Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-09

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g Convention was actirg before the eve:
t of the nation and was 10 decide on tht
] most important question for many
: years. He urged, therefore, a cleal
e and bold pronOuncement on all public
, questions; that the best man be named
: ior Governor, no matter whether he
had put his uame eiore the conven'
/ tiOn or not, and, most especially, that
: this convention speak with no bneer'
tain sound i'm sustaining our honOred
, Chief Executive. Prayer was then of.
, fered by the Rev. Twitchell, OF Cleve-
land.
SPEECH OF SPEAKER GRoSvENOR.
Temporary Chairman Grosvenor was
called tothe chair, and spoke at length,
b.ng repeatedly and loudly cheered.
He said:
"We organize once again to meet the
old enemy, who has learned nothing
by all our teaching. There is not a
good point in the Democratic platform
but What is stolen frUIn the past record
! OF the Republican party. Before the
Democrats pronounced for the work.
4 ingmen the Re publicans had destroyed
the greatest stigma of labor, namely,
y
tinned to resolve in favor of lands for
! settlers, the Republicans had sixteen
years ago passed homestead laws, which
for thirty years" ...r--... ..
EULOGY ON PRESIDENT HAYES.
I He then gave parallel history of
the two parties, closing as follows:
"Whether as candidate for the
Presidency, amid The turmoil of a
campaign unparalle led in the history
of American politics; whether as pa.
tient, passive waiter for the greatest
political We rGict ever rendered on earth,
or the modest, unassuming, but firm
and seif-reliant man, pausing to as
sumo fearful duty and responsibility,
or as the President Ofthe United States,
surrounded by grave responsibilities,
stung by the desertion and open hos
tlity of lifelong personal and political
friends, the President has been the
sarUe untiring, persistent, sagacious,
selfreliant, waiting, watchful, indefat-
igable, honest and pure patriot and
statesman.
'TH ERE'S VICTORY IN THE AIR"
1.-The custodian of the glorious record |
of its past, vigilant amid the the sur |
roundings of threatened danger, conf |
dent of its future, invoking the bless
ing of Almighty God, and relying
upon its own strong arm, the Republic
can party will enter the campaign of
1877 bearing high aloft its ancient
standards, and will again achieve
glorious victory for justice, truth, and
the party Of true reform aud liberty"
[Great applause.
THE TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
Capt. VIM. Leonard was named as
Temporary Secretary. The following
gentlemen from the Congressional dis
trirts were then named as Vice Presi-
dents:
1st District, w A Sesby; I'd, John
Geiger; Sd, A G McBirney; 4th, John
Lowe; 5tn, JOS Cummings; 9Th, Col E
l. Barber; 7lh, DIR VIM Widdell; Sth,
Capt Perry Stuart; 9th, Gen S Rob-
insori; 10Th Hon E Bogardus; 1lth, Hon
E A Stone; 18th, Geo w Greggs; 18th, ,
Levi Notion; 14th. John Wood; 18th, |
Capt w Doherty; 10Th, Isaac F Nor.
man; 18th, Paul Wink; 18th, Hon E
Ely, 18Th, Geo H Ford; Goth, Hon Al
fonZO Hart.
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
1-t Dist, Luke A Staley; I'd Isaac c
Wiltsee; Sd, Jas G McMath; 4th, John
Deven; 9Th, DR. G W Holbrook; 9Th, !
D B Anger; 7th, r English; 8th, G {
F Ellis; 9th, ColA B Robinson; 10th, ,
John w Lemmons; 11th, John g Da- ,
Wis; 18th, A p Maxwell; 18th, E r AL
dermaD; 10Th, Hon Jas NJ DalzeIl; 18th,
Robt Railley; 18th, G V Hard; 10Th,
FL r w Call; goth, G l. Russell. {
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANI- i
ZATION.
Ist Dist, w II Pierce; ID, Hon Hen {
ry Kessler; Sd, Hon j W Quinby; 4th, G
A Hawley; 5th, w l. Porter; 9Th, :
Col John Shannon; 7th, Henry Collins; {
Sth, Samuel Sullivan; 9th, DIR ] Green;
10Th, Vim A Gibson; 1lth, w j Rey-
nolds; 18th, Jas r Flowers; 18th, A w l
Train; l4lh, B G Brown; 18th Col X E /
10Th, w B Hearns; 17th, Hon i
] r Johnson; 18th, J II Greene; 18th, .
Hon w p Howland; 2Oth, DIR F II ::
Barr.
Committee ON RESOLUTIONS.
14t Dist, John w Heron; I'd, w NJ c
Sd, D w McClung; 4th, Saml
G -aighead; 5th, U FL Hester; 9th, Hon I
Vim Baker; 7th, Ii S Fullerton; 9Th,
John A Price; 9th, J S Jones; 10th, j F i
Mack; 11th, w Fl Enorhs; 18th, A r =,
Kelly; 18th, H Barnhill; 18th, r +
Harris; 18th, N A Van Vorhees; 10th,
D d T CoWen; 18th, j Amber; 18th, c
Geo H Grouse; 19sh, Jas A Garfield; i
10Th, G Minor. v
AT the mention of Gen Garfeld's T
name there was great applause end a
rries OF Garfield e
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
1st Dist, Ben Butterworth; 21, Thos t
F Shaw; Sd, + Totten; 4th, l. F Girls r
void; 5th, VIM Pinkley; 9th, NJ R +
Bradley; 7th, o Edwards; Sth, Griffith
Ellis, 9th, w q Cooper; 10th, Theo
Fulton; 0 e Farquar; 14th, B s Groes. I
zopf; 18th, r N Stimson; 10Th, John w
18th, Saml G Bowman; 18th, s
A l. Conger; 10Th, G B Kennedy; Goth, v
DR. ellabaugh. L
John K Green, of Hamilton, moved
hat all resolutions be referred TO the s
he committee without debate. This t
was carried, and the convention then a
Ook recess until 2 p m. S
[AfternOon Session.
The Convention reassembled at p ,
q. Private DalzeIl, from the Commit.
ee on Credentials, reported that all
counties were fully represented, and
he one contest in Hamilton decided
n favor of GLADDEN. IS against Foster.
Mr.. Rowland, from the Committee on 7
Permanent Organization, reported Jas il
4 Garfield for President, VIM Leon fl
lrd for Secretary, and that the con- u
7enti0n adopt the rules of the last Ohio il
House of Representatives. h
ORDER OF BUSINESS. |,
First, resolutions; second, nomina-
ions in order, from the highest down,
md all resolutions go to the Commit r
ee on Resolutions without debate, 4