The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-01
Judicial Convention.

of the counties of Fairfield, Hook
ing and Perry assembled in the
Chestnut Street Opera House, ut
Lancaster, on Tuesday, May 2Sth.
for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Common Pleas Judge.
John NJ. Wright, chairman of the
District committee, called the con-
vention to order and announced
the following temporary officers
selected by the committee.
Temporary chairman-M. A.
Daugherty, of Fairfield.
Temporary Secretaries - John
v. Tussing, of Fairfield, Mike Kinle
of Hooking and ]. T. Delong, of
Perry.
Mr.. Wright then introduced the
temporary chairman who in a
thirty minute speech made a very
forcible presentation of the qualifi-
cations necessary for just and
pure judiciary. He dwelt on the
merits of the able representatives
on the bench in this district in the
past and spoke of their brilliant in
tellect, purity and integrity. He
touched on the tariff and portray
ed the evil resulting by the pres
ent high system on tax burdened
people. His remarks were we'll re-
ceived and he was cheered on
many points.
The following committees were
then announced.
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
(4eo w. Bates, Fairfield, VIM Nc
Kinley Hooking and j. ID. Retallic,
Perry.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
VIM. F. zeigler, Fairfield; +. Floyd
Hooking, p. II. Sherman, Perry.
RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Jos. Cristy, Fairfield; Jas. Donahue,
Hooking; NJ. II. Donahue, Perry.
RESOLUTIONS.
Frank Light, Fairfield; David
Motherwell, Hooking; III. p. Finley,
Perry.
COMMITTEE TO SELECT DITRICT
COMMITTEE.
Rich Sutphen, Fairfield; Joshua
Wolfe, Hooking; Geo. w. Devine,
Perry.
All the committees being select
ed a recess,nent until / 80 o'clock
p. m. was proposed by Mr.. Ferguson
and carried unanimously.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called to
order by Temporary Chairman
about 80, and call was made for
a report of the various committees
Mr.. Geo. Bates chairman of the
committee on Credentials, SUBMIT
ed the following majority report:
Resolved:-That the four dele
gates from Reading township,
Perry county, VIVA. II. Besler
Geo. b. Flautt, Noah May and Ed.
ward Stlne, are regarded as having
been legally elected as delegates
to this Convention, and that they
should he given seats as members
of the Perry County Delegation
Also, that John Grow, Jos. Turner,
and John Roane, have received
the majority of votes in Coal town
ship, Perry county as delegates to
this Convention and are also en-
titled to seats in this Convention.
That we, the majority of the Com.
mittee on Credentials make our re-
port on the basis that the voice OF
the people takes precedence of the
voice of the Central Committee OF
any county or State, and further
that the apportion System is moi
Democratic in its tendency or pur'
pose, and that we recomend to this
Convention that the majority re-
port be adopted. Further, that we
sanction the action of the Fairfield
delegation in the case of ID. j. and
G. l.. Radebaugh, of Walnut town.
ship, Fairfield County. That in the
delegation from Hooking county
there is no contest.
J. ID. Retallic moved to substitute
the following minority report foi
the majority report:
i as a member OF the Committee
on Credentials beg leave to submit
the following minority report tina,
the delegations from Hooking ant
Fairfield are full and that all con-
tests were settled by caucuse'
of said counties and tina
the following named per
sons were duly elected and choser
in pursuance of the call, authority