The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-23

The eOmmitte on Resolutions failing
to appear, that order of business was
passed, and the next order taken up,
namely, the naming of a State Central
Committee, which was done, as fOllOws:
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
1. jeremiah MullrOy, Hamilton.
2. A. r. VanMartels, Hamilton.
3. Frederick SchultZe, Montgomery.
4. Charles Negley, Darke.
5. w. B. DObsin, Wood.
o. James L. Lentzy, Putnam.
z. Peter Schwab, Butler.
8. G. w. Constantine, Clarke.
0. G. M. KentOn, Union.
10. George l.. Johnson, Lucas.
IL. Job P. LeedOm, Adams.
IL. Erich Sloan, Highland.
13. John G. Thompson, Franklin.
ID. ID. L. WadswOrth, LOrain.
10. 8. NJ. Mcmillan, Washington.
16 Isaac r. Hill, Licking.
IL. j. +. Salmon, Guernsey.
18 G. N. Schmick, COlumbiana.
10. /. +. Wilcox, Portage.
20. David r. Paige, Summit.
II. John II. Farley, CuyahOga.
The nomination of candidates for
Governor being in order, there was con-
siderable delay, in the midst of which
delegate moved to nominate the Chair
The chair declared the motion out of
order.
Another delegate moved that, as there
seemed to be much backwardness in
coming forward with nominations, the
Convention proceeded to vote on candi-
dates for Governor without speeches.
This was received with storm of hiss
es and cries of "NO," in the midst of
which Hon. Thomas Il. Powell, of Della
ware, appeared upon the platform and
nominated Hon. Durbin Ward in a
speech which was we'll received.
Mr.. Powell closed in the midst of pro-
lOnged applause, which was renewed
with tenfOld power as Judge Thurman
approached the front of the platform to
second the nomination, which he did in
most eloquent language.
AS Judge Thurman sat down there
were loud cries for Ward, but he did not
show up, and presently Mr.. Nicholas
Ryan, Cincinnati delegate, proceeded
to nominate Judge HOadly.
MIR. RYAN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
fully agree In the first expression
that fell from the lips Of our worthy
Chairman, that this Convention Is going
to be no farce, and that there Is no such
word as fail.
We have assembled here to-day to
name the next Governor of Ohio.
Time there was when we met here
yearly to put up ticket with defeat
staring US in the face, but the very pleas
ant duty of putting up good men, to be
slaughtered at the polls on the day Of
election, we have Just relegated to our
Republican friends, for good Ohio at
last is a Democratic State, and the man
whom you men nominate here tonight,
whether 1t be Geddes, Ward or HOadly
applausel, Just as sure as the sun VIII
rise and set tomorrow he will be the
next Governor Of Ohio. The Republi-
cans have already picked their man.
They have taken him from Hamilton
county. They have determined to con-
centrate their forces In Hamilton county,
and make that the battle ground in the
coming fight. There are some Demo-
Gratis here to-day who profess to take up
their cudgels.
We have a man In Hamilton county
who will carry it by a bigger majority
than Newman did last fall [applause1 |,
whose name as our standard bearer
would be q guarantee Of success from
the start, and whose nomination here
to-day will crush the last hope of the
Republican party [applausel. They have
but one hope, Mr.. Chairman and gentle
men. and that Is the bare possibility Of
our making mistake; but. fellow Demo-
Gratis of Ohio, you will make no mistake
IL you nominate George HOadly. Long
continued applause.
In the name and on behalf of the
Democrats of Hamilton county; in the
name and on behalf of Democratic sue
cess, | present to this Convention, as
candidate for Governor of Ohio, the hon.
ored name of George HOadly. Long
continued applause.
No man in this Convention need to be
told who he is. His brilliant attain
ments as lawyer and his prestige as q
reputation, and the services he has free
ly and generously rendered to the Demo-
cratic party has endeared him to the
hearts of the rank and file.
Tell me not, my friends, that he was
once Republican. Tell me not that he
fought the Democratic party in years
long past by. Twenty-Five years ago he
made Democratic speeches with the
Chairman of this Convention. Ap-
plausel. He differed with us on the great
burning question of human slavery, but
1t was an honest difference of opinion.
When, in 1877, he stood before the
eight to seven Commission in Washing
ton City, and tore away the mask by
which those cOnspiratOrs were to veil
| their crime from the eyes Of the Ameri
can people [applausel, when, by his in
cisiVe and his magic elOquence, he laid
the whole conspiracy bare, we all
thought then that George HOadly was a
good Democrat [applausel, and that if
there were plenty of other good Demo-
Gratis like George HOadly, Samuel j.
Tilden would have been President. APP
plause.l Gentlemen of the Convention,
he has been with US ever since. He has
been in the vanguard of the party and
In the very thickest of the fight.
Tell me not that he Is an Officeseeker.
IL Judge Hoadly sought for Office he
could have long ago filled the highest
offices in the land from the Republican
party. He was their brightest light.
He stood head and shoulders above any
Of them; but he loved his country bet
ter than he did his party, and he had
| the courage and manhood and honesty,
when he found that party ineurably
corrupt, to cut loose from it; to get away
from all his dear associations there and