Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-09-07
THE DEMOCRACY
OF THE SEVENTEENTH DIS
TRICr IN CONVENTION,
Nominate u Congressman for a
Sacrifice.
Estep Refuses and Ross J. Alex
ander a Dernier Resort.
The lBelIaire Boys Make "A Rack,
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| For some reason trifle more interes
than usual attached TO the Democratic
congressional convention called to NEE
| in st. CIairsville on Tuesday. Possibly
this grew out of the fact that some ol
| the more enthusiastic of the party be
Elieved that the protracted struggle il
the Republican camp over the nOmina
tiOn of a candidate, and the ripple o1
dissatisfaction here and there. would
tplace it: within the power of the
Democracy to wrest from the Republi
CANS the "old Bingham district" which
for years has not deserted the Republi-
can standard, and possibly many were
attracted by the presence of "GentlemaI
George" Pendleten, the distinguished
civil service reformer and Senator from
Ohio. .
The evening previous to the conven
ton number of the advance guards OF
the delegations from the several coun
ties came in, with their grip sacks, anG
found quarters at the hotels, but theil
coming threw no-light upon the proba
bilities of the morrow. Senator George
Fl. Pendleton was among the arrivals
and took quarters at the St. Clair, where
he was the center of attraction during
the evening; and was called on by many
of his political opponents as we'll as
friends. In response to a serenade by
the st. Clairsville Cornet Band, the Sen.
at0r made his appearance and graceful
ly rendered his thanks for the honor ac.
corded. and remarked that be remem-
bered with pleasure the hospitality of
the citizens of st. Clairsville upon the
occasion of his former visits, and that
it gave him great pleasure to revisit
them.
The morning of Tuesday dawned beau
tifully-in fact, no more lovely conven-
tion day could be desired. Early dele
gates and others began to arrive by pri-
tate conveyance, while later the trains
Ul both the Northern and Narrow
gauge, came ladened with persons for
the convention, so that by the time the
convention was called fair sized crowd
was in town, but nothing in comparison
to that Of the recent Republican conven-
tfon. i
= Weiday's Hallewas the place provided
for the meeting Of the convention. I'm
der the supervision of the local commit
tee the interior of the hall was neatly
decorated with flags, and upon. the stage
were number of handsome boQuets.
Accommodation for the press upon the
platform were ample.
AT 1lL o'clock 10 the absence Of the
Chairman of the Congressional Commit
tee, James Moore, of Cadiz, of the COM
mittee, raped the assembly, which had
gathered in the hall, to order, when an
appropriate prayer was Offer ed by Rev.
Robert Alexander, after which the tenn
p0rary organization of the convention
was announced as follows: j. H. S. Train
er, of Steubenville, Chairman; w. III.
Arnold, of Cadiz, Secretary. Mr.. Train
er. upon assuming the duties of the
chair, branched off into an old style
Democratic harangue, which reminded
one of his speeches during the war, when
he gave utterance to the violent senti-
nents so comforting to the enemies of
his country. He denounced in unmeas-
ured terms the Republican party, and
proclaimed-the Democratic party as
friend of civil service reform and of
revenue reform. He alluded proudly
to the old days of Democratic rule and
instanced the Kennons of S.. Clairsyille,
and Albright of Guernsey, as the expo
nents of the principles for which the
Democracy contend. Mr.. Trainer forgot
to tell his hearers that the venerable
Judge VIM. Kennon, for many years be-
fore his death, was an ardent Republic
can and believed that the Democracy
had departed from the old Jefferson
doctrines, and that Hon. Charles
Albright, of Guernsey, still liv-
ing, is steadfast Republican, be-
iieving that it is the party of progress
in which lies the hope of the Nation.
MIR. Trainer reminded his hearers that
they loved their country, and that our
free institutions were dear to them, and
deplored the fact that the great 18th dis
trict bad been represented by men in the
past few years who had no conception
of statesmanship, but who spent their
time in promising postofices and the'I
like. At the conclusion of his desultory |
harangue Mr.. L. announced that thel
convention was ready for business.
WhereupOn, Hon. John f. Kelly, the |
Irish orator of Bellaire, bounced up and |
moved that the usual committees be ap-
pointed, which motion, after considera-
Bile confusion, prevailed. 1t was appa-
rent at this stage of the proceedings
that the business of the convention was
not well in hand, else the confusion
might have been avoided and time saw
ed. IThe convention adjourned until |
80 o'clock. and county delegations ap-
pointed committees as follows:
Credentials-D. Wagener, Belmont;
W p. Hartley, Guernsey; E. Howard,
Harrison; w. Medill, Jefferson; n. b.
Wharton, Noble. .t.. .-t
Rules and Order-Wm. M. Meek, Bel
mont; j. b. Laughin, Guernsey; j. b.
3nshby. Harrison; w. A. Owesney, JET
erson; 5. Cunningham, Noble. ~.
Permanent Organization--A. c. Oar
ah, Belmont; Milton Turner, Guernsey;
v. Fl. Host, Harrison; F.. A. Adams,
Jefferson; p. Hannah, Noble. %, .tJ l.
Resolutions-Dr J.. Voorhies, Bel
mont; VIM. Rorton, Guernsey; A. o.
Sarnes. Harrison; J. /. Parkinson, JEFF
erson A, w. Anderson, Noble.
Congressional Cemmittee-H. Eaton,
w, E. Roden, Guernsey; w. s.
CESSNA, Harrison; II. H. McFadden, JEFF
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