The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-12
THE BUCKEYE REPUBLICANS
A large, Enthusiastic and Harmonious
State Convention at Springfield.
Hon. Joseph B. Foraker Nominated for Gov
ernor On the First Ballot, aud the Other
Candidates Chosen BY Acclamation.

State convention was called to order in the new
wigwsm, in the market space, at 10 A. NJ, by the
Hon. Joseph K. O'Neall, of Lebanon, chairman
Of the Republican State central committee. The
delegations of the eighty eight counties of the
State were all full, and over 1000 persons were
packed in the wigwam. The Hon. J. d. Taylor,
Of Guernsey county, was announced as temporary
Chairman, and addressed the convention. Re-
ferring to the outcome of the last presidential
election, Mr.. Taylor began his address By saying:
''Since you last metin convention the most anon
alous event in history has transpired in our
country By combination of crimes accidents
ard blunders. this government, with all its great
interests, has passed out of the control
of the party that saved it from
treason and disunion into the hands
OF tie party, which, through its leaders, sought
for four long and bloody years, to tear it from
its proud place among the nations of the earth
and hurl its discovered fragments into the
VORTEX. of anarchy and dissolution This crime
of cri'res, condoned by the over-magnanimity of
the Republican party, unatoned for and unre-
pented of by its chief participants, rears its
head again in the government at Washington.
The soldiers of this Union. brave defenders of
their countrys honor, have suffered the humili-
alton of seeing the men they fought and van
4uished on the field, elevated to the high places
rf the Nation and intrusted with the public well
fare. This stigma must be wiped out, and here
the work must begin, to be completed in 1888.
The success of the Democratic party last fall
the speaker said, was but half success, and
this year every nerve of the administration
ha eff aipa6 70 win vipt in Nay
York and Virginia, needed to ratify its doubtful
title to the presidency. The speaker had no
criticisms to make on President Cleveland whom
he believed to be infinitely better than the party
leaders behind him. He spoke of Jefferson
Davis as the ''archtraitor," and pointed to the
fact that his eulogist, the man who was the
trusted and confidential agent of the Confeder
acy abroad during the war, was to-day at the
head Of the department which controls all the
pension interests of the Union soldiers, and was
honored with seat in the Presidents Cabinet
Speaking of the conflict of labor, Mr. Taylor
said:
Both labor and capital are being driven into
bankruptcy and ruin. Under Democrat rule in
the South, the laboring classes have been kept
IN a condition OF ignorance and vassalage equal
to if not worse than the pauper labor of Europe
AS to a remedy, he said: I'VE protect ourselves
iff, but the only way to protect our people
against sectional competition is to elevate the
condition of the working man in every part of
the country alike
Referring to the .coal oir' Legislature the
speaker said that when the Democratic party
came iato power, the public institutions Of the
State were In a prosperous condition, and there
was in the Treasury surplus of more than half
million dollars The Ohio penitentiary, under the
careful business management of the Republican
party and had a surplus of 1000
penditures but in eight months after the Demo
cratic party came into power the penitentiary
was in debt $46 O00 and 200 of the convcts
idle. The corruption and extravaganza of this
Legislature had brought the State on the verge of
bankruptcy. The increased bonded indebted
ness in the State was over $l0,000,0 900. The
coming campaign, Mr.. Taylor said, would not
only determine the recuperative powers of the
Republican party, but would show whether the
next United States senator from Ohio shall be
Republican a Democrat and probably de-
termine whether the next House of Representa-
tiveS will be Democratic or Republican" In
conclusion the speaker said: 1--WE will carry
Ohio this year, and we will carry the country in
1888, certainly as the stars in
the armament above if Republicans do their
dnty. Even now the reverberations of
victory are rolling in from the prairies
of Illinois, where the grand old hero, John A.
Logan has taken the long-coutested fort Take
that struggle as your inspiration, and you will
achieve victory in October that will shake the
is, and must ever be, Republican State-the
State that so proudly held up the banner of
James G. Blaine in 1884, the resting place of
Garfield, the home of Sherman and Sheridan,
and Hayes-the birthplace of that hero of heroes,
Ulysses S. Grant, who is to-day watching us
from his sick room in the metropolis of the Ma
tion-the State that gaveyto the country $50, 900
brave and true soldiers must ever be Republi-
can State.'
Committees were appointed, and the conven
ton took recess until after dinner. The
weather is fine and cool, and the visitors to the
city are all comfortably cared for
The convention resumed its session this after
neon at o'clock. Over 1000 persons were ac-
commodated within the wigwam, and several
thousands were the street. Hon. Amos
Townsend was made permanent chairman, and
addressed the convention. The organization
was completed as follows Permanent secretary
Emil Rothe of Hamilton; assistant secretaries
O. S. Broombach, of Lucas; w. w. Freeman
of Franklin; w. s. Thomas, of Delaware, and
S. N. Field, of Franklin, with a e-president
from each district
Following is list of the State central COM
mittee:
First District-John Houser, of Hamilton
Second Dstrct-George Keegan, of Hamilton.
Third Dstrict-Robert Joyce, of Butler.
Fourth Dstret--J. e. Lowe. of Montgomery
Fifth District. e. Lowry. of Hardin
Sixth District-Urban II. Hester Van Vert
Seventh Distriet-M. p. Brewer of Wood
Ninth District-Jno J. Haines, Of Marion
Tenth District-E. b. King, of Erie.
Eleventh District. K. Pollard, of Adams.
Twelfth District-C. A. Atkinson of Jackson.
Thirteenth District-A III. Brook, of Hooking.
Fourteenth Dstrict-D. III. Baldwin, of Galia.
Fifteenth Distriet-H. A. Axllne of Muskingurn.
Sixteenth District--Geo. L. Couch, of Lorraine.
Seventeenth District. NJ. Lewis, of Belmont.
Eighteenth Distriet--H. ]. Clay, of Carroll.
Nineteenth DISTRICT. A. Howells of Ashtabula.
Twentieth District. r. Fawcett, of Stark.
Twenty.frs District--W L. Brinsmade, of Cuya-
hoga
THE PLATFORM.
At 4 o'clock the Hon. William Mckinley, chair
man of the committee on platform, offered the
following resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted
The Republican party of Ohio announces the follow
ing platform of principles:
The right to vote, accorded by the Constitution of
tho United States is the of the whole people,
and must be secured at all hazards to every citizen.