Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-03
VACANT CHAIRS"
Representative Republi =
cans Meet i'm the Court
House,
And Without Much Ado Place
Five Martyrs on Their
Ticket.
Surely IL Was a Harmonious Con-
vention.

At 11:15 Saturday morning Chairman
Couch, of the County Central Committee,
raped the court house seats and handful
of R republicans to order, at the same time
that the committee of which he
was chief officer had selected Hon. j. II.
Tyler as temporary chairman.
The Hon. took the chair and before enter
ing upon the business of the convention
made a neat little speech that at once gave
him position in the front racks of Repub-
licanism, although in the main it was not
radical. He claimed that this convention
had assembled not to consider any state or
national issues; that the county officers in the
performance of their duties had nothing
whatever to do with the vital questions now
agitating the state and nation, and which
each party was sanguine that its solution to
the same was the most practical and bene-
fetal. ''They had assembled" he said, to
place in nomination a county Republican
ticket composed of men who their party
thoug ght could best manage local finances.
He then tersely defined the tenets and OBJ
jects of the two great parties, thanked the
c convention for the honor conferred in max
ing him it's presiding officer, and asked the
further pleasure of the convention.
The question of committees Was consider
ed. The chairman suggested that there be
not much red tape about this matter, ''for,"
with glance at the "vacant chairs" he
said, "there won't be enough to fill the COM
mittees."
Acting upon this judicious suggestion a
committe on general business was made up
of one voter from each TOWNSHIP, of the
townships represented.
The convention then adjourned until
O'Clock and the committee retired to the
sheriff's Office to deliberate.
At l O'Clock the gavel again fell and those
assembled proceeded at once to business.
The committee, Elmer Palmer, chairman,
reported. The report consisted mostly of
resolutions wherein every platform heretofore
adopted by Republicans in convention as
sembled, whether national, state, or of a
county nature, be endorsed. Particularly
did it dwell on the committees admiration
for one Bill Mckinley and an alleged Nc
Kinley Bill. After national and state ire
solves" were worn thread bare, Henry county
was reached and the committee reported
itself in favor of the nomination of a ticket
that would carry the day in November and
thus insure an economical government of
the county.
The report was adopted.
Central committeeman were selected after
the same easy fashion as was the committee
on general business-the chairman called the
townships and one name from each precinct
was announc ced. The committee stands
Damascus, A. Garster; Harrison, N. Hoy
Flatrock, John Battenfeld; Freedom, Chas
Yarnell: Liberty, West. Grant Bonnell: Lib.
erty East, @. G. Young; Ridgeville, Moses d.
Rand; Pleasant, Holgate, A. E. Cole; Pleas
ant, New Bavaria, John Durr; Washington,
R. Bortell; Marion, j. B. Stephens; Monroe,
z. Highshew; Bartlow, q. R. Stafford: Rich
field, II. L. Foote; Napoleon; T. G. Clewell
Precinct A.; j. B. Couch, Precinct B; and @.
f. Mann, Precinct G.
Elmer Palmer introduced resolution
commencing J. B. Couch for this efficient
service as member of the Decennial State
Board of Equalization, also endorsing his
candidacy for State Senator should he decide
to run, and pledging Henry county to his
support. The resolution was adopted and
Mr.. Couch, in brief speech thanked the
with few pointers to the farmers in giving
inthe amount of crops each year; and not tc
make the production larger than it really is
for these same reports go to make up agri
cultural statistics, which have great deal Of
bea ring upon the valuation of property, al
fixed by the Decennial Board. He stated
that he had hard woik in securing the val
uation that he did, for the statistics aver
there on evidence-statistics that we al
knew are exaggerations made through
spirit of pride and the thought that it woult
boom the county.
| Bya unanimous vote it was decreed itha
the representation in the coming conven
tion should be made by the county at large
those who attended being instructed to cas-
the vote of the county.
Several names were announced to take tn
candidacy for representative, but all de
clined. Finally Cyrus Walcutt's name wa
considered, and Mr.. Walcutt not being pres
ent to decline was nominated.
In regular order names for the other of
fees were suggested, at least three to eac
office declining before nominations wer
effected.
The ticket stands:
Representative, Cyrus Wacutt, Freedom
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