Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-05-01

, matters, and if the Constitution OF the United
States is fatally lame or incompetent upon
this subject. then ii shall be the mission OF
. the Republican party to hoist a new banner
and preach a new crusade, to so amend the
J Constitution as that the equal protection OF
! the law shall be guaranteed to every man,
white and black, Republican and Democrat,
! upon every foot of soil Of the United States,
! from Maine to California, and from Oregon
to Louisiana The Republican party made
!. the Declaration of Independence living
principle, and the Republican party viii
stand by the landmarks of its own history,
until it shall be impossible that Copiah county
murderers shall escape unhung, AID that Dam
Vile oppressors and outragers OF free ballots
and free voice shall be complimented by the
depression. swell done thou good and faiths
ful servant" from the great body OF people
from the South.
Il 1t is undoubtedly the fact that free ballot
and free expression Of public opinion upon
political questions is denied to q vast number
of the people of some of the Southern States
of this country Until that matter is set
right, the Republican party must not cease to
lsoor. 1t must cry out day and night and
struggle manfully until peace and good order
come to the country from the recognition OF
equal political rights and privileges.
| And thus, my eountrymen, we enter the
great fight in Ohio, a fight we must win, or
the Republican party Of the country must go
to the wall. We must carry Ohio in October,
or the Democrats will Garry the country IN
November. Inactivity, general apathy,
must cease in Ohio Carpng criticism,
outside of Ohio The Republicans that Oc>
cupy the places of power 10 the country must
recognize that we hold the key 10 the fortress,
and If we lose it in October, the hordes OF the
Goths and the Vandals of the Democratic
party will OVerwhelm the garrison and drive
out the occupants.
The omens about US all point to magnifi-
cent victory in October, If we do our duty.
The local elections show the general uprising
of the people of Ohio in the expression of dis
| trust and condemnation of the Democratic
| Legislature of the State. The people of Ohio
will not permanetly trust the Democratic par
ty, and the Democratic party will not give
the people of ohio an opportunity to trust
them, for they never obtained power that
they did not thus fritter away public conf :
dence and esteem.
We will 90 to Chicago to nominate the best
men for the emergency.
! But we do not forget, and our brethren in
| the Southern States must not forget, that
| Ohio is, under all circumstances, a close and
doubtful State. The conflict in October
marks Ohio the battle ground of the year;
and the people of the Republican party in
other States must lay aside personal consid>
erations and the fashion of carping at and
crticising the Republicans Of Ohio, and they
must plant the battle, in any event, so as to
make victory in Ohio not only possible but
absolutely certain. The Convention at Chi
cago can do this, or it can organize defeat by
q blunder.
We will go to Chicago with our warm af- i
fections going out to the men who have stood
with US in other days in the great battles
which we have fought; but we will go there
promising ald pledging that upon whosoever
the great honor shall be conferred, to carry
the Republican banner in the coming contest,
shall at once and forever be the standards
bearer of Ohio; and let him be who he may,
if he come of the free will of these Republi-
cans of Ohio, my wold for it, be will carry
the banner to victory, beyond all possibility of
doubt.
Let us then, my friends, stand together,
proud of our old record, defending every
point upon the long line of our brilliant
achievements, satisfied with our present pur>
poses, defending every principle that we hold
dear to-day. Confident of the future, let US
raise the battle>cry of protection TO American
liberty, and victory for the Republican party
In November.
me in being chosen for your presiding officer,
and being thankful for the compliment, l am
now ready to proceed with the business of the
convention. The first business in order will
be the report of the different districts on the
nominations made by the several district cons
ventions to-day.
The different districts were then call
ed in their order for delegates and al
ternates to the Chicago National Con-
vention, vice presidents of the eonven-
tion, State Central Committeeman, and |
members of the committees elected by
the district delegation, and reported.
Following are the names of delegates
and committeeman from the this Q7th)
district:
Delegates to Chicago-Chas II. Bait
zell, of Belmont; NJ. R. Patterson, of
Guernsey.
Alternates-Geo. W. Taylor, OF Noble;
John w. Doherty, of Monroe.
Vice PRESIDENT. w. Doherty, of
Monroe.
Committee on Credentials w. 5. Ken.
non, of Belmont.
Committee on Resolutions--S. C.
Luccock, of Guernsey.
Committee on Rules and Organization
r. K. Shaw, of Washington.
State Central Committee-E. II. Arch
er, OF Noble.
When the districts had all made their
reports motion to adjonrn until 9
o'clock Thursday morning, prevailed.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The convention was called to order-at
9:45 a. N. Prayer was offered by Rev.
A. 81. Norcross, pastor of the Central NJ.
E. church.
The Committee on PermaneHt Organ
ization reported for permanent Presi
dent, Hon. William Mckinley, jr., of
Stark county, and he was elected with
applause.
The Permanent Secretary was A. A.
Stearns. of Cuyahoga, and the Assistant
Secretaries, o. B. Parish, of Butler. A.
R. Rankin, of Fayette, aud j. N. Field.
of Franklin.
Mr.. Mckinley was escorted to the
chair by the committee and made brief
and eloquent speech. The names of
Blaine, Sherman Arthur. Grant, Lin
coin. Edmunds, aud Garfield, were yocif-
erously applauded as named by the
speaker.
The order of business was adopted as [
follows: Nominate candidates for Sec
retary of State. Supreme Judge. Member ,
of Board of Public Works, and Delegates
at large.
The Committee on Resolutions report .
ed as follows:
THE PLATFORM c
That the Republican party approve 4
tho ,,nliay ,,f nrot Aption in all aeonomie | n