Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-06-15

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cheeringl, and when their Judgment is
once fairly expressed at the polls, it
should be regarded as final. In no other
way, it seems, can the troublesome ques-
ton be put at rest.
The Republican party is warned that
it will lose votes by reasen of another
law passed by the Legislature, which
requires the closing of all places where
all intoxicating liquors are sold on the
first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday. We are told substantially that
the law-making power of the State must
not interfere with the habits of the peo-
pie on this day, however much they |
may indulge in Sabbath desecration. The
threat is made that the Republican par
ty shall beidefeated, because Republi- |
can Legislature dared to provide for
quiet, orderly observance of this one |
day of rest. For one, accept the issue. |
TApplause1 For one, am willing to
stand by the action of the General AS
Esembly on this subject. The bill was in
troduced by a Republican, and became a
law mainly by Republican votes, the
democratic members having, with few
shining exceptions, recorded themselves
against it. AS political measure it is
therefore the offspring of the Repabll-
can party, and notwithstanding threats
of disintegration, it will not abandon the
work of its own hands. Cheers. Ohio
is not puritanieally proscriptive, but on
question of Sabbath or no Sabbath, it
is Republican by an immense majority.
Heartily indorsed.I Let the Democrat
ic party squarely indorse the record
made by the Democrrtic members of the
General Assembly last winter, in favor
of free whisky and no Sunday, and 1t
will be buried under an adverse majori-
lty, in October, greater than that which
senSl Vallandigham to his political grave
in 1868. Applause. The Republican
party of Ohio is ready for this issue.
But enough, l shall ly.t undertake to
anticipate the actioLscs5the committee
on Resolutions. Ths[ord of the Re-
publican party is its 1est platform. We
need no other keynote. Its principles,
as we have seen, are progressive and
eternal. DissensiOn alone can weaken
it's power, or destroy its usefulness. On
this possibility rests the only hope OF
Democratic success in the future. AS
wise men, having the good of our coun-
try and institutions at heart, we should
therefore patriotically abandon all ml-
nor differences of opinion, and unite
upon those only which are vital to the
best interest of the people. The hour IN
fact for burying party resentmentS mas
arrived already we hear the first faint
bugle-notes of the approaching contest
of 1884; the columns are forming, and,
although this is but preliminary sklr-
mish, the Republic is looking on and ex-
pets every man to do his duty. Away,
therefore, with stalwartism and anti
stalwartism [applauseI, bossism and
anti-bossism, liberalism and anti-lberal-
ism, and all other isms tending to en-
danger the continued aScendency OF the
Republican party, whose principles, i'm
mutable as those of justice itself, must
and will endure through the ages.
now have the honor, Mr.. Chairman and
fellow Republicans, after thanking you
for the courtesy shown nae, to announce
that the Convention is ready for the
transaction of business.
At the conclusion of Senator Hollings-
worth's speech the order of business was
proceeded with and the vice-presidents
and several committees called.
The following persons represented the
18th district, on the committees: vice
| 1I6Slucub, y. NJ I1OALhOO, VI
Committee on Credentials-Ez Nc
Connell, Belmont.
Rules and Organization-Wm- Cham-
bers, Noble.
; Resolutions-R. G. Richards, Jeffer-
son.
Member State Central Committee
]. K. Brown, Guernsey.
Having completed the work OF organ
1ar-lxT ma 0f
: any covention held here IN years, the
, convention adjourned at II o'clock until
: ,. Gov. Foster and Secretary Townsend
: occupied seats in the box at the right OF
the stage during the forenoon session
while Judge West, Gen. X. I. kennedy
r and other Republicans prominent IN the
J, State, occupied seats on the stage. Hem
!. mersbacks Band occupied a position III
t the gallery, and eniivened the occasion
J, with music.
< At 2 o'lock the convention reassem
) bled. -
. Hon. L. N. Hathaway, of Geauga coun
, ty, reported from the Committee OF Gre
) dentials to the effect that all the delega
f tions were full, and that there were Nc
! contests.
: The report of the Committee on Per
, manent Organization was made as FOL
Q lows:
For Permanent Chairman-Gen.R., &, Z
, Kennedy, Logan county. 'n'
y Secretary-Jas. Waters, ,Hamilty coun
e Assistant Secretaries-W. S. Thomas
: Delaware county, and A. G. Cain, PerrI
Q county. ~
: The following nominations were made
, the two first by accamation:
Secretary of State-HOn. Chas. Town
s send, present incumbent.
/; Judge of the Supreme Court-John ID
/ Doyle, of Toledo.
y Member of the Board of Public Work
: &C. A. Flickinger, of Defiance.
The Committee on Resolutions wa
l out till four o'clock trying to agree upol
y a platform, when the following unani
d nous report was adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans of Ohio in Conven
n tiop assembled adopt the following reso
: lutions:
= In the untimely death of our late be
. loved President, James A. Garfield, WI
= recognize a great national calamity, ant
we recognize that his administration
: during its brief existence, gave assu
!. rance of its success. We tender to Pres
y ident Chester A. Arthur our assuranc
! of confidence in his administration an,
= our approval of the moderate and patrl
y otic course pursued by him amid the EN-
: barrassing circumstances unavoidabi
. attending such national crisis.
3 Resolved, That we fully endorse Tn
= administration of Governor Charlie
= Foster and the State administration o
= = the Republican party during the las
- two wears, under which the expenditure
y off the State were reduced over one-hai
70 a million dollars below the expenditure
d oe tha namocratic administration of th