Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-13
The ohio Democracy.

The Ohio Democratic Convention appears
to have been very characteristics affair. As
I,so-;hol b,, tho r.r,r,..rs ,,r,.s.r, !, ,y,s
composed I'll an immense crowd "i swear
ing. swelterlng. pushing. lighting. and IN
many cases half-driInken mem The name
So - ,t., w.,
VI o."- "''' " III ''''
vention by 4 representative Democrat who
was too drunk To he aide to spcal audibly or
walk ste,di,v. Ills unr,;uatinn WIS carried
I'll anal, ,..,,,., ,f .,..,rl,. 80 ,.,,1J NJ,
''''''' '''N' 'N
have been surpassed "HisEh "i I'edlam we
copy from the report of the New York Times
the foIlo,v;,,, ,,.scr;uii.p ,f s,.pe of TN, nro-
eeeuihss;
1t was announced that the iirSl business IN
order WAS the nomination oi candidates Tor
Governor hnt silence prevailed, the friends
of all the candidates evidently waiting To hear
what their opponents would have to say.
At last the chairman was Obliged To ask
Has the Democratic party II" candidates
for the office of Governor - In answer TO
this question, the galleries and delegates he
gan 10 veil, and they continued Ia yell.
applaud. AMI hiss al intervals. until the close
of what WAS, all thin,'S considered. the most
disnrierly and unmanncrly convention ever
held in Ohio.
Col. Len Harris, the defeated Hemocraiic
candidate for mayor ni Cincinnati. was then
recognized by the chairman and invited 10
the stage. lie fell rather than walked upon
it, anil, comm. To The front. began To num-
BILE incoberently. ''I.oudcr. louder" cried
the crowd, but still hr could not speakab
IA whisper, and at last il was discovered that
his tongue was paralvxcd hy whiSkey. He
h. al IN
the crowd cried Go un with your
talk" ''SpeuL M. old man. and have
some slVlc about NntI." Till at
last the President. taking pity upon his
truly miserable condition. lnrrc'l him into
seat, declared that the name of Tom Ewing
had been placed in nomination hy Col. liar
ris and so the l,;I,ler nG the ohio Democracy
in the contest about Ia le.sin WAS Introduced
10 his party friends.
Following Col. Harris came another drunk
en- man ihls t'mr frSprrS+h'alNe 'i thS
NJ Trsc, =" ami th,.n s,, J,wn Wbn Mr.
Tracy Was has not vet been astrrtaincd Then
the galleries again hcc,Hlin. rcstivt, hegin
10 shou' Tor Ewing ana '"c';
s,,r.J IT, N,Gv.,,.,,,., :, ,,,,,,hin,f;nn of
a horse inckrv, pokrr-player. and Methodist
parson. made ln, speech IN favor oi
b'si'1P- ne "iS .''l""'N NV, ~
Jis.,steJ will ,bat unfortunate Individual
hisscd him down. politely invited him t'
take tumble AMI l'r''d MN u l''\' the
81 81, ,,,I rri,I .,r..,r Jr.,,,.,,i .,r.ct
thr chairman. who proved L. be- Il great deal
Of II wag, led down 10 The front ot the plat
form h'arA man h't nH,n "'IIN N'i'u I,'
n. sI,nts ,,.lls b~,,. anI ,,.,t- Ills which
greeted his appearance cannot hc described.
When he could hr heard Ia stated that he
ursr'u " S't'''''' ~ ''i''',''''' -
hacansc The nn,. LaI h,,,p a s,,lIi,r and I'M,
other had staid at home Then he declared
that, with Rice ai their head. the democracy
wIu'.i s1,",, ,r1 ;' ~ nj shon,, NJ
,Jarisiv, I,p.ht,r IN. b,v,I biuis,lf uuf
Tb, pIatf,rm ON Ubirb Ewing WAS nom
inoted sl.,uld. taken in r.nirnrtian with his
raJi,,I rcpudistioni,t rr,orI riye thousands
of dnubtfuI yotcs 10 the Hrpuhli,an ticket.
I, s,,,,r,.Iy ,nJ,,s,s lin, r,.y.,luii,.,,ry mn
,-r,mm, of The Dem. crati, minority in Con
yr,ss which Is u,N b,in.. i.,nnminiously