The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-26
TELEGRAPH1C.
THE POLITICAL ROLL.
Called in Three States for the Dem
cratic Party.
Proceedings of Conventions in Ohio,
Indiana and Missouri.
Ohio Chooses Thurman, Ward and
Mclean for Delegates.at-T.arge
Gray for Governor of
Tndiana-NOtes,

cratic state convention was called to order at
1850 by Chairman David R. Page, who in
troduced the permanent chairman, E. B. Fin
ley, who was greeted by applause. He ar
raigned the Republican party and predicted
Democratic success at the October election in
the state and in the country in November.
He dwelt long on the fraud of 1876, and at
the mention of the name of Samuel j. Tilden
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. After a
eulogy of the virtues and claims OF the Demo
cratic party, he proceeded to call for the
regular order of business The committee
ON credentials presented a majority and mi
nority report on the delegates from
Green county, which, after vigorous
fight, were referred back to the committee.
The committee on resolutions, through
Elmer White, then reported. The report re-
affirmed the platform of 1883 and indorsed
the principles of the party as expressed in
previous state and national platforms in re-
gard to personal liberty and the true func-
tions of government; demanded the purifica-
ton of the public service, the punish
ment of robbers of the public treasury,
and the equalization of public burdens; IA
vored a tariff for revenue limited to the
necessities of the government economically
administered; advocated the adjustment OF
the wool tariff; commended the action of
the Democratic legislature in its abolition of
the contract labor system and its reform of
prison management; reaffrmed the resolu-
tiOns of the state conventions of Ohio in 1880,
1881, and 1882, and of the Democratic
national conventions Of 1872, 1876, and
1880, in demanding a thorough reform
and publication of the civil service, and
charged that the Republican party had vio-
lated every pledge it had heretofore given for
reform, and had failed to correct even the
| most patent abuses.
A radical free trade amendment to the
platform, offered by Russell, of Cleveland,
was voted down overwhelmingly. Congress
man Converse offered the following addition
to the platform, which was adopted with
great enthusiasm and without a dissenting
voice:
vontion that Samuel j. Tilden, who was once
legally and fairly elected president of the
| United States, but dsfrauded of his ottice.
| Should receive unanimous NOMINATION. at
| the hands of the Democratic convention
which meets at Chicago July next.
NJ J. Ryan, of Cincinnati, offered the fol-
| lowing:
| htSptNel, lHdt bAlS CoHN eHCiOh Hloti uSb Ats
| delegates-at-large and requests the district
delegates to Chicago, to cast the vote of Ohio
| as unit
After a lengthy discussion, the resolution
was LlhIed-ayes, 3S5; nays, 255-and the re-
port of the committee on resolutions then
adopted. The call of districts was next or
dered for reports of members of the state CEN
tral committee, delegates, alternates, and
electors from districts.
| A motion to adjourn till 2o'clock was voted
down Nominations for four delegates-at-
large were called for. Frank DaheTty, of
| Harden county, nominated John X.
Mclean. John e. Warwick was nom
mattel by Woods, of Wooster; J. f.
Powell was nominated by Marriott,
of Delaware. Seward, of Richland, moved
t. suspend the rules and nominate Durbin
| Ward by acclamation. Confusion reigned
supreme; the chair vigorously pounded the
table, and Gnally succeeded In obtaining
order, and the call proceeded.
A vote was taken on Stewards motion and
Durbun Ward elected,
| A motion was then made to suspend the
rules and nominate John r. Mclean by
acclalnation. Gen Warner moved the substi
tute that Thurman be nominated by acclama
ton. Cogan moved as substitute to Warner:
substitute that Mclean be added to Thur
man, and amid great confusion call wa
ordered, and the substitute was carried.
Jacob Mueller, of Cleveland, was alst
selected by accamation
Following are the district delegates First
D. j. Dalton and Louis q. Bernard, Hamil
ton Second-J J. Brady and J. C. Riley
\ II. t,,l lntnT
and William Dechart, Lebanon. Fourth
W D. McKeney, Montgomery, and ]. c
Turpin, Darke. Fifth i M. d. Shaw
Auglaize, and Jacob Forbing, of Hardin
Sixth-To be elected at Ottowa, June II
Sey enth-Samuel Heugh, of Hancock, an
J. ". Norton. of Seneca. Eighth-Charle
Constantine, of Clarke, and j. II. Martin, Q
Greene Ninth-S. K. Donavin, of Deln
ware, and S. N. McCloud, of Union. Tent
Col William E. Haynes, of Sandusky, an
John H. McGee, of Ottawa. Eleventh.. {
Shoemaker, of Brown, and R. M. Deely, G
Highland Twelfth-W. A. Hutchins, c
Scioto and B. F. Ellsberry, of Lawrence
Thirteenth-John G. Thompson, of Franl
lin, and Charles Rose, of Hooking
Fourteenth-J G. Huffman, of Perry, fan
S. A Dunbar, of Gallia. Fifteenth-Georg
NJ Jewett of Muskingum, and Casey
Brady, of Licking. Sixteenth-W. T. Albel
son, of Ashland, and F. s. Reefy, of Lorail
Seventeenth-To be selected June q
Eighteentb-W' S. Holts, of Columbiana an
Dan McConville, of jefferson. Nineteenth
D. B. Woods of Trumbull, and s. P. Fricke
| of Ashtabula. Twentieth-Ben Desenbert
of Summit, and R. s. Shields, of STAR
| T1rontv frSt-John IT Earley and w N
Armstrong, of Cuyahoga.
The following were selected altenates- a
large by acclamation; A. D. Marsh, of Me
Ger; Daniel Flanagan, of Delaware; W.
Howard, of Clermont; Thomas MetZler,
| Fairfield.
Gen A " Rice, of Mercer, and T. E. Po'
ELL of Delaware were selected by ACCLAIM
| tion for electoTs-at-large