William H. Cole, Morgan. 16. J. S. McFarland, Harrison. 17. William Adair, Carroll. 18. N. H. Franklin, Cuyahoga. 19. G. H. Jarrel, Ashtabula.

Resolutions: I. Charles Kahn, Jr., Hamilton. 2. H. D. Peck, Hamilton. 3. Samuel Craighead, Montgomery. 4. David W. Todd, Champaign. 5. P. W. Berry, Hancock. 6. Marshall J. Williams, Fayette. 7. Leander J. Critchfield, Franklin. 8. John Bartram, Marion. 9. William C. Leonard, Seneca. 10. Asher Cooke, Wood. II. Hezekiah S. Bundy, Jackson. Charles E. Brown, Ross. 13. Albert W. Train, Muskingum. 14. Martin Welker, Wayne. 15. B. M. Skinner, Meigs. 16. David D. T. Cowan, Belmont. 17. Jonathan K. Rukenbrod, Columbiana. 18. John C. Grannis, Cuyahoga. 19. Lucian C. Jones, Trumbull.

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State Central Committee: 1. Robert Harlan, Hamilton. 2. Thomas L. Young, Hamilton. 3. William D. Bickham, Montgomery. 4. Horace Coleman, Miami. James S. Robinson, Hardin. 6. William H. Glenn, Highland. 7. John N. Beach, Madison. 8. John M. Briggs, Marion. 9. Isaac F. Mack, Erie. 10. Albert M. Pratt, Williams. II. William Betts, Lawrence. 12. Samuel H. Bright, Hocking. 13. M. L. Norris, Knox. 14. James L. Bell, Medina. 15. Joseph L. Kessenger, Athens. 16. William B. Hearn, Harrison. 17. Anson G. McCook, Jefferson. 18. Louis Smithnight, Cuyahoga. 19. Asahel W. Jones, Mahoning.

At the afternoon session the permanent organization was effected, as follows:

President: John C. Lee, of Lucas County.

Vice Presidents: 1. Joseph Leiter, Hamilton. 2. James Morgan, Hamilton.

3. Joseph Miller, Preble. 4. George Green, Logan. 5. Charles Osterlen, Hancock. 6. Chambers Baird, Brown. 7. Henry W. Smith, Madison. 8. James W. Robinson, Union. 9. Henry C. Breckenridge, Huron. 10. Henry L. Wood, Wood. 11. Joseph P. Bradbury, Gallia. 12. John Groce, Pickaway. 13. William R. Sapp, Knox. 14. A. L. Curtis, Washington. 15. Richard Stanton, Morgan. 16. Levi Sargent, Tuscarawas. 17. A. W. Cole, Mahoning. 18. George W. Steele, Lake. 19. Samuel Hayward, Ashtabula.

Secretary: Isaac Buckingham, of Cuya

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Assistant Secretaries: Jonathan K. Rukenbrod, of Columbiana; Walker M. Yeatman, of Hamilton; Samuel H. Hurst, of Ross; David K. Watson, of Madison.

Upon taking the chair, Mr. Lee addressed the Convention at some length. He said in part:

Certain people have claimed that the Republican party is dead. If so, it is composed of more living atoms than ever I knew a dead body to possess. It is said that its work is done. You might as well tell the missionary as he enters upon his work in India that his work is done; and it is with us as with him, the heathen are all around and about us. This is the year in which the people are to express their choice for President and Vice President. The Republican party, feeling the responsibility of its position as the great leading, controlling party of the Nation, is meeting in State Conventions throughout the Union to select its delegates at large and to declare its purpose to reelect the only man known to this Government that is capable of being elected in 1872. The Cincinnati Commercial states one fact when it calls this Convention a ratification meeting. We are simply ratifying in advance what will be the result in Philadelphia in June next. We are simply pronouncing in advance what the people will ratify next November. We are thankful for the unmitigated, bitter attacks upon the Administration of General Grant, because they have resulted in a recoil, and to-day that Administration stands out clear and bold, unimpeached and unimpeachable. Do I hear coming up that he has some of

his relatives in office? I think I do. Well, now, what of it? I, for one, propose to allow the man who in 1861 plowed his way up the river and told old Buckner to surrender or he would move immediately on his works, and until my old namesake took off his cap to him at Appomatox, to appoint all the relatives he can find, to the best paying offices he can find. They say he has accepted presents. May be he has; but I have not heard that those who gave them propose to act the Indian and take them back again. The only ones who are complaining are those who did not make them and to whom they were not given, and who did not and do not deserve them. going to turn the United despotism, crushing out the Let us go back in memory to the day that that magnificent army paraded through the streets of Washington, the pride and admiration of the Nation, and then at the beck of him who had been their leader, kindly separate, each taking his place in the civil walks of life- and the army was disbanded. Do you believe the statement that he is a despot? Not at all. Let me call your attention to the fact that he who was first in the love of his army is now first in the hearts of his countrymen, as an advocate of all the appliances of

peace.

Do I hear that he is States into a military States into a military liberties of the people?

For Secretary of State, Allen T. Wikoff, of Adams County, and Milton Barnes, of Guernsey, were presented, and Wikoff was nominated on the first ballot, receiving 362 votes and Barnes 72. On motion the nomination of Captain Wikoff was made unanimous.

Charles H. Grosvenor presented John Welch, of Athens, for Supreme Judge, and the rules were suspended and he was nominated by acclamation.

For Member of the Board of Public Works, Richard R. Porter, of Stark, Samuel Fertig, of Tuscarawas, and E. S. Hollway, of Hamilton, were presented. Mr. Porter was nominated on the first ballot, which resulted: Porter 370, Hollway 71, Fertig 34.

In view of the fact that Ohio was now entitled to twenty Congressmen, and that the Legislature had so far failed to agree upon a law redistricting the State, in ac

cordance with the apportionment of 1871, a motion was made to proceed to the nomination of a Congressman-at-large, but it failed of adoption.

For Delegates-at-large to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia, the following gentlemen were proposed: Jacob Mueller, of Cuyahoga; Samuel Craighead, of Montgomery; Hezekiah S. Bundy, of Jackson; Henry Kessler, of Hamilton; Leander J. Critchfield, of Franklin; Daniel Swigart, of Crawford; James Madison Bell, of Lucas; Sidney S. Warner, of Lorain; William A. Waldron, of Jefferson; Joseph Bruff, of Mahoning; Francis B. Pond, of Morgan; and Clark Wagoner, of Lucas. It was agreed that the four receiving the greatest number of votes should be declared elected, and the ballot resulted, Mueller 398, Craighead 296, Bell 294, Kessler 237, Bundy 191, Critchfield 156, Bruff 60, Waldron 55, Pond 45, and Wagoner 32. Mueller, Craighead, Bell and Kessler were declared elected. Mr. Bell, being persistently called for, came forward, and as his is the first recorded speech of a colored man in a Republican Convention in Ohio, it is here given in full:

Mr. President and Gentlemen: I have no words with which to express my thanks and the gratitude of my heart with reference to your action. Not that I regard it as due to me or that you desire to so honor me personally, but that it was done in behalf of my unfortunate race. In behalf of five millions of men, women and children whose shackles you but yesterday tore from their limbs, I thank you. As your time should be used for business I regard this as not the hour for making speeches, but again thank you for the compliment.

Considerable time was consumed in deciding the manner of chosing alternates, and many motions were made. The following are the names proposed and votes each received: Samuel N. Titus, of Meigs,

388; William A. Waldron, of Jefferson, 387; Joseph Bruff, of Mahoning, 366; Sylvester T. Everett, of Cuyahoga, 290; Daniel Swigart, of Crawford, 267; David Jenkins, of Franklin, 53. The first four were declared elected.

On motion of O. J. Beard, John C. Lee and Alphonso Hart were unanimously chosen Senatorial Electors.

Leander J. Critchfield, of Franklin, from the Committee on Resolutions, read the following report:

The Republicans of Ohio, in Convention assembled, make the following declarations:

1. The Republican party of the United States had its origin in the necessities of the Nation, and since it came into power has devised and executed measures by which liberty has been preserved and the Union saved from dismemberment and overthrow. Amid the disorganization and confusion existing at the close of the Rebellion, the Republican party, exercising its organizing and restoring power, has succeeded in the difficult task of complete reconstruction, and has established freedom and equality of rights for all the people by irrevocable guarantees.

2. In this great work the Republican party has shown its wisdom and patriotism, and by its unswerving good faith toward the National creditors has vindicated the National integrity and honor. No other party known to history has so grand a record, and no other party in the United States can so proudly challenge the continued confidence of the people; and we declare that the good of the country demands that the Republican party should continue to administer the Government.

3. We renew our expressions of confidence in the present Administration of the general Government. Since it came into power the taxes of the people have been reduced, and the public revenues have been carefully collected and honestly applied, so that while the burden of taxation has been lightened the public debt has been diminished, both in amount of principal and rate of interest. The Administration deserves also the warmest approval of every friend of justice, order and law, for the prompt and efficient manner in which it has suppressed the Ku-Klux disorders and persecutions of loyal citizens of the South, a protection due from every good government to its people. And we refer with great satisfaction and pride to the system of pensions and bounties provided for our brave soldiers and sailors, and the Homes founded and maintained

for such as were disabled in the service of their country. These manifestations of public gratitude and justice must command the approval of every patriot. We commend the policy of fairness and kindness toward the Indian tribes, as showing the wisdom and humanity of the President; and in his efforts to reform the civil service, we recognize a laudable desire to promote its efficiency and purity; and in the management of our foreign relations, including important questions of international law involved in the treaty of Washington, the Administration has shown rare wisdom, courage and dignity, and has maintained the honor of the Nation untarnished.

4. A large portion of the revenue necessary to defray the current expenses of the Government and to pay its liabilities must be derived from duties on imports. These duties should be levied with a view to equalize their burdens and benefits among the people, so as to promote, as far as possible, the interests of every section and branch of industry, and so that labor of every kind may have constant employment and just reward.

5. We are opposed to further grants of the public lands to corporations and monopolies, and demand that the National domain be set apart for homes for the people and for purposes of education.

6. As there can be no product of industry without a union of capital and labor, therefore we are in favor of such legislation as will give all proper guarantees for the safety and prosperity of the one and remunerative investment of the other.

7. We favor the nomination of President GRANT and propose ex-Governor WILLIAM DENNISON, of Ohio, for the Vice Presidency.

A ratification meeting was held at the Opera House on the evening following the Convention, at which John A. Bingham was the principal speaker. Few orators of the day were so deservedly popular, and, needless to say, an appreciative audience packed the building and was lavish in expressions of approval. Mr. Bingham was then in the zenith of his fame and was aptly described at Washington as the "Cicero of the House.

As the State had not yet been redistricted under the census of 1870, there were no district delegates elected to the fifth Republican National Convention at or prior to the

State Convention. In fact, all the delegates were chosen from the old districts, as the new districts were not created until April 29th.

The State Central Committee met immediately after the Convention and organized by selecting Richard D. Harrison, Chairman; Rodney Foos, Secretary; John B. Neil, Treasurer; William T. Wilson, Allen T. Wikoff, Charles C. Walcutt, James Williams, and Harrison G. Otis, and William A. Hunt, of Washington, D. C., advisory members. Mr. Harrison died on April 22d, after a short illness, and Charles C. Walcutt, of Franklin, was elected by acclamation as his successor, at a meeting of the Committee held May 10th. At that meeting it was decided that there should be two additional delegates and two alternatesat-large elected to the National Convention, the State not having been redistricted until after the time set for selecting district delegates. Accordingly Rutherford B. Hayes, of Hamilton, and Thomas F. Sanderson, of Mahoning, were chosen delegates and Robert Harlan, of Hamilton, and Leander J. Critchfield, of Franklin, alternates.

The following were the district delegates and alternates who represented Ohio in the Philadelphia Convention:

Delegates: I. James W. Sands and Henry B. Eckleman, Hamilton. 2. Josiah L. Keck and William F. Tibballs, Hamilton. 3. William D. Bickham, Montgomery; J. Kelley O'Neil, Warren. 4. Griffith Ellis, Champaign; Alexander G. Conover, Miami. 5. David Harpster, Hancock; James L. Price, Van Wert. 6. Jefferson Hildebrandt, Clinton; Andrew J. Wright, Highland. 7. Perry Stewart, Clarke; Edward F. Noyes, Franklin. 8. John H. Myers, Richland; S. E. DeWolf, Marion. 9. J. G. Sherman, Huron; J. S. York, Seneca.

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William Crouse, Lucas; P. C. Hayes, Williams. 11. John B. Gregory, Scioto; William H. Enochs, Lawrence. 12. Nelson J. Turney, Pickaway; John S. Brasee, Fairfield. 13. Daniel Applegate, Muskingum; William C. Cooper, Knox. Aaron Pardee, Medina; L. J. Sprengle, Ashland. 15. Nelson H. Van Vorhes, Athens; Samuel S. Knowles, Washington. 16. Isaac Welch, Belmont; W. H. Gooderel, Guernsey. 17. 17. Washington Butler, Carroll; A. W. Williams, Stark. 18. John Huntington and Joseph Turney, Cuyahoga. 19. F. G. Servis, Mahoning; William M. Eames, Ashtabula.

Alternates; I. Gustav Wahle and Charles Kahn, Hamilton. 2. Amzi McGill and William E. Davis, Hamilton. 3. James Sayler, Preble; John L. Martin, Montgomery. 4. H. H. Darst, Miami; Isaac Gardner, Logan. 5. Samuel H. Hunt, Wyandot; Samuel Lybrand, Allen. Allen. 6. Benjamin Sells, Sr., Brown; Marshall J. Williams, Fayette. 7. Charles C. Walcutt, Franklin; Daniel McMillen, Greene. 8. J. M. Briggs, Morrow; A. B. Robinson, Union. 9. John R. Miner, Erie; A. H. Balsley, Sandusky. 10. W. D. Beckham, Henry; Asher Cook, Wood. 11. Joseph P. Bradbury, Gallia; John G. Peebles, Scioto. 12. George D. Cole, Pike; John H. Kelley, Perry. 13. W. C. Fullerton, Licking; Joseph C. Devin, Knox. 14. Addison S. McClure, Wayne; Heman Ely, Lorain. 15. Horace S. Horton, Meigs; Francis B. Pond, Morgan. 16. John L. McIlvaine, Tuscarawas; Samuel B. Philpot, Noble. 17. William Robinson, Jefferson; Isaac Morris, Columbiana. 18. Amos Townsend and Richard Parsons, Cuyahoga. 19. Charles O. Risden, Portage; Thomas M. Scott, Geauga.

At a meeting of the Ohio delegation in