The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-09-02

porary Chairman, and he closed what the
boys called a 'bully speech" as follows:
~ remember an incident that occurred
in the Shenandoah Valley during the
war. Our army had been attacked, over.
powered and. driven back. Disaster
seemed inevitable, but the gallant Phil
sheridan, who had ridden up from VIM
chester, reformed the shattered columns,
placed himself at the head and said.
Boys, we are going back to our old camp
Tonight Now, Republicans of Ohio, lei
the lines be formed for the charge all the
way from the lake to the river, and let US
move forward to our old camps.v
Danford's speech was received with the
most vociferous applause, and the en-
thusiasm did not subside during the
session of the conven lion. Ex-Governor
Noyes had been made permanent Chair
man, and was in the midst of stirring
speech when General w. T, Sherman
came into the house, and his appearance
added fuel to the fire of enthusiasm that
had been kindled by Danford and Noyes.
DID NOT WANT IT.
The contest for the nomination for Gov
ernor was made interesting by the fact
that Hayes had written and telegraphed
that he would not be candidate against
his friend Judge Taft under any circum-
stances, while his friends insisted that
he should be, and the Hayes tidal wave
had moved with SO much force that before
the result of the first ballot had been an
nounced, Mr.. Bickham arose and said
that on behalf of some of Mr.. Taft's
friends he Withdrew his name He moved
that the nomination of Hayes be made
unanimous.
The words had hardly left Bickham's
lips before there was such deafening
uproar' of applause as had never been
heard in that house before. and after a
great deal of noise and confusion the
Chair formally announced that r. b.
Hayes had been nominated for Governor.
Some time afterward the son of Judge
Taft arose in convention and said that,
fearing that Mr.. Hayes might still feel
delicacy in accepting the nomination
over his father, he moved that the nomi-
nation be made unanimous. Thereupon
the delegates rose to their feet and gave
three lusty cheers.
General Tom Young was nominated
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. John M. Milli-
kin for State Treasurer and Peter Thatcher
for Board of Public Works, and about
| this time the following dispatch was re-
ceived from Mr.. Hayes: "In obedience
| to the wish of the Convention, yield my
preference and accept the nomination.~
This was met with regular deluge OF
noisy demonstrations of approval.
THE PRINCIPAL ISSUE -
Made in the campaign of 1875 was what
was called "honest money against rao
money" and on this issue many Ger
mans focked back to the Republican
standard. The more greenback cry was
popular with the people in the midst of
the hard times of those days. and the
"rag- g-baby" was championed by "OId
| Bill Auen," candidate for Governor, who
was also popular. The consequence was
that, even on the honest money issue,
Hayes got through by the skin of his
teeth, his majority being 5,549. Sam
Cary, who was the Democratic candidate
| for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ran behind his
| ticket, and was beaten by Tom Young by
majority of 9,963, but the majorities for
the balance of the State ticket were less
than that of Hayes.
I NEGLECTED to say in the proper place
that George w. McIlvaine, for Supreme
Judge; James Williams, for Auditor of
State, and John Little, for Attorney-Gen-
eral, were renominated at the convention
by accIamation.
The Legislature elected in 1875 was Re-
publican in both Houses, and in the or
ganization of the House of Representa-
tives Charles A. Grosvenor was elected
| Speaker.