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

honor of performing the pleasant duty
of seconding the nomination of RIM.
Bishop, for Governor OF Ohio.
[Great applause, To-day 1 have
been assigned the still pleas
ant duty OF performing the same honor
to me, not of nominating r, M. Bishop.
who two years ago was a respected citi-
zen of Cincinnati, but to-day of second
ing the denomination of r. M. Bishop,
EApplausel, the great Executive of this,
one of the foremost States in the Federal
Union. Two years ago, on behalf of the
Democracy of Hamilton county, l pledged
to the delegates here assembled that if
they would honor us with that nomina-
ton we would go forth in our might and
zeal, and not only carry the county, but
elect our Legislative ticket, and aid in
carrying the State. [Applause. You
accepted our promise then, You granted
our request, and what has been the re-
suit, MI. Chairman and gentlemen? We
fulfilled our promise, we kept the faith,
andtbe promise of carrying Hamilton
county.by 5000 was ~increasedtoa major
ity of nearly 1900, the first on record, or
the second, for the last twenty-five years.
EApplause. We also promised you that
there was a magnetism about the name
OF R. M. Bishop that would from ..one
end of the State of Ohio to the other go
like an electric food, and on the second
day of October, when the votes would be
counted, he would be elected Governor.
What has been done2 He Wentto work,
my friends, with the aid of the gallant
Democracy and brought victory out OF
defeat. [Great %applause.l He went to
work, not only in his own county, and
carried it by 1000 majority, but from
township to township in the State, and
redeemed the State from defeat by q
majority OF $4,000. [Applause.]
Mr.. President, this is a record that
not only every delegate here should in.
dorse, but also should meet the apprecia'
ton and Endorsement of the Democracy
of Ohio. [Cheers.
To-day, in compliance with party
usage, we again, from Hamilton county,
ask you to renominate the gallant stan
dard-bearer who, twenty months ago.
carried to victory the banner of Democ'
racy. We say to you that R. M. Bishop
from the first day he ran before the peo'
pie of a ward or a city or a State to the
present day, has never been a loser, but
all the time a winner. EApplause.
Whoever you nominate to-day, my
friends will receive the cordial, active
and hearty support of the Democracy o
Hamilton applause
We have nearly got rid of all the Eckers
and the boys are wheeling into line fol
the march of the Union and not thu
provinces. [Cheers.] &
HON. Il. E. POWELL,
of Delaware county, then seconded thu
nomination of General Thomas Ewing il
the following speech
It will not be seed thrown blythe way
side, speedilyt to springu up and be choked
but it will be received on good ground
and in October next, you shall harvest a
least hundred fold. By common con
sent this great Commonwealth has ono
more been selected as the battlefield OF
which to determine the policy of tn
rulers of the entire country. Man.
leaders will be presented to yol
to-day - all of them true ant
good men. All of them have proved
their fidelity on many a field of conflict
We are here to fight none. We maxi
war upon none. We have a greeting TO
all, and we have a rightsto demand tina
in this hour we shall have a pure stand
ard-bearer-the leader, not the prim'
and chief leader of them all. EWoice-
"Let us have a ballot" Gentlemen, ",
are here t place before you a man who il
the war fought il the same cause, carried
the same banner, fought side by sid
with your temporary Chairman, the oil
hero of Chickamauga. Applause.
From that hour to this hehas been fount
nearest and dearest to the hearts of tn
people. Our candidate should be
man in person incompatible; he SHOULD
be in intellect a giant; he should be il
courage a hero, and the man is here
Not in person. He IS not seeking tn
nomination, but the nomination seek
him. [Great applause. Under his com
mand, fighting for a just cause, we cal
90 forth to claim our inheritance of ole
Coming from a county which a few year
ago cast 1900 Radical majority, which il
two years has wiped out and placed tn
county squarely on the side of Democra
cy and reform-by the instruction OF tina
county. at the request of many countie
throughout the State, l have the homo
to nominate that great chieftain, tina
courtly gentleman, that great statesman
that leader among all men, Thoma
Ewing. Long prolonged applause.
Gentlemen, / desire to state that he:is
victim of the financial policy OF tn
Money Power of the Republican party
We have it in our hands to-day to max
him the victor over both. Cheers.
While we deliberate forty thousand Ns
tional votes are now resting on thel
arms, ready to go in with US and go fo
Ewing. (Great applause.) With ths
hero for our leader, with such accessioni
with union and firm faith and firm tot
we will march forth over Radical power
over bayonet rule, owe all the obnoxiou
laws, and establish over all our r~esistles
sway. (Cheers.) I nominate, gentle
men, the peoples choice-Thos. Ewing
(Applause.)
MAJOR RUSSELL, OF MEIGs COUNTY
Mr.. PRESIDENT: I have the honor
second the nomination of General Tho
Ewing. applause The campaign
one fraught with the most important r.
suits of any political campaign that hs
ever been fought in Ohio. If the DEM
Gratis are successful this fall they secul
a Democratic Legislature, with the Stat
officers and United States Senator, an
the President in 1880, beyond a perat
venture or a doubt. (Cheers.) If "
lose Ohio this fall every thing is left i
uncertainty, and it becomes our duty t.
day to select a nominee for our candidat
that will command the most votes. Gel
Ewing is the great representative an
exponent of the Ohio Idea. applause
His principle in finance is just and RICH
In every contest in which he has bee
engaged he has been foun
on the side of the people, and
favor of the masses, and against IL
exactions of the Money Power. E
is in favor of the remonetizatio
, and unlimited coinage of silver Ia,
, plause), and in favor of the substitute