Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
J. K. RICHARDS.

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/ of the latter place. From December
2 1880, to January, 1882, he was Prose
| cutting Attorney of Lawrence county
and from 1885 to 1889 he was Cit,
| Solicitor of Ironton. Mr.. Richards rep
resented the Eighth Senatorial distric
in the Sixty ninth General Assembly
where he was a leader. He is readl
debater and eloquent speaker. In June
1890, he married Anna w. Steece, an(
on the wedding trip they "caneod" dowI
the Merrimac to the sea.
FORAKER'S NOMINATINGSPEECH
Governor Foraker,in nominating Maj
Mckinley at the Convention last week
spoke in part as follows;
Gentlemen of the Convention, said he,
have now most pleasing duty to per-
form. This contest upon which we are
about to enter is to be in some respects
of unusual character. While it is to be
| hoped that we are not to be called upon
to confront a greater number of enemies
| in the aggregate, yet, surely it is known
that we are to be compelled to contend
against greater variety than ever be-
fore. In the first place we must fight
that time-honored enemy, the Demo
cratic party, which it would appear that
even the devil could not kill applause |;
and in the next place nobody yet knows
I how many third parties. Laughter. |
We do know, however, that the political
shibboleth of each and every one of
these political organizations will be
anything to beat the Republican par
ty" Laughter. Not only is the Gov
ernorship of the great State of Ohio at
stake, but this contest involves more
than the Governorship, more than the
General Assembly, more than the pub
lie institutions. 1t reaches out into ma
tional politics. A United States Sena-
tor will depend upon its result, and
more important still than all this, it will
determine whether this great State of
Ohio is to go into the next great nation
al contest in 1892 at the head of the Re-
publican or at the head of the Demo
cratic column. Applause. We shall
win this fight applause, but we must
not be content with simply winning it.
We must win it triumphantly applause
decisively, overwhelmingly cheers ;and
to that end we must select for our stand
ard bearer that man who, of all others,
can most surely command our undivid-
ed strength applause We must have
as our leader a fit representative OF our
views with respect to every living issue;
who in his record and his personality is
the best type we have of the illustrious
achievements and the moral grandeur
of Republicanism. Cheers. He must
be more even than that; he must have
sure place in the confidence and in the
affections of the Republicans of Ohio.
Such leader we have. 1t is not my
privilege to point him out. 1t is no
mans privilege to point him out; that
has been already done BY common
consent all eyes have turned in one
direction. One man there is, who,
measured by the exigencies of this occa |
sion, stands full head and shoulders |
above all his comrades, and that man is |
William Mckinley. Prolonged cheers
and applause.
There are many reasons why he should |
be nominated. In the first place, every
body knows him laughter He does
not need any introduction anywhere.
Every Republican in Ohio not only |
knows him, but, what is better, every
in Ohio loves him. T"Good,
goodp' applause. That is not ALL Ev
ery Democrat in Ohio knows him, and
every Democrat in Ohio fears him. Ap
plause His name is household word
the nation, and throughout
the whole world ;wheresoever civilization
exists it has become known. Laughter
and applause In the first place he is
true and tried and is no experiment. He
has been long time in public service.
He began thirty years ago. He started
out with Abraham Lincoln prolonged
applause He commenced on the 1lth
day of June, 1861, when he enlisted as
private in the Twenty-third Ohio regi-
ment Applause He began as a pri
yate, and by bravery in many bloody
battles he came out as major in his
regiment applause when the last arm
ed rebel had surrendered. Cheers |.
He has been identified with every
great measure of the Republican party
in both field and forum. Cheers His
tariff course has been one of patriotic
conviction and time will justify this
Cheers.
No Republican candidate has ever
suffered defeat through fault of William
There is not one drop of
cut-throat blood in his veins. Cheers.
He is morally incapable of the treachery
and cowardice of political assassination.
Applause. He don't know what a
political razor is, and has only con-
tempt for the sneaking, hypocritical
who would use one. Prolong
ed applause and cheers.
This convention to-day means that
the 100000 Republican voters of Ohio
have got together Applause and are
proud of their party and of its princi
pies, proud of its representation in Off
cial place, in both state and nation. We
are proud of that conservative, patriotic
man, General Harrison, who sits in the
White House. Cheers and applause
We are proud, too, of that brilliant
statesman who has taught law
to Europe with respect to America
James G. Blaine. Prolonged cheers,
and fan waving for over
We are proud also of the representa-
tion of Ohio in the Cabinet of the Presi-
dent of the United States in the person