Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-07

enactment of laws that will prsteot our country
and our people against ths infiux OF the vicious
ana criminal classes Of foreign nations and tho
importation OF laborers under contract to COM
pete with our own citizens; and earnestly ap-
prove the rigid enforcement OF existing immi.
grafton laws by the national administration.
Nominations for secretary of state
were now in order. Representative
Sam II. Taylor, of Urbana, was nomi-
mated by John f. Locke, of Champaign;
Byron s. Wydman. of Cincinnati by
Joseph OConnell, of the same city, and
John j. Chester, of Columbus, secretary
of the State League of Republican
Clubs, by ThomasJ. Keating. The first
ballot resulted Taylor 3s2, Wydman
col, Chester 100, Taylor thus lacking
but six votes of a majority. Before the
result was announced some of the dele
cations that had given complimentary
votes to the other candidates began to
change, and the final tally gave Taylor
1861, Wydman 1SS, Chester 1471S. The
nomination was made unanimous
There was no opposition to Judge
William A. Spear. of Trumbull county,
for denomination to the supreme
bench, and under suspension of the
rules he received it by acclamation.
For the additional supreme judgship
created by the last legislature, there
were nine andidates-Gilbert Fl. Stew
art, of Franklin; S. A. Wildman, of Nor
walk; A. G. Thompson, of Lawrence; j.
E. Burkett, of Hancock; J. w. Camp
bell, of Guernsey; G. L. Phillips, Of
Muskingum; d. c. w. Louden, of Brown;
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Elroy, of Delaware. On the first ballot
Thompson and Burkett were in the
| lead, with Wildman a close third. A
second roll call was ordered, this time
Burlett leading all others, and enough
counties changed over to give him the
| nomination.
For clerk of the supreme court, U. H.
| Hester, who has held the office for two
| terms, and Josiah Allen, one-armed
war veteran of Athens county, were
in nomination. Allen was nominated
on the first ballot.
Nominations for member of the board
| of public works were next in order. j
Park Alexander, of Akron; e. L. Lybar
| ger, of Coshocton, and c. j. Engle, OF
Cleveland, were named. Lybarger was
nominated on the first ballot At Ia,
the great fight of the day, that O
the selection of the four delegates to tn,
national convention, was reached. Thai
old and eloquent veteran, Gen. w. III
Gibson, of Tiffin, was the first to talk,
the platform. He said that he was ther,
in the interest of no faction and no man
AS the oldest republican on the floor
he wanted to name the four delegates
First their governor; second a man VIII,
could not be terrorized by earthquake
or frightened by fire, Joseph B. Fora
lter; third w. NJ. Hahn, a republican
from his childhood up, and fourth ant
last Asa Bushnell, of Springfield.
Without waiting for the opposition t.
develop itself, the old veteran move'
the previous question on the selection
of the four, put the previous question
himself, declared it carried, put tn
main motion, asked for no contrar
vote, and, all in a single breath, de
clared the four elected, Foraker wa
called on and made a vigorous speech
in which he pledged his party to tn
ticket, but indirectly intimated that h
did not feel compelled to support Harri
son at Minneapolis. The following a.
ternates were elected: R. NJ. Nevin, E
w. Poe, NJ. NJ. Boothman, ]. f. Atwood
Presidential electors: Ex-Congressma
Lorenzo Danforth and Myron T. Hei
rick. Adjourned.