Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-06-28

Twenty-frst-Ho John II. Farley,
of Cuyahoga. -5 y G. Al1J ! = W., +l I
oRGANIZATIoN.
1885 a. m.-The convention was
called to order at half past ten O'Clock
by Chairman Clarke Irvine. NO tenn
porary organization was formed. John
McSWeeney was elected permanent
President and ON taking the platform
was received with enthusiastic applause.
JOHN M'swEENY's SPEECH.
FELLOW DEMOCRATS: For the un-
solicited and unexpected honor of be-
ing called upon to preside for while
over your deliberations, permit ME to,
return to you my heartfelt thanks
Only unused as i am TO the adminis-
tration of parliamentary law, my life
having been passed away from office, I
plead my total ignorance in any manner
of skill in the administration of parlia-
mentary rules, but hold myself upon
that same kindness and generosity, chat
forbearance and good will, that placed
me here to-day, to aid me in the dis
charge of my duties.
/ congratulate the Democracy of Ohio
upon this vast assemblage. 1t means
something. Seldom in the history OF
the party, and have been here to see,
has assembled at your Capital so grand
an assemblage of leading and represen-
tative men (aye, and the bone and
sinews of those who cast votes as see
assembled on this occasion.
E You are from all over the State
from the Queen City on the South, and
onward up in the great far West where
we, down in our region, so often watch
and wait, and listen, and so seldom dis
appointed in hearing the grand ole
Democratic thunder rumbling in the
: heavens over that region. TApplause.
Great faces flushed with triumph from
the city of Cleveland, where it sits like
dragon over the waves of Erie's blue
seas, and then come along to the whea
belt, where they raise wheat, and Dem
ocrats with backbone [applauseE ant
along through the mines and the work
shops, and hill and dale, wherever in
dustries strike arTnor, or agricultur,
!. turns its plow, they have come to US to
day, to make it a gala day, while striv
e ing each in the earnestness which beto
kens triumph, yet in the spirit of Dem
ocracy, gentlemen, determined to hur
rah. for the victorious candidate, an,
# buckle on the armor for the election
when the battle comes. " ~ j.
! Towards each success we have but +
obey anew the grand old party in th
+ spirit Of the fathers lin the spirit ofth
humble Jefferson and Jackson-in tina
spirit which is constantly struggling fo
Z popular right and the enlargement {
popular freedom, and is continually viz
liant id the restriction of government
e. interference with any personal libert,
I down to the very nlinimus cOnsister
3. with the proper preservation of lawan
I order [applauseE the spirit which arist
+ from the old Democratic dreside, hon
Of virtues Of economy and frugality, Il
: stead of onerous taxation, exacted III
D. der any pretense whatever, as the tru
]. basis of national, as it ID of individu
h. wealth and prosperity. 1t relies upo
the cultivation of personal endeavo
q. personal control, as distinguished frol
a external force, as the true basis Of min
= temperance and of the other cogna
O. virtues. [Applause.] And now, ,felloN
L citizens, that same spirit of the father
T. Of which have been speaking, whit
I when making our homes pleasant, he
d. answers to the spirit Of truth and pt
lanthropy, ,ar,, M,