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

lIdCk--1 KNOW you Wdub W KNOW your
nag's speed, don't you? And in nominat-
ing candidates their availability is spoken
OF, and every mar that brings forth his
candidate predicts, In authentic strains,
how he wilIrun, like the winner OF the
Derby, on the wings OF the wind, and
like unto lightning, or words to that ef-
feet. Laughter. I never ran myself,
but / understand availability is a COM
mon item in the contest. Now, the un-
tried future asks to be prospected with
the partiality Of friendship and the look
ing forward for the fulfllmento OF hopes,
and all those who love their friends with
any degree of sincerity have predicted
things that will be done. This is true of
untried ones. Now, when we come to
the availability of a man who has a
record, why, to be sure, we have some
thing to go on. [Applause. 1t is not a
mere matter of guess. You can tell
whether be is a2;l5 or a2.40-a fast or a
slow nag. Now, we are not depending
upon prophecy, but have the light of the
past.
Mr.. McSweeny then proceeded to give
in humorous detail the successes and de-
feats Of the Democratic party for years
back, ard the manner in which Governor
Bishop had carried the State by $4,000
majority, which he argued was a good basis
to count from as to Bishops availability in
the coming campaign. He then proceeded
to speak Of Charley Fosters nomination as
of one born out of due time, and said:
"When we get through with him Charley
will look around and beg for a second birth.
Laughter. Marvel not, Charley, that I
say to you, you shall be born again." Gre
newed laughter.) He said, with Bishop
and Rice against bayonets, the sunlight Of
victory will tighten all the Democratic
heaven, and the Democracy Of Ohio will
take its high and proud position as In the
olden time-frm as adamant on the peo-
pies rights. and the waves Of fanaticism
and Republicanism shall dash their proud
foam in vain. l thank you. (Applause
and shouts combined.) 1 believe | have
SAID all l intended. (Cheers.)
GENERAL RICE NOMINATED.
Hon. j. A. Norton said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTIoN:-No
man with such a grand assemblage of the
citizens of glorious old Ohio before him,
and who had been honored with the priv
lege of announcing one Of her most distin-
guished sons as a candidate for Governor,
could suppress a feeling of pride and graft
Neutrality-suspicious. years Ashland
county did herself proud by having born
within her limits a man who, if nominated
to-day, will be the next Governor Of Ohio.
| Union College stored the mind of that man
with the knowledge that will enable him to
execute the duties of the Office with ability
and with honor. In 1861, when reason had
lost her sway, and our nation had been
hurled into a mad whirlpool of rebellion,
this man, actuated by the patriotism Of a
true son of Ohio, turned his face toward
the South, and as a private in the ranks, in
the field and in the battle earned for him
| self a name and the gratitude Of the peg
pie of u Commonwealth. At Shiloh
brave Rice fell wounded. At Vicksburg he
earned fresh laurels with fresh wounds, and
under the dark shadows of old Kenesaw
Mountain he left his good leg. But, while
his blood enriched the soil Of the South,
they could not drain his heart OF patriot
ism, and for five long years he gave his
time, his talents and his blood IN defense Of
the grand old Union of our fathers. When
the march to the sea was ended, when the
last campfire went out, when the last shot
had been fired, when sweet peace had been
restored to our unhappy country, then, and
not until then, did General Rice wend bis
way porthward, bearing upon his shoulders
the insignia of his h~ard-earped honors, but
upon his crstches his weary and worn body
-lapplause)-aot to rest, not to sit idle,
but to engage II the great work Of resto-
ration, to bring harmony out of chaos,
to substitute the civil power for the mill
tary.. Thepeople OF his district sent him
to Congress, and in the halls of legisla-
ton he displayed the same energy, the
same courage and ability, the same pa
tristism, in aiding to repeal the obnox-
ious law enacted by the enemies of good
COVE nm nt, and inSubstituting therefor
wise and judicious measures-in trying
to remove the bayopet from the citizens,
held there by the hand of a fraudulent
President to prevent a free ballot by q
free people. Tremendous cheering
Twice a member OF Congress, he proved
himself a statesman as well as a soldier.
By his noble, untiring and successful eff
fort for the Arrears of Pension Bill, he
has shown himself the true friend of his
comrades in arms. In wal a soldier, in
peace a statesman. always a Democrat,
Then, in the name of the soldier, in the
name of the citizen, in the name of a free
and patriotic people, I nominate A. V.
Rice, of Putnam County, as a candidate
for Governor of Ohio. loud and pro
longed applause.
RICE's SECOND.
William l.. Brown, of Mahoning coun'
ty, said: 1 believe I am entitled to say 6
few words, as I have the privilege of ap
p~earing before this grand assemblage fol-
the Democracy of Ohio. 1 tell you l feel
good. l know you all feel good; for you
have occasion to feel good; and | know:
v~ention to-day. it has been usual for thu
great Democratic party of Ohio to buckle
on the armor and stand by the pomina
tons. In 1860, and for years before, thu
rabid abolition disunionists and the Sc
cessionists of the South, by contention
brought about a bitter feeling, that re
suited in the war of the rebellion. 1t be
came necessary for the grand, conservativ,
liberty-loving, Constitution-sustainin
, Democratic party of the country to conn
to the front for the preservation Of thu
i Union. Thousands and tens of thousand
of our gallant sons took their arms AM
followed the starry banner to the field o
: strife. The rebellion was put down ant
!, the Union restored. To-day the conten
tious, rebellious, revolutionary elemenr
: is all in the North, and all embodied il
the Republican party, and comprises tn,
entire organization. daughter and ap
i plause.) The great Democratic party o
Ohio, ever true to constitutional liberty
t proposes to again enlist in tn
[ service-not by sections, not b,
/ tens or hundreds, but the whole organi
3 cation, every man, to squelch this revo
lutionary sentiment that exists in the Re