The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-03-25
The Democratic National Convention.

The Democratic National Conven-
ton to nominate aPresidential ticket is
to be held in Cincinnati on the 22d of
June. Cincinnati is now happy, per-
haps. Thurman's argument that Cen
eral Grant would probably be the Re-
publican nominees; that he will carry
New York and Illinois; and that Ohio
is the only State in the North in which
the Democrats can expect to have
even fighting chance, appears to have
prevailed with the National Democratic
Committee. And then the Cincinnati
papers promised solemnly to treat the
Democratic Convention more honora-
bly, and fairly than they treated the last
Republican National Convention. And
there was a pledge that the price of
drinks should not be raised during the
Convention. Besides, Kentucky, the
great fountain of old bourbon whisky,
is close by a. Et f
Nevertheless, this selection of Cincin-
natl as the place for holding the Ma
tional Democratic Convention may have
its shocking drawbacks. Suppose
Thurman is beaten in his own State!
Suppose Pendleton, and all the rest of
the Ohio soft money leaders, are laid
out cold in their own State! Suppose
Tilden, who is hated by the Cincinnati
Enquirer with deadly hatred, and who
is the black beast of the Ohio Democracy
generally. is nominated at Cincinnati!
Suppose Hendricks and the Indiana De-
mocracy are skinned and their hides
nailed up to dry on their own doors, as
it were! Suppose q hard money Demo-
cratic platform should be adopted in
Ohio, and showed forcibly down the
throats of Ohio and Indiana Democratsi
These are awful contingencies which
impend and now force themselves upon
the consideration of Western Demo-
Gratis. In view of these, especially if
some of them really happen, the fact
that the barrel is tapped in Cincinnati,
and not elsewhere, will afford only .
melancholy and lugubriOus satisfaction.
Even if the Cincinnati papers behave
themselves decently during the conven-
ton, this will afford no consolation to
the victims. The performance of . The
Heart Bowed Down" will be as sadly
touching with Pendleton, Thurman,
Hendricks, ETC., as brass band, as it
was when the present Secretary of the
Interior gave vent to the emotions of
years, at Cincinnati. in the famous piano
solo.
Moreover the Democracy of Chicago,
and st. Louis, and Baltimore, and Phila-
delphia, and other cities and States, are
offended by the selection of Cincinnati
in preference to their cities; and for
this no offset is apparent. Eugene City,
Oregon, was the only place offered
whose selection would not have aroused
local or national jealousies, and where
the convention would have been safe
from the presence of local crowd,
and be sure to perform its work with
sobriety and freedom. jackson,
Mississippi, would have been good
place; but the northern delegates evil
IDENTIFY did not dare risk themselves in a
locality when accidents with firearms
are so frequent. One vote was cast in
favor of blank. That would be an ad-
mirable place for a Democratic Nation
al Convention. After the convention,
a great many Democrats, and all the
disappointed candidates, will heartily
wish the convention had gone to blank,
and a lot of them will probably express
a wish that its ticket and platform may
go to blank.
1t will be observed that the Demo-
cratic National Convention is to be held
three weeks later than the Republican
National Convention. The Democratic
party proposes to see what ticket and
platform the Republicans put in the
field before it ventures to declare its
platform and ticket. Perhaps the Re-
publican choice may dampen the ambi-
tion of some of the Democratic candi-
dates and platform makers. They may
not be so eager when they see the work
cut out for them, the issues to meet,
and the ticket, they have to run against.
Detroit Post Tribune. -i Ia Sa