The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-02

NoN IL uooS HUI uCCOlie me IN the
place to which You have assigned ihe to
Indicate what that advice on your part
should be, but it docs become ME to ask
your careful consideration of this cues
ton. II becomes me to lie, of YOU TO
Bear in mind that the duties dcyolvinr
upon you arc great; that the response
bility is not of a trilling, trivial charac.
ter. In looking over this vast audience,
both of delegates and of people, l feel
that there is an anxious waiting in the
public 'hshrt TO know what the result OF
oar deliberations to day will be, and l
can sayto you, from my knowledge of the
party which you are here called upon to
represent, from my convictions with that
party, that the masses of that party in.
dulge in no visionary ideas of success
of government, or party organization !;
that the masses of that party have their
eyes upon the government with all the
persistency that the needle bears upon
the pole, and they expect at your hands a
verdict in favor of that government, re-
gardless of mere party exigency or par
~ emergency.
I thank you, gentlemen, for the honor
you have shown me. Applause
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials reported through its chairman
reported that every county in the State
was represented except Greene County
and that there we're no contests. The
report was accepted.
The Vice Presidents and other officers
were requested TO take seats upon the
platform.
TELEGRAM FROM THE IkLINo1s STATE DEM,
oCRATIC CONVENTION
At this point the President read the
following telegram from the 1llih'ois
Democratic State Convention:
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, June 27.
To the President of the Ohio State Democratic
Convention:
The Democrats of Illinois greet the
Democracy of Ohio, and instruct her
delegates to vote for Greeley and Brown
and strike hands with all Liberal Repub.
licans. JAMES G. ALLEN,
President of the Convention.
The reading of the dispatch was re-
Iceived With prolonged cheering.
RESOLUTIONS.
At the call from the President, Mr.. G..
NJ. Bloss, of Hamilton, chairman of the
committee on resolutions reported the
following resolutions:
Resolved by the Democrats of Ohio
in Convention assembled, That the plat
form adopted by the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, together with the clear interpreta,
tion of the same ehtnciated in the letter
of Horace Greeley accepting the nomina,
ton of that Convention for the Office OF
President of the United States, affords
common ground upon which the liberal
men of all political parties can consist
emily unite in opposition to the present
administration and its attendant official
corruption
Resolred, That our delegates this day
chosen to represent us in the Democratic
National Convention, to assemble at Bal
timore, are requested to vote for the nom
ination of Horace Greeley ard B. Graft
Brown as our candidates for President
and Vice President
The report was received with wilt
cheers. When the cheering ceased Gen
Durbin Ward moved the adoption of th'
report. Loud cheers.
A delegate from the 18th Distric
moved to lay the resolutions upon the
table. Cries of 'No! No."1
The motion to lay on the table wa
first put and lost by an overwhelmin!
vote, the announcement being hailet
with deafening cheers.
The motion to adopt was carried b,
an equally decisive vote amid great en-
thusiasm.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The President then stated that tn
nomination of a candidate for Secretar,
of State was the next business in order
The following gentlemen were put il
nomination for the candidacy: John NJ
Haig, of Henry County W. +. Wsshem
jackson; Jere. Williams, Monrue; J. S
Val Valkenbcrg, Sandusky; Ger. Wiley
Wooster; William H. Wilson, Erie
Gen. Robert Blinkerhoff, Richland. Gen
Brinkerhoff, though a delegate, posi-
lively declined to he candidate
Previous to the announcement of th
ballot there was stampede to Wiley,re
sulting in the withdrawal of every othe
candidate and the unanimous election Q
that gentleman, which was "made NOR
binding" by motion, enthusiastically
carried.
SUPREME JUDGE.
The following were put in nomination
Judge Alex. Hume, of Butler County
Judge John L. Green, of Franklin
Judge Charles F. voorhees,, of Holmes
Each name was brought before the Con
vention with brief eulogy of the char
acter and ability of the gentlemen nam
ed.
The ballot resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes, SIG; neces
sary to choice, 259.
Hume. LA l-0
Green, s57 SO
Vorhees, 104
There being no choice, another ballo
was taken with the following results
During the count of the second ballo
the name of Judge Vorhees was with
drawn and the votes given for him wer
variously changed until the Withdrawal
of Judge ..Humes name, whereupol
Judge Green was nominated unanimous
",
| &c.. ANSWER TO ILLINOIS,
While the last ballot for the Suprem,
Judge candidacy was being counted, th,
President of the Convention read the
following, which had been prepared BY
o. j. Dpdds, G. M, D. Bloss and Gen
Durbin Ward, as an answer to the Eli
nois Democratic Conventions dispatch
The Democracy of Ohio send greeting
to their brethren of Illinois. They have
just adopted, in one of the largest Con
ventions ever held in Ohio, resolutions
affirming the Cincinnati platform and re