Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-15


!. your people have the right of self govern
ment Y and that was carried out. And ye
nobody defends it, day by day its infamy
grows blacker, and the stamp of eternal con
e demnatio1 will surely rest upon it. And gen
q tlemen, when We look at it, it seems to m,
that God in his providence has done thil
} thing. feel thankful that it is done because
t | say that the names of these men from Haye.
down will become objects of detestation anC
horror, and there will be no man in the fu
ture of this country, notwithstanding all tht
g glittering honor and glory of occupying tht
chief place of this nation, there will be NJ
:, man hereafter, however powerful, who viii
dare to occupy the place to which he has moi
g been elected. Who would take all that Gov
q Hayes may receive in his high Office, and yeI
' take with it his name in history as an usurpel
h of place to which he knew that he was moi
q elected but had been fairly defeated, yet who
O set at defiance the expressed will of the peo
o pie of this country? No man hereafter will
, take such risk as that.
Gentlemen, need not detain you here on
such subjects as this, but it is question thai
will not down, which cannot be settled Ii
will be known as the greatest political crime
, OF the age, in the history of this people, but
=, their patriotism made them acquiesce in tine
= decision by which hayes acts as President OF
= the United States. Gentlemen, | shall offer
l no eulogy on the Democratic party. They
[ may resolve as Republicans do, that the Dem
2 ocratic party must be destroyed, but it won't
die, it can't die. 1t will live and last as long
as there are men who love the law, who love
the principles of constitutional liberty, so
, long will there be Democratic party feeble
! applause] And though they may resolve in
their platforms that the financial question
: is settled, as they did at Columbus, still that
is ole of the overriding questions OF the day,
and it will only be settled in favor of the
rights of the masses of this country and not
otherwise.
Popular government is always right; the
right of the majority to rule is always right,
; but when it comes to minorities who hold
! their places of power by the practice of sue
cessful fraud and by perjury, then it is right
to condemn it.
We have met here to-day to nominate g
ticket representing the principles of that
grand old party, to fill the county offices at
this falls election, and am very glad to say,
as an old gentleman of our party used to say
on such occasions, ''There are about three
thousand more than we expected" | am
glad to see tit shows that the people are
alive to their interests, and that they wish to
rebuke what is wrong, unjust and unfair.
During the escape of this most re-
= hdOiC ptCSC VI POliAlSot WIN q
single exception, at the conclusion of
: one of his grand bursts Of eloquence, no
| cheer of c0mmendation was heard, and
f the whole miserable demagogical
! "fraud yell" fell still born upon the
Convention.
John r. Cow, of the Bellsire Leader,
and G. n. Gaumer, of the Gazette, were
chosen Secretaries.
The following Vice Presidents were
named: Hugh Fers uson. JAS Kelsey,
r Sylvester b Creamer, DIR E b Winans,
DR. Luke VOorhies, Thos Mitchell
Lomau H Green, II s Clark, Henry
Frasher, W B Graham, Hon Ii Dan
ford, w H Helpbringer,J John f Kelly.
On motion, the following commit
tees were appointed by the Chair:
CREDENTIALS.
: DR. John Cook, of Pease township;
: Geo II Umstead, of Richland; Hon FL
DenfOrd, of Wayne; Robt MrKelvey,
OF Goshen, and F Kelly, of Pultney.
[ RESOLUTIONS.
, Hon Jno w Kennon, DIR w w Nc
Masters, JOS Pancoast, VIM M Camp
bell and VIM Armstrong.
ON RULES.
CN Gaumer, r Cow, VIM II
J Hays, Francis Boggs and O ) Severns.
! After which the Convention adjourned
until o'clock.
At the appointed time the Conven
ton re assembled, and the Com nmittee
on Credentials, reported delegations
from all the townships present, and no
contests.
CN Gaumer, from the Committee
on Rules, made his report, which, af
ter striking out the rule admitting edi
: tors and reporters of the press to the
Delegate Convention, and other minor
amendments, was adopted. NOtWith-
standing the fact that for several years
past the press has been given facilities
to report accurately the proceedings of
Democratic county assem- blages, there
appears disposition on the part of
some narrow minded persons to eX-
clude the press, and to transact busi =
ness which should be of public concern,
in the dark. 1t was decided to refer
the-questiOn TO the Delegate Conven-
ton.
l 1t being apparent that the struggle
of the day would not result in satisfac-
tory nominations, here a gag resulu :
ton, which had been prepared by some
astute observer of the proceedings, was
passed, as follows.
Resolved, That no man whose name is pre-
sented to this Convention as candidate shall
be considered one, unless he or his friends
will give assurance that he will support the
nominee of the Convention, whoever he may
be.
At this point an i'll humOred discus
sion grew out of the introduction of "A
resolution by DIR. Cook, of Bridgeport,
to change the mode of choosing dele
gates, and leave the choice OF delegates
to the wards and precincts separately,
instead of to townships. Mr.. Piper,
Bridgeport delegate, was inclined to
the belief that the proposition was for
the purpose of giving the control OF
the Bridgeport delegation to DR.. Cook,
and remarked that he (Cook) and his
friends were fairly beaten and now
they wanted to squeal; he understood
this thing; it was II set up job. DR..
Cook retorted sharply, calling for some
ice for the gentleman's head, aud say
ing suggestively that it was "entirely
too hot" The Chair noticing that the
discussion was growing acrimonious,
insisted that method should be pro-
vided to settle the question, and on
motion of Clerk Darrah, the subject
was referred to the Executive Commit
tee.
The Committee on Resolutions not
being prepared To report. the announce
ment OF candidates was next in order
The following were named
FOR PROBATE JUDGE:
Thos Cochran, of Pease; Saml d Tall
bert, of Washington: John J Heskett,
of Goshen: Isaac NeiswaDger, o J
Swaney, NJ Riley, of RIchland, and
w j Kelly, of Pultney.
FOR SHERIFF,
there were % names announced, as
follows: Theo Swartz, w w Pruitt,
las 7, RurIev Peasa tuwnShin. ThOl a