The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-27
THE CONVENTION.
Speeches by Prominent
Speakers.
Supreme Judge, Ias.W. Okey- Secretary of
State, Ias.W. NeWman-Member Board
of Public Works, Henry Weible.

the gayel fell, and John G. Thompson,
in calling the Convention to order, said:
SPEECH OF SIR, THOMPSON.
| Gentlemen of the Conventions: l will
not undertake to detain you with any
| speech. The time is short, and | have
no doubt you all want to get through
with your business and return to your
homes. You have assembled here to-
day for the purpose of putting in nOmi-
nation a State ticket to be voted for,
| and, as believe, elected on the second
Tuesday of October. [Applause.l You
will also be called upon to make plat
form upon which to do battle. And /
know, and feel assured, from the faces
of gentlemen before me, that wisdom
and harmony will prevail in all your
| cOunsels to-day. Applause | know
it is the intention and the desire of the
| Democratic party of this day to place
in nomination to-day such a ticket as
will command the respect and confidence
and esteem of the people of Ohio. Ap-
| plause. Let all personal considerations
| go. Select from those that have been
named the ablest and strongest and best
men. Select those who are honest and
| capable; those who are deserving the
confidence and support of the party you
represent, and of the people. Ap-
| plause. Do this, and there is no doubt In
my mind that success will attend your
efforts here to-day.
thank you for the many distin-
| guished hOnOTs that you have given me
in keeping me so long at the head of
the Committee in this State. l desire
now to announce to you the temporary
organization of the Convention, and in
| tTOduce to you our temporary Chair
man. The State Central Committee
have selected the following temporary
| organization:
For Temporary Chairman-HOn. John
F. FOllett, of Hamilton county. [Great
| applause.
For Secretary-HOn. David S. Fisher,
of Hardin county. Applause
For Assistant SecretaTies-J. NJ. Run
| yam, of Warren; P. j. Sullivan, of Frank
lin; John E. GOrmley, of Perry; j. D.
Seller, of CuyahOga, and f. P. Hatfield,
| of Portage.
For rgeants-at-Arms-C Colonel Rich
ard Nevins and Colonel James NJ. Orr,
| of Franklin.
have now the honor and the pleas
ure to introduce to you your temporary
Chairman, the Hon. John F. FOllett.
Mr.. FOllett was received with tre-
/ mendOus applause, and, after returning
| his thanks for the distinguished honor,
he said he had practiced law long
enough to learn that to be exact one
should first write what he proposed to
say, and therefore he would proceed to
read from manuscript, which he pro-
ceeded to do as follows:
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN F. FoLLETT.
81 am not here to-day to originate DEM
OcTatic key-nOtes. The time for that
has long since passed. They were first
sounded at the Teveille which called the
defenders of human rights and personal
! Fro 70 Lob -
and maintaining inalienable rights
against the entertainments of tyranny
in any and every form, and against the
usurpatiOns of power, whether assumed
as by divine right OF brute force, or the
insiduOusly approaching but crushing
power of mOnOpOlies. Democratic key
notes have inspired and set in motion
every struggle for human liberty and
human progress. They are the bugle
notes that have aroused to action the
hosts of noble men during all ages, who
have believed and acted under the be-
lief that ''life is not so dear nor peace so
sweet as to be purchased at the price of
chains and slavery" They were heard
in the splashing of chests of tea in BOs-
ton harbOT, which clearly and unmis
takably announced to Great Britain that
these Colonies will have free commerce
or none. They were heard in the Declar-
BILE the success of the struggle which
followed.
They were voiced in the Constitution
of the United States, and have ever since
been the watch-wOrds of the party or
ganiZatiOn to defend that hallOWed
chart of freedom; the party born when
the first encrOachments were made upon
the rights thereby guaranteed, baptized
at the grave of the Alien and SeditiOn
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sistless power, crushed and destroyed
Known NOthingism and kindred foes to
equal rights and the spirit of liberty;
the party whose record, whose history,
whose deeds are key-nOtes that exalt
with enthusiastic pride the heart of
every patriot and Democrat worthy the
name and fit to be a representative of
our noble party.
Equal rights to all, special privileges
to none; the greatest personal liberty
consistent with public Order-prOtectiOn
of the weak against the tyranny and
encrOachments of the strong; corporate
power to be restrained and prevented
from encrOaching on individual rights;
such Legislative restrictions as shall
make it impossible for mOnOpolies,
whether individual or corporate, to ex-
ist; in the Federal Government the
States, and in the States the individual
citizens shall have equal rights, equal
privileges and equal immunities; no
encrOachment by the Federal Govern
ment upon the reserved rights of the
people, and should be held to strict ac-
cOuntability for such servants; boss
rule is as OdiOus as that assumed to be
exercised by divine right, and revolt
against the oppressive rule of the po-
litical bosses of this era is as commend
able as the revolt of our Revolutionary
fathers against the like rule of George
Ill; free, uncOrrupted, unpurchased
ballot and an honest count are essential
to the preservation of a free govern
ment; the forced levy of contributions
from Office-holderS for corrupt party
uses, and to bribe voters, is not only rep
Tehensible, but necessarily destructive
of pure elections and free government;
free speech, free schools, free commerce,
free ballots, to be deposited by free
men; these are, and ever have been,
some of the key-nOtes of the Democratic
party, and will ever blend harmOniously