The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-07-24

quloe y sesve hls eide nsovsd that
he t6pott b referred 70 NE com.
mites on credentials and svesyl
body smiled. But on I show Of
strength the resolutions were
adopted by = good majority.
On Z call Of townshlps for the
nominal ations for auditor DIR. Camp
bell presented the name of Capt.
w. II. Larimer. In fourth Of
July red-hot bloody-shlrt speech,
L. Hull Of Coalgate seconded the
motion amid n storm Of "put him
out" atime" "pull the string"
etc. This was only . starter
Of what was 10 follow. Mr..
Homer Stiers announced the name
Of g. 8. Bay, Of Starr, not as 4 SOL
dler, but one who would have been
had he been acceptable. r. J.
Jones the name Of one who was
not old enough to th0g alder q mus.
ket but had been a ars4tdier In the
Republican ranks, w 8. Stone.
There being no other nomina tions
lrst ballot was taken, result, Lari-
mer 40, Bay Is, Stone SO, necessary
for choice 2s;geecond ballot, Lari.
sner "A, BGNDs Stone 80, third bal
lDt Larimer {9 Bay 8, Stone Al.
,pbring ths taking Of the fourth
ballot a riotalmost broke out. The
call had reached Logan 4th ward
with out q hveak in the figures and
when 4th ward was called, /. N.
Collins chaksaan called 3 votes for
Larimer, at this point Jno. Moore
one Of the 4th ward delegates
broke for Stone, Collins was on his
feet in an instant claiming that
Moore had been pledged to Lari-
'mer and as such was selected an a
Larimer delegate. Mr.. Moore In
attempting to explain was Missed
from all parts of the house. and
yells Of "Sold ouW were frequent.
Chairman Bright after vigorous
pounding by his 2x2x2 It gavel
finally secured order. Starr town.
ship asked to retire for consulta-
ton and 1t was during this tempor-
ary recess that the convention al
most broke up in row. Collins
attempted to bring Moore to
time aud friends Of both
sides surrounded them. Words
got SO warm that the words
liar, sneak, betrayer filed the air,
chairs were drawn and fists shak-
en- and it was with the greatest
difficulty that peace was again Sc.
cured. The delegates from Starr
seeing their chance of nominating
Bay agreed hastily to stick to their
man after having agreed to flop to
Stone. It Is claimed that Il dele
gate from the 4th ward told the
delegates from Ward township
that Logan had agreed to oppose
them in everything and SO the
Ward deleg ates stuck tight to
Stone. AZ the call OF Wash.
ington the first serious break oc-
cured that sounded the fall Of the
Larimer boom. Result of this bull
lot was Larimer SO, Bay IA, Stone
40. In the fifth ballot Larimer fell
to 36 and steadily decreased to 10
in the fourteenth ballot. Bay had
grown to 81. Stone kept his num-
ber.
1t became very apparent by this
time that Mr.. Larimer could not
secure the nomination and that the
fight now lay between Messrs Bay
and Stone and 1t was anything to
beat Stone. At the call Of the ff-
teenth ballot, Falls township fell to
Bay, followed closely by IA Of Lo-
gan's 15. Larimer's % had disap-
peared and stampede swarmed to
Bay. When the result was an
nounced, Larimer had 8, Bay 4s and
Stone 80. Thus ended one Of the
bitterest fights In the county Of
Hooking.
The balance Of the ticket was
rushed through In h urry. The
atmosphere had become too rank
for enjoyment. Sheriff Ryan was
re- nominated by acclama ton. w.
II. Toole secured the Recorderehip
on the frst ballot. ]. 8. Williams
was rendered the berth Of commits.
si0nership and VIM. Wallace Of
Haydenville pulled the plum of
Infirmary Director.
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