20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . n!iiiMffl|»,\|li|!l!ll I HIGH STREET M. E. CHURCH, SPRINGFHUHO CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING AND EEPEESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 119 casions tlie opposition, have come toSpringfield for their candidates. Notable in this respect was the actionof the Prohibition party. On at leastthree different occasions that party camehere for their candidates for governor—at one time nominating Eev. M. J. Firey,the distinguished Lutheran minister, atanother time, in 1885, Dr. A. B. Leonard,a noted Methodist divine,
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . n!iiiMffl|»,\|li|!l!ll I HIGH STREET M. E. CHURCH, SPRINGFHUHO CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING AND EEPEESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 119 casions tlie opposition, have come toSpringfield for their candidates. Notable in this respect was the actionof the Prohibition party. On at leastthree different occasions that party camehere for their candidates for governor—at one time nominating Eev. M. J. Firey,the distinguished Lutheran minister, atanother time, in 1885, Dr. A. B. Leonard,a noted Methodist divine, and in 1881, Ludlow, an old time and prominentmanufacturer. vVt one time the Prohibi-tion ticket received as high as seven hun-dred votes in this county. In 1881 the Democrats nominated W. Bookwalter, a prominent manu-facturer and distinguished traveler, ofthis city, for governor, who was defeatedin the election by Governor CharlesFoster. Hat Brigade. For a number of years prior to hisnomination for President James G. Blainehad a very respectable following among
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