Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-07-27
MAUMEE CITY EXPRESS.
SATURDAY. July e7. 1899.

The COUNTY DBMoCRATIo CONVENTION.
"A meeting of the foregoing style and title
was holden at the American House in this
place, on Thursday last, at SP. NJ, but as
we are not of the party, and, of course were
not admitted to participate in its councils,
we can only relate the appearances outside
the doors. The attendance was quite con-
siderable, numbering in delegates, specta-
tors, lockers on, office seekers and loafers,
some forty-fve; and as every thing that
takes place at the inception of an important
event, or seems to bear upon 1t, is worthy
of record, we are constrainedto say thatthe
day was immensely hot, and the delegates
terribly dry, as was evinccd by each one, as
he arrived, calling at tie bar, for some
thing short and comfortable, and then drink
ing four glasses of cold water while it was
getting ready. Indeed, such was the de-
mand for frigoriGcs, that, as we are cre-
diby informed, the host of the American
absolutely refused to permit the water to be
iced for fear GOODNESS might spring up be-
tween the members, to the injury of the In
terests of the party. Nor, as it happened,
were these fears entirely without founda-
ton, for after the organization of the con-
vention, at forty seven and a half minutes
past three o'clock precisely, on taking a
vote whether Toledo or Maumee was the
largest city in the world, an unlocked for
intestine commotion arose, that after rat
ting and rumbIlng good while, at last
found vent in n difference of opinion that
has forever put an end TO all sound and
healthy feelings in the party, and divided
the convention into two parts; and like the
polypus, which when severed in pieces, each
piece becomes an entire animal, SO did each
part of this convention become separate
body, gifted with all The functions necessa-
ry for the preservation ofits existence, and
the passing of resolutions.
1t is necessary now to state, that the first
convention having been organized in tho
ball room IN the second story, the party
which held it after the division, not having
been obliged to "shilt their positions"
claimed to be called " originals of the old
school," They declared themselves to
stand on higher footing than did the party
below them in the dining room, and threat
ened to set the ball in motion over their
heads and make them pay the fidler in the
bargain. The other party, having thrown
themselves upon their preserved rights" and
retired to the dining room, declared that
they had fallen back upon the people for
support, and placed themselves at the bar
of their country for trial--taat they were
Jewelers., and had not one storylor themselves
and another for their constituents as the set
in the ball room had, to their certain knowl- |
edge.
The convention up stairs declared that
the convention below stairs was refractory
and should be made to succumb to the will
ofthe majority above, while the convention
down stairs resolved that the convention
up stairs "could'nt come it over them
with any of their common games" The
convention above stars resolved, and the
convention below stairs re-resolved; the con-
vention in the ball room said "aye" and the
convention in the dining room said "nay;'
the conventionin the first story llquored,
and so did the convention in the second sto-
ry, and there seemed prospect of good
deal ofmelody, though the harmony was not
great. This was pretty much all we OBJ
served, except, that the convention below
stairs was the hottest, and made the most
noise, but whether this arose from the grea-
ter Justice of their cause, or from the re-ac-
tion of the system from the effects of the
cold water, producing febrle symptoms; or
because being below stairs, they were obli-
ged to assume a higher tone to put them
selves on a level with the body above, we
cannot determine, though we hope that the
report of the proceedings of both meetings,
will be published and paid for in our paper
that our readers may be fully satisfied on al
points.