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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19

one OF The leaders of the Republican party in
the convention which formed the constitu-
ton Of Ohio, and was much censured for
giving her a feeble Executive. After his re-
tirement from Office, and after I began to be
known, he sought my acquaintance and ex-
planned to me very fully the causes which in
fiuenced his political course. He told me that
of the Northwestern Territory. treated the
members of his Council with great contempt.
Having the veto power, he allowed them
little share in legislation, and was, indeed, an
autocrat. He instanced o case which. he
said. indicated the general spirit of his bear
ing toward them. The early ordinance gave
the Governor a tax of seventy-ive cents on
each marriage license. The Council thought
the people should be relieved from this very
Objectionable burden, and, unwilling to ask
withouta an equivalent, they drew up a bin CIV
ling him an annuals sum a little larger than the
amount received from marriage licenses, and
q bill relieving the marriage license of the tax,
and offered them at the same time for his sig
nature. He took and read them ;signed the one
giving him the salary; put his veto on the
other, and. with a bow and q smile which the
Council thought contemptuous, handed back
the tive bills. Governor Worthington said that
when they formed the Constitution of Ohio
they were smarting under the tyranny and
contempt of their late Governor; and that he
L
and 8 majority Of the convention acted under
the impulse. BE said time and experience
had satisned him that he had been mistaken;
and that the government Womb be safsr and
bsstss NM sszehsse 1xsessayA 4 M n
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an extended tour OF the States, and was
everywhere most cordially received. The
voice and temper of the people in that time
can be understood when we listen 10 ex-
pressions like the following from SO strong
and stern . partisan as General Andrew
jackson, who, in writing to Mr.. Monroe
said:
SNOW is the time to exterminate that mon
ster called party spirit. By selecting for
Cabinet o~fdcersl characters most conspicuous
for their probity. virtue, capacity and fair
ness, without regard to party, you will go far
to, II not entirely, eradicate those feelings.
which. on former occasions, threw SO many
obstacles in the way of government"
It was during this sera OF good feeling" that
Mississippi and Illinois were admitted to the
Union, while authority was given Alabama to
form q State Constitution and Government.
Mr.. Monroe was again elected in 1870, receiv-
ing OBJ Electoral votes to l given by New
Hampshire to John Quincy Adams. In the
election Of 1924
FOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Were In the held, as follows: Andrew Jack
son, John Quincy Adams. VIM. a. Crawford
and Henry Clay. No one of them received a
majority, aud the election was thrown into
the House of Representatives. Mr.. Adams
was the choice of that body, although
General Jackson was clearly The choice of The
people. having received the largest popular
vote. Ohio on this occasion broke loose from
her Democratic moorings and gave the six
teen votes to which she was now entitled to
Henry Clay.
General Jackson was once more the nom
inee Of the Democratic party in 1926, and was
but SO CASTOR Mr.. Adams. His election was,
regarded as q grand triumph for Democratic
principles, and q vtndication of the right of
the people to choose their own rulers by the
decision of the popular vote, and outside of
Congressional influences. ohio's vote was on
the right side this time. being cast for the
hero of New Orleans.
President Jackson was reelected in 1882,
receiying 2ls Electoral votes to 40 for Henry
Clay. Ohio gave u votes for ackso
The Democrats again carried the country in
1886. electing Martin Van Buren, by 10 votes
against 70 for General Harrison. But Ohio
on this occasion cast her vote for Harrison,
as wal natural, perhaps, under the circum-
stances. One Of her Territorial o~ficiais, and q
strong personal favorite with her people.
where most of his life was spent, it was not
unexpected that he should carry the State.
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Marietta, was elected to serve from the zth OF
March. lsol to the zth OF March. 1908.
on April 50. lso2, an act was passed BY Com
gress authorizing the call of a convention to
form > constitution. This movement did not
meet an altogether cordial supports from Lead
ing men. although events show that it was
favored by a majority Of the people. AS late
as 1901 a.convention at Marietta formally de-
clared that sin our opinion 1t would be highly
impolitic and very Injurious to the inhab-
itants Of this territory to enter Into . State
Government at this time.p Tnomas Worth
ington, afterward Governor of the State.
wrote to q friend: 81 am by no means an adj
vocate for q State Government If we can, by
any MEANS, have tolerable harmony under
the present Judge woodbridge, q prominent
leader. Put ON record the opinion that
scarcely a citizen OF this county would wish
10 come into q State Government.,n But
even this opposition, with much more thai
might be cited, did not prevail. The dele
gates to
oHIo's FIRST coNsrIrUrIoNAL CONVENTION
We're elected on October Il, 1902. and the body
assembled at chiliicothe on November LIST.
By the 10th = constitution was made and
signed by the thirts-four members OF the
convention.
A proposition was made to submit the con-
stitution to q vote of the people, but was lost
by a vote of q tor. Those who voted In favor
of the submission were four of the delegates
from Washington, two from Jefferson and
one from Hamilton County
The convention adjourned on November
2sth, and copies were forwarded to Congress.
On January J, 1905, acommittee was appointed
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%1S48.
A BAD Split OCCURS in the Demo

A bad Split Occurs In the Democratic
Party.
Democratic State Convention organized
by appointing David T. Disney, of Hamilton.
permanent Chairman, and Jabez w. Fitch,
OF yaho9 Secretary.
q palioting Tor Governor resulted as fol
lows: Jonh y Weiier, IA; Reuben Wood, ~;
Emory y. Potter, -; +. +. Lowe, 10; Douty
Utter, 10; Vs. Walton, ID; VIM. Lawrence. s;
alexander Duncan. Is Second ballot: John
y Weller, l46; Reuben Wood, Ills; Alexander
Duncan u; R.P.Lowe
The convention then proceeded to vote for
delegates At large 70 the National Conyen-
ton. There did not seem to be any "slatev at
this convention. every man running on his
own merits. Messrs Edgerton and Disney
were CHOSEN. There we're tWenty-seven dis
trict deieeatek
- 1850. oAss aAA voA.N
so'eu ~ uenets
Ass cAslonal
cSeNs.a. : on sne
: 10y. = Ssesensou' y. vils.u's
W. sion. New AolA
=, ,NN -I
n.e.-..sa 49,, s sne -
~ ssns wv
-asS. -n.ss sSs.Ns~s cI 800
Sao,snsc - 800 800 !. = .ra..sNa
n.ra-.i .,.s. -. rort,..aa re-s.s
ns,,ot tha 1s.a,nv -..ra,dst.s s..,rst 49,.
naing Tavt woodhnrv@ ~ No L.nnsh,-.
~ I.mes pr.ha,.n - p.n..r'r.-,s
u1s,.am - ~pn.aa- - -.
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IT,
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.h;s .anran-n nnrna.as 800. ~
prr.r -. pra.,a.nt go rha-,.. 80.
AaaTo. for v,ce-Prsssdant ~. M ~ 80
D.mocrot;. n.-+v snd ~. a.o1.-.Han aesss
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and free from oil selflsh expectations. having
q record which was satisfactory to both
North and South, he was elected. carrying the
State of Ohio, thevote being. Pierce. l6Ss oss
Scott, 152.623: John p. Hale, 81,72A
scorrs TRIP rHRoUeH OHIO
Generafsoott made . trip through Ohio In
person. receiving grand receptions At the
hands of large crowds, anxious TO get q
glimpse of the "Hero of Lundy Lane and
the great soldier who had led the American
army to the very gates Of the City Of Mexico,
to the shalls OF the Montezumas." He waa
the very bean ideal of . soldier; grand in hfs
bearing and magnificent In his proportions
but full of pride and vanity, and was dubbed
"Old Fuss and Feathersv by his opponents.
He appeared at Columbus. Dayton, Spring
State 1t Cleveland, where he spoke Of the
erich Irish brogue', and 'tsweet German &C
cent? phrases that were famous at The time.
and worked for al they were worth By the
Democrats.
The following gentlemen. as Electors, had
the honor Of casting the vote Of Ohio fol
Franklin Fierce. of New Hampshire. fol
President. and William r. King. OF Alabama
for vice-President: Washington Mclean,
William Palmer, Barnabas Burns, J. b Dunn.
BILE, Charles Rule, William Golden, G. w
Stokes. O. Keyser, &. O. o~unninghana, Hugh
J. Jewett, E. q. Dtal,sW. o. Key, kH. steed'
man. G. H. Kitchener, o. ]. orion, E. I. Nc
Artor, Joseph Kyle. J. Finley. +. Cleveland
s. D. Harris. E. 7. Wilder, E. 81. Haines, B. T.
johnson. Warrington McLean and Barnaba
Burns were the Electors at Large. A majority
of these men have passed over the river. and
the only living ones that I can now recall art
Mclean. Jewett and u. Harris.
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1854.

A New Constitution Submitted for APP
provai or Rejection.
The new constitution was submitted to the
electors OF Ohio for approval or rejection on
the 18th OF June, 1861. and was approved by o
majority of 1905 votes. On the 9th Of August
that year, the Democracy met at Columbus
to nominate q ticket, and as several of the of.
ices to be filed had hitherto, under the old
constitution, been chosen by the General As.
sembly the change brought out many can.
didates. and the result was q great gathering
at the Capital. Edison B. Olds. of Pickaway,
was made permanent Chairman of the con-
~vention. and business was soon commenced.
Reuben Wood, Of C~uyahoga. was nominated
for Governor by acclamation. In his speech
he declared he would endeavor to carry ont
the provisions OF the new constitution which
had 80 recently been Endorsed by the people.
In this speech occurred this s~entence: "It
every Democrat win do his duty on the sec
ond Tuesday of October, then on the next
day the still small voice will go forth on the
wires that shall carry Joy and gladness to
every Democratic heart from enlightened
Hamilton to the farthest corner of
BENIGHTED OLD AsHrABULA."
The words 'benighted AshtabuIan are ever
yet frequently repeated. The contest for
Lieutenant-Governor was between yallandig-
ham and MediIl. The former received sS
votes and the latter 15S. This was the first
fore a State Convention, although he had
been elected to the Legislature from Column
biana County. The Supreme Judges nom;-
mated On the first ballot were Thomas W.
BARLEY, of RichIand; John A. Corwin, of
Champaign; W. B. Caldwell, of Hamilton;
Rufus F. Ranney of Trumbull. Judge Thur
man was the fifth Judge, nominated on the
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wn1r1zx ron TIN c~tscrxNArr zrouInEH B,
oo1oxzL W. w. ARMSTRONG.
JUVENILE OHIO.


Becoming q State.
Before specinc reference is made to the
history Of the Democratic party of Ohio as an
organization = backward glance should be
given 70 the political events by which Ohio
became q State, and those through which she
passed In the early days when party lines
were very closely drawn.
In I7ss General Arthur st. clair, formerly
President Of the United states Congress, was
appoittsd Governor of the North-wes Terri
tory, of which ohio was q part On October
20, I7p8, IL appearing that there were at least
fys fhonsand free White males over twantv.
one years of age residing within the Terrific
rdal lines, Governor ST. Clair. in accordance
with the requirements of the law unde
which the TERRITORY was created. issned q
proclamation directing the electors to choose
Rspxesentstives 10 4 General Assembly. On
the mind Monday Of December. l7gs. the peo-
ple obeyed this ana the sollov1ne
eenslsmen we're chosen:
From Hamilton countyLwfniam Goforth.
W1niam MCMILLAN. John smith, John Lud-
Martin.
From Ross county-Thomas Worthfneton.
sarnuea Finley. Elias Lanaham. Edv.rd T,f.
On.
wavoa conntv faft.rwara tb. s..,. :,
ss,rh,g.,Nso,oman ss,h,.v ch..,.. rh.
hart az Ioucasra. Iaoon v,.ger
adams oounty-Josepn parltnrton. Ma.
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sPzcE N rHzs CA MPAreN,
And q .perusai Of che whig Journals Of that
day show that they hated Governor Tod.
The significant inquiry Of aWho IL James x.
Polk = was answered by the Democracy In
November BIZ pointing toward the White
House. Hes thari He's tharw Pokeberry
bushes were carried In the PROFESSIONS, and
Polk, Dallas and the tarin of 1872 carried the
Keystone State against Clay. One OF the
songs OF the day closed with the chorus:
"Hurraht hurrah! the people are rising,
To beat Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen.n
The Democracy of Ohio were highly elated
the tables on the Wings.
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Parties were all thrown into confuaion by
this vote. and the old Wing party OF ohio-a
once proud and gallant ~ never after
ward heard of in the political history Of our
State.
In the deal. after the National Democratic
victory of 1850, Samuel Medary wa nomI-
mated as Minister to Chill, and Reuben Wood,
Governor of Ohio. was appointed Consul TO
Valparaiso. then said to be al ofice worth
from $4,000 to $4,000, a year. Mr.. Wood re-
signed the Office of Governor of Ohio on the
18TH OF July, writing a letter tothe Democracy
in which he returned his thanks for the con.
fdence they had reposed In him.
The Democracy. flushed with their victory
OF the previous year. met at Columbus, organ-
lied with G. L. V~allandigham in the chair, on
the 9Th of January, and threw their banner
to the breeze with the following names on
the ticket: Governor, William Mednl, of
Fairfield; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Lester Bliss,
of Allen; Treasurer. John G. Breslin, Of SEM
eca; Secretary of State, William Trevitt. of
franklin; Board of Public Works. Wayne
Griswold, of Pickaway; Attorney-General,
George w. McOook of Jefferson.
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y0tng Demoor4ts9 q 0hf6 ~ t6e3< ktCol1m4
bus 70 take measures i seoure the 6doptfon
Of the new constttutton- me nAnsq stsned
to this call nrs - follows, ssverA1:of whom
have acquirsd national fame: GeosE- Pakh.
Shelby. johns. Harrison, w. w. Cones,sAs N.
Peirce. Jas. George. g. w. McCook. 8 =. More
ria, II. q. Knapp. E. &. Role. John Cradle
baugh, John 3 Groom F. NJ Ellie W. r.
Rankin, 9. W. Houck. John g. Breslin. Chas.
w. Blair. Granville Penn. W. r. Moserove, P.
]. McGroarty, J. @. Dougherty. Thomas Nor
ris, John n. Gilman, g. w. stokes, W. h.
Gle, 9. L v~allandigham, HENRY Beard. n. q.
Whiteley. A. Moss, E. B. Fell. g. H. Pendle-
ton. Geo. Spence and Others.
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1S4O.

Bill Allen and Tom Corwin, the Wagner
Boy.
On the 5th day OF May, l840. the Democratic
National Con vention assembled at Baltimore,
Md. The delegates from this State to that
convention were James ]. Faran, William
Burke, James Giddines, Samuel Medary. 7. s..
Bates, W. b. Morris, w. Patterson, Peter
Kaufman, John Hastings, John B. Weller,
William Dean, s. A. Barker, a. Patterson. c.
,. MeNultys pautel Mocook, Alexander Dun
: ead WtliiaN = nAldw1n.. We he,asvs
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1858.

Democracy Captures the State From DAN
to Beersheba.
There was q spirited fight for nominations
at this convention. George Z. Pugh declined
Q reelection az Attorney-General. The can
didates for nomination for Governor were
william Medill, of Fairfield, and George W.
Manypenny, of Muskingum. and Joseph J.
Mcdowell, Of Highland. The vote was a. fol
lows: Medtll, Elh; Manypenny. 14shz; Mo
Dowen, Is. The whole Democratic ticket was
elected.
This was the last year that the Wings. as Al
organization. put In nomination 4 ticket.
Their candidate Was Nelson .Barrere. OF
Highland, while the Abolitionists placed in
nomination Samuel Lewis. Barrere received
s5,S57 votes. Lewis 50,S48. and Mediu lE7.66a
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1854.

Democracy tbs Recipient Of : surprise
Party. With h K~new-NothinEs rs
Guests.
The year 1854 brought q .surprise party'' TO
the Democracy of Ohio. A secret political
organization, known by the outside name of
the "Know-Nothings," which held its meet
ings in nnfrequented places, which had grips.
passwords. signals. suddenly came into
being: The qualifications for membership
were opposition to Catholics or foreigners
holding ONCE md American nativity. The
secrecy Of the order and its novelty attracted
to 1t in many counties in Ohio large NUM-
bers OF youn men, and the result was
that the Democratic ticket. b Anti
Knew-Nothing one. was showed under.
The whiss generally nod Joined ths
order or supported tne ticket thai he
srdsr, shressh - sssesl Aaseansz5s -
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let the mOuntatns all OF salt
Be christened Monticello,

LUIS Was oAe o. line MODES OF FeQeral- w mig
electioneering then, n a mode which they
continue. infamous and base as 1t Is, to this
day, as we all see and know The Doctor
then held up a caricature representing Van
Buren, upon his back in the mire, iand SUCK
ing the teat OF aiong-eared SOW. and labeled.
.Matty Van sucking the public teat.' which
he said was a disgusting and filthy attack
upon a man twice honored with the highest
and most responsible offices In the gift of the
kAmerican people. The campaign of 1870 had
been inaugurated by the Wings some months
before the meeting of the Democratic Con-
vention.
Ohio, in this convention. voted for the
nomination of
MARTIN A buren, FOR PRESIDENT
And favored the nomination of Richard M.
Johnson, of Kentucky. for Vice-President.
cAMPAIeNING TOUR.
Colonel Johnson made q tour through Ohio,
addressing audiences at New Lisbon. Canton,
Wooster. MassiIion. Akron and other towns.
He was accompanied by Governor shannon,
BENJAMIN Tappan and Hon. William Allen.
The greatest enthuslasm was manifested at
every place Colonel Johnson appeared. A
letter from Canton, dated September "a, 1870,
to q gentleman in another town, said:
@The meeting at MassiIIon was a grand one.
The PROFESSIONS were long and imposing.
There were various devices and emblems OF
Democracy in each, procession. The whole
scene looked more ike the city Of New
York thai young Ohio. Hundreds Of ladies
Joined in the procession. There must have
been ten thousand to fifteen thousand people
at the meeting"
The State went for Harrison by a large ma
Itority. The Democrats were evidently UMPIRE
pared for the tactics OF their shrewd oppo-
Harrison, it was claimed, was born in 9
log cabin, iked hard cider, and was pointed 70
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1A1mun r Chn4o - HoAe0co4 GIK
salmon r. Chsse N1s< eleotel a615<
1s55 BY the Fusion Or Repubtlcnn
the Democracy were not diab61x161
c0uraged. Theyrallied ID Their 5tx1
commenced the work OF oxHnpirard
|PresfdentIal bettte Of 185&t 16e Nm<o
vsntfon Of that yetx. Web nolG11l
Nfxon's Hall In luna TIE
tGinized ~fsmporet11y ~ e4potu11o
hsedary, Of 0nfok &hen39o1t1o<
Statesman, a. temporary h1trmnne
the regulation speech, but :befofe
mienced IL . number OF exeitedM
ID BE- de1egnses from Mingoux1, 1of10d
selves Into the c~onyentlon, kuccl11*
the doorkeepan and creottnG 5u1o1
sion They claanad seets II th6 odu<
and asserted that the Oommlfteo e.
ments had ignored them. tany b6dGf6
the contrasting de1e<nfxoa <fo116
from, the convention The
tees were then announced
Ing Ohio ON the orsdenfinI oomu1
man on Permsnent QrEnnlzatnn S11x
landigham on thsCommittee on
That was the work Of the nrrt ~
convention.
The second day Of thu o~onventto1
Of those sultry days that The <ros5 mo1>
June sometimes Shows up ! F1nel0n<f
Commttsee ON Permanene0 <SaniHt16
szpectedIy reported the da1Sa ~
Jchn 3. Ward. OF Gsors1a, f1xa Fte1
made . beautiful speech, en47No
lent presiding o6lcor.
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II
The leading candidates. for nomfrstkon
Presidens were James B~uchanan, Of P6nu6
vania; Stephen A. DouelnH o& Il1kQ1
franklin Pierce, for = second terms And &
erl Cass. Pierce had for h1s adVoea3t
friends the o~f1ce-hoIders 81 his A6Mt3N
ytion nj many other8; and, wilma h6h6
|tant concernB OF the nation. The dl1<x1&0
position to him in she party. RI VI
las,. of Illinois, as their representative
great personal magnetiem. po11o1
were enthusiastic in supporfinS MI o1nI
items. The more conservative Dc11o61
thought Douglas was stoo younE;,, That
was time enough for HIM t1et
walt <
were made by the champions ~ tho l&l
candidates, and The reault Of ths eonvl1)<1G
work was the nomination Of Bachans6r
.EBrsckinridge. $3.50
en- the nrst ballot Ohio voted: ~hsn
1s1Ss; Pierce, ~ and Douglas, 4: being en{f
tied to % votes- The vote varied but HOO
during the sixteen bailotinsa op. ~
ballot 1t vent solid for B~uchanan> NJ
President IL divided IL vote - 1511
Quitnan. 8; Boyd, 9; Johnson p
ridge, 7.
Zion. G. L. ~Vallandieham VS. electod,m5W
bet of the National COMMITTEES fof Ohio
William Lawrence was appointed on ~
tincation COMMITTEES The stats GE4o {I<9
Electoral voteto remon
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= 49, -
tnes tne only nuryiviuE membe Of this dele
CATION IL the Hon. JamesJ. Earnn- OF Cincin-
mail Peter Kaufman, who was from Stark
County. was appointed upon the Committee
on RESOLUTIONS, and Samuel A. Barker was
Chosen from Ohio upon the COMMITTEES 10 re-
port an address to the country In support Of
the principles of the party.
General William Carroll, of Tennessee. was
the Chairman of the convention. and q dele
gate, referring to MIN, remarked: "His head
il white with age. but his laurels will be green
forever" DIR. Alexander Duncan, o famous
Ohio orator, was called upon in this
convention to speak, and rose amid
repeated cheers and made one of
his characteristic speeches. He referred
to the songs and ca~ricatures then af1oat in
reference to Mr.. Van Buren,, designed TO affect
public Sentiment. Duncan said: aCaricature
and SANDER are means with them 1.-THE WhigsI.
These have been the lot of every man Of the
Democracy who has run for high station, n
no man received q greater share of them than
Thomas. Jefferson. He was denounced and
ridfcuied in prose, ~blank-verse and doggerel
rhyme. hold in my hand a precious relic of
that time. 1t is a number of stanzas in dog
gerel rhyme. I will only quote one verse,
which will serve to show its character and
some of the doggerels the sT-fppecanoe and
Tyler too men sun in abuse and ridicule of
JEFFERSON. Jackson, and now OF Van Buren,. By
the same party:
".Let dusky SalIy's name be changed
To that OF Isabella,
And let the mountains all of salt
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THE VIRGIN LEGISLATURES

In 1904 Mr.. Jefferson was elected President q
second time. Ohio on this occasion cast her
first Electoral votes. She possessed but three,
but bravely and loyalty gave them for the
patriot and true Democrat, Thomas Jefferson.
the name "Republican" and assumed the one
they have since made illustrtous-that of
Democrats. SIN all their earlier ~strifes, - says
one writer, "they had been charged by their
opponents with desiring to run to the e1-
tremes of the democratic or mob rule, and
fears of a too general belief in the truth of
the charge led them to denials and
rejection of q name which the father of their
party had ever shown afondness for. The
early dangers which had threatened their or
suffered in their attempts to establish a Gov
m Anti-Federal and confederate in
composition. had been greatly modified by
late successes, and with characteristic cute
ness. peculiar to Americans, they accepted an
epithet, and sought to turn it to the best ac-
count. From the Ninth Congress the Jefer-
sonian Republicans called themselves Demo-
Gratis, and the word Republican passed into
disuse until later on In the history of our
political parties, the opponenrs of the De-
mocraey accepted it as a name which wen
fitted the meaning of their attitude in the
politics Of the country"
Ohio was still Democratic In 1905. casting her
three Electoral votes for James Madison.
In 1872 the growing discomfort with the
Presidential ofice being 20 long given 70 yir-
gtpaas teek - epsn form, andD n WITH oliuten.