The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-28
KINDER IS
THE NOMINEE
He is Named without q Dis
centing Voice.
|DONNElLY ENDORSED
Judge &. w. Seney Is Picked
for Supreme Judge.
Judge Caleb b. Norris Stirs the
Convention by Able Address
Bryan 10 Iudersed.

The following complete account OF
Thursdays circuit court convention
at Lima Is taken from the Lima
Times Democrat of that date:
THE lower court room was pack
ed to overflowing when Chairman
w. w. Durbin, called the convention
OF the Third Judicial Circuit Of
Ohio tc order at lis o'clock this
afternoon.
The attendance at the gathering
| far exceeded the most sanguine
predictions of the judicial committee
for it was we'll known there would
be no contest made in the naming OF
loyal democrat, and an able at
torney as the candidate of the par
| ty for circuit judge.
when Chairman Durbin raped
for order there was not a vacant
seat in the big room. without more
than a congratulatory remark on
the big attendance, he introduced
to the assemblage the Hon. d. d.
Donovan, of Napoleon, as the tenn
porary chairman of the convention.
Chairman Durbin aiso added that
the committee has named Hon. En-
NETT 4. Ford, of Mercer, as tenn
porary secretary, Editor N. r. Web
ster. OF Paulding, as his assistant
and the genial August Smith Of
lWapakoneta, as sergeant-at-arms.
t1av IN ~.
official posts OF duty.
Chairman Donovan, always a
brilliant speaker. logical and point
ed, quickly secured the attention
of the big gathering, and in his
strong able manner, he painted the
, bright outlook of the party for the
year, 1908. lie declared that the
nominee of today would be trium-
phantly elected, as would be the
nominees of the state convention of
democracy, while in as pretty a
word tribute as could be paid, he
declared VIM. j. Bryan the next
president OF the United States,
sweeping for democracy the coun-
try from the Atlantic to the Pacific
from the Dakotas to the Gulf.
"Wm. l.. Finley, of Kenton. state
oil inspector and secretary of the
democratic state executive commit
tee. secured the attention of the
convention Immediately following
the applause given the chairman,
and moved that the temporary or
ganization be made permanent. He
was given second, and Mr.. Durbin
put the motion which was unani-
mously carried. The motion of Mr..
Finley also carried with 1t that
nominations for circuit judge be
made the first order of business. Al
len county heading the list was first
recorded. M. l.. Becker arising to an
nounce that Allen county had no
candidate but that he was authoriz-
ed to cast the entire vote of this
county for the hon. II. Kinder,
of Hancock. mo candidate" was
heard from each county until Han
cock was reached, when Attorney
G. T.. Jordan, of Findlay, arose and
walked to the front.
Mr.. Jordan presented the name
|of Mr.. Kinder for consideration,
having performed the same honor
for his fellow-townsman four years
ago, when the Roosevelt landslide
caused the defeat OF the nominee OF
today. No other name was presented
and the nomination of Mr. Kinder
was made unanimous.
"All usual committees of the con.
vention were dispensed with today.
but the following commendatory
resolutions INTRODUCED by Hon. ]. s.
Shook, of Paulding, were heartily
endorsed by the delegates of the
sixteen counties making up the dis.
trict.
RESOLUTIONS.
THE democracy of Northwestern
Ohio, in convention assembled, con.
graduates the country upon the as
sured success OF the democratic
party this fall and the restoration ot
that confidence and integrity tina,
prevailed through all the years
through which time our party laid
the foundation and erected the mair
structure OF our nations greatness
and we recognize the Hon. VIM. J
Bryan as the one who will lead vi
to that victory
I'VE respectfully call the attention
OF the democracy of the state o
Ohio to the eminent services o
Hon. Michael Donnelly to the peopl'
as capable and honest Judge an.
TO the party as an aggressive ant
loyal democrat, and comand hin
to the approaching democratic stat
convention as fit and suitabl
candidate for governor.
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