The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-23
for the sake of good government entered

HOadly. His life has been pure and
bright. There was never any jObbing
or dishonesty that stained his fingers.
His record from struggling boyhOOd to
manhood estate is as bright as burnish-
| ed gold, and as the question Is sprung,
the answer Go and ask the poor and
the lOwly that know him. (Applause.)
Gentlemen of the convention, / would
not IL l could, and l could not IL l
would, take away one laurel from the
brow Of Durbin Ward; would not If l
could seek In any possible manner to di-
minish the brightness Of Judge Geddes;
but gentlemen Of the convention, If you
| nominate Judge HOadly, you will have
the most brilliant campaign before you
ever fought in Ohio. He has the vim,
the dash, the determination and the fire
| to lead us on to certain victory. But,
my friends, see 1t In your eager cOun-
tenances, and hear 1t in your ringing
cheers, that you are determined to steer
Ohio into the Democratic column in
1884, and the logic of this convention is
HOadly and victory.
Ex-COngreSsman EbeneZer B. Finley
of Crawford, seconded the nomination
of Mr.. HOadly in good speech.
DR.. Charles Cravens of Toledo, (fOrm-
erly "a clergyman Of the Unitarian de-
nOminatiOn) nominated Judge Geddes.
Gen. Geo. W. Morgan Of Mt. Vernon,
seconded Judge Goddess nomination In
manner that ELECTED much enthusi-
| asm.
This concluded the list of candidates,
| and ballOting began Immediately. When
Butler county was reached in the roll, a
Butler delegate arose and said the dele
CATION of thirteen had been instructed
| to vote as unit for HOadly, but five of
the delegates had decided to ignore their
| instructions and vote for Ward. In the
midst of the widest uprOar a point of
/ order was raised, but before 1t could be
stated the chair made a speech declar-
ing his inability to decide the question
as to the vote of the Butler delegates.
This detained the convention some time.
When Hamilton county was reached,
the convention was in an uprOar, the
center of which was the Hamilton dele
| CATION. The chairman of the delegR-
| tiOn announced the vote as 551$ for
HOadly and 1875 for Ward.
The ballot as finally announced stood:
Ward 26115, HOadly 29O, Geddes n, DEN
yer AZ. Necessary to choice 319.
After getting over the Butler county
snag, the roll proceeded with compare
tive rapidity. Hamilton county adjust
ed itself sufficiently to cast 561s votes
for HOadly and liz for Ward. There
was no serious interruption pending
the remainder of the call, though a
change of votes from Ward and Ged-
des, in Stark county to HOadly was re-
celYed with uprOariOus demonstrations
of delight by the HOadly men.
Just as the ballot was ready to be an
nOunced, row broke out In the Ham,
iltOn delegation, some one having an
nOuneed 1t as solid for HOadly and ask
ing that its sixty-eight votes be given
/ to him. Then Franklin county was an
nOunced as voting sOlidly for HOadly,
| followed by other counties, the names
of which could not be heard In the gen.
eral din. The scene at this time beg
| gars description. Men stood up, shout
ed, cried, threw up their hats, waved
handkerchiefs, gesticulated, pounded
the seats, and shouted until they could
shout no longer. The Chair continued
to pound for order, but the delegates
paid no attention to him while the men
on the stage crowded about him and al
most pushed him off the stage in their
wild gesticulatiOns.
A motion was made by somebody in a
remote part of the house to nominate
| HOadly by acclamatiOn, but the motion
was not put In the general confusion,
There were constant shouts for HOadIy
while the Secretary was trying to
straighten out the vote.
The ballot as finally announced was
as follows:
hoadly ............. .......BSa
Necessary 70 a c6ccc Sia
The result was hailed with uproari-
| GUS applause, in the midst of which
Hon. Thomas K. Powell, who nominated
Ward, moved to make HOadly's nOmi-
nation unanimous, which was done
| with whirl. General Stedman, John
r. Mclean and William Armstrong were
| appointed a committee to bring Mr..
HOadly before the Convention.
A motion was here made to take q re-
| cess, but it was voted down.
| As soon as quiet could be restored, the
| committee on Resolutions made the fol
lowing report:
PLATFORM.
The Democracy of Ohio, in COnven-
tiOn assembled, hereby reaffirm the
| principles of the party, as expressed in
| primaries, State and National platforms,
in regard to personal liberty, the true
| functions of government, and as en-
braced in the political creed expounded
| by the great founder Of the Democratic
party, Thomas Jefferson. The applica-
1 tiOn of these principles to our present
condition, demands the publication of
the public service, the punishment of
| the robbers Of the public Treasury, the
equalization of all public burdens, the
arrest of profligacy and extravaganza
that eOrrupts'the administration Of pub
| lie affairs and total change in the pol
/ icy that has so long been pursued by
the Repbliean party; favOring indiVid1-
| al and class interests, at the expense of
1 the IabOring and wealth producing
people of the country; and we announce
| our previous declarations for stable
money, the gradual extinction Of the
| of the public debt, and the payment of
pensions to disabled soldiers, their wild
| Ows and orphans.
Second-We favor a tariff for revenue
| limited to the necessities of Government
economically administered, and so ad-
| justed in its application as to prevent
unequal burdens, encourage productive
industries at home, afford Just cOmpen-
sation to labor, but not create or foster
mOnOpOlies.
/ Third-The act Of the Republican Con-
| gress reducing tariff on wool, while at
the same time increasing IL on wooden
| goods, already highly protected, was
iniquitOus legislation, discriminating In
favor of monopoly and against the agri-
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