The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-07

publican party. VoiceMWho is your man pl
For it We want a true and tried leader
tcrieso of Ewing, Ewing aRice, Ricen)-
true in peace, and tired IN war, tried in the
councils OF the nation, and true everywhere.
Voiee-Who is hep Why, gentlemen.
there are not many such. One who I'M
fortunately bears to-day the emblem Of his
patriotism and devotion to the Union {ap-
plause) one, NOT whose bugle homis worth
ten thousand men, but one who can, by the
shake OF his wooden leg, secure ten thousand
votes; on who was born a Democrat and
never faltered in the cause. That gallant
General, A. ". Rice, that has been presented
to you SO eloquently by DIR. Norton. ] rise
to second the nomination Of him who has
been SO true. | tell you, with him we can
march on to victory and defy the bloody
shirt, the Republican party, and every
chicanery that t:9eg advance to defeat the
people (applauss.) Give us Rice, and we
have victory. ! thank you gentlemen Zap
plause)
THE coL0RED A SPEAKS.
Andrew Jackson Dawson, a colored man.
a full-blooded black and Of fine presence.
arose, and in a digni6ed manner addressed
the President. Mr.. Hunt looked hardly
sure, but recognized him amidst great ap-
plause and Mr.. Dawson said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION: II rise to second the
nomination Of a man that Iregard as a gal
liant and able soldier. / rise to second the
nomination of a man that had the Courage.
when the flag of his country was in danger,
to go to the front and fight the battles Of
his country, whilst the man that is placed
in that position by the other party was
specializing upon his Government. Hong-
continued applause and laughter.)
| say, gentlemen of the convention, that
the colored man is free to vote, as I under
stand it from the Republican standpoint.
Cheers.) Fellow-citizens, if the colored
man is free to vote, l say to this august as
sembly to-day, nominate General Rice, and
the colored voters from Lake Erie to the
Ohio River will be with the Democracy.
Great ~applause.9 say to you, gentlemen
of the convention, if the colored man,is free
to vote, I say also for him, and as a repre-
sentative of that nationality, that we feel
freer or more fee to vote for the man that
left a limb upon the battlefield for our
rights than the man that stayed at home.
applause, and cries of "Bully !'D
Now gentlemen of the Convention, Ihave
not much to say TO this Convention. This
is the first time, / presume, in the history
of the great Commonwealth of Ohio that
a colored man was ever accorded the priv
lege of seconding a nomination in a Demo
cratic State Convention.
Gentlemen, l thank you for the high
mark of courtesy you have extended to me
on this occasion. / say, nominate General
Rice, and the colored voters of Ohio will be
with you and not with Mr.. Foster. Great
applause.)
FIRST BALLOT.
The roll call proceeded until Hamilton
county was reached, when Chairman Refs
stated that the delegation was not ready,
The Secretary was ABOUT to go on with the
call when a point of order wa made by
Col. Carson Lake, of Summit, that NO coun-
ty could be passed. The Secretary ther
waited until Hamilton county was ready,
when the call proceeded. The following
was the ballot: