Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-09-20
REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL
CONVENTION.

ing, the greater portion of the delegates |
did not arrive until after the middle ef
the forenoon. After enjoying the hos
pitality OF the Flushing hotels for din
ner, the Delegations from each county
met in caucus. IL the Harrison deleRa-
ton Hon. Oliver Cope was selected as
Chairman and w. b. HeaTn. Esq, OF the
Cadiz Republican, secretary. Their
meeting Was brief and Gkey unanimous !
IN agreed that they would present no
candidate for Senator. In the Belmont
caucus Hon. Isaac Holloway MAS select
ed for chairman of the delegation, sBd
w. A. YuRt of the CHRONICLE secreta
ry. 4 call Of the townships showed
that they were all represented either
by alternate or proxy except DIX,
which failed to elect d delegate. Z. Il.
Poormau had a proxy from Washington
township, aud e. ;. ). Baron proxy
from Pultney. Or motion of j. h.
Shotwell, d delegate from SonarSet
township, MI l.. L. Lockuo ood, dele
gate fr0u lead township, MAS appoint
ed to rs.i lie ,Str vi Yc:k township.
C. l. i'ouiln:u. lbt proxy from Ndsh-
iugiuu tUA eshiP, Introduced TtSolu-
liUH fixing lie basil, for IatnIe Senate
rial conventions IL oAe GtirsaLe IOI each
$50 Republican votes east. Alter con
sidsrs Dis discussion pro and con tLs res
ulutiou WAS laid GA Ins table by Vots
of yeas tS nsss
la the Bxlrnpnt d-iegatiea the names
of C. II. Airick, J. E. b. Mcdonald, Sol
otnon Hogue, and John 5. Cochran, we're
presented as candidates, and FIVE ballots
were taken in an endeavor 10 agree upon
a candidate The first ballot resulted,
Hogue q, Arick 5, CochrxH 8. Mcdonald
2. Secund Laiiot-Hugue I, Arick 4.
Cochran 5. Third bsliot-Hogus Z,
Arick /, Cochran I. Mcdonald /. FoartA
ballot Hugus 0, Ariek l, Cochran 5.
Fifth ballot-hugus 8, Arick l, Cochran
| 6. During the ballotiHg several lnsffsc-
tual motioas TO 2djUurn the caucus was
made, bat the motion prevailed only al
| ter the 5Lk ballot, when an adjournment
was had without the caucus agreeing TO
present Any candidate with unanimlty.
About two c'clsck, Ola behalf OF the
Senatorial COMMITTEES, w. A. Hunt called
the conventions proper TO order, and
suggested Hon. d. A. H0llingswortt for
Chairman, and he Was unanimously
chosen ts that position. Upon assuming
the duties Of The chair the Attorney
General. who WAS greeted with hearty
applause, spoke as follows:
Ar. Chairman, Gentlemen Of the Co'Oe"tt0H,
and friends:
| feel thzt l may safely add the word
Friends" in addressing the Senatorial
Convention Of a district which has SC
generously hsuvred me in the past. TC
have beru " ice chosen as the Reprssea'
tgtiye. in the Senate of the great State OF
Ohio, OF se,snty-liSe thousand people AZ
Intelligent as those living il Belmenl
and Harrison counties, is NO mean dis
tinctiou, and | heIe and now at. the
close Of my second term, tender to you
and through yea to the people Of the
district, nv most cordial thanks.
also congratulate in advance the
nominee of this convention, whoever bs
may bs, aud bespesk for him the same
hearty support which it has been my
good fortune to receive both at the polls
aud in the discharge Of the responsible
duties of the office. l de this without
reservation, knowing that the dssgatei
whom see before me, will In he event
nominate sn unit nan. Indeed 1t would
be im ossible TO de so, without goini
outside Of the number of very excellen'
gentlemen whose names have hsen men
toned in connection with the nomina
tica.
This Is not the time or place for po-
liticxl discussion. l may say, however
J that the approaching canvass is an i'm
portant one. The control of the Stat,
government and State Legislature fel
two years, and the election Of a UniteC
States Senator for six years are at stake
The issues involved are also of first mag
nitude. They are two in number-en'
AS old as the history of parties, the othe
Of comparatively recent origin. refs
to the great national question of levy
: ing tariff duties, either for the double
purpose Of raising revenue and protect
ing American industries from unjus
foreign empetitien, as advocated by th'
Republican party, or for the sole pur
pose of raising revsnus, as advocated b.
the Democratic party, and to the NOR
local question of how bcst to guarc
against the evils resulting from the traf
ic in Intoxicating liquors in the State
, The public debt and the sxigencies o
the government are such as to preclude
the possibility of absolute free trsds,anc
we may safely conclude, with eithe
party in power, that the revenues o
the general government will for year
, continue to be supplied by lmpost du
ties. The real qassti0n, therefore, 1
whsther these duties shall OF shall no
be adjusted so as to protect and foste
: the labor and industry of this country
The history of the two great partie
shows an irreconcilahle difference o
opinion on thi, point. Here they divide
the Republican party favorins pre-
lection, and the Democratic part
opposing it.
The Issue thus made is of special i'm
portance to the people Of this Ssnatsri
al district Under the protecting favo
of Republican legislation, ths Oversize,
industries Of the district have grswn t
= their present magnificent proportions
Tho manufacturing and mining interest
Of Belmont county, stretching as the
do FROM Martins Ferry to Bsllaire, el
the Ohio river, and extending back alon
the Baltimore & Ohio and the Clev,
land, Lorain Il Wheeling railways, ar
u most important, and 1t behooTss IN
: people to take care that they be NJ
= jeopardlzed by new experiments in loG
ii islstion. They now furnish Prohtabl
Iinvestments for the surplus capital, an
!, rem lucrative employment for the lab0
u Of the county. The prosperity OF tn
= people is interviewer with them, and d'
pends upon them, for continuance. The
8 have ia fact become, in u business poir
} Of view. the very life blood Of ths eour
ty, 80 mach so that it would be an &C
Of suicide 10 encourage IA political part
whose history and declarations OF priI
h cipie do not accord with the logislatio
$ that has made thsr dsvelopsaent poss
L BILE Not only the owners and operative
8 of th,.sa industrial enterprises, but a
= classes, especially ths farmers Of th
II district, are interested in pIessrVin
h their present prosperity. They no
: furnish she farmer with 4 ready marks