The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-06-28
Democratic State Convention.

On last Wednesday and Thursday the
ancient and time-honored Democratic
party met in State Convention at Colum-
bus. Most of the great leaders of the
party were there, and the excitement
grew excessively hot before nomination
for Governor was reached.
The principal candidates for Governor
were Gen. Durbin Ward, who was a
brave Union soldier, and George Hoadly,
legal and political shyster. The quar-
rel became so bitter between the Ward
and Hoadly factions that the enthusias
tic Ward men furnished an abundance of
ammunition for the use of the Republi-
cans during the campaign, among other
things proving that Hoadly is an infidel.
That he is Vice President of a Society
called the "Free Religious Association"
having its headquarters in Boston; that
this Society Excludes from it's fellowship
all societies bearing the Christian name
ESPECIALLY emphasizing by creed or
ceremony personal deity"
When the Convention was ready to
proceed to business, the chairman, Hon.
John McSweeney, from somewhere up on
the Western Reserve, made a little
speech, announcing that he came from
"a place where they raised Democrats
and wheat" CThe people of Jackson
County will remember that old Dan.
Winchell came from the same place.
Wheat and Democrats affiliate nicely, up
there) Mr.. Michael Ryan, of Cincinnati,
announced Judge Hoadlys name, stat
ing that Hoadly had been a Democrat
since 1877. Hon. Thomas Powell of Della
ware, nominated Gen. Ward, which NOM
ination was seconded by Judge Thurman
Judge Geddes was announced by Dr.
Craven of Toledo.
When the balloting began, there was a
perfect pandemonium. Your Democratic
politician knows his own methods, and
never witnesses any political action
which does not arouse in his heart suspi-
cions of "skulduggery." The Hamilton
County delegation got into bitter quar-
rel, and this Convention, which nominat-
ed an Infidel dema gogue for Governor,
resounded with such cries as $50 to
Hell!' Fire Him Outr' mo G. d
man can come here and run this Conven-
toni" And so on, for quantity. During
the balloting by this bowling, roaring
mob, two of the Hamilton County dele
cation, Pete Kelley and Charles w. Met
calf, got into rough-and-tumble fight,
and after clawing and pummeling each
other for while, were taken out by the
police, and marched to the city prison.
There probably never was as drunken,
disorderly and disgraceful convention
held in the great State of Ohio, as this
one.
The Convention declared in favor of a
tariff for revenue, and licensing the liquor
traffic.
John T. Warwick, of Stark County,
was nominated for Lieutenant-G Governor.
And this is the party, thus represented,
which asks the people of Ohio to turn
over the affairs of State to it's keeping
A party that could not even run nomi-
mating Convention without getting into
drunken fight and having the local po-
lice called in; a party which plants itself
squarely as the advocate of drunkenness
.and crime, and proves by the conduct of
its Convention that it honestly believes
in what it advocates; a party that kicked
out Durbin Ward, the veteran soldier
who carries crippled arm rendered help
less by rebel bullet, and nominated a
political adventurer; party that has not
now, and never did have, anything good
in its record; party that assemblies in
drunken mob, and resolves in favor of
licensing the liquor business, and in op-
position to "sumptuary laws"
On the one hand we have the young
and brilliant lawyer, with an excellent
record as soldier. On the other we
have the political trickster and adventu-
rer, with no record of any kind to recon-
mend him. 1t will not be difficult for the
good people of Ohio to decide between
them.