The daily gazette., 1883-06-22
OHIO'S NEXT GOVERNOR
JUDGE HOADLEY THE DEMO-
CRATIC CANDIDATE.
SCENES IN THE CONVENTION.
The Nomination Made Unanimous Amid
Great Enthusiasm "A Strong Plat
form.

form.
COLUMBUS, o., June 27.-The Democratic
State Convention convened at 10 o'clock
| this morning, with the largest crowd In at.
| tendance ever seen on similar occasion in
Columbus. Not more than half the peopls
could be accommodated in the Opera
House.
The convention was called to order By
Clark Irvine, Chairman of the Central
Committee, and the reports of the commit
tees appointed last night were heard.
All preliminary organization was dispensed
with and Hon. John McSweeney, of Wooster,
| was Introduced as permanent Chairman ami
received with much enthusiasm. He spoka
briefly in the line of exhortation, and pre-.
dicted Democratic victory, but touched no
issue.
The Committee on Resolutions not being
| ready TO report, the convention proceeded to
| the nomination of Governor. There was
great delay in the presentation of names.
Efforts were made to proceed to balloting
| without Dames, but after a long wait Sena-
tor Thurman crowded on to the stage, amid
/ the widest enthusiasm.
He followed T. E. Powell, and seconded
the nomination of General Durbin Ward.
He made an able plea for recognition Of the
| services OF General Ward, warned the con-
vention about tying themselves to any one
issue and announced that the party had al
ways been arrayed against sumptuarv leRis.
lation and should continue in that way.
The names OF Messrs. Hoadly and Geddes
were then presented In order. Trouble was
reached on the first ballot when Butler
| county was called. This county had a
| divided delegation, and the result was call
of the counties to do away with the unit
| rule, which was carried amid great confu-
| sion, showing the strength of the leading
| candidates to be about even. The ballot
was not completed until 1.30 O'Clock and re-
suited as follows: Hoadly, 300; Ware, 26l;
Geddes, n, and Denver, 4.
| The second ballot proceeded until Butler
county was reached, when the same trouble
| again ensued.
After the call had been concluded, some
changes began for Hoadly and the greatest
| excitement prevailed, delegates climbing.
over each other and storming the platform
| before the result of the ballot could De an
nounced. A motion to dominate Hoadiy
| by reclamation was carried He had in the
neighborhood of $50 votes, 319 being neces-
| sary for u choice.
THE PLATFORM.
Before the other u, minaiions were made.
| the Committce on Resolutions submitted
the following platform which was adopt /:
The Democracy ol N'no, in convention as
semblcd, hereby affirm the principles of he
party as expressed in the primaries aud in
the State and national platforms in regard
to the personal liberty, the true tunctiou of
| good government, and as embraced in the
political c"ced expouuded by the great
| founder OF the Democratic party, Thomas
Jefferson.
he applical Ion of these principles to our
present condition demands the publication
OF the public service, the punishment of the
robbers of the public treasury, the equaliza-
| tion of all public burdens, the arrest of the
prohigacy and extravagance that corrupt
the administration of public affairs, and a
total charge in the policy that has SO long
been pursued by the Republican party Of
favoring individual and class interests at the
expense of the laboring and wealth-pro-
ducing people of the country; ano we rean-
nounee our previous declaration for stable
money, the gradual extinction of the public
debt and the payment of pensions to dis
abled soldiert, their wives and orphans.
Second, We favor a tariff for revenue
limited to the necessities of government
economically administered and so adjusted
III Its application as to prevent unequal
burdens, encourage productive interests at
home and afford just compensation to labor
but not to create or foster monopolies.
Third, The act of the Republican Con-
gress reducing the tariff on wool, while at
the same time increasing 1t on wooden goods
already highly protected, was iniquitous
| legislation, discriminating in favor of mono
poly and against the agricultural interests
of the country, and ought not to have been
carried, and we heartily approve the action
ol the Democratic members of the Ohio del
egation in Congress in voting against that
increase.
Fourth, The Democratic party is, as It al
ways has been, opposed to sumptuary legis-
lation and unequal taxation in any form,
| and Is III favor of the largest liberty of prl-
vate conduct consistent with the public wels
fare and the rights of Others, and of regu-
lating the liquor traffic and providing
against the evils resulting therefrom by
judicious and properly graded license
system.
| Fifth, the abuses of the present contract
| system in our State penitentiaries, by which
i the products OF the labor OF conYicts are
brought into competition with the products
of honest labor, to the great detriment of
the latter, are injurious and unwise aud
ought to be corrected, and the promises Of
| the Republican party to abolish this system
are shown to be false and hypocritical by its
failure to do so while it has had the power
Sixth, The protection of the Government
is due to all American citizens, native and
foreign born, abroad as well as at home.
Seventh, We reaffirm the resolutions of
the State conventions of Ohio in 1880, 1881
and 1882, and of the Democratic national
| conventions of 1879, 1876 and 1880, demand
ing thorough reform and publication of the
| civil service, and charge that the Republican
| party has violated every pledge it has here
| tofore given for the reform thereof, and has
failed during its long administration of the
Government to correct even the most crying
| abuses; and we demand therefore change
| in the exclusive administration OF the Gov
ernment itself as the reform first of all ne
cessary, as made more manifest by the
recent Star-route trials, hereby ousting cor
| rupt rings confederated to protect crime
and prevent the punishment of criminals.
and by so doing to make it possible to again
punish fraud and theft in the public service.
| The convention then proceeded to the
nomination of Lieutenant Governor, and j.
G.. Warwick, of Stark county, was selected
by aeclamatiou. Before the ballot was con-
cluded, Dewitt Goldman, of Portage county,
the other candidate was withdrawn.
The Committee on Permanent 0rganiza-
tion of the Democratic State Convention at
the meeting last night refused to abolish the
unit rule, and counties will vote as in
trinidad In the OrOa nj atioY, Of +bo c..