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A second convention was called and proceeded in much the same manner as the first, but finally, after a large number of ballots had been cast and the delegates tired out, about 2 o'clock in the morning of a night session "Bob" Doan, of Wil- mington, was made the candidate.
At this convention General Keifer might have been nominated, but those in control of the Clark County delegation would not permit that result.
When the Circuit Court was first estah- lished, J. K. Mower, afterwards Common Pleas judge, was Clark County's candi- date without success, and when Judge Williams declined to be candidate for re- election because nominated for Supreme judge, Judge Chas. R. White was pre- sented as the choice of this county, like- wise without success.
In 1899 Chase Stewart, former pros- ecuting attorney, and representative from this county, made a very respectable but unsuccessful campaign for attorney gen- eral of the state.
Not only in Republican politics has our In 1884 when General Keifer was de- county been prominent, but on several oc-
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FACTORY STREET ENGINE HOUSE, SPRINGFIELD
OLD EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ST. RAPHAEL SCHOOL. SPRINGFIELD
OESTERLEN ORPHANS' HOME, SPRINGFIELD
RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL R. BATTIN, MADISON TOWNSHIP
HIGH STREET M. E. CHURCH, SPRINGFIELD
CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING
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casions the opposition, have come to Springfield for their candidates.
Notable in this respect was the action of the Prohibition party. On at least three different occasions that party came here for their candidates for governor- at one time nominating Rev. M. J. Firey, the distinguished Lutheran minister, at another time, in 1885, Dr. A. B. Leonard, a noted Methodist divine, and in 1881, A. R. Ludlow, an old time and prominent manufacturer. At one time the Prohibi- tion ticket received as high as seven hun- dred votes in this county.
In 1881 the Democrats nominated Hon. John W. Bookwalter, a prominent manu- facturer and distinguished traveler, of this city, for governor, who was defeated in the election by Governor Charles Foster.
PLUG HAT BRIGADE.
For a number of years prior to his nomination for President James G. Blaine had a very respectable following among the Republicans of this county, and when he finally received the nomination in 1884 there was very great enthusiasm among his followers. While this state had en- dorsed John Sherman for the Presidency and while many recognized his very great ability, yet it could not be said that he was at any time the choice of the people generally.
In the campaign that followed Blaine's nomination, the famous "Plug Hat Brigade" was organized. It took its name from the hat, which was the only uniform required of its members. This was a white plug, in imitation of the hat that Mr. Blaine frequently wore. The or- ganization was a popular one and no re-
quirements were essential to become a member otherwise than to be a Republi- can.
The club made a number of important trips to other cities and at one time sent seventeen hundred members to a large meeting that Blaine was holding in In- dianapolis, Indiana. In the succeeding campaign, when Harrison was a nominee for President, a second trip was made to Indianapolis.
When R. P. Kennedy was a candidate for Congress, a trip was made to Belle- fontaine, and when Mckinley was a can- didate for President, a like excursion was made to Canton, so that the organiza- tion became famous in the Republican political circles throughout the state. The last demonstration that the club made was the one to Canton to call upon Mc- Kinley in 1896. It was an important factor in all the Republican political cam- paigns from 1884 to 1896.
INCIDENTS ATTENDING ELECTIONS UNDER FORMER LAWS.
Casting our ballots now under the pro- visions of the law known as the Australian Ballot Law, we hardly realize the methods formerly in use in the conduct of elec- tions.
Not many years ago the ballots repre- senting the candidates of the various parties, which were then gotten out by the parties or candidates themselves, were of a different style. Sometimes decorated with the photo of the individual candi- date, and so made that judges of election might easily determine the partyism of the ticket from its characteristics. This was by law changed in order to prevent
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fraud and all tickets were required to be mont and left those for that precinct with printed on the same kind of paper, but the parties themselves took charge of the printing and distribution of the tickets.
An exciting time was usually had in selecting judges to conduct the election, for upon their decision might depend the results of the ballots.
The Board of Election officers were selected and organized on the morning of the election, and whichever party could insure the presence of the largest number of adherents at the time the polls were opened, was in a position to select the judges. So there was quite a spirited con- test in getting a number present at the opening of the polls. They would line up in separate ranks, a count would be taken of those present at that time, and the majority would choose the election offi- cers. This method, of parties taking charge of the election in this way and printing their own ballots, gave ample opportunity for the opposition to claim fraud.
As an example showing what might happen, the writer knows of an all-night ride to correct an apparent mistake in the ballot. On the night before the election, somewhere between ten o'clock and mid- night, it was discovered that the name of the supreme judge had been mis-snelled, and the party managers were afraid that this might affect his election. So new ballots were printed and these were or- dered distributed throughout the county. The writer took the route leading north through Moorefield Township, leaving some of the ballots at John Sultzbaugh's, on the Urbana Pike, who was then a judge of election of Moorefield Town- ship, and then proceeded on up to Tre-
Dr. Frank Reigel; thence to Lawrence- ville, where E. G. Coffin then resided, rousing him from his morning slumbers; and thence to North Hampton, arriving there before the polls had opened at six o'clock in the morning. Under the pres- ent system such occurrences necessarily are avoided.
Until 1885 the state and county elec- tions were held in October, and whenever a president or members of Congress were to be elected we had two elections in the fall, one in November and one in October, and until 1905 all municipal and township officers were elected in April of each year. In 1904 the spring elections were abol- ished, and all officers were chosen at the fall election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
In 1906 another change went into ef- fect, and now state and county officers are elected in the even-numbered years, and city and township officers in the odd- numbered years.
STATE OFFICIALS.
This county has never furnished very many state officials. Asa S. Bushnell was Governor from 1896-1900. William White, supreme judge, 1864-1881. Au- gustus N. Summers, supreme judge from 1904 to this date. John F. Oglevee, state auditor, 1881-1887. R. F. Hayward was for several years Sergeant-at-Arms of the State Senate. Thomas L. Calvert is now secretary of the State Board of Agricult- ure.
APPORTIONMENT TO CONGRESS.
The United States constitution provides that representatives shall be apportioned
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among the several states according to. their respective numbers, and that the number of representatives should not ex- ceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one. This constitutional provision is likely to re- quire, after the return of each census, changes in the Congressional districts of the state; for it is not often that a state will retain for a score of years the same relative population to other states of the union. If the parties in power were ab- solutely fair in dividing the states into districts, there perhaps would never be a change of districts between the returns of the census. However parties are not fair in this matter, and by an ingenius ar- rangement the counties can be so placed that the minority party will not have its fair proportionate number of Congres- sional representatives. From this fact it is not an uncommon thing for a change in the complexion of our State Legis- lature to mean a change in the boundaries of our various Congressional districts.
When Congressional districts are made unfairly, or changed by reason of such unfairness, and then made unfairly to the other party it is called "gerrymander- ing," this term being derived from Gerry, a Massachusetts man who first employed such tactics. The map of our state some- times presents some very queer looking boot-leg situations after the gerrymander has gotten in his work.
On examination of the list of counties of the various districts in which Clark County has at various times appeared, it will be noticed that in the two decades from 1872-1892, there were no less than six different divisions of the state made for Congressional purposes. This hap-
pened because of a frequent change of the political complexion of our Legislature, and while General Keifer was first in Con- gress, from 1876-1884, during four suc- cessive terms, it so happened that his Congressional district was changed at each time he was elected.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Since the organization of the State, Clark County has been in various Con- gressional districts, and received several different designations.
From 1832-1842 it was in the Tenth district, composed of Union, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Champaign, Clark and Greene Counties.
From 1842-1852 it was in the Fourth Congressional District, which was com- posed of Miami, Clark, Champaign, Madi- son, Union, and Logan Counties.
From 1852-1862 it was in the Eighth Congressional District, which was com- posed of Clark, Champaign, Logan, Union, and Delaware Counties.
From 1862-1872 it was in the Seventh Congressional District, which was com- posed of Greene, Clark, and Franklin Counties.
From 1872-1878 it was in the Eighth Congressional District, which was com- posed of Madison, Clark, Miami, Logan, and Champaign Counties.
From 1878-1880 it was in the Fourth Congressional District, which was com- posed of Greene, Clark, Champaign, Logan, and Union Counties.
From 1880-1882 it was again in the Eighth Congressional District, which was composed of Madison, Clark, Miami, Logan, and Champaign Counties.
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From 1882-1884 it was in the Eighth Congressional District composed of Clark, Pickaway, Champaign, Logan, and Madi- son Counties.
From 1884-1886 it was in the Eighth Congressional District, composed of Champaign, Clark, Greene, Clinton, and Fayette Counties.
From 1886-1890 it was in the Eighth Congressional District, composed of Clark, Pickaway, Champaign, Logan, and Madison Counties.
From 1890-1892 it was in the Tenth Congressional District, which was com- posed of Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, and Ross Counties.
From 1892 to the present date it has been in the Seventh Congressional Dis- trict, which is composed of Miami, Clark, Madison, Fayette, and Pickaway Counties.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Joseph Vance, Urbana 1818-1835
Samson Mason, Springfield. .. 1835-1843
Joseph Vance, Urbana. 1843-1847
R. S. Canby, Bellefontaine 1847-1849
M. B. Corwin, Urbana. . 1849-1851
Benj. Stanton, Bellefontaine ... 1851-1853
M. B. Corwin, Urbana. . 1853-1855
Benj. Stanton, Bellefontaine. .. 1855-1861
Sam'l Shellabarger, Springfield 1865-1869
S. S. Cox, Columbus. 1863-1865
Sam'l Shellabarger, Springfield 1865-1869 J. J. Winans, Xenia .. . . . .. 1869-1871
Sam'l Shellabarger, Springfield 1871-1873 Wm. Lawrence, Bellefontaine. . 1873-1877 J. Warren Keifer, Springfield. 1877-1885 John Little, Xenia. . 1885-1887
R. P. Kennedy, Bellefontaine. . 1887-1891
R. E. Doan, Wilmington. 1891-1893
G. W. Wilson, London. 1893-1897
W. L. Weaver, Springfield. 1897-1901
Thos. B. Kyle, Troy .. 1901-1905
J. Warren Keifer, Springfield. . 1905-
STATE SENATORS.
George Fithian. . .. 1818-'21, '23, '24, '25 James Cooley, Clark Co .. . . '22, '23, '25, '26, '27 John Daugherty, Clark Co .. '26, '27, '28, '29 Samson Mason, Clark Co ... '29, '30, '31 Abraham R. Colwell, Clark Co ... '31, '32, '33 Charles Anthony, Clark Co. '33, '34, '35 John H. James, Clark Co. '35, '36, '37, '38, '39 Elijah Vance, Butler Co. '36, '37 Joseph Vance, Champaign Co .. '39, '40, '41
Alex. Waddle, Clark Co. '41, '42
Joseph Ridgway, Jr., Franklin Co ... '42, '43, '44 Alfred Kelley, Franklin Co. . '44, '45, '46 Jennet Stutson, Franklin Co. '46, '47, '48 Harvey Vinal, Clark Co. '48, '49, '50, '51 John D. Burnett, Clark Co .. '52-'54 Henry W. Smith, Madison Co .... '54-'56 James C. Brand, Champaign Co. . '56-'58 Saul Henkle, Clark Co. '58-'60
Richard A. Harrison, Madison Co. '60-'62 S. S. Henkle, Clark Co. '62-'64
A. P. Howard, Champaign Co ... '64-'66 Toland Jones, Madison Co '66-'68
J. W. Keifer, Clark Co. '68-'70
Aaron P. Howard, Champaign Co .. .
'70-'72
Wm. M. Beach, Madison Co '72-'74
A. Waddle, Clark Co. '74-'76
W. R. Warnock, Champaign Co. . '76-'78 Geo. W. Wilson, Madison Co. '78-'80 Thos. J. Pringle, Clark Co .. '80-'82
Moses M. Sayre, Champaign Co. . '82-'84 S. W. Durflinger, Madison Co ... '84-'86 Thos. J. Pringle, Clark Co ... '86-'88
Thos. A. Cowgill, Champaign Co. '88-'90 Thos. B. Wilson, Madison Co .. .'90-'92 D. W. Rawlings, Clark Co .. '92-'94
S. M. Mosgrove, Champaign Co. . '94-'96 Wm. M. Jones, Madison Co. . '96-'98
John L. Plummer, Clark Co. '98-'00
Evan P. Middleton, Champaign Co ... '00-'02
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
Nelson Riggins, Madison Co. '02-'04
Orrin F. Hypes, Clark Co. '04-'
. REPRESENTATIVES.
Reuben Wallace 1817-'20
John Daugherty '20, '21, '22, '23, '24, '25
Samson Mason '23-'24, '45-'46
James Foley . '25, '26, '27, '28, '29
J. A. Alexander.
'26-'27
Charles Anthony '29-'31, '37-'38, '47-'48
Ira A. Paige. '31-'33
W. V. H. Cushing
'33-'37
Alexander Waddle
'38-'40
Aquilla Toland '40-'41, '43-'44
S. M. Wheeler '40, '41, '42
John M. Gallagher 42-'43, '44-'45
Isaac Houseman '42-'43
Sam'l B. Williams '46-'47
Jesse C. Phillips
'48-'49
Henry W. Smih
'48-'50
John D. Burnett '49-'51
Jas. Rayburn '50-'51
Samuel Shellabarger '52-'54
Wm. Goodfellow '54-'56
John H. Littler. '56-'58
Andrew D. Rogers. '58-'60
John Howell '60-'62
R. D. Harrison. '62-'66
Henry C. Huston '66-'68
Perry Stewart '68-'70
J. K. Mower. '70-'72
Benjamin Neff '72-'76
J. F. Oglevee. '76-'80
N. M. McConkey '80-'82
E. G. Dial. '80-'82
John H. Littler
'82-'86
Geo. C. Rawlins
'86-'90
John F. McGrew '90-'94
D. W. Rawlings '90-'92
Geo. Elder '94-'98
Chase Stewart 1896-1900
S. B. Rankin.
1898-1902
O. F. Hypes.
1902-1904
Earle Stewart 1904
Jas. Hatfield 1906-
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.
*Orin Parish 1818-1820
*Joseph H. Crane 1820-1828
*Not residents of this county.
*Geo. W. Holt. 1828-1834
*Joseph R. Swan. 1834-1845
James L. Torbert. 1845-1852
William A. Rogers 1852-1855
* Baldwin Harlan
1855-1856
Wm. White 1856-1864
*Jas. M. Smith.
1864-1875
*Moses Barlow
1864-1875
James S. Good.
1875-1885
Chas. R. White
1885-1890
F. M. Hagan
1890-1891
John C. Miller
1891-1901
J. K. Mower. 1901-1906
Albert H. Kunkle 1906-
PROBATE JUDGES.
James S. Halsey 1852
James L. Torbert 1857
John H. Littler 1859
Enoch G. Dial. 1870
John C. Miller
1876
W. M. Rockel.
1891
J. P. Goodwin
1897
F. W. Geiger
1903
CLERK OF COURT.
John Layton 1818-
Thos. Armstrong
Saul S. Henkle.
Jas. S. Halsey -1851
Harvey Vinal
1851-
Absalom Mattox
-1873
Ed. P. Torbert.
1873-1881
Jas. H. Rabbitts.
1881-1891
D. H. Cushing
1891-1900
J. B. Clingerman
1900-1906
Fred Snyder 1906-
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
Zepheniah Platt
George W. Jewett.
Samson Mason 1818
Charles Anthony
James L. Torbert
Charles Anthony
William White 1848
John S. Hauke. 1854
James S. Goode 1858
John C. Miller.
1862
Dixon A. Harrison.
1864
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HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY
Thomas J. Pringle 1868
Walter L. Weaver 1875
George C. Rawlins 1877
Walter L. Weaver 1881
Chase Stewart
1889
H. W. Stafford.
1895
John B. McGrew. 1901
Lawrence Laybourn 1907
SHERIFFS.
Cyrus Ward 1818-1819
Thomas Fisher 1819-1822
Thomas Armsrong 1822-1824
John A. Alexander 1824-1826
Wm. Sailor 1826-1830
Wm. Berry
1830-1834
John Lattimer 1834-1838
Wm. Berry 1838-1842
Absalom Mattox 1842-1846
Daniel Raffensberger 1846-1848
Henry Hallenback .1848-1852
Joseph McIntire 1852-1856
John E. Layton 1856-1860
James Fleming 1860-1864
Cyrus Albin 1864-1868
E. G. Coffin 1868-1872
Cornelius Baker
1872-1876
E. G. Coffin.
1876-1880
Jas. Foley
1880-1884
Wm. B. Baker
1884-1888
A. J. Baker
1888-1892
T. E. Lott.
1892-1896
Thos. Shocknessy
1896-1900
Floyd Routzahn 1900-1904
Wm. Almony
1904-
AUDITORS.
John Daugherty 1818-1819
David Higgins
1819-1821
William Wilson
1821-1826
Jas. S. Halsey 1826-1836
S. M. Wheeler 1836-1838
Reuben Miller 1838-1856
John Newlove 1856-1871. Jno. F. Oglevee. 1871-1875
Quincy A. Petts 1875-1881
O. F. Serviss.
1881-1891
E. T. Thomas.
1891-1893
L. F. Young
1893-1899
A. H. Hahn.
1899-1905
James A. Linn 1905-
TREASURERS.
John Ambler 1818-1828
Cyrus Armstrong 1828-1846
William Berry 1846-1847
S. B. Williams 1847-1855
Wm. C. Frye. 1855-1859
Theo. A. Wick 1859-1863
Thomas R. Norton. 1863-1867
Theo. A. Wick. 1867-1871
Richard Montjoy 1871-1872
Wm. S. Field. 1872-1873
Wm. C. Frye.
1873-1875
John W. Parsons 1875-1879
W. S. Wilson. 1879-1883
John W. Parsons 1883-1887
Geo. W. Collette 1887-1891
J. J. Goodfellow 1891-1895
J. M. Todd.
1895-1899
P. M. Stewart. 1899-1905
C. W. Arbogast 1905-
RECORDERS.
David Kizer 1818-1825
Saul Henkle 1825-1835
Isaac Hendershot 1835-1842
Isaac Lancy
1842-1847
Saul Henkle
1847-1848
Robert Beach 1848-1853
John H. Thomas 1853-1856
Isaac Hendershot 1856-1862
H. S. Showers. 1862-1863
W. S. Miranda. 1863-1864
Ashley Bradford 1864-1883
S. A. Todd. 1883-1891
M. M. McConkey 1891-1897
Jos. W. Allen 1897-1903
Frank Mills 1903-
SURVEYORS.
William Wilson 1818-'30
Reuben Miller '30-'36
Wm. A. Rogers '36
Samuel Harvey
'37
John R. Gunn. '38-'42
Thomas Kizer '42-'60
J. D. Moler '60-'63
Thomas Kizer '63-'66
Wm. Brown '66-'70
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J. Douglas Moler '70-'72
Thomas Kizer '72-'78
Chandler Robbins '78-'80
Frank P. Stone. '80-'82
Wm. Sharon
'82-'97
S. Van Bird 1897-
CORONERS.
John Hunt 1818
Wm. Needham '28
Harvey Humphreys '34
John Hunt '38
Morton Cary
'54
Cyrus Albin '63
Isaac Kay '64
James Fleming '65
Reuben Miller
'66
W. B. Hoffman
'68
Oscar F. Bancroft '70
Biddle Boggs
'72
E. G. Coffin. '74
Jas. Kinney "76
J. L. Coleman '78-'85
J. M. Bennett '85
J. G. Webb
'89
J. M. Austin.
'91
Henry Schaeffer
1895
J. M. Bennett.
1899
J. D. Thomas 1903
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
John Black 1818-'31
James Foley, Moorefield Tp '18-'25
Enoch B. Smith '18-'20
John Heaton
'20-'26
John Layton, Mad River Tp.
'26-'30
Pierson Spining, Springfield Tp. .'26-'27
John Whiteley, Springfield Tp. . '27-'34, '36-'42, '48-'49
Wm. Werden, Springfield Tp.
'30-'33, '38-'41
Elnathan Cory, Bethel. '31-'40
Oliver Armstrong, Springfield. .'33-'36
Wm. Holloway
'34-'38
Melyn Baker, Mad River. '40-'49
Adam Shuey, Springfield
'41-'47
Robert Turner
'42-'48
Wm. Whiteley, Springfield
'47-'48, '49-'56 Samuel Black, Pike '49-'51
Adam Baker, German. '49-'52
Ezra' D. Baker, Mad River '51-'57
Jas. F. Whiteman, Green. '52-'58
Sam'l W. Sterrett, Pike '56-'65
Daniel O. Heiskell, Madison '57-'63
D. L. Snyder, Springfield. '58-'61
L. B. Sprague, Harmony. '61-'64 David Hayward, Springfield '63-'67
E. B. Cassily, Moorefield '64-'72
Perry Stewart, Green.
'65-'67
Wm. O. Lamme, Bethel. '67-'70
Jacob Seitz, Springfield. '67-'68
Wm. D. Johnson, Green '68-'74
N. M. McConkey, Pleasant
'70-'76
H. G. Miller, Mad River.
'72-'75
J. H. Blose, German.
'74-'77
George H. Frey, Springfield '75-'80
Edward Merritt, Madison '76-'79
*Mark Spence, Pike '77
John Scarff, Bethel. '77-'81
Leon H. Houston, Madison. '79-'81 Jonathan S. Kitchen, Springfield. . '80-'86 D. G. `Cory, Bethel . '81-'84
D. W. Rawlings, Moorefield '82-Jan., '89 W. H. Sterrett, Pike. '84-'90
C. E. Gillen, Springfield
'86-'89
R. N. Elder, Green ..
'89-'95
J. H. Dalie, Springfield
'90-'96
J. B. Trumbo, Bethel.
'91-'97
Milton Cheney, Madison. . . 1895-1901 * Aaron Spangler, Springfield. 1896-1897
Jacob Hinckle, Springfield. ... 1897-1905
J. B. Crain, Bethel.
1897-1903
*J. H. Collins, German
1903-1905
J. E. Lowry, Bethel.
1905-1906
Henry Wraight, Springfield. .. 1905-
S. S. Twichell, Moorefield.
1901-1907
N. M. Cartmell, Pleasant,
1906-
J. E. Lowry, Bethel.
1907-
INFIRMARY DIRECTORS.
Joseph Perrin
1836-1842
Chas. Cavileer
1836-1842
Cyrus Armstrong 1836-1842
J. W. Kills ..
1842-1864
Joseph Osborne
1842-1876
Levi Lattrop
1842-1853
Peleg Coates
1853-1858
*Died in office.
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HISTORY OF CLARK COUNTY
Jasper W. Peet.
1858-1861
John Goodfellow 1885-1885
Wm. Eby
1861-1874
Jas. Buford
1885-1891
Alex Ramsey
1864-1878
B. F. Flago
1891-1898
J. D. Stewart
1864-1878
R. J. Beck.
1896-1905
J. T. May
1874-1878
Chas. Butler
1891-1897
E. B. Cassilly
1876-1877
John E. Stewart.
1892-1898
Sam'l Rhodes
1877-1881
Marshall Jackson
1897-1903
Adam Lenhart
1881-1885
R. B. Canfield.
1898-1904
John E. Layton
1878-1881
G. H. Logan.
1903-
Isaac Kindle
1878-1888
Geo. W. Bymaster
1904-
Geo. W. Alt
1881-1885
R. T. Kelley
1905-
CHAPTER VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTABLE EVENTS.
Centennial of the Battle of Piqua-Springfield Centennial-Underground Railway -White Rescue Case-Springfield's First Riot-The Second Riot-Cyclones -Freshets-The Great East Street Shops-The Crusades.
CENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF PIQUA.
Unless care is taken to preserve his- torical matter by printing and publica- tion, it would surely be lost, and we would thus have no record of the past, save a few broken and disconnected facts, or fancies, transmitted to us by the unreli- able medium of tradition. We of today have a proper realization of this fact, and now that printing is so much cheaper than formerly, and the art of illustration proportionately advanced in quality and decreased in price, much more is expected in this direction; and still more may be expected in the future, especially as a re- sult of the historical centennials, such as that of which we now have occasion to write.
But a few years ago, the centennial of the admission of the State of Ohio was held in Chillicothe. Proceedings of it were published and formed a most admir- able history of many of the events of our state.
In 1870 the Mad River Valley Pioneer and Historical Association was formed and before that body, in January, 1871, Dr. John Ludlow read a paper entitled, "The Early Settlements in Springfield."
In the organization of this society the Rev. A. H. Bassett, who was its first presi- dent, well stated the object of the associa- tion as follows: "To rescue from obliv- ion interesting facts and important in- formation would seem a duty which we owe to those who come after us. The present is indebted to the past, so the present should provide for the future. Today has the benefit of yesterday's ob- servation and experience; so should to- day preserve and carry forward its ac- cumulated information for the benefit of tomorrow."
This organization had but a short dura- tion, but imbibing its spirit, the Hon. Thomas F. McGrew prepared a paper describing the battle of Piqua, being the same heretofore used in this work. This paper attracted wide attention and sug-
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gested the propriety of celebrating the an- niversary of that battle.
There being no more suitable and better qualified association in existence, the Clark County Veteran Memorial Associa- tion took the matter up, and Captain Steele, who was then engaged in the writ- ing of Beer's History and who was ac- tive in historical matters moved that a committee be appointed to consider the feasibility of the project. The motion prevailed and Captain Steele, Col. How- ard D. John, Andrew Watt, D. C. Ballen- tine and William H. Grant were appointed as a committee.
A number of sub-committees were ap- pointed to carry out the project, the fol- lowing being the program:
PROGRAM.
Monday morning, August 9, 1880-As- sembly of all organizations at their re- spective quarters at 8 o'clock A. M. For- mation under direction of Chief Marshal, on High Street, with right resting on Limestone, at 8:45. Reception of Gover- nor Foster and party and invited guests by the Council Committee and Veteran Memorial Association. Parade-East on High street to Linden avenue, counter- march west to Spring, north to Main, west to Market, where the column will divide, and the portion which is mounted and in carriages will continue the march to the battle grounds; those on foot will move to the depot and take the cars for Pontoon Bridge. Upon arrival at the grounds, the following program will be observed at the stand :
Music. Invocation.
. Rev. T. J. Harris Music. Address of Welcome . Gen. J. Warren Keifer
Response.
Music.
Reading Communications. . Capt. D. C. Ballentine Dinner. ,
Music.
An Historical Sketch . Thomas F. McGrew
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