The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-12


| ohio congressman and other party lead.
srs. Ex-Sccrctary Charles Foster had a
seat near the presiding officer After
prayer by Rev. Mr. Lawrence Congress.
man j. NJ. Taylor, chairman of the com.
mittoe on resolutions, reported the plat.
form which was greeted with frequent
applaus, ana Adopted Colonel w &.
Cooper OF Mt. Vernon. ex.member or con-
| gress, was then introl ced and presented
in an eloquent and stirring speech the
names OF Governor Asa ) Bushnell, Sem
ator-elcct J. b. Foraker Congressman c..
| II. GrJsvenor and Hon. Marcus \. Hanna
for delegates az large from Ohio to the St.
| Louis convention
Instructed for Mckinley.
He offered the following which was
adopted:
Resolved, That asa 5. Bushnell, Jo-
| seph b. Foraker, Charles III. Grosvenor
! and Marcus \. ii ma be and they arc
| hereby elected delegates at large from the
State of Ohio 30 the Republican national
convention at st. Louis and they are in
s;ructed by the Republicans of Ohio to
| vote fOr the nomination OF William Nc.
| Kinley, Jr., for president of the United
| States"
Hon. Robert VI. Nevin of Dayton in a
rOusing Mckinley speech presented tho
names of Dr. j. Il Loves of Dayton Sem
ator Charles Flelschnnn of Cincinnati.
Ex-senator joan Z. Green of Cleveland
and Congressman John y. Taylor of New
Lisbon for Hltcrnatus at large. The rules
were suspended and the fonr were elected
by acclamation. Congressman Charles
ii. Grosvenor presented the names of l. Il.
Mack, editor of the Sandusky Register,
and Hon. Albert q. Douglas, Jr, of Chill.
licothe as candidates for electors at large
The rules were suspended and they were
nominated by acclamation.
state Officers Nominated.
The roll of eighty-eight counties was
called for nominations for state Offices
The names of Charles Kinney of Scioto
General a. Il. Wickoff of Franklin, and
Il. w. Doty of Cuyahoga were presented
for the nomination for secretary of state
The ballot resulted: Doty, 206; Kinney,
AZ; Wickoff, 2l7. Necessary to choice,
AS Kinney's nomination was made
unanimous. Marshall j. Williams of
Fayette, the Incumbent, was renominated
for supreme judge by acclanation under
a suspension OF tho rules. The hot
tcst contest OF the convention was for
the nomination for food and dairy COM
missioner for which the following names
were presented: Joseph Il. Blackburn of
Belmont, Samuel G. Wheeler of Erie,
Henry Becker of franklin, Frederick B.
McNeal Of Miami Frank a. Dcrthick of
Portage, Il. B. Bevcrstock of Wood. The
ballor resulted as follows: Blackburn
25S, Wheeler 3S, Becker 50, Mcneil 33I,
Derthick l2S. Bevcrstock o.. Necessary
to choice 1876; no nomination.
Nominated on Second Ballot.
The second ballot resulted as follows:
Blackburn 5)3%, McNcal .;2l1S, Derthick
%. Necessary To choice 426. After the
announcement of the vote the nomination
of Blackburn was IN Ide unanimous. The
wholesale grocers and food manufacture
ers made tho fight against DIR. McNoal,
the incumbent. and defeated him after n
hard fight with the granger element. For
the nomination for Nom Der OF the board of
public works the following names were
presented: James p. Smith OF Auglaize,
William &. Grant of Drake, John w
Stillwell of Miami, Joseph IT,. Robinson
OF Seneca, Frank a Hoffman of Van
Vert. The ballot resulted: Smith, 81;
Grant, 63; Stlllwell, l3J; Robinson, 81;
Hoffman, 49S Necessary To choice 426
After the announcement of the vote the
nomination of Hoffman was made unani.
nous and the convention adjourned sine
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