Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-04

main floor was closely packed BY delegates, |
alternates and visitors, and far TO the rear the
spectators accommodated themselves, . fair |
sprinkling finding places in the gallery and
upon the platform. There was no emusic |
BY the band,' but business moved of on
time, Notwithstanding the omission. II was
2;l5 before Chairman Elder raped to order.
and the convention was none too prompt In
responding. Mr.. Elder asked as favor, and
demanded as a right, that the best order pos
sible be preserved, that all in the house may
hear whatever is said. The first item Of bus
iness was the report OF the committe on rules
and order of business, which WAS presented
by George 8. Dial, Esq, as follows
L. H. Rannels, from committee on perma-
nent organization. reported the names Of
George Elder for permanent chairman, e. n.
Campbell, secretary; George A. Beard, Of
Mad River, assistant secretary. The report
was adopted, and Mr.. Elder briefly returned
thanks.
The following shall be the rules Of this
convention:
First-The parliamentary rules oI the last
General Assembly Of the State Of Ohio shall
govern this convention.
Second-One nominating speech and one
seconding speech for each candidate for nom.
ination by this convention may be made, but
each shall be limited 70 three minutes.
Third-No nominations shall be made after
the commencement OF any ballot.
Fourth-The entire vote Of each delegation
shall be announced by the chairman ot such
delegation, and the person receiving Q major
ity Of the votes Of all the members Of the con-
vention for any nomination shall be the NOM
nee OF the cor nvention.
Fihh-There shall be NO informal ballot.
Sixth-After the second ballot the caudi-
date receiving the lowest number OF votes
shall he dropped.
Seventh."hen two or more candidates
81. su1 oou.ouuous u'ouou '', :" su'Henu u,,
not be entertained nntil after the second bei.
lot, and such motion shall prevail only BY q
two-thirds vote, ascertained BY call OF the
convenuon.
s,,,as.. o'u'' vi 'u''"'" '""'' W ~
ls,-Rsnort of tho conm;,,s. n, ru,.. and
order of business,
| 2d-Report Of committee on credentials.
3d-hePort OF committee on permanent
o'esh'A"oon. .h n ,.;
5tb-Nom;nst;no .neachss a. rho once tor
which the nomination is TO be made, is
called.
oth-oanuidates snail be nominated oy TINS
convention ior 'he ioiio"inK omces IN the
srsvanor
2-Coroner.
3-Iufrmary director.
4-County commissioner.
rioSeou'ihs A''orhey'
| ypnrs ,.s,,.,,t,,rr
| JAMES FLEMING, Pres't.
GEo. s. DIAL, Sec'y.
The committee on credentials, through J.
b. Trumbo. reported all delegations full and
no contests, except in the Ninth wsri, in
which Abe Myers contests the seat OF II. J.
Wright, holding proxy Of B. +. K Jennings,
the committee deciding in favor Of hr.
Wright. The committee found that no dele
gation was present from Madison township,
regularly chosen according to the call OF the
central committee, and referred the same to
the convention. A warm discussion ensued
as 10 Tue present sunoinR OF tooSe noidiog
i"'' "'"on ""' "a"u. "uu ea'le' '"s'
the report be received. A. n. Summers
moved that the delegation as chosen in last
nights caucus. P. N. Csrtmell moved to re-
fer the report hack IN the comm;,,ae with
;,s,,,o,;o,, o., .,, .. ..
.'' " p'''.n' .''onu 'ep''' s0"'-
ing "aoison 'o"nsnip deiegates as CHOSEN al
the caucus in South Charleston last night.
Declared carried, the chairman finding he
.noes too short" The committee nm credep- J.
i'll, ,.....h,.a -. ,h .,.. 49,. .,,..
N-'' y" ,n' ''"ke' anu ''''' oo'
SuiAuon' reported oack 70 the convention
again, referring. the matter to that body and
questioning it's right to refer the rep ort back
"A il had done The ,e,o,t "a, ,scs;vsa
"uu oontn tni''ee u'scna'geo.
The following protest from the minority rel
mittee to chose delegates was put into III.
b.nds of IN. comm;,,oe =, o,aa.,,;.,. ,d
,-a..,
'A"ea '"''. a'.'o" :" ue''"i''s '"e' ue'e'
CATION not entitled to voice in the conven.
"on'
D,x 1 rnn.nn;in rna peessss = the ksPubiesI
at Springfield:
GEsrLENES-We, the undersigned. hsvins
been duly elected a. members OF the commit
tee OF seven rom hsdison township for th'
r, ,ou, ~ ..p,.s.n,.;sn ;ss Shi; .us n.%e' y
nut in a hoI in accord. nce vi,h m. csI, y
the central committee, hereby certify 70 tb,
convention that the other four members o.
| said committee OF seven refused to allow thS