Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-09-12
OUR NEXT STATE SENATOR.
]. W. NICHOLS Is HIS NAME.
The Convention of the 10th Senatorial
District Makes the Choice,
And the People will Ratify il at the Polls.

And the People will hatity II al the follS'
The Republican Senatorial Convention
of the 10th Ohio District composed of tn
counties of Belmont and Harrison, me
at Flushing on Tuesday to nominate
State Senator While most of the candi
dates and many of their friends were OF
the ground the evening previous, it wa
late in the forenoon before all the dele
gates, especially from Belmont. reached
the town. The preliminary meetings ol
counties were held before dinner. tht
Belmont delegation selecting Robert J
Pollock. of Wheeling township, Chair
man, and J. b. McMechan, Secretary.
The Convention met in the old rinE
shortly after o'clock, and was called tt
order by W. B. Hearn, Esq, who, on be
half of the Senatorial Committee, named
NJ. c. Mitchell, Esq, of Martins Ferry
for Temporary Chairman, and suggested
that he also be made Permanent Chair
man, and the suggestion was adopted
Mr.. Mitchell acknowledged the honor
conferred upon him by thanking the
Convention, and at once proceeded to
business. w. B. Hearn, Esq, of the Cadiz
Republican, and W. A. Hunt, of THE
BELMONT CHRONICLE, were chooses Sec
retaries, after which, on motion of Hon.
A. c. Ramage, the following Committee
on Rules and Order of Business was con-
stituted: Belmont, A. c. Ramage, F. NJ
Cowen, Charles J. Heinlein; Harrison,
DR.. J. G. Howell, George English and Dr.
S. b. McGavern. After few moments
delay the Committee reported in favor of
the usual Rules that voting for candi-
dates should be by ballot, and that it
ate. The report was adopted, and Law
son Emerson, of Belmont, and J. H.
Mills, of Harrison, were appointed tellers.
The following candidates were an
nOunced, with very brief and appropriate
speeches: j. B. McMechan, Esq, present
ed the name of J. w. Nichols, of st.
ClairSyille; Chas. ]. Heinlein that of Hon.
John 5. Cochran, of Martins Ferry; Hon.
A. c. Ramage that of Chas II. Arick, of
Belmont E. B. McNamee presented
the name of Hon. Geo. W. Glover, and
S. B. Moore, of Short Creek, named Col,
c. L. POOrman, of Belmont. BallOting
then began, the first ballot showing Mr.
Glover in the lead with 10 votes, followed
closely by PoOrman with 9, and Nichols
with 8, while Arick received 4 votes and
Cochran l.
On the next ballot Poorman fell off to
| 8, while Nichols forged to the front with
10 votes, and Arick gained g The bal
loting continued with slight variations
until the 14th ballot, when Nichols reach
ed 14-within 8 votes of nomination
Glover receiving the same vote as on the
| 1st ballot. After the 10Th ballot the Har-
risOn county delegation retired for con-
sultatiOn, and on their return, on the 18th
ballot, cast 13 votes for E. B. McNamee,
who was kept in the race until the 25th
ballot, when the Harrison delegation
gave l3 votes to j. N. Garven, and on the
9th ballot he received II votes, the re-
quired number to nominate, but a sum-
votes-one more than was in the COnven
| ton, had been cast, and new ballot was
ordered. The 28th ballot resulted in
10 for Nichols, l for Arick and 16 for
Garyin. At a consultation of the Belmont
delegation, it was agreed to cast
two solid votes for Nichols, and he fail
ing in nomination, to cast two for Poor
man. This programme was carried out,
and still no nomination was secured. 1t
was then decided to try Mr.. Arick and
he was given Is votes on the 35th ballot,
and IA on the Both, and on the 37th ballot
the contest was again waged between
Nichols and Garvin, resulting on the 3sth
ballot in the nomination of Nichols, by
the solid vote of the Belmont delegation,
with the vote of one of the Harrison del
egates.
On motion of Dr. McGavern, of Harri-
son, the nomination was made mani
nous. The result was received with great
enthusiasm, and calls for the successful
candidate brought Mr.. Nichols to the
platform, who in an unusually neat
speech, thanked the Convention for the
honor conferred upon him. The follow
ing Senatorial Committee was then ap-
pointed, after which the Convention ad-
joured:
Belmont-RObt j. Pollock, F. NJ. Cow
en-, j. c. Heinlein.
HarrisOn-J. MGarvin, n B. Bucking-
ham, George English.
1t is gratifying to note that the Bel
mont delegates, although much divided
in their preference, acted upon the sug-
gestion in these columns last week, and
cast their ballots solidly for a Belmont
county man. Some of the candidates
were instrumental in bringing about this
state of affairs, and rather than have the
place go to another county, requested
their following to go to the most availa-
BILE man in Belmont. Mr.. Arick's course
in this matter is especially to be com,
mended, and his devotion to his native
county in the crisis of the Convention is
worthy of emulation He acted the man
ly man, and is entitled to the thanks and
kindly remembrance of the Republicans
of the county.
THE BALLOT.