The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-09-10

ter's excellent little speech. In fact,
when Mr.. Foster spoke of the "HOn'
est SENATOR losing his head to the
first storm of repudiation that swept
over it from Ohio, he made most OF
his auditors think that the "honest"
was ironical. He might have paint
ed the fhonest Senator engaged all
night long at a room in q Columbus
hotel, the night before the assemblage
Of the Democratic State Convention,
striving to devise some form of sur
render of the only patriotic principle
he ever advocated, that would be ac-
cepted by the repudiationists who
were to meet next day at the Opera
house. The 'ihonest Senator" cut the
sorriest figure that night of any public
man in the United States.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Standing Committees were then ap-
pointed, after which the Convention
took recess to half-past P. NJ. The
Committee on Resolutions was thus
constituted
Ist District, Ben. Eggleston, Hamilton; ID
Q. H. Blackburn, Hamilton Sd, Jos. H. Bar
4 rett, CIermont; 4th, John Little, Xenia 5th,
/ James l. Price, Van Vert 9th, Clark Wag-
/ goner. Lucas 7th, DR.. D. Noble, Highland !;
sth, Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Clarke; 9th, Gen.
]. s. Robinson, Hardin; 10th, i. F Mack,
Sandusky; llth, Gen. B. F. Coates, Scioto;
Tn a IShn %nsk6gE@ H. Ksiey b bPey ss5 wan A. W.
dot 18th, r, ii. Stimson, Washington 10th,
Hon. Lorenzn, Danford, Belmont; 18th, ].
K. Rukenbrod. CoIumbiana; 18th, DIR. ].
Strong, Lorain; 18th, j. A. Garfield, Portage;
10th, Hon. a. 7. Brinsmade, Cuyahoga.
The State Central Committee is as
follows
Ist, A. c. Sands, Hamilton; I'd, Henry
Kessler, Hamilton Sd, w. II. p. Denny,
/ Clinton; 4th, John Devore, Darke; 5th, p.
Lucas; 7th, ]. F. Raper, Ross sth, ]. T. Cow
/ ey, Champaign 9Th, Hon. W. Q. Hooper,
Knox; 10th, g. N. Locke, Seneca; Ilth, A. c.
Fairfeld; 18th. w. A. Pittenger, Tuscara,
was; l4th, A. NJ. Burns, Riehland 18th, ID.
| Q. Pinkerton, Morgan 10th, Hon. 3. Knox,
18th, A. s. Mcclure, WayHe 18th, George W.
Steele, Lake; 2Oth, William X. Smith, Cuya-
| hOga.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention reassembled in the
afternoon with an increased atteE-
dance, but still not q Gro wded house.
CREDENTIALS AND PERMANENT Or
GANIZATION.
The Committee on Credentials re-
ported no contest, and all delegations
full.
The Committee on Permanent Or
ganization reported, through DR.. ]. T.
Updegraff, of Jefferson, the usual rules
and the order of nomination, as will
appear in the course of the proceed
ings. The following We're named for
permanent officers :
Drocidont-
Seeretaries-Wm. A. Hunt, Bel
DeWolf, Hancock Frank Browning,
ton E, A. Lee, Stark s. n. Fields,
Franklin.
The permanent President was then
presented by Mr.. Foster, with the sim
pie remark, "Gentlemen, Senator
Sherman needs no introduction to
you" loud applause.l
SENATOR RSHERMAN's SPEECH.
The Senator then proceeded, after
several rounds of cheers, to deliver the
following remarks:
GENTLEMEN: 1 return you my
grateful acknowledgements for this
unexpected honor. | was invited bv
the Executive Committee to make
some remarks this evening, and had
no expectation to participate in any
other way in the proceedings Of this
Convention. The duties of the Con-
vention are plain and simple. There
is here no unseemly struggle for office |
or honor. The Convention meet to |
designate from among the go, 900 Re |
publicans of Ohio a few men to hold |
offices of honor and trust. No doubt |
you will make that selection with |
wise consideration for past services,
and for merit and honor.
AS for your platform of principles,
there need be no trouble. The prin- |
ciples of the Republican party are en-
grated in the Constitution of the |
United States, and the laws that have |
beeu framed and passed by the Repub-
lican party in the last fourteen years. |
Applause. Your highest duty is to |
see that these Constitutional provi-
sions and laws are faithfully, honest
ly and religiously enforced, without |
distinction between citizens, native or
uaUIlI e5f4.ssl- n
plause.l And now again, trust THE
Republican party will be bold and
manly as it has always been when
ever an issue is presented, meeting
face to face in a manly way, and ex-
press in few, brief, terse, Anglo-Sax-
on sentences your convictions as they
shall be approved by your consciences,
and then leave to an intelligent peo-
pie to say whether or not they are
right.
Now, gentlemen, with these few re-
marks, especially as 1 am to COM
ment at some length upon my view of
the duty and responsibilities and prin-
cipies of the Republican party this
evening, will delay you no longer,
but the Convention will proceed to
transact the business for which it was
called. [Applause.]
AN EXPLANATION.
This brief and pertinent little speech
was greeted with enthusiastic plau-
dts.
Here, perhaps, it is as well to re-
mark that the managers of the Con-
vention had designated Gen. Noyes
for permanent Chairman, but when
the Committee on Permanent Organi-
zation came together, they refused to
ratify the arrangement, and after
three separate ballots selected Senator
Sherman. L do not think this action
was owing to any special objection on
the part of members of the committee
to Gen. Noyes, but to a desire TO do
honor to the Republican Senator from
Ohio. in contrast with the severe
snubbing given by the Democratic
Convention to Senator Thurman. In
this light it was acquiesced in even by
those who wished Gen. NOyes to pre-
side.
UTKnLE
Nominations being now in order,
Gen. +. B. Pond presented the name
of Allen T. Wikoff, of Adams, for
Secretary of State, and made some
pertinent remarks as to Capt. WikofFs
military and civil service.
Judge VIM. Lawrence, of Logan,
moved that Capt. Wikoff be re-nomi-
mated by acclamation, which was
seconded and carried with thrilling
"aye," and followed by universal ap-
plause.
JUDGE STONE RESIGNS.
At this point telegram was read
from w. +. Stone, Judge of the Su-
preme Court, declaring he had this
day forwarded his resignation to the
Governor. The Chair said it might
be necessary to take some action in
regard to the matter.
On motion the matter OF nominat-
ing a candidate for Judge was defer
red for the present, and referred to the
Committee on Permanent Organiza-
ton.
HARVEY.
Mr.. 7. w. Harvey, of Lake, was
then renominated unanimously and
by acclaim for State School Commits
siOner.
Mr.. Harvey was loudly called for,
and made a speech indicating that If
reelected ne would know no party in
the administration of his office, but
would do for all the people
all he could to promote the inter.
est of education and of public schools.
But in becoming schOol-master he
had not i2id aside his duties as citi-
zen, and Re would in future, as in the