The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-07-04
this grand Union may be preserved.


this grand Union may be preserved.
Cheers.
They well ask you to unite with
them, that corruption may be swept
q from the high places in the land.
Cheers. They ask You to unite their
forces with yours that the hand of the
oppressor. may be Withdrawn from
the honest sons of the South. [Cheers
cries of "Good ~ They ask you to
throw in your votes with them, that
honesty may again reign in the places
of the government and the people en-
joy the benefits OF an honest admins
tration of its interests.
The question with you, fellow Dem
ocrats, is this You are assembled
here to-day in behalf of the great
Democratic party of Ohio.to counsel
together, TO advise together and TO in-
dieate 10 them the policy which they
as voters are to supportln this emer-
Now, it does not become me in the
place 10 which YOU have assigned me
10 indicate what that advice on your
part should be, but it does become me
TO ask your careful consideration of
this question: 1t becomes me TO beg
of You to bear in mind that the duties
= devolying upon you are great; that
the responsibility is not OF trifing,
+ trivial character In looking over
this vast audience. both of delegates
and of people, feel that there is an
anxious waiting in the public heart to
know what the result of our delibera-
tions to-day viii be, and eau say to
{ you, from my knowledge of the party
which you are here called upon to re-
- present, from my connections with
= that party, that the masses of that
party indulge in no visionary ideas of
success, of government, or party or
'gaHizatioif;; that the masses of that
party have their eyes upon the gov
ri ernment with all the persistency that
III the needle bears upon the pole, and
- they expect ut your hands q verdict in
favor of that government, regardless
of mere party exigency or party emer-
gency. Ela shNHli 8fa
honor you have shown me. APP
plause.l lsks ~ .assft ~ dit y
The report of the Committee on
Credentials reported through ifs chair
man that every county in, the State
was represented except Greene county,
s, and thatthere were no contests. The
isreport was accepted. naosss -st a.gt a
The vice Presidents and other Off
GERS were requested to take seatsu upon
the platform. aa8 n .og,t~-dEsN =
s. TELEGRAM FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. .s.
-inly AT this point the President read the
50 following telegram from the Illinois
Democratic Convention: 8 sstnae
-sai.4 .I i SPRINGF1RID, ILL.,, June 81. =
ia To. the President of the Ohio State
lsDemocratieC 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 Lib,
eral Republicans aei.4af af5
JAMES C.lALLEN,4
Stsiis9 President of the Convention.
bna The reading of the dispatch was re-
-qeeived with prolonged cheering.
saI 1fiSa a8REsoLUT4oNs. hg7a'9l
aoAt the call from the President, Mr.
&c. NJ Bloss, of Hamilton, chairman
h.of thes committee on resolutions re-
ported the following: .esl-l IS. $500
-ia14 sslo4 REsoiUTIoNs. liA'oa',-'
10 Resozred, By the Democrats of Ohio
in Convention Assembled, That the
platform of principles. adopted by the,
Cincinnati Convention, together with
the clear Interpretation of the same
henahciated1 in the letter of Horace
Greeley accepting the nomidatien OF
that convention for the office of Pres
ident of the United States affords
common ground upon which the lib
erai men of all political parties can
consistently unite in oppositiopt to the
present administration and its atten-
dant official corruption. s.. = $50.
Resol1ed, That our delegates this
day chosen toirepresent us in the Dem
ocratic National Conyention,to assem-
BILE at Baltimore, are requested to vote
for the nomination of Horace Greeley
and b. Gratz Brown as our candidates
for President and Vice President
The report was received with wild
cheers. When the cheering ceased
General .Dnrbin Ward moved the
adoption of the report. Loud cheers
A delegate from the Seventeenth
district moved to lay the resolutions
upon the table. ~ Cries of t"No!'
3Nowlszs eli aaasaEasisiAsi,3sA 5.'..s
bFhe motion to lay ON the liable was
first put and lost by an overwhelming
vote, the announcement being hailed
with deafening cheers. 9sa ssls 10 ~
THE motion to adopt was carried by,
an equally decisive vote amid great
SECRETARY OF STATE. .ssasl1 1astil
The President then stated that the
nomllation Of d candidate for Seere-i
faiy of State was the next business in
order The following gentlemen W ERE
put u nomination fol. the .candidacy.;
John M; Haag, Of Henry county; w
Monroe; j. s. Val Valkenberg, SAM
dasky General Wiley Wooster;
William H. Wilson, Erie : lGeneraie
Robert Brinkerhoff, Richland. Gem
eral Brinkerhof, though delegate, /
positively declined to be candidate. 4
Previous to the annonncemepf of
the ballot there was q stampede to /
Wiley, resulting in the withdrawal of, /
every other candidate and the IMAM
imous election of that gentleman,
which was tsrna1e more binding" by q
motion, enthusiastically carried. IasJi
rt SUPREME yUDGE.Ee 99aa tsat
The following were put in iioHaina-7
tion: Judge Alexander Hume, of I
Butler County; Judge John L. Green,
of Franklin; Judge Charles II. iVof-
heea, Holmes. Eachname was brought Z
before the convention with brief eu-
Iogy of the character and ability of
the gentleman Bamed. The ballot re-
suited as folloWss HsM Jllt asesisd i
Whole number of votes. 5l6: nee-
essary for choice, 259. ei snlalasiiiIE
Hume ia l-6; Green 257l 81; VorJf
hes 104. 81 fha is 5ss e9.ii ind'
There being no choice, another bal
lot was taken, with the following re-
suit: a< Is eafa f4s92 sVaa J hai {
During the count of the second ball
lot the name, of Judge Voorhees, was