ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

294
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 1786 - 1792
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT - Ohio (Cont'd)
1786 - H&G Apr. 4; ed:2/3 • The Whig State Central Committee having
fixed upon the 31st of Mayas the time for the State Convention to assemble,
it is time for those counties which are to be represented to
be moving.
"Every county in the state ought to be represented by a full and efficient
delegation. We hope especially that the counties upon the Reserve,
where lies no small portion of the Whig strength of the state,
will one and all hold conventions, and that at an early day as no time
is to be lost, selecting men of talent, energy, and experience to represent
them, and that in numbers such as the occasion calls for." (2)
1787 - H&G June 12:2/3 - We should have noticed some days since, that
Mr. Bostwick O'Conner of Ohio City, has been appointed Deputy U. S.
Marshall for Northern Ohio. (verbatim) (1)
1788 - H&G June 16; ed:2/4 - "Locofoco editors are constant in the
abuse of the last legislature, a single act of that body only excepted,
viz: the abolishment of imprisonment for debt. 'Cause Vy?'" (1)
1789 - H&G July 13; ed: 2/4 - The Ohio STATESMAN says: "The 4th of
July is past and yet we have no resumption!! Biddle holds the whole
country in the hollow of his hand - but when vengeance returns, the
power of the monster will be annihilated."
"Put up your bolts, Mr. State Printer, as Biddle is 'dead for a
ducat.' Wilson Shannon has killed what Gen. Jackson could only scotch!
One more speech from the travelling 'vengeance' and 'annihilation' will
be perfected. Tbe Locos already look blank!" (1)
1790 - H&G July 30: 2/4 - "We presume it is generally known, (but as we
have been several times as}{ed, it is not amiss to state,) that Cuyahoga
County is entitled to two representatives this year, by the last apportionment."
(1)
1791 - H&G Sept. 26; ed:2/3,4 - "The following 'record item' in the
history of the obscure candidate of the 'Locofocos' for Governor of
Ohio is no electioneering document got up for effect, but a literal
transcript from the records of the Courts of Virginia."
Wilson Shannon was indicted for "gaming" on Oct. 30, 1832. When he
pleaded guilty to the charge, a judgment of $50 was placed against him,
but this has never been paid to date! (28)
1792 - H&G Oct. 3:2/2 - The ADVERTISER, in an article headed "Leverette
Johnson - Let Him Be Expunged," represents Johnson prior to his election
to the last legislature as pledging himself to vote for making tbe
private property of bank stockholders liable, and to go for a thorough
bank reform. These charges are utterly false. What the writer should
have said was that Johnson by voting for the Quo Warrento Bill did what