The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
KERR NOMINATED.
CONVENTION OF THIS CON
GRESSloNAL DISTRICT ENDS.
The Present Incumbent Receives Big
Majority of the Support of the conven-
itlon Assembled.

The Present Incumbent Receives Big
Majority of the Support of the Conven-
ftlon Assembled.
The result Of the Nth district cOngres,
sional convention held here last Wednes
day was the nomination for re-electionakI
Hon. W. S. Kerr as congressman, asl
stated in our last issue.
The convention was called to order q
1902. m. Wednesday. Hon. w. L. So
well of Richland county, U. S. consul ti
Toronto, Canada, was chosen temporary
chairman. The different committees
were then appointed and recess Of one
hour taken to give the committees time
to report. The convention re-assemblei
at 2:35 o'clock, and Hon. W. c. Cooper oi
Knox county, was chosen permanent
chairman.
Upon taking the chair, Col. Cooper de-l
liyered an eloquent speech. Report on
The report of the committee Oh reso-
lutiOns was adopted at this stage Of the
proceedings. 1t was as follows:
The RESOLUTIONS.
To the Republicans of the Fourteenth
Ohio Congressional District. Your
committee on resolutions beg leave
to report as follows:
The Republicans of the Fourteenth
Congressional District OF Ohio in cOnven-
ti0n assembled desire to reaffirm our
our devotion to the principles in the
platform of the National Republican
party as adopted at st. Louis in 1896.
I We congratulate the country upon the
fact that the people at the polls made
VIM. Mckinley of Ohio, President Of the
United States and so made it possible
for the return Of prosperity to the nation
at large.
We affirm and approve Of the resOlu-
tiOns adopted by the Republican party
Of Ohio in State Convention assembled
on the 22nd day Of June 1893, and that
convention put in nomination candi-
dates for the various state offices worthy
of the support Of all the people of Ohio,
and in common with our brethern
throughout the state we pledge those
candidates our united support.
| We endorse and approve the patriotic
administration Of President Mckinley
We commend the craftsmanship display
ed by him in the endeavOr to secure an
honorable settlement of the Cuban ques-
tiOn without war; and we likewise COM
mend his courage when all efforts in
that behalf had failed, of his subsequent
action in declaring, preparing for and
prosecuting with vigOr the war.
We approve the congress of the U. S.
in all the actions it has done for the Wig
OrOus and successful prosecution of the
war, and we are grateful that the MEM
bers of the American congress have
risen above partisanship and are patriots
indeed.
We rejoice that after more than thirty
years of profound peace our army and
navy, regular and volunteer, have lost
none of their courage or their skill,
Sigsbee, Schley, Sampson, Dewey, Badg-
ley, HObson, born heroes; Schafter and
his men, the rough riders of the army,
all these are only specimens of hundreds
of thousands of the brave boys. All hail
the army and the navy. All hail OuI
country, north, south, east, west, one
people, undivided and indivisable. All
hail Mckinley. They will give freedom tC
the isles of the seas and establish peace
justice and liberty thereon.
For these men and the congress whC
stands by them and the president who Ii
commander in chief, we invoke the com.
mendatiOn of the worlds civilization
and the blessing and the protection o.
high heaven.
We regret the retirement of John Sher
man. His private life, his public career
for four and forty years made illustrOul
our district, our state and our country
We send him our greetings in his re
= tirement, and trust that his last day
may be days Of profound satisfaction
. and full of happiness.
o VIM. M. KoOns. Z. L. YOunI
A. L. Case. ]. W. Barry
G. E. Hall, Committee.
Committee.
The committees were then givel
an opportunity to report, and a
$3.50, nominations were called for. Tn
different candidates were named in tn
following order: j. F. Lanning, HurOl
county; H. D. Critchfeld, Knox county
A. R. Webber, LOrain county; Mark Cook
Morrow county; Hon. W. s. Kerr, Rich
land county. Mr.. Webber's name wa
presented by W. B. Thompson Of LOrain
] and seconded by N. Huckins Of 0berlin
The names Of g. H. Ely and J. 7. Haskell
n were not presented to the convention, bu
they received few votes on the first bal
lots cast. Their names were fnall
dropped, and LOrain county gave its ful
vote to Webber.
The first ballot resulted as iolloWa: