The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-04
Radical state Convention

FcHllOH at 6OIuulDus. +Ou w Cs1ACSO0s
of last week, to nominate, r., State
ticket, and choose delegates TO the
Grant gathering at Philadelphia, and
| for the selection of electors for Presi-
/ dent and Vice President on the Ad-
ministration ticket. The Federal Of
fice-holders, from. revenue assessors,
collectors, land marshals, down TO post
masters, were on hand to manage the
affair. and the Convention,s as TO .num-
bers, was quite respectable. Senator
Hart, the. matchless statesman. and
siIver-tongued+orater soi fhis county,
enjoyed the questionable, honor of
officiating as temporary chairman,
which afforded him an excellent op-
portunity of giving vent;to his elo-
quenee, and of demonstrating to his
own satisfaction, at least, that oil the
cry that is heard against the corrup-
ton and, extrayagance of the Admin
istration, and tho wrongs and op-
pressions of the people, are utterly
groundless. After the app ointment of
committee .on resolutions. and an
Executive Committee, composed of
one member from each Congressional
district, a recess was. taken till two
o'clock.
Upon .he assembling of the Con-
vention in the afternoon, the commit
tee on Permanent officers made. their
report, naming General John G.. Lee
for President with one Vice President
from each Congressional district, and
Isaac, Buckingham, of .Cuyahoga
County, for Secretary, with tonr as
sistants. After q speech from Gener-
al Lee, glorifying the Radical party
and its: great head-center, General
Grant themeeting proceeded 70 busi-
ness The ballot for State officers re-
suited as .follews: :.
Secretary of State.-Capt. A. T.
Wykoff.
Supreme Judge-John WEIGH.
Member of Board of Public Works.
r. B. Porter.
The following delegates at large
were elected:
| Lieutenant Governor Mueller, Sam
| uel Craighead, J. N. Ben tcoloredl
| Henry Kessler.
| Alternates-S. N. Titus, W. "A.
Waldron, Josiah Bruff, s. Z. Everett.
General j. G. Lee and Lieutenant
| A. Hart were chosen electors at large.
Delegates to the Philadelphia Con-
yention were selected from the several
districts except the 18th and 18th,
which were referred back to the Re-
publican electors of those districts.
j. Madison Bell, one of the delegates
selectedis areforedr gentleman from
Lucas county, and was 80 elated over
the honor shown him that he returned
thanks in a brief speech, in which he
is said to have cast in the shade the
brilliant effort of our own Demosthe-
mes. This selection gives evidence
that the Radicals do not intend to en-
tirely ignore the claims OF the "mau
and brother"
The resolutions are rehash of the
twaddle of the Radical stumpers.-
The first declares that ''the Republi.
can party had its o..igin in the necess-
tiles of the nation," and glorifies itt
history and policy, and the second de.
clares that the good of the country de.
| mands its continuance, an assertion
which is seriously doubted by many
of the ablest and most prominent men
formerly recognized as leaders of thai
party. The third expresses renewed
confidence in the administration aoi
the great receiver. on account of the
extreme honesty with which the rev.
enues have been collected and dis.
bursed, and expresses the most un'
bounded admiration for our brave
soldiers and, sailors, and approval ol
the Presidents Indian policy Gin feed.
ing and clothing them in winter and
furnishing them with ammunition
with which to kill white settlers iu
( summer.) The fourth is upon the sub
ject of the tariff, and is a tumble: -ol
words which may be so construed az
to accommodate themselves, to any
and every shade of opinion. The
fifth is repetition OF their opposition
Ito the grants OF land to corporations
and monopolies, which, in the light oi
the action of that party in the past
every intelligent citizen knows to be
utterly nypocritical. The sixth is 9
labor and capital resolution, in which
they declare themselves in favor of the
passage of such laws &c as will give al
proper guarantees for the safety and
prosperity of the one and remnnera-
tive investment for the other" And
this hypocritical cant in the face of the
fact that the entire legislation of thai
party in building up monopolies and
giving special privileges and inn.
munities to bondholders and other
capitalists, has been for years plumber
ing the laboring people for the exclu-
sive benefit of untaxed capital, and
building up a privileged order in the
country. The seventh expresses" ;"uh:
shaken confdence1in Grant, and, ,sin.
i asmuch as they protested =" renewed
confidence" in the third resolve, leads
us to suppose that the Convention il
actually lin favor of Grant for renomi-
nation and reelection. 1t also de-
clares in favor of Governor William
/ Dennisou,. as the choice of the Com
venfion for Vice President. :zs
One of the brayest actual soldiers ol
the civil war, oherman's choice lieu
tenant, is now Democratic membel
of the New York House of Represent
atives. In speech the other day