Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
PROHIBITION COUNTY CONVENTION.
Their First Delegate Conventional Full
County Ticket Nominated.

THE TICKET.
Sheriff.. l.. Little.
Treasurer-D. VI. Burns.
COmmissiOner-Chas +. Gillen.
Intirmarv Director-JacOb A. Curtis.
Owing 10 trouble IN cleaning the Wigwam
in time the place of holding the prohibition
county convention yesterday afternoon was
changed to central rink. Promptly at two
o'clock the convention came to order with
Wilber COlvin as temporary chairman and
O. NJ. Sellers temporary secretary, by selcc-
ton of the county executive committee.
Rev. Wesley Webster of South Charles
ton offered prayer.
Chairman COlvin stated that the cOnven-
ton was to have been held in the Wigwam.
but there being ''other cattle" there, the
place was changed. He briefly touched on
the leading points TO be made bv the con-
yentiOn.
On motion of DIR. King the chairman was
instructed TO appoint the following commit
tees of nine members each: Credentials
and permanent organization, rules and
order of business, resolutions, and nOmina-
ton.
On motion of l.. f. Miller, the
committee on nominations was instructed
to select twenty delegates and twenty al
ternates To the state convention.
Committee on Credentials and Permanent
Organization-J. +. Jones, chairman; ID. c.
Webb John Hull, X. S. Thompson, l.. f.
Miller, W. A. Henderson, f. c. Nichols,
J. 5. Chapman, Henry Winsl0w.
Rules and Order of BusineSS-Wil c.
Dinwiddie, chairman; Moses S. Wilson, f.
W. Zeasel. DIR. J. c. Oldham, J. n. Shella-
berger, c. Z. Thorne, b. NJ. PierSon, c. II.
Merritt. W. A. Harris.
! ResolutiOnS-D DIR. }. S. r. Hazard, chair
man; Samuel Melvin, A. X. Ludlow, c. +.
Gillen, Jacob Nollmer, Jacob Curtis. Cyrus
I G. Little, f. NJ. Bennett, S. W. Martin.
Nominations NJ. Sellers, chairman;
A. +. McCann. Henry Kaufman, DIR. T. ID.
King, A. l.. Slayer, ID. S. Morrow. Ira
Estel, DIR. A W. Mitchell, DIR. NJ. NJ.
Morrow
The committee on credentials and perm
ent organization reported. Chairman,
Wilber Colyin; Secretary, q. NJ. Sellers;
Assistant Secretary, l.. e Miller.
The committee reported no contests.
Committee on Rules and Order of Busi-
ness reported the following rules:
Rule l. The convention is entitled to
the privilege Of making nominations inde-
pendent of the nominating committee.
Rule ,. The wards of the city shall
vote numerically, and the county precincts
in alph abetical order.
Rule 3. Nominations shall be in the
following order:-Sheriff, Treasurer. Com
missioner, lntirmary Director.
The Committee on Resolutions not being
ready to report K. S. Thompson, editor of
the NeIc Era and chairman of the State
Executive Committee, responded to a call
for few remarks on the Dow Law, which
he proceeded to handle from a partizsn
prohibition standpoint
On motion of A. S. Slayer the following
additional rule was adopted:
Delegates present shall be entitled to
cast the full vote of the precinct in case of
vacancy in the delegation.
The committee on resolutions reported as
follows:
Resolved, That we reaffirm the platform
and resolutions of the state platform of
1875.
Resolved, That the Sabbath is one of the
chief bulwarks of free institutions we
therefore demand the impartial enforce
ment of our present Sunday laws, and the
enactment of such additional laws, with
sufficiently heavy penalties attached, as will
preserve for ourselves and our pOsterity the
blessings of the weekly rest day which We
received from our fOrefathers.
Resolved, That We especially disapprove
Of that feature of the Dow liquor tax bill
which favOrS saloons above all legitimate
branches of business, in that it makes it
possible for saloOn-keepers to do business
freely for seven days in the week, while