Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-16
THE STRONGEST MAN
Will Be Supported at Chicago
by the FOrty-Six Dele
gates From Ohio.
NEARLY AN EVEN BREAK
In the State Convention Between
Clevelandites and Ants.
NEITHER SIDE TRUSTS A TEST.
The Silver Question Left in the Hands of
the Chicago Convention.
NEARLY AN EVEN BREAK
NEITHER SIDE TRUSTS A TEST.
A CHANGE In THE DELEGATE SLATE
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. !

COLUMBUS, O., June 15-The Ohio dele
cation at Chicago will contain about q
pronounced Cleveland men, and the balance
of the &c will be for the strongest man, ant
if that be Cleveland he will get the entire
delegation. There are few, if any, pro-
nounced Hill men in the delegation. L
Cleveland cannot be nominated they will
be for a Western man.
The opponents of Cleveland in the con-
vention to-day claim to have scored a
victory, but there is nothing substantial to
indicate that such is the case. In the few
instances where the interests of the en-
President suffered it was because OF a lack
of attention on the part of his friends.
Allen w. Thurman was defeated for dele
gate at large as a pronounced Cleveland
man, but he had no personal following
among the delegates. and his defeat can be
attributed to the fact that he has been
demonstrative and daring in his professions
Ex-Governor Campbell did all he could to
pull Thurman through, and was ably
assisted by Congressman Outhwaite, but
thev had load which they were unable to
carry.
No CIeveIand-Hin Test Vote Taken.
There was no vote reached in the conven-
tion which served as an indication OF the
relative strength of the Cleveland and anti
Cleveland sentiment. 1t was at one time
proposed to nominate Brice and Campbell
by acclamation first, but Frank Hurd
served notice that if they undertook to do
this he would openly oppose the same in
the convention, and draw the line on the
candidacy of Cleveland. A move of this
kind was made, but ruled out of order by
the Chair, who understood the situation. If
such a rule had been reached in the conven-
tion it would have been a fair test. Hurd
was, however, defeated by Robert Blee, of
Cuyahoga who made personal canvass on
the floor of the convention, and majority
of the votes he received were on personal
grounds, the question of Presidential perter-
ences not entering into the contest.
Next to Cleveland the Ohio delegation
will be for candidate from this State, and
both Senator Brice and Governor Campbell
stand high in the estimation of the dele
gates chosen. Brice left for Chicago to-
night, to look after the preliminaries as
Chairman of the National Committee, and
Governor Campbell and the other delegates
will go Saturday or Monday.
Routine of the Convention.
On calling the convention to order Chair
man James A. Norton, of the Central Com
mittee, referred to the important work of
the convention, which was the selection of
delegates to Chicago, and which he said
should be done with the greatest fairness
His mention of the name of Cleveland was
received with much enthusiasm, which grew
as he reached the names of Hill, Whitney,
German and others. When the speaker
reached the name of Governor Campbell, in
the list of Ohio candidates, the convention
assumed a wild scene of demonstration.
The applause continued for several minutes,
giving stormy evidence that TIE eN-Gov-
ernor had big following in the Convention.
Hon. James T. Neal, Temporary Chair
man of the convention, came from sick
room to preside, and was received with
much favor. The address OF Mr.. Neal was
review of the party and State issues, with
reference to the distinguished line of names
mentioned for the Presidential nomination.
He was frequently applauded on his utter
ances At the conclusion of his address the
speaker reviewed the list of Presidential
possibilities.
The names of Cleveland and Hill were
received with equal favor by the conven-
ton The name of Senator Brice was men,
toned by both speakers with eulogy at the
morning session, and received with much
enthusiasm, along with the name of Camp
bell.
There being no contest of consequence
except in one county Oogan) the voting
authority was divided between the contest
ants. The report of the Committee on
Rules and Order of Business placed the
nomination OF delegates at large last in
the order. An effort was made to amend |
and place these nominations first, but the |
convention adopted the report of the COM
mittee, in the interest Of holding the dele |
gates together until all the business was |
transacted.
Platform of the Buckeye Democrats.
The Committee on Resolutions reported |
the platform, as follows:
The Democracy of Ohio, in convention as |
sembled declares:
Ffrst-That, confiding in the careful iu1p-
ment of the Democratic National Conven- |
tion, about to assemble in Chicago We |
hereby pledge our earnest and cordial sun |
port to its nominees for President and Vice
President. hoping to see glorious and lasting |
victory as the result its intelligent action
We are opposed 10 all class legislation and |
believe in tariff levied for the sole pur-
pose of producing n revenue sufficient to |
defray the legitimate expenses of the Gov
eminent, economically administered and |
protest against the policy of so-calIed |
protection illustrated by the Mckinley bill. |
as championed by the Republican partyand |
in the interests of agriculture and labor we |
demand reform of the present tariff and a |
reduction Of unnecessary and burdensome |
taxation.
That in the high tariff recently imposed bv |
certain European nations on American grain |
and American meat we recognize an effort |
on the part Of these Governments to strike |
a destructive blow at American agriculture |
In retaliation for the high duties imposed |
by the Mckinley law, and on that behalf of |
American agriculture we demand OF Con-
gress an Immediate modification of our 1
tariff law, such as will secure the admission /
OF these agricultural products into the mar
kets OF these countries free from duty.
The Non-Committal Silver Plank.
The Democratic party has always favored
the use of both gold and silver as money.
and restored to the people the silver dollar
of our fathers which Republican Congress-
demonetized I'm 1873 Denouncing the Sher-
man act of 1890 As false in principle and dam
gerous in practice, and believing that both
gold and silver should circulate as money
with parity maintained, and with equal
rights and equal value, We submit to the
wisdom OF the Democratic party, about to
assemDle III NatlohaL convention to declare
the method by which that end may be
reached. |
The hypocrisy of the Republican party in
the demand in the recent National Conyep-
tion for the right OF every citizen of the
United States to cast one free and upre |
stricted ballot, and to have it counted is
made most manifest by its almost uniform
opposition to the Australian method of
voting, recently adopted in Ohio and most
of the Northern States, and on the other
hand, its advocacy, an administrative 4
measure, OF tile lannon's force bill, designed
TO suppress by violence the elective fran
chise in nearly one-half of the country
We call the attention of the country to the
deplorable tact lately ascertained from Re-
publican offici i sources of undoubted au- |
thority, that the success OF that party a the
last Presidential election was due to the ex-
penditure of Sl,O00.G00 in corrupting the bal |
lot in the pivotal States, and not to the al |