ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

238
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1498 - 1503
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS - Ohio (Cont'd)
"Wilson Shannon, to use the fashionable phrase, is being blown up,
just now, for the purpose of running him against Joseph Vance." (2)
1498 - H&G May 12; ed:2/2 - In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the
Whig county convention, held in this city on the 28th u1t., the central
committee have appointed delegates representing every township in this
county to attend the state convention at Columbus on the 31st of this
month.
"As it is highly desirable that this county should be fully and
strongly represented in the state convention, we trust that the persons
appointed, will not be prevented by any trifling obstacles from attending.
" (6)
1499 - H&G May 14; ed:2/3 - At the recent special election in the new
county of Erie, Ohio, the Locofocos elected their entire ticket by a
small majority.
"The victory is opportune to the Locos, as for months they have
shouted 'dumb as an oyster. '" (1)
1500 - H&G May 19; ed: 2/4 - The Whigs of central and southern Ohio will
be out in their strength at the state Whig convention at Columbus on the
31st of May and it is important that the north be fully represented. The
Whigs of Portage bave chartered an elegant canal boat, and the expense
to each delegate from Akron to Columbus, and back, including their stay
at the latter place, will be only $10.
"Wbat say the de legates from Cuyaboga to a simi lar arrangement?" (4)
1501 - H&G June 4; ed: 2/1 - "The people have moved in the right spirit,
and such a gathering of the ardent Whigs from every nook and corner of
the Buckeye State - from the wave-girdled shores of Erie, the very home
of Whig principles and Whig triumphs - to the green hills tbat skirt the
la belle riviere, where the shout of victory has, and will again, go up
from the Sons of Freedom - was never before witnessed at our beautiful
Capital. Nobly, most nobly have the Wbigs of Ohio rallied to tbe rescue
of the country - and the ballot-boxes next October, will show tbat Van
Buren Loco Focoism finds no quarter in the great exemplar State of the
mighty West." (3)
1502 - H&G June 4; ed:2/2 - A Senatorial Ccnvention is to be held by the
Wbigs in the Maumee district on July 26th to nominate a candidate to
fill the vacancy occasioned by tbe illegality of tbe election of Curtis
Bates, Esq.
"Let tbe Whigs put up tbeir best man, and elect bim too. They can,
if they will." (1)
1503 - H&G June 5; ed:2/4 - The state campaign is now fairly open. Both
political parties are marshaled for the contest, and the friends of the
administration will make a desperate struggle to recover their lost ground.