-known leading men
on the township ticket: James Buford, for
township trustee, and Thos. J. Jewett, for
constable, bo:h of whom were nominated
by scclamation.
The remaining names on the ticket,
Joseph Harrison and John NJ Stewart, for
trustees; W. a. Stout, for justice of the
peace; Louis Brown, for constable; Isaac
Kindle, for clerk, and w. S. Wilson, for
treasurer, are all well and favorably known,
in the city and township, and further
words of commentator are not necessary
The ticket presented is the fair work of an
unpacked convention. Through
it the people have spoken so far as the Re
publican party is concerned. There is not
a name on the ticket for which any defense
or apology is necessary to be made-not
one. They are there first, because they
are good and able men; they are there
fairly, and they are there to win. They
deserve to win, and they will win. The
party behind them deserves to win, and it