The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-16
From the Indianapolis Herald Jan.a
DE EMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
THE DEAD9' DEMOCRACY.
ssia CO-s,, and
SDeecEaes.


riscn's hall for the purpose of nominating
4 ticket to be voted for by the democracy
at the election next fall and framing a
platform on which to go before the people
1t is universally admitted by both friends
and foes, that there has not been held at
this city larger, finer looking, or more
harmonious delegate convention. Not
withstaudinc the fact that the democratic
party has been annually killed and buried
for number of year, past, and republican
newspapers and stump orators have so
often pronounced it dead that they finally
! believed il, there seems to have been Il
most marvellous aud uDaccountabe resur-
rection. And the men who yesterday FILL
ed the largest hall IN the city, did not look
much like ghosts either. If they were
spirits Of the departed, they at least ap-
peared to be forid faced and healthy set
CT ghosts, capable of making something Of
stir in the world, without the interven-
ton of Rochester rappings. On the ghole
we are inclined to think there has been
some mistake about it, and that democra-
cy is not aud has not been dead
The delegates began assembling before
10 o'clock, aud By half past ten. the hour
assigned for beginning its deliberations,
the spacious hail was crammed full, every
county in the state being represented with
full delegation of delegates and alter
natives. Such was the crowd that many
delegates, unable to find seats, were COM
PEELED to stand up in the aisles, and the
Gallery was also filed.
Hon. ". Z. Niblack was unanimously
chosen FOR temporary president, and in a
few appropriate words thanked the con-
vention for the honor conferred.
L committee Of one from each congress
ional district was appointed on permanent
organization.
On motion Of Mr. Coaroth = committee
on resolutions was appointed, consisting Of
the following named gentlemen:
First district-Caly;n Jones, Of Spcn-
GER
Second disirict-General James S. Cra-
rens, of Washington.
Third district-Wm. S. Holman, Of
T
Fourth district-Georso Berry, Of
Franklin.
Fifth district-Austin II. Puc.t, Of
Putnam.
Sixth distT;st-Thomas Do fling, Of Ii
50.
Seventh distriot--Archie johnson, Of
Montgomery.
Eighth district General David Moss,
of Hamilton
Ninth distriet-Elmunl johnson Of
Henry
Tenth district-J Il. Cofcoth, Of Hun
tineton
Eleventh disirict--Charles II. Reeves,
Of Marshall
The committee on permanent organ;za-
tion reported:
For presidant-uon. Joseph E.NcDon-
aid.
For vice psesidents-IIami.ton Smith,
Of Perry James 4. Crayens, Of Washing
ton; g. g. Jones. Of Bartholomew; James
Elder, of Wayne; Delana r. Eckles, of
Putnam G. I. Cookery, Of Vigo; a. j.
Boone. Of Boone; Nathan \. Ross, Of Mi
ami j. W. Borden, Of Allen; Lucius
Barney. Of De Kalal, and Phineas II
Kent, Of White
For secretaries-J. j. Bingham, VI. r.
Bowles, j. j. Whittlesey aud Otis Boet-
ticher.
On motion Of Colonel Durham, the
ticket was unanimously elected
Mr. Mcdonald on taking the chair spoke
as follows:
Gealensen Of lie democratic conreation.;
thank you for the honor Of being call
ed to preside over your deliberations.
You have assembled as the representa-
tives of that party whose history is iden-
tilted with the history Of constitutional
liberty on this continent, and under whose
banner the conservative men of this coun-
try are gathering to restore the constitu-
ton, and to re-estabish the union among
all the states o. our glorious republic.
/ Upon you will deyolve the duty Of unfurl-
/ ing our banner aud inscribing upon It's
ample folds the everything principles Of
our party. and of placing it as a sacred
trust in the hands of the men who are to
lead cur columns in the coming contest.
To you has been intrusted the duty Of
| placing the democratic party OF Indiana
in the Gell--fully armed for the fight
And have greatly mistaken the meu by
whom am surrounded if you do not per-
fo-m this important trust faithfully and
well. s
In regard to the standard bearers you
may select, have but few words to say
| have seen enough in my intercourse with
the delegates here assembled to know that
but one spirit animates us all, and chat to
cast aside all personal preferences in favor
; of that combination of names which can
; bring to our cause the greatest strength
And with the list of good names before
US, it is not probable that we shall fail t.
meet the expectations of our friends IN the
nominations we shall make. We may
therefore, without hesitation, pledge the
democracy of the state to the hearty sup
port Of tie ticket we this day place in The
S field. And we should all feel, as l doub
not we do, that our most sacred honor
= stands as guarantee for the redemption
: of that pledge. .a
t MIR. Mcdonald made other and appro
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