The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

and to-day the administration q
, President Grant stands clear, and bold
, and unimpeachable. and Unimpeach
ed. Applause. Dol hear that n
has appointed his father, and broth
ers-in-law, and sjsters-in-laW
Ofliee2 l think I do. Well AM
what OF It? I propose, for one
T to allow the man that came on
of a tannery in Illinois, that said Z
|, Buckner a. Fort DOnelsOn that he wa
going to move Immediately on hi
works, and kept on moving on tn
enemyis works until my old name
sake, Lee, took of his cap and revers
ed his sword to him at AppOmattOX-
1 say he may appoint all his relative
in this country, and / won't say /;
word about it. And I will say an
other, thing that if they are composed
Of as good material as he Is, they vii
make better officers than those wOulC
that are seOlding about it. They saJ
he has accepted presents. Suppose HI
has. / have not heard of anybody
that has given him q present prop0s
ing TO pay Indian, and call it bach
again from him. The men who hav,
made the presents are not complain,
ing. II Is the men who didn't make
them.
Do I hear that he is going to turr
this government into n military usur.
patton, crushing out the liberties o
the people? Go with me back in
memory to the day that magnificent
army pdraded through the streets Ot
Washington, the admiration and pride
of the whole nation, and then at the
beck of him who was their leader
quietly separated, each taking his
place in she civil walks of life, and the
army was disbanded. Do you believe
it? Not at all. IA voice, 'sNo. y
/ Let me call your attention to the fact
that ne VINO was first in the love OF
the army, and is now first in the
hearts of his cOunirymen. is an ad-
vocate Of all the appliances of peace.
! Applause.
Nominations being now in order,
the convention proceeded to select q
candidate for
SECRETARY or STATE,
For this position Captain A. T. wy
kOff, of Cuyahoga, and Col. Milton
Barnes, of Guernsey, were named
The vote resulted, WvkOR, 362
Barnes, 1O2. Captain WykoiF was
declared the nominee for Secretary oi
State.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
For this position Judge John
Welch, of Athens County, was the
only candidate named, and a delegate
moved that the rules be suspended
and he be nominated by acclamatiOn.
Mr.. Clark Center, of Sanduskv, pro-
tested against the nomination OF
Judge Welch, because he was one OF
the Judges who decided that the Grip
pied soldiers in the asylum had no
right to vote.
! Gen. GrOSvenOr said it was true
that Judge Welch and so decided
Judge Welch was an old member ot
the Republican party-One of the early
organizers of that party in this State,
and upon no occasion since the time
of the organization of the party had
he ever faltered in the discharge OF
every duty that he could conscien-
tiOusly pay to that party and all its
I measures. 1t remains now to be de-
cided whether or not the Republican
party of Ohio is ready to strike down
a Judge of twelve years experience
upon the bench whose only fault has
been that he has been unable to meet
/ the hopes and wishes of some of the
members of the party in deciding q
law suit. 1t remains to be seen
whether we are ready, as a political
organization, to demand that the Su-
preme Court of Ohio shall hold subser-
vience to our peculiar notions on the
questions that come before the court.
Shall the judiciary of the State become
the tool of political organizations
Shall we demand of the Judge of the
court that, in order that we shall rec
Ognize his acknowledged ability, he
shall decide cases in Our.favOr2
Samuel Craighead, of Dayton, said
| that he was one of the counsel that
argued the case referred to before the
| Supreme Court, and though the de-
/ cisiOn was against him, he acquieseed
in the QEinion, because upon the state
of facts presented the Court was
| justified in pTonouncing as did.
Another case had been prepared pre-
senting a different state of facts, and
argued before the Court. He came
from Montgomery County, which was
most deeply interested in the question,
and the delegates from that county
were unanimously in favor of the
nomination of Judge Welch.
The motion being then put, pre-
vailed, and Judge Welch was nOm-
mated by a unanimous vote.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
For this position three names were
presented: r. r Porter, of Stark, the
present incumbent; Franklin Halli-
day, of Cincinnati, and Samuel Fertig,
of Tuscarawas.
The vote resulted-POrter, $40 ;
Halliday, Il +; Fertig, 81.
The question of the nomination Of
Congressman at large was then taken
up, and a delegate moved that the
convention proceed to make a nOm-
nation. The motion was laid on the
table.
DELEGATES AT LARGE To THE MA
TIONAL CONVENTION.
The nomination of delegates at
large being next in order, the follow
ing were named: Hon. Jacob Muel-
Ter, of CuyahOga; Hon. Samuel Craig
head, of Montgomery Hon. II. s.
Bundy, of Jackson Hon. Henry
Kessler, of Hamilron; L. J. Critch-
field, of Franklin; D. w. Swigart, of
Crawford; J. NJ. Bell, Of Lucas; s. S.
Warner, of LOrain w. a. Walden,
of Jefferson; Jos. Brough, of MahOn-
ing; Col. F. B. Pond, of Morgan.
Gen. Charles GrOsvenor made a lit
tie speech in favor of Mr.. Bell, of Lu-
cas-. At its close Senator Brinsmade,
of Cleveland, said he hoped there
would be no more speech making.
The delegates wanted to finish their
business and go home.
Gen. GrOsvenOr retOrted by NOV
ing that the gentlemen be allowed to
go home as soon rs he pleased, and
the Senator subsided amid a storm of
applause and laughter.
It was then agreed that the vote
should be taken, and the four candi-
dates receiving the highest number of
votes be declared the delegates at
large. The vote resulted:
Mueller, 39S; Craighead, 296; Bun
DIV, 191; Kessler 237; Critchfield, 156
Swigart, 20; Bell, 294; Warner, 80 /;
w uluElls DD IDAbuSiAY w i Olh ~
NIessrs. Bell, Mueller, Craighead,
and Kessler were declared elected.
Loud calls were raised for Mr.
James Madison Bell, of Lucas, the
first cOlOred man ever elected to an
office by State convention in Ohio,
and the first ever elected as 4 delegate
to n presidential convention. Mr..
Bell appeared upon the platform and
spoke as follows:
MR.. BELLS SPEECH
Mr.. PREsIDNT, AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION: I have no words
to express the thanks and gratitude
of my heart with reference to this ac-
ton OF yours; not that I regard it so
much as coming tO me-, or that il will
reflect So great honor on me, but in
behalf Of my unfortunate race, in be-
half Of five millions of men, women,
and children, from whose limbs you
but yesterday tore the shackles,
thank you. Applause AS the time
should be used i'm business, I regard
this not the hour for making aspeecb,
and again thank You for the compli-
ment.
Mr.. Bells remarks were received
with deafening and prolonged ap-
plause.
Th- convention then squabbled a