New-York tribune., 1873-07-31


ADDRESS.
lBY rELEGRAFn THE TRBUSE.l
Columns, July SO.--The State Convention held
IN this city to-day. which was called by Mr. Gun
ninrham and Gen. Brinkcrhod, was not so large as
many anticipated The number Of gentlemen who
made up the Convention could have been very
little above 100 and am safe in saying that less
than one-haf of the IS counties of the State were
represented. The city Of Cincinnati and the county
Of ALEU- furnished the greater proportion oil thls
Mass Convention. Several entire Congress Districts
were without single representative. The Conven-
ton was called 70 order soon after IL o'clock
this morning by SIR T. Z. Cunningham, the author
of the Aon County resolutions. He said extraofdl-
nary pcrils require extraordinary remedies. Cor
rupon exists in the two great political parties, and
they are powerless 10 clean the Augean stables we
know he said that the party in power will not save
us aud the other cannot. We have met regardless
of past ahlatons, and acknowledge fealty only
TO God and country. Rings exist every Wheie'
and the good Of the country are pro
hibted by them from serving the people
Just as much as though they were disabled Dy
"A proyision of the Constitution. There arc few
good men in both parties but they are too feeble IN
numbers and purposes to work reform. Mr.. Cum
nineham closed by nominating ex-senator Geo. T.
Puph as temporary President of the Convention.
The nomination was received with considerable en-
thusiasm.
MIR. Puqh came forward and said 1--WE know
what the evil Is Can q remedy be proposedF lie
made a short speech about corruption, and then eA-
cused himself from further speaking on account OF
III health. The usual committees were appointed,
together with Committee to make the nominations
for state officers The Committee on Resolutions
was constituted as follows:
Fred Hassaurek and Isaac NJ. Jordan Of Hamilton
County, l. A. Hine Of Clermont, E. A. PaIrott OF Mont
gomery John T. Rtchey Of Allen, W. B. Sloan Of Ottawa,
DIV c. Louden Of Brown, II. T. Niles Of Champlain.
r. l.. Powell Of Delaware. A. d. Skiilinger and j. r.
Grogan OF Hooking, z. b. Ewing Of Fairfield NJ NJ
Muns0n Of Licking. NJ. D. Harter Of Rchand John A.
Hamilton Of Washington, Hiram Skinner Of Guernsey,
seraphin Meyer Of stark and j. b. Burrows of Lake.
Mr. Z. NJ. Davis Of Cincinnati was also appointed
as a member of this Committee as a representative
of the Labor Reformers. Judge William b. Caldwell
Of Cincinnati was called upon to make a speech He
said he was a Democrat, always had been. and was
in favor Of old Democratic principles. The Demo-
cratic party had always been good to him, but he
had lost confidence in the leaders because
they did not. in Congress and out Of
il, stand up with Roman frmness against
fraud and corruption III the other party. He
claimed that five stanch men coBld have defeated
the salary grab" What he wanted 10 see was
clearing a sweeping ont of the politicians who con-
trol the parties of the country. The Judge spoke
about 80 minutes. touching chiefly upon the forma
ton Of parties in the past, and giving humorous
sketches Of his observations among politicians. The
speech was very entertaining audwas well received.
When il was concluded the Convention took recess
hll o'clock p. IN.
Immediately after the reassemblng of the Con-
vention this afternoon the Committee Perma-
nent Organization made its report, which was
adopted naming Dr.. Norton ;. Townshend Of
Lorraine County for President, c. n. Goulding Of
Fairfield for Secretary, and w. 5. Ne
MILAN Of Ricland for Assistant Secretary.
Twenty Nice-Presidents were also chosen.
The President made short speech, thanking
the Convention, and fully lndorsing the new
movement. The Committee on Resolutions not
being ready TO report speeches called for and
the Hon. Chiffon A. White persistently called,
but declined to respond, as did also Gen. Thomas
Ewing and Judge Hoadley. But when Robert Hal
Ter Of Cincinnati was called he came forth and III
nicted q long, rambling speech upon the Conyen-
ton. Frequent calls for other gentlemen failed to
bring responses. Col. Ed. A. PaTrott from the Com
mittee on Resolutions, after long waiting on the
part of the Convention, reported the platform
offered by the Committee (printed below which
was adopted almost unanimously by the Conven-
tiOn after voting down a motion to strike out the
anti-tarif resolution.
The Committee on Nominations then reported
State ticket, which was ratified by the Convention
committee waited on Judge Collins and brought
him before the Convention, when be made a speech
thanking them for the nomination, accepting IT,
and culoqizing the new movement Gen. A.
Saunders Patt also made little speech. A com
mi4ee headed by d. Thew Wright of Cincinnati,
waited on Gen. Thomas Ewing, and requested him
to come before the Convention and address it. he
finally came in and spoke as follows:
GEN THOMAS EwISGs SPEECH.
thank you felqw-ctizens for the compliment Of
this invitation 70 address you led to respond by
the hope say something tending in some de-
gree to promote union of all who desire to unite, and
can without sacrifice Of principle unite 10 overthrOw
the Republican party. This new political organization
justihes ITS birth and claims mission on the ground
that the Republican party is corrupt and the Demo-
cratic party poweress Our experience since the war has
shown that DO matter how widespread aud inteuse the
disahscton among Republicans may be, considerable
number recruited from the ranks Of the
Democracy. In 1866 here movement for the for
NATION Of a new national party, which drew from the
Republicans large numbers of men, including many Of
their foremost statesmen. But the instant 1t became
apparent that the Democratic organization was
70 be preserved intact, majority Of these
relapsed INTO the dominant party. Since then we
have had in effect no accession 10 our ranks. The
Republican PARTY would have been routed any year from
l TO 1871 bat for the prejudice Of its dissatisfied mem
bers against the Democratic name and organization,
prejudice equally unreasonable and mpregnable The
repeated defeats OF the Democracy 10 those campaigns
forced last year the conviction that IL could not
beat Grant with nominee Of its own and therefore, 1t
abdicated its place leading political power
and surrendered the >nominauon and command TO
the Liberal republicans, and with that campaign
failed fOr Of numbers In the allied parties but
because the discipline Of the Democratic organization