Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-19
FOR SHERMAN TO A MAN
SAY THE SPEAKERS AT THE OHIO
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

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DAYTON, o., April 10. "Wednesday the first
session of the republican state convention
was held in the rink, with 900 people pres
ent. All the counties were represented. The
twenty districts made reports of their
meetings, and returned the following dele
gates to the Chicago convention to be held in
June:
First-Dr. W T. Graydon and Howard Ferris,
of Hamilton Second-Amor Smith and Frank
Tucker, of Hamilton Third b. Brown and J.
Il. loves of Mont gomety Fourth-George r.
Waldorf, of Allen; A, n. Kuhn, of Auglaize.
Fifth-Gen W. n. Gibson, Of Seneca: Il. j. Tot
ten, of Hancock. SXth-Will be selected Sew
enth-John Little, of Greene; Jams b Swing, of
Cermont. Eighth-John FooZ, of Clarke; Festus
Walters, of Pickaway, Ninth-TO be selected,
Tenth-J. Il, Lucky,of Ottawa; Clarence Brown, OF
Lucas. Eleventh., S. Wilsoe of Lawrence; s.
NJ. Brandyberry, of Gallia. Twelfth-Azariah W.
Doan, of Clinton; Martin Boggs of Ross Thir-
teenth-J. r. Bliss, of Franklin; John w. Jones,
of Hooking. Fourteenth--To be chosen April %.
fifteenth--C. l.. KurtZ, of Athens; w. w. Mer-
rick, of Meigs Sixteenth-Samuel J. Davis, of
enteenth-Not selected. Eighteenth-R, N. Cham
berlin, of Columbian; r r. Morgan, Sr., of Starfe.
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johnson, of Lake. Twenteth-None selected.
Twenty -flrst-Myron 7. Herrck, of CuyahOga; NJ,
A Hanna, of Cuyahoga.
As soon as the committees from the twenty
one districts had reported, the audience called
for a speech from the permanent chairman,
Gen. Kiefer. In his speech he mentioned
John Sherman as the candidate of Ohio for
the presidency, and suggested that the con-
ventiOn choose delegates who were known to
be Sherman men, and who would go to the
Chicago national convention and not only
vote but also work for him.
Governor Foraker was called on for n
speech, and amid deafening cheers he came
forward and bowed to the audience. He said
that he wanted to correct the idea that is 60
ing the rounds of the press, in which he is
charged with being on unfriendly terms with
Sherman. He said that he was Sherman
man, and if he was so fortunate as to be
q delegate to Chicago, he would be like the
other Ohio delegates-have no second choice.
Hon Benjamin Butterworth was next
called for, and said that it was time to ad
journ, but he would stop to say that there
was no division among the Republicans in
their councils in Ohio He did not see how
such false and malicious report could be-
come current. The eyes of Ohio were watch
ing the action of this convention, and they
would see that the delegates were "A unit for
John Sherman. The speaker then referred
to the late war and said that the war had not
been forgotten; that Ohio held it as dear in
as any other state- The hour was
big with change and at this convention much
depended upon the selection of the four dele
At the conclusion of Butterworth's speech
the convention adjourned for the day.
DAYTON, Ohio, April l9-rhe colored dele
gates to the Republican state convention
have adopted formal address to be pre-
Sented to the convention, demanding that
one of the delegates at large be selected from
their race and suggesting John s. Atwood,
of Brown county, for that honor.