Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-21
THE CONVENTION.

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A. D. Alderman as temporary chair
man of the committee. That gentle
man after a speech of acceptance and
thanks for the honor con. erred, asked
the convention for an expression of its
pleasure There being need of tenn
porary secretary, that functionary was
chosen in the person OF G. H. Porter of
Athens county. Mr.. c. P. YoeIm was
made assistant secretary. Later this
organization was made permanent.
Hon. George Falcon moved that the
customary committees be dispensed
with, and the convention saw fit to fall
in with that idea,
The Senatorial committee was called
for, and named, as follows:
Athens county, Ebon Wilson
Fairfield county, Chas. D. Wiley.
Hooking county, T. M. Mckay.
Morgan county, w. A. Hutchins.
Washington county, ]. B. Waterman.
Noble county, M. B. Archer.
Monroe county, A. H. Roach.
With few or no formalities the nam
ing of candidates on the call of coun-
ties in alphabetical order was proceed
ed with.
H. H. Wickham, of Athens, was
nominated without speech except for
tne simple naming of the man
j. B. Sites, the unanimous choice of
Fairfield, was placed in nomination in
a forceful and finished manhar Dy A.
j. vorhies.
Samuel H. Bright, Hocking's man,
and the man of the conventions des-
tiny, was named by Attorney A. E.
Price.
Hon. B. f. Dutton, of Morgan coun-
ty, placed before the convention the
name of w. A. Hutchlns, of his coun-
ty.
Col. H. D. Knox, of Washington, was
put before the house by Attorney b.
b. Guyton, this city.
Prosecuting Attorney Morris, of No
BILE, spoke at length of the virtues of
L. F. Cain, of Noble, and placed his
name before the convention.
Without more ado the convention
waded Immediately into the task of
balloting for the winner.
The first call for an expression stood
thus:
Wickham, AZ.
Sites, 46.
Bright, %.
Hutchins, 23
Knox, 20.
Cain, 26.
The ballotfng continued unremit-
tingly for 3S times, with a pull this
way and haul that way-several
times approaching a nomination till
finally at 2 O'Clock, without adjourn
ment for dinner. the result of the 3Sth
ballot was-Fead as follows:
Sites. 80.
Bright. 80.
Hutchins, 49,
Cain, 10.
Here ended the lesson, and with
speech from Bright and Cain, the CON
vention passed into the keeping of his
tory.
Judge Bright rs a grand good man
for the office An ardent Republican,
who has no enemies within Une party,
and he measures up in every way to
the requirements which the dlstlng-
uished position should impose. lie
has served upon the Common Pleas
Bench, and is an attorney of more than
local reputation, His age is 81 years.
ENDORSED THE TOLEDO CENTEN-
NAL.
The Senatorial convention formally
endorsed the following resolution:
The Ohio Centennial and Northwest
Territory Exposition, which is to be
held at the City of Toledo in the year
1902, is an event in which all the
sta,ss comprising the Northwest Ter
ritory" should feel a deep interest
This is especially true Of the State of
Ohio, which was the first state to be
carved from that great domain
This Exhibition will be held upon
the one hundredth anniversary OF the
admission of the State TO the Union,
and will be the first opportunity which
the State has had to adequately ex-
hiblt, display and show to the world
the great progress which it has made
In the first century Of its existence, in
all its diversified industries and inter
ests.
order that the exposition may be
a credit 10 this state. 1t will be neces-
sary for the Legislature to promptly
make a liberal appropriation to that
end, and we Recommend that the Leg
islature, at its next session, make an
appropriation for this purpose com
mensunate with the great interests in
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