The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-06-08
BAD FAITH.
How Gen. Morgan Forced Through
the Allen Resolution, and Why.
,lFrom The IIrbana TO- Union. pemocrat.l

,[From the Urbana (o.) Union Democratl
We now desire to say word on the
tive last resC lutions attached to the plat
form. Wo refer to the resolution desig-
mating William Allen as the choice olthe
Ohio Democracy for the Presidency /;
and requesting the delegates from this
State 10 the National Convention to sup
port him for that position. We emphai.
cally dissent from tho.e resolutions, aud
say they lcere unfairly forced upon the Con-
vention, They are lhe offspring Of Gen.
Morgan, who has a special love for The
Sage of Fruit Hill" and " particular
dislike for Thurman, Mr. Pendeton and
Mr., Ewing. and who, we believe, would
prefer defeat with Allen to suGcess with
either Pendleton, Thurman or Ewing.
His object in getting an endorsement Of
the convention in favor of Allen was
solely Tor the purpose of preventing
either of the latter named gentlemen
being presented to the st. Louis Conven.
tion, We make these remarks of Gen,
Morgan with reluctance and regret, but
do itin accordance with our convictions
and conscientious duty. There is no man
in the State for whom we entertain
higher regard, and, as he well knows,
we have been a warm friend OF his But
we cannot endorse him in this regard.
Besides, if members of the committee
slate the facts, General Morgan acted in
bad faith with the committee, as they say
that he attached the resolutions endors-
ing Allen to the platform after the com.
mittee had separated, and without con.
suting any other member of the COM
mittee. We don't know this to be true,
but we know that we consulted several
members ofthe committee who supported
the platform reported by Gen. Morgan,
and they stated that they were not in
favor Of the resolutio recommending
Allen as the choice for President, and
thought it very unwise to add them to |
the platform. 1t was evident they did
meet the appreciation of ii majority of
the convention, but their defeat would |
have defeated the platform, and henre
by necessity they were adopted, by q
small majority, as the vote shows. Had
the platform been free from the Allen
resolutions, it would have received Al
least two hundred more votes in the con.
ventiOn; whereas il came very near being
defeated, owing to their being a part OF
it, Gen. Morgan knew very well t'at he
could not get Allen endorsed save in this
way and he could not help seeing thai
the greal majority ofthe convention were
opposed to instrucing for him. Gen
Ewing, as was evident to the convention,
was opposed to it, and requested Gen.
Morgan, as did many other prominent
Democrats, who supported his report, to
omit from it the resolutions endorsing
Allen. But Morgan was inexorable and
wouldn't surrender that portion Of the
report which was most dear to i'm, and
of which he was the sole originator. Bul
the resolutions are of no significance, AS
there is but one of The delegates at large
who is in favor of Allen, that one being
Morgan himself and ont of the district
delegates not over one-third of them are
in favor of him. So those who are wor-
rying'over the "blunder of the party in
selecting Old Bill Allen as its choice for
the Presidency" need not fret them.
selves to death, for in our opinion his
name will never be presented to the Ma
tional Convention, and if it is, it will only
be regarded asa joke. We don't wish to
be understood as saving anything disre-
Spectiul of Mr.. Allen, who is a man OF
pure character, and in his day states.
man. But that he is not fit for President,
every one who knows him knows to be
fact. The venerable statesman is in his
second childhood, and has been for years,
a fact well known to those who have
been immediatel y connected with him
and we are satisfied that he would never
survive the excitement of Il Presidential
if nominated. Why for years
he has not been able to travel from his
home to Columbus without being accom-
panied by some one to take care Of him;
IN fact he is unable to dress or nndress
is not even able to wrie q his
own name. The idea Of presenting such
4 man for the Presidency, Is, in our esli-
nation the height of folly. Ohio with
such candidate before the National
Convention, while she has state men like
Pendleton, Ewing, Thurman, Ranney,
Payne and Morgan, would appear GER
ainly in most ridiculous role, and be
without any influence in the convention.
In this matter, we positively disagree
With our talented friends of The Enquirer {
md we venture to say to them that they
ire certainly wasting their time and tai
,nts in advocating Mr. Allen for the Presi-
lency.