Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-06-20

pie. Judge Welsh said he sat on the
bench with Judge White for thirteer
year and that he deemed II his duty
to say he WIS good lawyer, a good
Judge, and good man. After some
further speech making Judge White
was nominated by acclamation on mo
tion of S o Griswold. OF CuyahOga.
A number of nominations for the
Board of Public Works came next In
order. L Martin, of Butler; George
Paul, OF Summit; j H Lawrence, Ol
Hamilton, and Peter Thatcher, Ol
CuyahogO, were placed in nomination,
the latter by 8 o Griswold. The first
ballot resulted: Paul, 1854; Martin. 1893;
Thatcher, 1891; Lawrence, IS. The
CuyahOga delegation gave some q
votes for Thatcher and II for Paul.
On the second ballot Paul was nOmina-
ted, the vote standing: Paul, 460; Mar.
ted, Thatcher, IA; Paul, q.
A TELLING SPEECH FROM JUDGE WEST.
AS the Committee on Resolutions
Was not yet ready to report, there were
calls for Judge West. The blind ora
tor was guided to the platform, and
delivered a remarkably bitter and sa-
tirical attack upon the Democracy.
While firing one of mis- telling shots he
would lean upon his cane, with his
head projected forward toward the
audience, and long tuft of iron gray
hair, which usually stands alOft like .
plume, would fall down over his thin,
nervous face. Then while the respens-
i've applause came swelling upon him,
a 80 hn FOL m N ~
half away from the audiencs, AS II
loading MS gun for another shot. He
made a slngulaFly fervent and picur-
esque figure. Alter West came Pri'
vate Dalzell, without special invita-
ton. He WAS very moderate, hOwev-
er, in his demands upon the audience.
THE PLATFORM.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
through Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati Ga
zette, the following platform:
The principles of the Republican party as
written in the history of the country, as spe-
ciically declared in the National platform of
the party, as made sacred by the blood OF pa
triots shed in defense of the Union and free
dom, we hereby reaffirm.
TO the soldiers who sacrificed so much in
defense of our common country there is q debt
of gratitude due, which can never. be fully
discharged. The pledges made by the Re
publican party and by our patriotic people is
a binding and sacred obligation never to be
forgotten, never to be impaired, but to the
fullest extent to be fulfilled. We therefore
denounce as impatriotic, heartless and lnfa
nous this act of the Ohio Legislature, intro
duced by deserter, bounty jumper and con-
viot iafondad und calculated N driva from
the Soldiers Orphans Home the orphans and
children of deceased or disabled soldiers, or
to rob the widows and families of such patri
OTIS of the pittance paid to them by the Gov
ernment Of the United States, and demand its
unconditional repeal.
The financial question having been disposed
of by Congress, and the country at present
needing repose in order that capital may seek
employment and that industries may revive,
thus increasing the demand for labor, the sit
uation ought to be accepted, and we oppose
the further agitation of the question at this
time as Injurious to business and devoid of
other than evil results.
The disposition exhibited by the conserva
tive men in the South to Oppose the revelu-
tionary method on the part of Northern Dem
ocrats, as shown first in their refusal to op-
pose the consummation of the electoral count,
and more lately in the expression OF senti-
ments in disapprobatiOn OF the proposed at
tack upon the Presidents title. is received as
a promising omen, and the Republicans of
Ohio cordially greet such citizens of the
South as adhere in good faith to the terms
upon which the issues OF the war were set
tied. including the constitutional amendments
guaranteeing equal civil and political rights,
free speech, free press, and an untram-
meled ballot to all citizens. Upen these con-
ditions alone can sectional strife be allayed
and the sectional lines which now separate in
o great measure the South from the North be
tariff for revenue should be maintained
and so adjusted as to secure incidental pro-
lection to home industry.
True economy requires that the Govern
ment should make sufficient appropriations to
carry forward the work on all public build !
ngs without delay, and this should especially
be the aim when the supply OF labor is in ex-
cess Of the demand.
The mining interests of Ohio require an in
'pectlon law, intelligently administered, and
we condemn the action of the Governor in
orostituting that department (the objects OF
which should be to protect life and promote |
he comfort of the miners) to q mere partisan |
purpose.
The revolutionary movement inaugurated |
lnder cover of investigation, but really as an |
attack upon the Presidents title, calculated |
Is it is to Mexicanize the affairs of this coun
Try, to cause general distrust, to PROSTATE our |
Industries, and sggravate and prolong the dis |
rcss of the laboring and industrial classes, we |
condemn. President Hayes |
having been duly elected and his title subse- |
luently settled under the Constitution by the |
highest tribunal, and by the act of both po- |
itical parties, it cannot be questioned, and |
We recognize in his administration the highest |
integrity and patriotism; the most sincere eff
ort to promote political purity and harmony
md secure general business prosperity |
throughout the whole country.
The present Legislature is warning to the |
people of the State and proof of the danger
,us character of the Democratic party. The |
majority of that body, in an unusually long |
ession, passed no law for the benefit of the |
people of the State, but they revolutionized |
,very State institution to make places for
Democratic partisans. They subordnated the |
welfare of the insane, the blind, the mute,
Inn orphans to the interest of the Democratic |
,arty. The Constitution having never con-
emplated more than one Congressional dis
ricting of the State during a term of ten
1ears between the taking of the censuses, we
condemn the recent outrageous and unjust
edistrlctlng OF the State by the Legislature,
n violation of usage and at the dictation Of
speaker Randall, by which, on the basis of
he vote of the last Presidential election,
when a majority of the votes cast were Re-
publican, the Democrats would be enabled to
AIRY fourteen out of twenty Congressional
iistricts
A Ross county delegate moved to
trike out "Mexicanize" and insert
anarchy" He objected to putting
tigma on a weak sister Republic.
4sn. Beatty asked II the term "Mexi.
in the platform had any re-
'rence to the conduct of President
Hayes, who allowed the rebels to
two States last year. A
umult of cheers and Misses arose, Ia
he midst of which Beatty was put
lown on point of order and the
notion rejected. Beatty was deter
mined, however, to disturb the har
nOny NJ thg CnuvanffOn Ha Tp0vad