Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-06-07

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Presidcnt-Hon. George II. Pen
r dlcton, Hamilton County.
Vice Presidents-Emil Rothe, Ham
ilton county; Geo, V. Atkinson
Hamilton county; Geo. W. Houk
Montgomery; Gen. A. S. Piait, Lo
gan; A. B. Shafer, Hancock j. M
Trimble, Highland; J. X. Marshall
Franklin; Payton Hoard, Marion
Robt, Lee, Crawford; J. L. Robin
sou, Henry; l. II. Monahan, Jack
son; Hon. w. Il. Fink, Perry j
Thompson, Knox; John Cowan
Ashland Jas. NJ. Gaylord, Morgan
r. S. Clark, Belmont; John Robin
inson, Columbiana; George Wei
mer, Summit; Jefferson Palm, Trum'
bull.
Secretaries Hon. VIM. Heisley
Assistants Robt. McMurray, Aug.
laize; Jas. A. Estcll, Holmes J. W.
Willis, Clarke; Geo. D. Kinder,
Putnam.
Rule THAT the rules of the
last Ohio House of Representatives
be adopted as tho rules Of this Con-
vention.
Rule 2-That all resolutions of.
fered to this Convention bo referred
to the Committee on Resolutions.
The order Of business was
fixed as follows:
l. Report of Committee on Gre
dentials.
2. Report Of Committee on Per-
manent Organization and Order Of
Business.
3. Report of Committee on State
Central Committee.
4. Nominations.
Mr.. Pendleton was conduc-
ted to his place amid great ap-
plause. lie said /:
Gentlemen of the Convention l
thank you for the honor you have
done me in selecting me to preside
over your meeting to-day. thank
you all the more because see, from
the numbers that crowd the hall
from tho enthusiasm which they
eXhibit-from the light of battle
that sparklcs in their eyes--that
the spirit of the Democracy is alive,
and that they have determined to
inauguratc to day a movement
which in its results will rescue the
country from the grasp of the spoil
er, and place it securely upon the
firm foundation of constitutional
liberty. [Applausc. l need not
remind you that as vigor is the
sword Of action, so coolness, harmo.
ny and cooperation are the chief
clements Of counsel [Grcat APP
plause.
Gen. Edward Ball of Mus
kingum, from the Committee
on State Central Committee,
reported as follows.
First District--Chnrles W. Wool
ley, ct Cincinnati. Second District
john &. Jones, of Cincinnati
Third DiStrict-Durbin Ward, of
Lebanon. Fourth District-A. s.
Pratt, of West Liberty, Ohio. Fifth
District-Daniel Flanagan, of Ken
ton. Sixth District-Thomas B.
Paxton, OF Loveland. Seventh Dis
trict-Georgo Lincoln, of London.
Eighth District-J. S. Grail, of
Mansfield. Ninth District-Adol-
phus Kramer, of Oak Harbor. Tenth
District--Frank X. Hurd, of Tole-
do. Eleventh District-Il. G. Moore,
Of Allensville, Vinton. Twelfth
District-M. A. Daugherty, of Ian,
caster. Thirteenth District--Wil-
liam Parr, Of Linvile, Sidney coun-
ty. Fourteenth District-Jeromc
Stevenson, of Athens. Sixteenth
District-C. E. Mutchmore, of Cam
bridge. Seventeenth District--C.
N. Allen, of Steubenvile. Eigh.
teenth District; Edward McBrown,
Of Cleveland. Nineteenth District;
Col. G. S. Crottcs, Of Portage.
General Morgan, from the
Committee on Resolutions, re-
ported the platform adopted
by the committee, prefaciug it
with the following remarks
Gentlemen: l have the honor to
report the resolutions adopted by
seventeen out Of nineteen mem bers
of the committee appointed for that
purpose. Applause.] l am graft.
fed to bo able to say to you that in
my whole political life never have
witnessed the earnest desire which
marked tho deliberations of your
committee to accomplish the right,
preserve harmony and secure the
triumph of the Democratic party,
[Great applause.
The resolutions are as fol-
lows, most of them having been
selected from the Montgomery
County Platform, o part from
a series prepared by General
Morgan, and some others draf-
ted in the committee /:
THE PLATFORM.