Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-08-23
THAN THOU" PARTY IN
CONVENTION IN HAMILTON
COUNTY.
The Police Called Upon to Quell the
Mob!
The "GOd and Morality Party" i'm it's
True Light.
A Drunken Crowd Ruled Over by the
Bosses.

What is said i'm the following report
of the proceedings of the Republican
County Convention in Hamilton coun.
ty is not Democratic campaign lie, as
the Signal will be want to call it, but il
comes from simon pure Republican
source, the Columbus Dispatch. Doubt
ing Republicans of Henry county, can
you stand back and still doubt after
reading the following confession, made
by one of your number? If you have
not had satisfactory proof before, you
have it now, that your party as it is
ruled by the bosses, is wholly unfit for
a continuance of your confidence. Read
what Republican says:
The Republican Convention of YES
terday possessed some of the most es-
sential elements that gave notoriety to
the celebrated Five Points in the palmy
days of New York ring control.
The Convention
opened up in good shape, and gave evil
dence of being harmonious and peace
able body, but as the day wore on the
excitement grew intense, and only by
the aid of large and efficient police
force was business conducted. Meeting
shortly after ten O'clock, the Conven-
ton about eleven took an adjournment
until one O'Clock. This was the golden
opportunity for the buns and leeches
to get in their work and buy and sell
and get gain out of their votes and in
fiuences. The Convention was notice
able for the number of young boys and
roughs who went to fill up many of the
delegations. The matter of buying and
selling was almost an open business.
During the recess from eleven until one
the candidates and the delegates
mingled not a little, and the amount of
drinking that was done was astonish-
ing, SO that when the Convention was
called to order at one o'clock q large
portion were ready for the fight in the
literal sense. f.
The real music of the Convention, so
to speak, was not reached until the bal
lOting for County Auditor was reached.
Here it was that the ward bummers
grew rampant. George Cox, a we'll
known saloon man, was making a
strong fight, and was evidently in the
lead. The balloting was conducted
with the greatest difficulty. Some of
the delegations were almost unmanage-
able. The boldest rough would mount
q chair and call out his delegation solid
for Cox. Instantly the chairs would all
be filled by scrambling, fighting, yell
ing and infuriated mob striking and
clawing at the spokesman, denouncing
him as liar and showering the vilest
curses on his head. The police had
really to take possession of the hall,
and proceed from delegation to delega-
ton and see that the vote was pro-
claimed as it existed, and not to suit
the chairman or speaker thereof. This
state of things eXistedalntil the close of
the convention, about eight o'clock in
the evening. Several small fights We're
indulged in, on the floor of the hall, but
as the customary individual was not
shot or stabbed on the spot, these little
festivities were easily passed over. The
manner in which many of the delegates
and those going to make up the conven-
ton consumed liquor yesterday, ought
to give assurance to the Germans and
those opposed to prohibition that the
freedom of the liquor traffic was not in
immediate danger when in the hands
of these people.