Montgomery-John Bettelton, John D. Kemp and Henry Schoenfeldt,

Morgan-Richard Stanton.

Morrow Albert H. Brown.

Muskingum-Edward Ball and Elias Ellis. Noble-Bethuel Bates.

Ottawa and Wood-William Park.

Perry-Lewis Green.

Pickaway-Walter T. Conklin.

Pike-Isaac Austill.

Portage-Reuben P. Cannon.

Preble-James Sayler.

Richland-A. C. Kile and Henry Schirck.

Ross-Lewis W. Sifford.

Sandusky--Hiram W. Winslow.

Scioto-Elijah Glover.

Seneca-John Seitz and Edson T. Stickney.

Shelby-Jason McVey.

Stark-Samuel C. Bowman and Ellis N. John

son, Jr.

Summit-Alfred Wolcott.

Trumbull-William Ritezel and Joseph K. Wing.

Tuscarawas-Michael V. Ream and Garrett B.

Smith.

Union--A. James Sterling.

Vinton-Almond Soule.

Warren-William W. Wilson.

Washington-John A. Brown.

Wayne-Thomas W. Peckinpaugh and William

R. Wilson.

Williams--Schuyler E. Blakeslee. Wyandot--John Kisor.

Francis B. Pond, Attorney General, was born at Ellinsburg, Jefferson County, New York, August 9, 1825. He removed to Oberlin, Ohio, in 1841, where he worked his way through college and was graduated with honors in 1846. In 1852 he was admitted. to the bar at Malta, Ohio, and three years later was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Morgan County. He served with distinction as Colonel of the Sixty-second Ohio Infantry in the Union army, and was so badly wounded at the battle of Deep River in August, 1864, as to lose the sight of his left eye, and in consequence was compelled to resign in November following. In 1867 he

was elected as a Representative to the General Assembly. In 1869, and again in 1871, he was elected Attorney General of the State, filling the office with exceptional satisfaction and ability. In 1879 he was elected to the Sixty-fourth General Assembly as a Senator from the Fourteenth district, and was reelected to the Sixty-fifth Assembly in 1881. He was the author of the Pond Liquor Law," which was declared unconstitutional because of its bond feature. His

death occurred at his home in Malta, Ohio, November 2, 1883.

Richard R. Porter was a prosperous Stark County farmer who was elected by the Republicans as Member of the State Board of Public Works in 1869 and again. in 1872. He was born in Wayne County in 1829 and taken by his father to a new home in Lawrence township, Stark County, where he always resided afterward. His death occurred in 1894.

UTHERFORD B. HAYES was inaugurated Governor of Ohio, for the second time, January 10, 1870. The inaugural exercises were again held in the rotunda of the State Capitol, and Luther Day, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as in 1868, administered the oath of office.

On January 19th, the Fifty-ninth General Assembly of Ohio ratified the XVth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the vote in both branches being upon strict party lines-Republicans in the affirmative and Democrats in the negative, and was as follows: Senate-yeas 19, nays 18.

House of Representativesyeas 57, nays 55. Its ratification was publicly proclaimed by Governor Hayes, in accordance with law, on March 31st, and on April 13th the colored people of the State celebrated the event by a great parade and public meeting at Columbus.

A State Temperance (Prohibition) Convention was held at Columbus, Wednesday, June 1st, with Gideon T. Stewart, of Huron, as Chairman, and William B. Chadwick, of Muskingum, Secretary. There was but a small attendance and only forty counties represented, yet a full State ticket was nominated as follows: Secretary of State, Jay Odell, of Cuyahoga; Supreme Judge, Gideon T. Stewart, of Huron; Comptroller, Thomas Edmondson, of Logan; and Member

of Board of Public Works, Enoch G. Collins, of Miami.

On the same day the Democratic State Convention was held at the Grand Opera House, Columbus, with Lewis D. Campbell, of Butler, Chairmain, and David C. Ballentine, of Clarke, Secretary. William Heisley, of Cuyahoga, was nominated for Secretary of State, over William C. Cessna, of Hardin, on the first ballot, Emil Rothe, of Hamilton, and Charles J. Beam, of Preble, having first been withdrawn. Richard A. Harrison, of Madison, was nominated by acclamation for Supreme Judge. John H. Heaton, of Belmont, was nominated for Comptroller, over James K. Newcomer, of Lorain, on the third ballot, E. G. Donavan, of Williams, and Frank M. Casad, of Warren, having retired on the first and second. second. William Spencer, of Licking, was nominated for member of the Board of Public Works on the second ballot, over Benjamin P. Churchill, of Hamilton, James Kelley, of Montgomery, having retired after the first. Frank H. Hurd, of Lucas, Chairman, Ozro J. Dodds, of Hamilton, Barnabus Burns, of Richland, Thomas Beer, of Crawford, and William E. Finck, of Perry, were the most prominent members of the Committee on Resolutions and the platform was accordingly a denunciation of the protective tariff and internal revenue laws, and of land

monopoly" as "one of the great evils of the country." Other planks, somewhat in keeping with previous declarations of the party, were as follows:

4. That we regard the act recently passed by Congress to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment as unconstitutional, unjust and oppressive, an invasion of the rights of the States, subversive of the best interests of the people, and therefore demand its unconditional repeal.

5. That the power of the Federal Government to assess and collect taxes on the bonds of the United States is clear and unquestioned; and we demand of Congress that a share of taxation equal to the fair average amount levied in each State on money loaned shall be assessed and collected from all investments

in bonds.

6. That we are opposed to the system of National Banks, and demand the immediate repeal of the law creating them, and that in the place of the notes of such banks Treasury notes of the United States should be substituted.

The call for the Republican State Convention was issued June 8th, and provided for 473 delegates, on the basis of one for every 500 votes cast for Hayes in 1869. Particular attention was called to the importance of early organization in the various counties, and it was requested that all Central Committees be chosen by July 30th. The delegates were asked to bring with them "a correct list of the officers and members of their respective County Committees and deliver the same to the Chairman of the State Executive Committee."

The Convention was not largely attended, owing, no doubt, to the short ticket, and to the comparatively few active aspirants for office. It was called to order at eleven o'clock on the morning of August 10th, and was notable from two very dissimilar circumstances, first the contest for the Supreme Judgeship and second the attendance, for the first time in Ohio, of several colored delegates, a fact that was commented upon

by the Democratic papers as "simply disgusting."

Richard D. Harrison, Chairman of the State Executive Committee, called the delegates to order and presented Benjamin F. Potts, of Carroll County, as Temporary Chairman. The nomination was unanimously confirmed, and General Potts, on taking the chair, contented himself with a brief acknowledgment of thanks, and proceeding immediately to business. William T. Bascom, of Greene; George Noyes, of Cuyahoga; J. L. McIlvaine, of Tuscarawas; James F. Hudson, of Mahoning; A. B. Smith, of Fulton; and John T. Raper, of Vinton, were elected Secretaries, and the various Committees appointed were as follows:

Credentials: 1. Henry Schottman, Hamilton. 2. H. C. Emery, Hamilton. 3. Robert Joyce, Butler. 4. William A. Hume, Champaign. 5. Benjamin P. Johnson, Hancock. 6. Marshall J. Williams, Fayette. 7. James E. Goode, Clarke. 8. Henry Waterfield, Marion. 9. U. B. Thomas, Seneca. 10. A. B. Smith, Fulton. II. Elijah Glover, Scioto. 12 Augustus R. Keller, Fairfield. 13. C. L. Retilley, Coshocton. 14. R. K. Ennis, Holmes.

15. P.

B. Stanbery, Washington. 16. Lewis Lewton, Harrison. 17. William Adair, Carroll. 18. George W. Steele, Lake. 19. A. L. Wolcott, Portage.

Permanent Organization: I. H. F. Eckelman, Hamilton. 2. E. G. McGrew, Hamilton. 3. H. W. R. Brunner, Montgomery. 4. Henry Wilson, Shelby. 5. N. P. Goffey, Auglaize. 6. Thomas Geffs, Clinton. 7. Albert B. Buttles, Franklin. 8. Isaac Gass, Richland. 9. Luther A. Hall, Huron. 10. A. M. Russell, Henry. 11. Homer C. Jones, Vinton. 12. W. W.

Myers, Hocking. 13. Charles B. Giffin, Licking. 14. Seth M. Barber, Ashland. 15. S. B. Robinson, Monroe. 16. C. P. Simon, Guernsey. 17. Jonathan T. Updegraff, Jefferson. 18. David A. Dangler, Cuyahoga. 19. Peter Hitchcock, Geauga.

Resolutions: 1. Andrew Wagoner, Hamilton. 2. John Karr, Hamilton. 3. Robert G. Corwin, Montgomery. 4. William H. West, Logan. 5. Thomas E. Grissell, Wyandot. 6. Chambers Baird, Brown. 7. William Dennison, Franklin. 8. Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Richland. 9. W. G. Lane, 9. W. G. Lane, Erie. 10. Wilson W. Griffith, Lucas. II. Hezekiah S. Bundy, Jackson. 12. Wells S. Jones, Pike. 13. William R. Sapp, Knox. 14. Martin Welker, Wayne. 15. David C. Pinkerton, Morgan. 16. William H. Frazier, Noble. 17. Jacob A. Ambler, Columbiana. 18. John Coon, Cuyahoga. 19. Edward H. Fitch, Ashtabula.

State Central Committee: 1. William P. Stoms, Hamilton. 2. Richard Smith, Hamilton. 3. Robert Williams, Jr., Preble. 4. John Riley Knox, Darke. 5. James S. Robinson, Hardin. 6. William R. Smith, Highland. 7. John D. Stine, Madison. 8. M. C. Lawrence, Union. 9. Homer Everett, Sandusky. 10. Alexander Reed, Lucas. 11. William Betts, Lawrence. 12. Nelson J. Turney, Pickaway. 13. William C. Cooper, Knox. 14. John H. Boynton, Lorain. 15. Joseph L. Kessenger, Athens. 16. John H. Barnhill, Tuscarawas. 17. Jared Dunbar, Jefferson. 18. Charles H. Babcock, Cuyahoga. 19. James M. Nash, Mahoning.

At the afternoon session Albert B. Buttles, Chairman of the Committee on Permanent Organization, submitted a report, nominating the following as permanent officers, and all were unanimously elected:

President: Samuel Galloway, of Franklin County.

Vice Presidents: 1. John Kauffman, Hamilton. 2. Henry Kessler, Hamilton. 3. William W. Wilson, Darke. 4. William M. Garvey, Miami. 5. Isaac D. Clark, Van Wert. 6. John M. Barrere, Highland. 7. J. Warren Keifer, Clarke. 8. Philander B. Cole, Union. 9. Ralph P. Buckland, Erie. 10. Robert J. Gibbons, Williams. 11. John T. Wilson, Adams. 12. David W. Marsh, Perry. 13. John A. Blair, Muskingum. 14. William Allen, Medina. 15. Warren Hollister, Meigs. 16. Isaac Welch, Belmont. 17. James W. Underhill, Stark. 18. John R. Buchtel, Summit. 19. Alphonso Hart, Portage.

Secretary: Allan T. Brinsmade, of Cuyahoga.

Assistant Secretaries: Henry C. Taylor, Franklin; Addison S. McClure, Wayne; O. J. De Wolf, Seneca; Herman S. Roesclug, Hancock; John T. Raper, Vinton; Henry C. Armstrong, Franklin; Milton Barnes, Guernsey; Isaac W. Quinby, Clinton; William T. Bascom, Greene; John Q. A. Campbell, Logan; and John Hopley, Crawford.

Mr. Galloway congratulated the assemblage on the name and fame of the party, and continuing said:

I am proud to belong to a party that has made such rapid strides for freedom and civilization. It redeemed the country from rebellion and rescued the flag from dishonor. From its very incipiency it has occupied a prominent position, but now its situation is commanding. Ten years ago we could only sip the milk of the doctrine of human rights but now we have waxed strong and our history invites the admiration of the world. Our last State Legislature, when compared with its predecessor, was a bright exponent of the purity of the Republican party. If it had done nothing more, it was high above the Democratic General Assembly in the one grand act of ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment, which had been consigned the