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Show That F. 0. H. "Convention." Well, it was held yesterday morning. The twenty delegates from Salt Lake le-s by some niocteen left in time to attend it. The fact is, and it is just as well to have it clearly understood, tho "General" was tho convention. He got two or thrco indididuals here to give an appearance of acting with him, but then he was tho head and front, tho body, bones brains we were about to say, but on second thoughts will let that slide well, bones, "inexpressibles" "inex-pressibles" and all. With this understanding under-standing we may speak of the "convention" "con-vention" in the singular number. He met, with a few lookers-on, and organized organ-ized with a chairman, and proposed a platform, which he carried with a seriousness seri-ousness and gravity which Sol Smith Russell might have envied. Then he "elected" O. J. Hollistcr and A. S. Gould delegates to represent him at Philadelphia, with 0. G. Sawyer and Dennis J.Toohcy as alternates; and having gut so far triumphantly concluded con-cluded lo wind up with a "big time" last night, which the "boys'" attended ansious to sec what fun was going on. That's how the "General's convention" conven-tion" came off. Tho following peculiarly pecu-liarly trustworthy Hpcciul was received by tho Herald last night late, per Western Union telegraph line : N. B. The; public will understand that tho delegates herein mentioned were not elected lasf night, bu' yesterday yester-day morning by the half dozen'of a convention ; Corinno, 1(1. There was a large and cnthu.-ia.-tic meeting in Coriuno tonight, to-night, to elect delegates to the Philadelphia Phila-delphia convention. Speeches were made by A. S. Gould, 1. J. Toohey, ' general Maxwell and others. A. S. iaould and 0. J. llollirtcr ate elected delegates to Philadelphia; D. J. Toohey and 0. G, Sawyer alternates. The delegates aro instructed to vote ' for Grant and Colfax. |
