Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-16

gentlemen famed he confirmed as the Clark
county democratic central committee for the
year.
Nominations for county tfiicials were next
In order beginning with surveyor. After
long delay, the chairman painting in glow
Ing los the extensive pe'qm,ites Of the
ot'ic", no mes being present a, the Office
was passed aud ba k lett on the ticket
JoscIh Bolan wariei 10 endorse VIM Sharon.
republican nominee, but was howled down
by the dyed-in-'he- aoyl-, almost before he
got the words out OF his m ,u,h.
For coroner Abe Less er, IN y strain OF i'm
FASHIONED eloauence that coul int have been
exceeded ii there had been even a remote tos-
bility OF biz man being elected propos,d
the name OF DE-. Chas. Leonard. Fin. Thomas
assured the convention that II it nominated
W. T. Batterson, ". D.. he would b. ,laced
in Oc,obtr. Mr.. McGrevy proposed DIR.
Wildasin, OF Harmony. Ga first bsl Rev
nolds received 20, PATTERSON AZ, Wild,siu TO-
On second ballot Reynolds was nom rs,d.
receiving o3 to % tor Wl1asin and gs for
Patterson.
The names suggested for infrmary dir, c,or
we're those OF J hn Cord, Wm. Hulinppr, A.
B. Smith, WT. r. Burnett, John Ro,hsn and
rat Lamar. Toal numter of d,s cast
l55. Necessary to choice 7s. Hulinper,
Smith, Burnett and Rothan declined. On frs,
ballot Cord got - woes. Smith G7,L,nnap 81.
Johnson 3. Second ballot, Cord -. Smith
65, Launan II. There were so many
changes on third ballo, that Cords
nomination was assured, and on motion of A.
b. Smith it was made by acclamation.
For coun ty conn is.roner A. b. Smith was
presented by s'm' dmirtr from back pre-
cnct, but deI ned in a manner to show he
meant it, aud On ]. J.Smith's motion Martin
Shellabarger, n welI-,o-dp Mad River fa mer,
was nominated b. actlamaton.
&Eiher Frank Showears or T.. o. Hagan
could have had the nomination by keeping n
little quiet, but both persisted ia declininp.
apd Milton Cole, Esq VINO was no, present
to decline, was nominated by acclama,ion.
somebody calling to mind the fact that, in an
on year long agr he came within Few
thcuTnd, more or less, OF beating the r6pub-
lican nominee
1t only remaired 10 nominate Frank p,
Hrove tor repr sentative, by acclamaiion, TO
complete the busne of the convention.
witch immed ltey and tumul uou,ly sd-
lourned aud broke Tor daylight the voice of
Az,l Smith shouting, "Mr. Chairn an" Mr..
Charnan, coming up teebly through the racket
without any notice being taken OF him. Alasl
poor Aa,l Was IL indeed h, who once car
ried Clark cpuny democracy in his pocke,2
How are the mighty taleul
There was pause at one period during
the nomination of the county ticket to hear
the report OF the committee on delegates to
state convention, which filed IN vi b an effort
to create the conviction something had been
done besides listen to Commissioner Con.
stantine dictate who and hat should be in
the delegation. 1t is as follows: Delspstes-
Madison Over, Pike township; Geo. D;Ilt-
hunt, Mad River; John Mccarthy, Spring
field; j. n. Reese Madison; Louis Weixrl-
bum, Howard Ho'chkiss, Wm, Burns, sr., F.
NJ. Hnghel, CIV. Constantine, John Knnane,
Jacob Korn, city.
Alternates-Wm. Michael, Lswrenccville;
Barney Higgins, Springfield township; Wm.
Steinm'n A. l.. Lessner II. G Williamson,
J. G. Smith, Frank Hughes, Michael Kearns,
Frank schrimpf, city. 1t is not difficult
matter to tell what that delegation will do at
Columbus. When the question was put on
its confirmation Mr.. Lorenz voted in the neg
ative. Take the convention through it was
about the most inanimate, perfuuctory, de-
pressed and depressing affair OF the kind the
writer ever saw although Greene township
was the only one not represented There was
not an approach to anything ia the line of a
Speech which taken in con-
nectIon with the failure to pass
resolutions, for the first time
in the history OF Clark county democracy,
and consider ny thai this was the first oppor-
tun'y Of the kind tor a whoop over last Nc
vemoers little affair, is certainly OF signii-
cance. What can the mater be? President
Cleveland, or Gov. HoadIy, can you suggest
a1ything2 As usual the Irish element was
b'aut''ully let in the making up Of the
ticket and delegation, being once more prac-
ticaIly ignored. THIS IS asm al bid for the
sI'dier vote in the no nnation of Comrade
John Cord, who is one OF the most active
members of the g. A. r. II TIE Columbus
convention is 10 be Judged by yesterdays
county convention, what truly funeral oc-
casion 1t will be.