Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-08-13
Democratic County Convention.

| PulouduJ 10 call, met ID county c0nVen+
ton at Welday's Hall. on Tuesday. The
convention was called to order by Chair
man l. NJ. Riley, at IL o'clock, who after
some Imperative orders to delegates, rel
atlVe to their being seated and to ''stri-
kers' as he termed them, introduced
Rev. Robert Alexander, of the Presbyte-
rlan church, who opened the convention
with prayer.
Mr. Riley then named R. S. Clark, Esq.
of Union, for temporary chairman, and
j. B. Ryan, of Richland, for temporary
secretary.
Mr.. Clark was called to the platform.
and was received with applause. After
thanking the convention for the honor,
he made Democratic speech.
| The secretary called the townships to
see if the delegations were full. Several
matters of dispute were referred to the
committee on credentials.
The townships then announced their
central committeeman and senatorial
delegates.
On motion, the convention proceeded
to appoint the usual committees, and the
chair was designated to appoint the same
COMMIT EEs.
On Credentials H G. Wilson, Albert
Kennon, NJ. J. w. Glover, James Dunfee,
L. j. Carr.
Rules and Order OF Business-S. @.
Hamilton, j. j. Smith, r. c. Meyer, j. q.
Owens, o. II. Lucas.
Permanent OrganiZation-J. c. Mitch
ell, H. w. Bigley, J. A. Greenlee, J. H.
Patterson, Carl McIlvain.
On motion the convention adjourned
to 1 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention re assembled at one
o'clock, and the committee on permanent
organization reported as follows:
Chairman, r. S. Clark, of Union; sec
retary, J. B. Ryan, Richland; assistant
secretaries, j. B. Darrah, of Pultney, and
IL. Eaton, of Warren.
The committee on rules reported the
usual rules.
The committee on credentials, in their
report, censured the county central COM
mite on its apportiOnment of delegates,
but recommended that the apportio n
meat of the committee hold for this con-
vention. W. S. Barton, Esq, of COlerain,
who had claimed seat in the conven
tiOn, made an argument in favor of his
admission, which was replied to by Mr..
NJ. J. w. Glover, charm an of the COM
mittee. The report of the committee
We adopted.
W. n. COffiand offered the following
resolution, which was seconded by NJ. L.
lSlidd, of Smith:
WHEREAS, In the wisdom of Him who gov
erneth the nations, He has taken from our
midst the illustrious fellow citizen, Gen. L. S.
Grant; therefore,
Resolved, that the Democratic party of Bel
mont Co, Ohio, assembled in convention, do sin
cerely mourn his loss, feeling that in his death
the whole country has sustained the loss of a
true friend, one who, valiant in battle could
when the enemy had yielded to the force of
arms, see in the future a united people, and
contributed not only in the conditions of Lees
surrender, but by his every public act, and
especially in his late grand reunion of this
mighty nation.
Resolved, that we, voice the sentiments not
only of this nation but the people OF the world
send to the afflicted wife and family our sincere
sympathy in this great bereavement.
W. N. COPELAND,
M. 7. SuDD.
The next business of the convention
was the announcement of candidates for
anu bbO AOlAO"AuB PClN
sons were named: Isaac 7. Myers, Thos
J. Irwin, David Wagener, Harvey Dam
ford, Marshall Thompson and Ross }.
Alexander.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Alexander Al, Irwin %, Wagner 9,
Thompson Z, Myers 2, Thompson g.
whole number of votes 90, requiring Al
to nominate. Alexander received just
enough votes, and was declared one of
the nominees for Representative, On a
motion to make the vote unanimous,
Pultney and some other delegations voted
veciferously, NO.
At the close of the first ballot, the
name of DR.. E. N. Riggs, of York, was
presented, and the second ballot resulted:
Riggs 16 Myers 2. Thompson 2, Wag
ener 25, irwin 80, DanfOrd II.
Before the next ballot was taken, I. j.
Carr, of Barnesville, presented the name
of John W. Laughlin. of Warren. The
third ballot resulted as follows: Wag
ener SO, Laughlin 10, Irwin "a, DAM
ford 13.
The name of Irwin was withdrawn by
Pultney delegate. and Miles Joshua
Wilson Glover, of Smith, was trotted out
by NJ. T. Stidd, of Smith, who insinuated
that Democrats wouldn't stand to have
both Representatives from the same To-
cality, meaning thereby. that it wouldn't
be safe to nominate Wagener. The dec
lamation of Stldd alarmed the eOnVen
tion, and on the 4th ballot, John W.
| Laughlin, of Warren, was nominated,
receiving 65 votes to Wageners 81.
The next bone of contention was the
office of treasurer, and the following per-
SOUS were placed in nomination: George
Kern, VIM. WarnOck, Richard J. Riley,
T. J. Henderson. H. G. Workman, j. L.
Craig. George W. Medill, j. B. Ryan and
John NARROW.
Mr.. Ryan protested that he was not a
candidate, but didn't positively say:
our candidate cannot be"
The balloting was as follows:
First ballot-Medill l6, Henderson 6.
Ryan 2s, Riley 10, Kern "a. Craig Z, War
mock 2, Workman 3.
On the second ballot, Ryan climbed to
80 and Kern to 55, but nomination was
not reached.
The third ballot resulted in the nomt
ination of Ryan, the vote standing Ryan
"a, Medill 3, Kern "a, Henderson l.
| For com missioner, w. N. COtfiand
| UdDou OWCn hOOuolls anu OliC uiOo "OlO
suspended and Mr.. Meehan was nOmin-
ated by acclamatiOn.
James Cook and James Taylor, of
Wheeling township, were named for in
Urinary director, but Mr.. Taylor declared
he wouldn't have it under any circum-
stances, which left Mr.. Cook with an
open field, and the rules were suspended,
and he was nominated by acclamation.
Up to thls time, Pultney township
having been pretty effectually sat down
upon in all her aspirations, Mr.. l. M.
Riley very generously proposed to NOM