The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-30
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The ohio House Divided Against ITSELF.
The convention of the Democracy of 0htp
In 1876 assembled In the city OF CincinnatL
and met in the famed Music hall. John A.
shank. Of Hamilton County, was temporary
Chairman, ana it fell to the lot of George H
Pendleton, as permanent Chairman. 10 pre-
side over the stormiest and most exciting
convention the Democracy of Ohio ever held.
For some reason General Tn omas Ewing and
General George W. Morgan were a~ntaeonis-,
tical to the nomination of Allen G. Thurman
for the Presidency. Perhaps General Ewing
remembered how deliberately Thurman mad
set down upon his project Of organizing
o ssnew departure" and had rebuked
him fordeclaring that as an organization "ths
Democratic party had outltved its usefni-
ness.s Ewing and Morgan combined their
forces and brought ont Governor William
Allen as q candidate for President This
other Democrats, headed By John g. Thomp-
son, Franz Hurd. w. w. Armstrong, v. L
Brown, E. F. Bingham N Judge Thomas ].
Kenney were for Thurman. S1sangulne were
the latter crowd the night before The conven-
ton that they had q Jubilee over the pros
pectiye success of the Thurman ticket. But
Ewing and Morgan. using the name and
shield of Governor Allen for their purposes
were not asleep. and, while not boosting Of
wha they could do, taught the kids Of
that Gay tnat OLD pOAtlcten1 acfeE 4oktoe
how to manipulate the wires.
The principal struggle Dame In that conven-
| ton upon the adoption Of the report Of the
majority of the Committee on Resolutions
fnstructing the delegates to vote for William
Allen for President General Ewing took b
door and made . brilliant and magnetic
speechfn favor of the resolution. The Thur
man men, taken uHawares, fought for time.
Frank Hurd was not in the convention,
George E. Pugh was not to be found, and for
. while 1t looked as II Ewing and Morgan
would sweep things without any serious OPP
position. Judge Heisley. Of Cuyahoga. was
called out and made . speech against the
report and held the floor until Frank Hnrd
could be found. ohm g. Thompson had COLI
tlared him somewhere. and soon aour
Franks was on the platform. His elo.
qusnce, was ~unsvaiiing: the eyes of the
convention were sot.n Asvote was called
for and taken by counties with the following
result: Yeas fAllenI. ass; Nays 9Th urman).
| 800. The convention then nominated ,foI
Ideiegates At large: General Geo. w. Morgan,
General Thomas Ewing, George II. Pendleton
and William Z. O,Brien. The anomaly was
presented By the State instructing its dele.
fgates TO vote for Goveruor Allen. while q ma
iority of the district delegates were for Judge
Thurman. The genial William Bell was
nominated for Secretary of State. Bell was
q good organizer. and made q most mag
nificent coinDsign .son the quiet" The
nominee TOR supreme Judge was William e.
Ffpok. of Perry, and W. n. Clongh, OF Butler,
for Board of Public Works.
THE OHIO
Had Its ~head-uuarters at the Planters, HoteA
kept by William Kelsey former propristor
OF the American Hotel at Columbus. The
TACT that Ohio had been instructed for Allen
made it of but very little importance In the
National game OF politics, ana the delegates
from other States paid no attention TO the
Buckeye State; but there were large number
of Ohians present. and the Allenites and
Thurmapites had It hot and heavy in the
Hobby and at the "barn OF the Plan terss.