Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-12
OHIO POLITICS.
The Republican State Convention Meets
TO Nominate Candidate for
Governor.
The Cleveland Administration Vigorously
Denounced aud the Bloody Shirt
Waved for 1888.

the new wlgwam here Mt 10 o'clock
thl, morning aud was called 10 order
by Joseph X. O'Neil, chairman Of the
state committee. There was full
attendance OF delegates. Four thou
sand people were packed In the wig
wan.
Hon. j. ID. Taylor was elected tenn
porary chairman and made an address
OF which the following are the chief
point;
Referring to the outcome OF the last
presidential election, Mr.. Taylor be-
gan his address by saying; "Slnce
you last met In convention the most
anomalous event in history has trans
plred In our country. BY a combina-
ton Of crimes, accidents and blunders,
this government, with oil its great In.
terests has passed out Of the control Of
the party that eaved II rom treason
and dIaunity into the hands OF the
party which, through It's leaders,
sought for four long and bloody years
TO tear II from its proud place among
the nations OF the earth, and to hurl
its discovered fragments into the vor-
tex OF anarchy and dissolution, This
crime OF crimes, cOndoned by the ever
magnanimity OF the Republican party,
unAtoned for and unrepented OF by Its
chief participants, roars us bead again
in the government Mt Washington
The soldiers Of the Union, brave de-
fenders OF their country's honor, have
suffered the humiliation OF seeing the
men they fought and vanqulshe1 on
the field elevated 10 the high places OF
the nation aud intrusted with the pub
lie welfare. Thlsstlgma must bo wiped
out, and here the work must begin, TO
be completed In 1882
The success OF the Democratic party
last fall, the speaker said, was but
half success, and that this year every
nerve Of the administration would be
strained 10 win the victories In Ohio.
New York and Virglnla needed 10 rat
lfy tn doubtful title TO the presidency.
the SPEAKER had no criticisms To make
on President Cleveland, whom no be.
iIeved TO be infinitely batter than the
party leaders behind him. He spoke
OF Jefferson Davis as the arbitrator
and pointed TO the fact that
his eulogist, the man who was tho
trustsd and confidential agent OF the
Confederacy abroad during the war,
was to-day al the head OF the depart
ment which controls all the pension
interests Of the Union soldier and was
honored with a seat In the president's
cabinet,
Speaking Of the conflict OF labor
Mr., Taylor said both labor and capital
are being driven Into bankruptcy and
ruin under Democratic rule. In the
South the laborlng classes have been
kept In q condition of ignorance and
vassalage equal to, II not worse, than
the pauper labor OF Europe. Az a
remedy he said: 1--WE protect our
selves agalnst foreign competition by q
protective tariff, but the only way
toprotect our people against sectional
competition Is TO elevate the condition
OF the worklngman In ever part OF the
country alike
Referring to the coaloll legislature
the speaker said that when the DENT
ocrAtic party came into power thepub.
iic Institutions OF the state were In u
prosperous condition aud there was
in the treasury aurplus of more than
half million dollars, The Ohio pen
itentiary, under the careful business
management OF the Republican party
had surplus of $53. 900 over the ex
pendltures, but la eight months after
the Democratic party came into power
the penltentiary was in debt $4,000
and twenty OF the convlota idle. The
corruption and extravaganza o
this Legislature had brought tn,
state TO the verge OF bank
ruptoy, and had Increased the bonde,
indebtedness Ia the state over SIC, 900,
0O1. The coming campaign would no
only determine the comparative pow
ROT the Republican party, but woul'
th1w whether the next United State
senator from Ohio should be Republi
can or Democratic, and would proba
bly, determine whether the next hou
OF representatives would be Democrat
or Republican.
In conclusion the speaker said. wv
will carry Ohio this year, and we VII
carry the country In 1883 as certainl,
rs tho stara are In the armament,
the reverberauons OF the viz
the prairles OF Illinois, whel
the grand old hero, John *. Logal
has taken the long contested for
Take that struggle as your inspiratlo
and you viii achieve avictory In Oct
her that will shake the continent frol
the mountains to the sea. Ohio Is an
must ever be a Republican state.
"Iho state that 30 proudly uphel
the banner Of James G.. Blaine In ISIS
the resting place OF Garfield, the hon
Of sherman and Sheridan and Haye
the birthplace OF that hero OF heroe
Ulysses 3 Grant, who IL to-day watc
ing hs from the slok.room In the IN
tropolis of the nation; the state tn
gave TO the country $50, 900 brave al
true soldiers, must ever be u Repab
can state.h
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Taylor
speech. which was frequently a
plauded, the various committees we
appointed by the temporary chairmA
and the invention took a recess.
AT o'clock the convention aga
assembled. The great wigwam WI
crowded TO suiiocAtion, aud sever
thousand people were outside, unRt
TO procure even standing room,
The Hon, Amos Townsend Of Clol
land WAS chosen permanent chsirml
and addressed the convention hriefl