At the afternoon session the following permanent officers were elected :

President-Samuel Craighead, of Mont

gomery.

Vice Presidents-1. Frederick Hassau

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rek, Hamilton. 2. Francis Jobson, Hamilton. 3. Thomas Brown, Montgomery. 4. Philip V. Herzing, Auglaize. 5. James Murray, Wood. 6. D. H. Stevens, Clermont. 7. J. Hayworth, Clinton. 8. Rodney Mason, Clarke. 9. Stephen R. Harris, Crawford. 10. R. M. Bartlett, Ross. Virgil E. Shaw, Fairfield. 12. Daniel Humphrey, Licking. 13. David Anderson, Richland. 14. William W. Orr, Wayne. 15. Samuel Fertig, Tuscarawas. 16. Har lan Chapin, Washington. 17. Isaac Morton, Guernsey. 18. William Hatcher, Stark. 19. W. B. Castle, Cuyahoga. Robert W. Tayler, Mahoning. Mendenhall, Jefferson.

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Secretaries-George A. Benedict, of Cuyahoga; Moses M. Granger, of Muskingum; John S. Herrick, of Portage; Isaac M. Keeler, of Sandusky; Samuel M. Matthews, of Shelby.

Benjamin F. Wade reported the resolutions, and they were adopted without debate.

Resolved, 1. That the Republicans of Ohio in Convention assembled, entertaining an abiding confidence in the cardinal doctrines of the party heretofore inscribed upon its banner, and in the defense of which it has never failed to secure from the intelligent and patriotic free men of the State an ardent and triumphant support, hereby reaffirm the same and again commend them to the favorable consideration of the people.

2. That the President of the United States and his servile partisans in Congress, aided by their emissaries

3. That the astounding disclosures of the ruinous and corrupt prodigality of the National Administration, which, in the brief period of eighteen months of profound peace, has exhausted an overflowing treasury, and added to the public debt forty millions of dollars, without any visible indications of a proposed remedy, or of a cessation of the evil, submits to the

people to choose between the alternative of National bankruptcy or National reform.

4. That we invite all men of all parties to join with us in restoring the Government to its original purity and principles, and preserving it as an inheritance for those who may come after us.

William V. Peck, of Scioto; John Welch, of Athens; John L. Green, of Ross; Owen P. Fishback, of Clermont; Rufus P. Spalding, of Cuyahoga; Charles B. Goddard, of Muskingum; Cooper K. Watson, of Seneca; Richard M. Corwine, of Hamilton; and William Lawrence, of Logan, were presented as candidates for Supreme Judge. Mr. Spalding's name was withdrawn and Mr. Peck

was nominated on the second ballot.

The names of a dozen persons were presented for Member of the Board of Public Works, and it required five ballots to make a choice. John L. Martin, of Butler, was the successful aspirant.

The ticket was completed by naming William B. Thrall, of Franklin, for Comptroller of the Treasury, and Christopher P. Wolcott, of Summit, for Attorney General. The former was a new office, created after the discovery of the defalcation in the State Treasury and abolished in 1877. The term was three years, and only four persons were elected to it; Mr. Thrall being the first and serving for one term.

The State Executive Committee was

violence, fraud, bribery and intimidation upon the people of that Territory, a constitution in opposition to their will, and designed to defraud them of their undoubted rights, deserve and ought to receive the unqualified condemnation of the American people.

Jr., Chairman; William T. Bascom, Secretary; Lucian Buttles, R. N. Barr, Noah H. Swayne, J. H. Coulter and George M. Parsons, advisory members.

Owing to the general lack of interest, the newspapers of that period gave the proceedings of the Convention less than their ordinary limited space. In consequence of the official records being destroyed, the names of the delegates, and even some of those presented for nomination, can not now be accurately ascertained. Very few of the participants in the early Conventions of the Republican party now survive, and, because of the lapse of time, those now living fail to remember many of the details, and few of the delegates or candidates, excepting those who afterward attained great prominence. The list we give is perhaps as complete as any that could now be obtained.

Samuel Craighead, Permanent Chairman of the Convention, was reared among the Allegheny mountains. He came from a sturdy race, and his career fully maintained the strength and force of character of his ancestors. In early manhood, with the advantages of an ordinary public school education, he went to New York City, where a relative was the proprietor of a large publishing house, and was there employed for several years.

He studied law, was admitted

to the bar, and, arriving in Dayton, Ohio, in the Spring of 1844, at once entered upon the practice of his chosen profession. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Montgomery County in 1848, and served two terms, amply sustaining, by the able discharge of the duties of the office, the high character that had been conferred upon it by his predecessors, Daniel A. Haynes, Charles. Anderson, Judge Holt, William Blodgett, Judge Crane, Peter P. Lowe and Henry Bacon. From this time forward Mr. Craighead maintained his position in the foremost rank of practitioners at the Dayton bar. His practice was wide, varied and success

ful. He was able and thorough in the trial of his cases, always distinguished for his courteous bearing, gifted as an orator and strong in argument, with excellent literary tastes and superior social accomplishments. No one was better entitled to be classed as a typical Ohio lawyer. Had he determined to enter the political arena, instead of following the even tenor of his profession, there is little doubt that he would have ranked among the foremost men of his adopted State. He was always a most pronounced Republican, and for years was considered one of the safest and ablest counselors of the party in Ohio. He died September 6, 1894, at the age of seventy-seven.

ROSTER OF DELEGATES.

Charles

First and Second Districts-Hamilton: Kulencamp, Isaac West, Francis Jobson, Joseph Rose, Albert Lewis, H. B. Horton, Amos Moore, J. C. Baum, F. Miner, Frederick Hassaurek, George B. Hollister, Henry Keller, John G. Olden, Medard Fels, Frederick Lott, A. Dobmyer.

Third District-Butler: W. S. Young, Wm. Murray, John M. Milliken, Wm. Beckett. Montgomery: T. V. Lyons, J. Fred Myers, Andrew H. Baker, Adam Clingman, John Mills, Luther S. Bruen, David Davis, Samuel Craighead. Preble: Felix Marsh, M. F. Stevens, Frank McWhinnery, James Barnett.

Fourth District-Allen: Edward B. Taylor. Auglaize: Philip V. Herzing. Miami: Edward Kyle, J. H. Hart, Charles Morris, Jr. Shelby: Samuel M. Matthews.

Fifth District-Defiance: William D. Haymaker, David Taylor. Hancock-Israel Green, Ezra Brown, Wm. Thomas. Lucas-L. Parcher, James M. Ashley, S. R. Reed, I. N. Alexander, S. A. Raymond. Wood: James Murray. Van Wert: Jas. M. Barr, J. M. Alexander, A. B. Huff, J. G. Gilliland.

Sixth District-Clermont: John Milton McGrew, Milton Jamieson, Reader W. Clarke, Daniel H. Stevens. Highland: Wm. O. Collins.

Seventh District-Clinton: J. Hayworth. Greene: Moses D. Gatch, A. H. Baughman, John Fudge, Aaron Harlan, A. M. Reid. Madison: Otway Curry, George W. Wilson. Warren: John C. Dunlevy, Jacob Egbert, Coates Kinney, J. A. Dodds, H. J. Dearth.

Eighth District-Champaign: A. C. Deuel, W. H. McFarland, John West, S. G. Brecount, Gersham Calland, Benj. Davis, J. M. McFarland, Alexander Stewart, David Rutan, Daniel Middleton, Absalom Fox. Clarke: Rodney Mason, J. F. Chapman, Samuel Sterrett. Delaware: James R. Hubbell, John S. Jones. Logan: C. W. Lyon, David Norton, Wm. H. West, Amos Gore, John Pollock, Joshua Marmon Charles W. B. Allison, Isaac S. Gardner, Elias Fuson. Union: Cornelius S. Hamilton, Archibald McNeil.

Ninth District-Hardin: W. A. Munson, James S. Robinson. Marion: John J. Williams. Sandusky: Ira Benedict, Daniel Baker, James H. Jennings, James Moore, Wm. Colby, C. G. Eaton. Seneca: S. R. Harris, H. L. McKee, Cooper K. Watson.

Tenth District-Jackson: Hezekiah S. Bundy, Davis Mackley. Lawrence: Edward Jordan. Pike: Joshua Gregg. Ross: David McClung, J. Silvey, Samuel M. Penn, M. R. Bartley, John McNeill, Jr. Scioto: John V. Robinson, Jr., Milton Crain.

Eleventh District-Athens: Nelson H. Van Vorhes, L. W. Brown, Samuel S. Knowles. Fairfield: M. Effinger, Vernon E. Shaw, William S. Beatty, Levi Pickering, Adam Clark, M. D. Brock, J. Bope, L. D. Benton, A. Peters, I. E. Koontz, John Leist, Samuel Beery, J. W. Van Sant, J. B. Graybill, H. G. Black. Meigs: H. H. Swallow, R. P. Hudson, Cyrus Russell. Perry: L. F. Muzzy, R. F. Hickman, James Taylor, R. D. W. Marsh, Edwin Rose, J. W. Shirley. Vinton: J. W. McBeth, Daniel Jones.

Twelfth District-Franklin: Homer Phelps, Horton Howard, R. G. McLean, William Dennison, Jr., William Baldwin, Loren Yerinton. Licking: Willard Warner, Daniel Humphrey. Pickaway: Nelson Franklin, J. C. Thompson.

Thirteenth District-Erie: H. D. Cooke, Zahmuma Phillips. Huron: George McClelland, Solomon Foote, S. W. Standart, J. F. Dewey, J. R. Robinson, R. C. Powers. Morrow: William Shunk, A. K. Dunn, H. L. Osborne, Davis Miles. Richland: Roeliff Brinkerhoff, David Anderson.

Fourteenth District-Ashland: James W. Smith. Lorain: Joel Terrill, D. J. Johns, J. B. Lang, James Monroe. C. W. Johnson, A. Lamm, G. G. Washburn. Medina: Aaron Pardee, Charles Castle, Harrison G. Blake, Guy C. Chatfield, John Sears. Wayne: Eugene Pardee, William W. Orr.

Fifteenth District-Coshocton: Joseph W. Dwyer, William M. Green, Samuel Miller, Eli Nichols. Holmes: Edward Hall. Knox: Robert C. Kirk, Wm. R. Sapp. Tuscarawas: A. P. Ready, Samuel Fertig, Levi Sargent.

Sixteenth District-Morgan: Cydnor B. Tompkins, F. W. Wood, Milton Leaman. Muskingum:

Eighteenth District-Portage: Alva G. Streator, John S. Herrick, Oliver P. Brown, Jos. Angell, A. P. Singerly. Stark: Joseph Frease, Samuel D. Day, Wm. K. Upham, Wm. Hatcher, Norman Webb, Kent Jarvis. Summit: William H. Upson, Nathaniel H. Goodhue.

Nineteenth District-Cuyahoga: G. W. Whitney, C. H. Hall, A. H. Comstock, Theodore Breck, Fred S. Wilson, Jacob Mueller, Seneca O. Griswold, Charles W. Palmer, Richard C. Parsons, Peter Thatcher, William B. Castle. Geauga: H. C. Canfield. Lake: Abram Teachout, William L. Perkins, A. L. Tinker, Reuben Hitchcock.

Twentieth District-Ashtabula: Benj. F. Wade, Joshua R. Giddings, D. C. Allen, Jarius Guild, Jas. Reed, H. C. Parsons, William C. Howells, J. A. Prentiss. Mahoning: Robert W. Tayler, Hosea Hoover, Daniel Thomas, Jas. Davis, D. I. Young. Trumbull: John M. Hutchins, Charies R. Hunt.

Twenty-first District-Carroll: Ephraim R. Eckley. Columbiana: S. L. Wadsworth, W. K. McKenzie, E. M. Colestock, Walter Cobbs, Jonathan K. Rukenbrod, Isaac Ambler. Harrison: John A. Bingman. Jefferson: A. G. Desselm, Robert Sherrard, Jr., Martin Andrews, Cyrus Mendenhall.

The platforms of both parties in 1858, and the energies and talents of the press and public speakers, were mainly devoted to the acts of the Buchanan administration. and the attitude of the authorities in relation to Kansas affairs. The Republicans emphatically condemned and denounced both, while the Democrats as vigorously upheld and commended them. The Democratic platform declared that the party in Ohio was unalterably opposed to negro suffrage and negro equality, without reference to shade or proportion of African blood." This was contrary to the decision of the Supreme Court, which had declared several years previously that a man who was nearer

white than black was a white man in the meaning of the Constitution. The Democratic shibboleth during the campaign was "No negro suffrage or negro equality."

The Republicans won a signal victory at the election on Tuesday, October 12th.

For Judge of the Supreme Court, William V. Peck received 182,942 votes to 162,610 cast for Thomas W. Bartley, Democrat, a majority of 20,332.

For Attorney General, Christopher P. Wolcott, Republican, had 182,985 votes, and Durbin Ward, Democrat, 162,136— majority 20,849.

For Comptroller of the Treasury, William B. Thrall, Republican, 183,213; Samuel W. Gilson, Democrat, 161,838-majority 21,830.

For Member of Board of Public Works, John L. Martin, Republican, 183, 111; Richard H. Hendrickson, Democrat, 161,815— majority 21,296.

They also gained three Congressmen, the Ohio delegation in the Thirty-sixth Congress standing fifteen Republicans to six Democrats. In the Thirty-fifth Congress the Republican strength was twelve and the Democratic nine. The House was thus kept anti-Administration and the election of an anti-slavery man-William Pennington, of New Jersey, for Speaker, made possible. The aggregate majority for the fifteen Republican Congressional candidates was 24682, while the six Democrats altogether had but 2,405 majority. The result in detail was as follows:

First District:

George H. Pendleton, Dem... Timothy C. Day, Rep...

Democratic majority..