Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-16
THEBOURBON BRETHREN
90 7HROUGH INF MOTIONS or
HOLDING COUNTr CONVEN1ION.

| feebIest Of Nt'ks-1hc Ticket ana DeIe
| gates Chosen.
| The doors Of the Grand Opera house. place
OF holding the democratic county convention
this afternoon, did not open until past 2
| o'clock, the hour set Tor calling the
| convention to order, and then the
| BJurbonistic brethren who had been cool
ing their heels on the pavement outside
to the number OF one hundred or one
hundred and fifty (brethren, not heels,
were ushered into the balf-lghted
autitorium through great cloud OF dust
raised by the operation OF taking up carpets
In the aisles and corridors. The time previous
to the opeuipg OF the doors was improved.
swamp Commissioner Constantine with
| cunning 81 calculation in his mild blue eye
and chairman Johnny Kinnane on bis arm,
march d up ard down the ashes ine paw, men',
| giving the latter the tip on the right thing to
do in the convention. He to managed embrace
crch delegate, Ms he came up, and MUIR
, mur lew half audible words in his ear, to
which the response, invariably, WAS ready
nod OF acquiescence There was long wait
after the delegates had taken their seats
and the quiet Of expectation and
suppressed excitement prevailed. II was 2:25
when johnny knnane, with the solemnity
| # he burial place, escorted to the platform,
Mr.. LOUIS Weixrlbsum, selected by the
central committee temporary chairman,
who was introduced and said he had been
named tor temporary chairman by the cen
tral committee and he returued sincere thanks.
he only knew one reason why they
; should do SO; they knew he never
m de speeches on such occasions and
it would be pity to disappoint them. The
next business was the selection OF a tempe
rary secretary, and Frank Showers, Esq, was
| chosen.
Mr.. Constantine moved to dispense with
the committee on perm 'neut organ i1ation
ana confirm temporary Off 'ers as the perma-
nent organization, which wa. carried, Mr..
Constantine putting the q Iesi)n, upon which
| there was one nay.
Mr.. Lessner said it wa' part of the duty OF
this convention to select 81 ven delegates and
eleven altetnltes to Represent this county in
the democratic state convention at Columbus
August 10 aud 20. He moved the appoint
tneut of committee o. one from each ward,
township and precinct to select delegates and
alternates. Mr.. Martiudel moved that each
township, ward ard precinct report one
Ia ha Il
from which the first eleven names drawn
shall be those OF delegates aud the next
e.e,cr altern itcs.
Johnny hlnnaue up-euded him'el and
hoped the amendment would not prevail
II was following the peruicious example of
the republicans, and the convention might
AS well shake dice and be i NJ with il. A. b
Smith thought the Martiniel plan the only
ialr one. Mr.. Lessner opposed the amend.
ment, in the lottery plea and thought the
democrats could choose delegation OF hon
est, intelligent meu without appeal, on the
republican method, to the Goddess of
Chance.
l.. Ii. Lorenz favored the amendment say
ing its object was to break the old ring. We
have been sending the same men to state con.
ventions year after year, and il was time for
change The plan was not gambling. Kin
name got the laugh on the first ward school
board member by calling attention to the fact
that a, Friday nights csucus be never said a
word about the hat scheme when delegates
were TO be selected to this convention.
At this point there was grea, hush and
breaths were heh in expectation as Boss Cor
stantine arose from bis seat in the front row
and with owl-like solemnity declared that,
above all things he hated 10
initiate the evil ways OF the republican party
here. He then proceeded to plead in the
cause OF purity and the good, old, cut-and-
dry committee style Of selecting list of del
egates made up before the convention met
There was some further feeble kicking, but it
was too evident the gang had the convention
right under its thumb, and when vote was
taken on the Marrndrll anne ndment it was
lost with only feeble driLble of affirmative
votes. The original resolution was then
adopted and the following committee ap-
pointed to select delegates and alternates:
First ward, John Kinnaue; Second ward
Chas. Cregar; Third ward, G. W. Coustap-
tine; Fourth ward, F. Collins; Fifth ward, J.
p. Mar'indell; Six h ward, B. Brennan
Seventh ward. J. McKenna; Eight ward, S.
S. Taylor; Ninth ward, George W.
Nets; Bethel township, G. Rineha. t +;
German, Slas Bake-; Greene, -; Har.
mony, NJ. II. Dynes; Madison, N. T. Buiien-
barger; Mad River, N. Marony; Moore6eld,
d. b. Crolti Pike, Wm. Myers; Pleasant. A.
J. Rust; Springfield, James PAden. The
committee retired Immediately.
Mr.. A. Q. Elsenmenger moved the appoint
ment of a committee of three on resolutions
Somebody wanted the committee to consist of
one from each ward and township, but johnny
kinnane thonght three men could get up all
the resolutions the convention needed and
| didn't see asany resolutions at all were needed
for that matter. The chair appointed W. R.
burnett h. Z. Eisenmenger and 4. o. Hsgan.
The latter declined, and On wink from the
front row Judy Aron was substituted, Tn,
committee reported later that it had no re.
port to muke. Ttere was an Instant of hor.
ror at the idea OF Democratic county con-
vention without any rock-ribbed business,
and then the matter passed-for had not the
the gang wllsd it so2
The committee on d'legates not being
ready to report, on motion Of J. J. Smith the
wards and townships were called for an
nouncement of members OF a new county
central committee, with the following result /:
FIRST ward John ki1nane; Second, Lawrerce
Astcalf; Third, Precinct A, WIN. q. Smith /;