The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-04-19
Thompson.

Not that there was any bitterness
engendered, for all was good-natured
rivalry. It required-or rather the
Convention took-eight hundred and
seventy-nine ballots to make nomin-
atien. The final ballot stood: Thomp-
sr,ssOt; Enoch's 124; Bundy 1. At
one point inlthe balloting Mr.. Bundy
came within eleven twenty-frsts of
one vote Of a nomination. But that
| was as safe as though it had been ten
votes, so closely was the situation
watched. The fact Of the matter
| was, that it was the field against
Thompson, each County striving
manfully for its own candidate. All
knew that unless some new combina-
ton could be formed, the first break
| meant the nomination of Thompson.
To prevent this the good-natured
| contest was prolonged. Gen. Enochs
at no point in the contest had a show
of nomination; Mr. Bundy did seem
to have an excellent chance, and had
Vinton County not changed the
manner in which it had voted for more
than eight hundred ballots, Bundy
would have been the nominee. There
was much bitterness manifested
toward Vinton after this apparent
treachery, but otherwise the whole
proceedings were characterized by
friendly spirit. The Convention is
admitted to have been composed of as
fine looking a body of men as ever
assembled in the District, and there
was generally-felt confidence that
there would be no mistakes made.
For Delegates to Chicago, the
Convention just took the matter out
of the hands of the wire-workers and
selected its own candidates. We are
proud to say that Jackson went solidly
for our esteemed friend Ed. S. Wilson
of Ironton, who was nominated. The
other delegate is S. M. Brandyberry,
Of Gallia For Presidential Elector,
J. K. Pollard, of Adams, was selected.
The Convention was enthusiastic for
Sherman, but the name Of Blaine
reused the widest enthusiasm. It
was good Convention.
The Standard made an earnest fight
for Fl. S. Bundy, and the people of
Jackson County had an earnest de-
sire to see him nominated. Re-
| membering the defeat Of the old
gentleman, some years ago, because
he had been in advance Of public
opinion in the right direction, we felt
that now, before it was entirely too
late, it would be graceful thing in
the District to right that long-stand-
ing wrong. To this end the Standard
brought Mr.. Bundy out for Congress.
We were bitterly censured for this
by political friends, as there had
unquestionably been an arrangement
made for delivering Jackson County
to Enochs in case we should have no
candidate-though the friends of
Thompson would doubtless have been
on hand at the right time. The
bringing out of Bundy confused the
arrangements somewhat, and turned
the fire upon ourself. But we would
mention in this connection the fact
that we were constantly in possession
of the inside history of the canvass,
and that we told our readers last week
who would doubtless be the nominee.
It is with some degree of amusement
that we now recognize a number of
earnest Bundy and Thompson men,
But now we are all Thompson men,
and Jackson County having done its
duty by Mr.. Bundy, can cheerfully go
in to give Mr.. Thompson the largest
majority it ever gave anybody. The
District has never had better
Representative, nor the Soldiers a
better friend. No Ohio Congressman
commands greater respect from
political friends and enemies than
Hon. A. G. Thompson. Careful,