Benjamin Stanton, of Logan, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, reported the following platform, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, 1. That the people of Ohio in Convention assembled, solemnly renew the pledges heretofore made by the country, that they will in the future, as they have in the past, sustain the Government with all their resources of men and money in suppressing the wicked and atrocious rebellion against the Constitution, the Union and the Laws.

2. That the loyal, popular instinct of the people in

demanding the reelection of ABRAHAM LINCOLN to the Presidency, illustrates the highest evidence in his favor, and in obedience to it this Convention cordially recommends to the National Union Convention his re-nomination.

3. That we congratulate the country upon the brilliant success of our arms, and make acknowledgment of our gratitude to the army and navy of the United States, for their past services, and we accept as a guarantee that, under Providence, final victory will speedily come and this rebellion be forever crushed.

4. That with just pride we proclaim the fact that, in the Cabinet, in the field and in the councils of the Nation the ability, fidelity and patriotism of Ohio have been proudly manifest.

5. That this Convention hereby pledges the cordial support of the Union men of Ohio, to the measures which have marked the Administration of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and especially do we approve the pending amendment to the Constitution to make the States of the Union all free and republican, and, therefore, forever one and undivided.

After the transaction of unimportant business, a committee was chosen to wait upon Governor Brough, and invite him to make an address in the evening at the west front of the State House. He complied with the request of the Convention and spoke for an hour in a strain of fervid eloquence and sterling patriotism, urging renewed and unceasing efforts in behalf of the Union. Speeches were also made by Benjamin Stanton, John A. Bingham, Maxwell P. Gaddis, James Loudon, and John P. Biehn.

The Convention of 1864 was one of the shortest on record, and was distinctively a

business gathering from start to finish. No time was lost in parliamentary skirmishing, there was a dearth of political oratory, and no bickerings, or jealousies-all was harmony. Every delegate seemed willing to yield his personal preferences for the common good, intent on the one great purpose the maintenance of the supremacy of the Constitution and laws of the country. The endorsement of President Lincoln was especially timely, in view of the opposition of that radical of radicals, bluff Ben Wade, and was highly gratifying to the masses of the party.

The new State Executive Committee, chosen the evening following the Convention, was as follows: Chairman, G. Volney Dorsey, of Miami; Secretary and Treasurer, James Williams, of Champaign; and Albert B. Buttles, Theodore Comstock, H. Thane Miller, Brown Gilmore, and William Dennison, of Columbus, advisory members.

The Democrats at their State Convention, on March 23d, had nominated as a candidate for School Commissioner Alexander S. Ramsey, of Hardin county, vice Charles W. H. Cathcart, of Montgomery, elected in 1862, but under arrest, charged with treason to the United States Government. The Republicans made no nominations, Emerson E. White, of Hamilton, Governor Brough's appointee, serving out Cathcart's unexpired

term.

There is no record of any district having chosen its national delegates while in attendance at the State Convention, so it may be assumed that all were selected before that time. The following is a complete list of the Ohio delegation to the Baltimore Convention:

Senatorial: William Dennison, Columbus; David Tod, Youngstown; Columbus

District: 1. Aaron F. Perry and Morritz A. Jacobi, Cincinnati. 2. Samuel F. Carey and Maxwell P. Gaddis, Cincinnati. 3. Lurton Dunham, Eaton; George R. Sage, Lebanon. 4. William A. Weston, Greeneville; Edward P. Fyffe, Urbana. 5. Isaac

com, Greene; Abraham Toland, Madison. 8. Ozias Bowen, Marion; George W. True, Delaware. 9. Charles Foster, Seneca; John Bennett, Huron. 10. George O. McPherson, Putnam; Schuyler E. Blakeslee, Williams. II. Daniel Will, Vinton; Robert Black, Gallia. 12. George W. Gregg, Pickaway; James R. Grogan, Hocking. 13. William Stanton, Coshocton; Michael L. Wilson, Licking. 14. Benjamin C. Brown, Holmes; Sidney S. Warner, Lorain. 15. Charles Grant, Meigs; James Adams, Morgan. 16. Henry West, Belmont; John Hill, Tuscarawas. 17. Kent Jarvis, Stark; John H. Tripp, Carroll. 18. Peter Thatcher, Cuyahoga; John Johnston, Summit. 19. Eben Newton, Mahoning; Abner Kellogg, Ashtabula.

D. Clark, Van Wert; Cornelius Parmenter, Lima. 6. William R. Smith, Hillsboro; Chambers Baird, Ripley. 7. Albert B. Buttles, Columbus; Elias F. Drake, Xenia. Philander B. Cole, Marysville; Henry C. Hedges, Mansfield. 9. Leonard G. Harkness, Norwalk; Lucien Q. Rawson, Fremont, 10. George Williams, Perrysburg; Dresam W. H. Howard, Wauseon. 11. George A. Waller, Portsmouth; William Ellison, Manchester. 12. Andrew Kilgore, Waverly; John A. Hunter, Lancaster. 13. Joseph C. Devin, Mt. Vernon; Ezra E. Evans, Zanesville. 14. Harrison G. Blake, Medina; Smith Orr, Wooster. 15. Joseph Kessinger, Athens; Edward Archbold, Woodsfield. 16. Charles Hare, Caldwell; Isaac Morton, Cambridge. 17. Lewis W. Potter, New Lisbon; Robert Sherrard, Steubenville. 18. William H. Upson, Akron; Daniel R, Tilden, Cleveland. 19. Frederick Kinsman, Warren; Moses C. Canfield, Chardon.

The Alternate Delegates were as follows: Senatorial: George B. Senter, Cuyahoga; John T. Shryock, Muskingum; Samuel T. Worcester, Huron; James Loudon, Brown.

The Ohio delegation was not in the background at the Baltimore Convention. Open house was kept, and the delegates from other States were invited to call by card, which read National ConventionOhio Delegation Headquarters at Barnum's Hotel, private parlors. Ohio true to the Union. Ohio has sent 291,952 gallant sons to the field, and has more to offer. Chairman, Columbus Delano, of Knox County; Vice Chairman, Daniel R. Tilden, of Cuyahoga; Secretary, Albert B. Buttles, of Franklin; Treasurer, Robert Sherrard, of Jefferson; Sergeant-at-Arms, William H. Smith, Orderly, of the Ohio National Guards." On June 6th the delegation gave a reception to the Seventh Regiment of Hundred Days men from Ohio, who were reviewed in Monument Square, and addressed by ex-Governors Tod and Dennison and Columbus Delano. After the review they were banqueted by the delegation, which adopted a protest, in the name of the

District: 1. John V. Guthrie and Moses B. Hagans, Hamilton. 2. Leonard A. Harris and James C. Baum, Hamilton. 3. George D. Hendricks, Preble; Warren P. Munger, Montgomery. 4. Philip A. Ogden, Shelby; David M. Fleming, Miami. 5. Michael Dumbroff, Auglaize; Lewis C. Hurd, Allen. 6. James H. West, Clinton; Mills

people of Ohio, against the soldiers of the regiment being employed, as they had been, in carrying delicacies from Baltimore Secessionists to the rebel prisoners in their charge. A part of the delegation, headed by Menter's band, serenaded the New York delegation at the Eutaw House in the evening. Raymond, Tremaine and others, in behalf of New York, responded to the compliment in eloquent and felicitous addresses.

The campaign in Ohio was not exciting or spirited; it was practically a walk-over" from start to finish. On September 5th, the Republican State Committee issued the following request, which was very generally observed. "The Union Republican State Executive Committee suggests to the County Central Committees throughout the State to hold meetings of rejoicing during the present and the coming week over the brilliant. success of our arms in the late victories achieved by our gallant soldiers in the field."

The Republican candidates for State offices were all successful at the election on Tuesday, October 11th, being elected by majorities averaging 54,000. The figures vary so slightly that they need not be followed through the whole of the long ticket. The total vote for Secretary of State was William Henry Smith, Rep., 238, 145; William W. Armstrong, Dem., 183,842, or a Republican majority of 54, 303. Of this vote the soldiers in the field cast for Smith, 32,887; for Armstrong, 4, 396.

The vote in detail for the Republican and Democratic Congressional candidates was as follows:

In November only two tickets were in the field a rare circumstance in Ohio elections. The total vote of the State was Lincoln 265,654, McClellan 205,599, or a Republican majority of 60,055. The soldier vote for President showed a majority of 31,221 for the Republican ticket-Lincoln 40,967, McClellan 9,746, so that the majority on the home vote was 28,834. The successful (Lincoln) Electoral ticket was as follows:

Electors at Large: John M. Connell, Fairfield, and John Peter Biehn, Brown. For the Districts: 1. John K. Greene,

Hamilton. 2. Stanley Matthews, Hamilton. 3. Lewis B. Gunckle, Montgomery. 4. Stephen Johnson, Miami. 5. William L. Walker, Allen. 6. Mills Gardner, Fayette. 7. Henry W. Smith, Madison. 8. Ozias Bowen, Marion. 9. Jacob Scroggs, Wayne. 10. William Sheffield, Henry. II. George A. Waller, Scioto. 12. Henry F. Page, Pickaway. 13. James R. Stanbery, Licking. 14. John H. McCombs, Ashland. 15. Frederick W. Wood, Morgan. 16. Lorenzo Danford, Belmont. 17. John McCook, Jefferson. 18. Seth Marshall, Cuyahoga. 19. Abner Kellogg, Ashtabula.

The defeated (McClellan) candidates for Electors were:

Electors at Large: Charles Reemelin, Hamilton, and Thomas W. Bartley, Richland.

For the Districts: 1. John L. Vattier, Hamilton. 2. John Schiff, Hamilton. 3. William J. Gilmore, Preble. 4. Luther Smith, Miami. 5. Charles N. Lamison, Allen. 6. William B. Telfair, Clinton. 7. William H. Creighton, Madison. 8. Judson A. Beebe, Morrow. 9. Edward S. Stowe, Erie. 10. James G. Haley, Henry. II. Henry C. Moore, Vinton. 12. James Emmitt, Pike. 13. Charles H. Johnston, Coshocton. 14. Neal Power, Wayne. 15. Robert A. Constable, Athens. 16. Oliver J. Swaney, Belmont. 17. Charles M. Aten, Columbiana. 18. David R. Paige, Summit. 19. Samuel Hunt, Ashtabula.

William Henry Smith, Secretary of State, was born in Columbiana County, New York, December 1, 1833, and died in Lake Forest, Illinois, July 27, 1896. In 1836 his parents emigrated to Ohio, where he had the best educational advantages the State afforded. He became a tutor and then editor of the Literary Review, at Cincinnati, and

when the Rebellion broke out he was doing editorial work on the Cincinnati Gazette. During that period he rendered the Union cause effective service with his pen and was active in promoting enlistments and means of relief for the volunteer soldiers. He was largely instrumental in securing the gubernatorial nomination for John Brough in 1863 and on Brough's election became his private secretary. The next year he resigned to accept the nomination of Secretary of State. He was elected and then reelected in 1866. He resigned this office in 1868, however, to assume charge of the Cincinnati Chronicle, but was forced to resign that position on account of failing health. His successor as Secretary of State was John Russell, of Champaign County. In 1870 he took charge of the affairs of the Western Associated Press, with headquarters at Chicago.

In 1877 President Hayes appointed him Collector of the Port of Chicago. In January, 1883, he effected the union of the New York Associated Press and the Western Associated Press and became general manager of the consolidated company. He continued at the head of this Association until his death. His abilities as a writer and editor were very generally recognized, and he compiled and edited several historic works, among them "The St. Clair Papers," published in 1882.

Luther Day, Supreme Judge, was born at Granville, Washington County, New York, July 9, 1813, and attended common school until twelve years of age, or until the death of his father, who was killed in a mill. Then he labored on a farm and in a sawmill until he was twenty years of age, in support of the family. In 1835 he entered Middlebury College, Vermont, and remained three years. He located at Ravenna, Portage County,

Ohio, studied law and was admitted to the bar on October 8, 1840. In 1843 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Portage County, but removed to Akron in 1845 and lived there about a year. Returning to Ravenna, he was again elected Prosecutor, in 1849. The last year he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in his district, but was defeated. In 1851 he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and served for two terms. When the Rebellion broke out he ceased to act with the Democratic party, and was appointed Judge Advocate General on the staff of Governor Tod. In 1863 he was elected to the State Senate, resigning that office in 1864 to accept the office of Judge of the Supreme Court. In 1869 he was again elected to the Supreme Bench, and in 1874 was nominated for the third time, but was defeated, with the rest of the Republican ticket. April, 1875, he was appointed by Governor Allen as the minority member on the Commission to revise the statutes of the State, but resigned this position to accept a position on the Supreme Court Commission, to which he was appointed in 1876 by Governor Hayes. On the completion of this work he retired from public life, and died at his home in Ravenna in 1886. His son, Judge William R. Day, of Canton, Ohio, is the present Assistant Secretary of State of the United States.

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William White, Supreme Judge, was born in England, January 28, 1822. His parents died when he was very young and he was brought to America by his uncle in 1831. The family settled at Springfield, Ohio, and at twelve years of age the foster son, William, was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker for a term of nine years. After serving six years he purchased the balance of his