Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-17

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responsibility resting upon the conven-
tion to act upon the great opportunity
which God himself, be reverently be-
1 iieved, had givea them. and should not
pass away unimproved.
The Republican nomination had flung
defiance into the face of American man.
hood and had shocked the conscience of
the best men in that party. Such nom-
ihatien was sign of the decadence of
that great party. not sign of increasing
strength. The Democrats called for a
candidate who had been tried in the
balance and never found wanting. The
Democracy demanded a statesman whose
wisdom and experience were known. 1t
demanded a leader whose ehivalric eour-
age would never alter, and who could
and would bring to the dust the "Plumed
knight" of false pretence and personal
disbonor. 1t demanded a man with d
pfi,ate character which would defy the
tongue of slander. The man who was
all this and more, and whose name was
now leap ng from their hearts to their
mouths was Thomas F. Bayard. loud
cheers.) Mr.. Bayard as candidate
would make no mistake. His name
wegld still the voice of faction. He would
carry every doubtful State and would
make some Republican States doubtful
(Aplause)
- Enthusiasm would take the place of
APATHY and would grow and still grow
as the leaves were falling until the
dreary November was made ripe and
glorious by the p8ans of Democratic
victory. Loud cheers.)
When the State of Indiana was called
! Mt. Hendricks, of that State, came to the
platform amid loud applause. He said
the people wanted change in the man
| ageuent of federal affairs, and if the
convention would give them half an op-
portlnity they would execute that pur-
pase in the election of President in the
coming fall. [Cheers,] He believed that
thenOminee of this convention would
| become the chosen President of the Uni
ted States; the first inaugurated Demo-
cratic President in "a years. Cheers
referring to the foreign policy of the
government, he said, it would be beau
I-tiful spectacle if this republic, so strong,
| should lead the nations in movement
for permanent peace, and for the relief
of tle people every where from standing
arEies and wasteful war. lie then came
dcsn to the main subject of his speech
and suggested for the consideration of
the convention citizen of the State of
Indiana, Joseph E. Mcdonald. [Cheers.]
Gen. Blair, of Illinois, seconded the
nomination
THURMAN NOMINATED.
John A. Breckenridge, of California,
was introduced by the chairman as son
of the last Democratic Vice President
who was unjustly deprived of it He said
that the delegates had been requested to
present for the consideration of the con-
vention man who needed n. eulogy,
whose name was in the hearts of the
whole American people, man who if
nominated would be the next President
of the United States. That man was A.
G. Thurman, of Ohio. Cheers For
more than twenty years Mr.. Thurman
has been the boldest advocate of Demo
cratic principles. The only objection
urged against him was that Ohio was
an October State. The reply to that was
thi, was not State convention.
The nomination of Mr.. Thurman was
endorsed by Gen. Durbin Ward, of Ohio.
Hedeclared Ohio would be the battle
grdlnd of the presidential election. The
Democracy could win without 1t, but if
the Democracy carried Ohio in October
thebattle would be- already won. They
wanted an Ajax with helmet and spear
to thunder along the line the death-giv-
ing blows to the foe. Allen G. Thurman
was that Ajax in intellect and in cour-
age
Itwas observable that a part of the
OhiD delegation refused to participate in
the applause that greeted the name of
Thurman.
Senator Mckenzie, of Kentucky, next
came to the platform, and in the name
of State which would, he said, give fif-
ty thousand majority to the Democratic
nominee, nominated the present distin-
guished Speaker of the American House
of Representatives, John G. Carlisle. In
all the essential characteristics of manli-
ness, courage, ability and patriotism Mr..
Carlisle was the peer of any great name
that had been or would be mentioned in
connection with that office. 1t might be
urged that he came from the wrong side
of the Ohio river, but if the statute of
! Limitation was ever to run that plea
ough, to begin now. Cheers.
Wien the State of Massachusetts was
called the response was awaited with
nuch curiosity. CHEERS and Kisses were
about equally balanced) but it was an-
nouneed by Mr.. Abbott tat Massachu-
sets had no nomination to make. At
this time the nomination of Mr.. Bayard
was doquently seconded by Mr.. Hooker,
of Mississippi.
| When the State of New York was
called there was a great deal of cheering
and waving of handkerchiefs on the part
principally of the spectators in the gal
leries. At 1886 Mr.. Lockwood, of New
York, came to the platform to put in
nOmipation Mr. Cleveland. He said the
responsibility which he felt was made
greater when be remembered that the
richest pages of American history had
been made up from the records of the
Democratic administration, and remem-
bsred that the outrage of 1876 was still
unavenged. No man had greater ret
spect than himself for the honored names
presented to the convention, but the
world was moving. and new men who
had acted but little in politics were com
ing to the front. Cheers.
The nomination of Mr.. Cleveland was
seconded by Mr.. Harrison, of Illinois. Six
weeks ago, he said, the cry was Tilden
and reform; now it was Cleveland and
reform. Cheers. The Democrats of
Illinois believed the mantle of Samuel j.
Tilden had fallen and rested gracefully
on the shoulders of Grover Cleveland.
He knew that there was factional
fight waged against him. he knew it was
said great church would oppose him on
religious ground, but that church never
allowed its ministers voices to be heard
in the pulpit preaching politics. Cheers. |
So It was said that the Irish would
knife him. Were the Irish ever known
to knife the Democratic party except for
! good reason? Here prominent Irish