Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-07-08

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congenial crowd, and to give an oppor-
tunity to the seekers of the sugar plums
of Office, to tramp one another's toes
and arrange for slaughter of the in
nocents.
Up to the hour of the meeting of the
Convention, a brisk button-holding
and leading down back alleys, of dele
gates was persisted in by candidates
and their friends, and the horny hand
ed Cary sat complacently in the Frasier
Hotel descanting upon the beauties OF
temperance, the horrible national
Banks, and the rag baby platform,
while few of the "hard pan" demo-
cracy took upon themselves the onerous
job of revolving around him and play
ing usher to the "Silver mine" noto-
riety candidate.
The forenoon sped rapidly away; the
hour of eleven having arrived the
faithful betook themselves to Hunts
Hall, where at no time during the day,
not even while the great Cary was
blowing his demagogue horn, was
there assembled over three hundred
people.
J.F. Charlesworth, Chairman of the
County Democratic Committee, called
the Convention to order and named R.
s. Clark of Morristown, as President
oi,the Convention-who in a lugubrious
and bombastic speech p,uched the
Bird of Freedom for his spreadeagle-
ism, and then proceeded with the busi-
ness of the Convention.
J. w. Walton, d. w. Leet and c. n.
Gaumer were chosen Secretaries.
A call of the townships showed that
York Township was not represented.
On motion the names of candidates
were announced as follows:
For Representatives-Thos. Pyle, A.
w. Anderson, Handel Vance, /. j.
Potts, R. s. Clark, John M. Gardner,
and T. G. Parker.
For Probate Judge-Jas. B. Camp
bell, Geo. II. Umstead, Isaac Neis-
wanger, John M. Gardner, j. w.
Walton.
W. J. Kelly was nominated for
Treasurer, and w. E. Stamp for Audi
tor, by reclamation.
Prosecuting Attorney-Thos. Coch-
ran, ]. w. Shannon, G. HI. Umstead,
R. M. Eaton, w. l.. Bolon.
COMMISSIONER. J. Potts, Robert
McKelvy, Henry Frashier, VIM.
Workman, ]. III. Milligan, Fl. Butte.
Infirmary Director-Wm. Parkinson,
VIM. Smith, Joseph Thompson, S. G.
Bolon.
Surveyor-Jesse Thomas, John A.
Mitchell, T. A. Rodafer.
The Convention then adjourned un-
til one o'clock.
AT that hour the Convention re-as-
sembled, and the delegates met in
separate Hall to make the nomina-
tiOns.
Shortly after bling a committee
entered the Hall with S. F. Cary, and
he was introduced amid slight applause.
The General spoke nearly two
hours, and went over most of the ar
guments in favor of the Democracy,
used by him in last faIl's campaign,
placing himself fairly and squarely on
the rag money platform of the Bunker
Hill Convention, and attributing all
the ills of the country to the domina-
tion of the Republican party, and its
partiality for the bondholders and the
National banks. The freshest thing in
his speech was his definition of his po-
sition on the temperance question. On
this head he said that for more than
forty years he had not tasted drop
of intoxicating liquor, and never in
tended to. He would not drink glass
of liquor to be Lieutenant Governor, or
Governor, or President. 1t was not a
mere sentiment with him, but con-
viction. He knew he was better off
without liquor, and believed every
other man would be. He spoke of the
devastating effects of strong drink, but
said that all the expedients ever resort
ed to to suppress the evil had proved
failures, as Gladstone and John Bright
had said in the British Parliament.
He was temperance man, but, while
he controlled his own appetite, he did
net propose to control others. He had
been called on as an old temperance
man when the women's crusade was
inaugurated, but he did, not approve
that movement, and to-day stood
squarely on the Democratic platform,
and that was all he proposed to say on
the subject. If his hearers thought a
man who did not drink was not quail
fed to preside over the Ohio Senate, he
hoped they would not vote for him, as
he would not drink to gratify anybody.
His speech produced but little en- :
thusiasm; his pronounced temperance
views and his rag currency, theory did
not strike constituency, in favor of
free liquor and "hard pan" very favor
ably. 1t was new democratic doctrine
to them. In fact the entire harangue
had for its object, the arrayal of labor
against capital. 1t was an appeal to
the baser part of mans nature, and was
wholly unworthy to be uttered by any
man who has any pretensions to COM
mon sense or decency.
At the close of Cary's speech the COM
mittee on nominations reported their
action as follows:
For Representatives, Thos. Pyle OF
Colerain, Handel Vance of Warren.
Probate Judge, Geo. H. Umstead of
Richland.
Prosecuting Attorney, Thos. Cochran
of Pease.
Commissioner, 1. j. Potts of York.
Infirmary Director, VIM. Parkinson.
Surveyor, Jesse Thomas.
We judge from the various express