The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-16
w. K. L. Warwick and John
c. Welty
Selected as Delegates to the
National Convention.

A Verbatim Report Of Col. Neal's Mas
s.terly AddreSs-.Ful Report OF the Con.
vention Up TO the Hour OF Going to
Press.
COLUMBUS, June 15.-[Special. 1T now
looks as If the Big Four would be James
E. Campbell, Senator Calvin Brice, Law
renee 7. Neal of Chillicothe, and Rob't
Bee OF Cleveland.
Other candidates are Frank Hurd, Hon.
John McMahon of Dayton, and Allen W,
Thurman. The latter three are strong
friends Of Grover Cleveland. The estimate
this morning before a vote is that the anti
Cleveland men have a majority of the
convention, Gov. Warwick, who was
presented as a candidate for delegate al
large, withdrew late last night in the in
terest of Blee.
THE 18TH DISTRICT.
The 1S:h district met at 3 p. m. In the
mine inspectors room. 1t was a quiet
affair, with only speeches by A. MeGregor
and Col. Taylor of Salem, Col. Taylor
made a fine speech for AL Carlisle for del
egate to Chicago.
The voting was by ballot.
The first ballot resulted in
no choice. John C. Welty and
W. X. L, Warwick each received the en-.
tire vote Of Stark county, while Colum.
biana and Mahoning voted for Sam
Phipp, Robert Mackey and AL. Carlisle.
A second ballot was ordered In which
Welty received 20 votes, just enough to
elect, and on the third ballot Warwick
received 20 votes and was elected.
VIM. A. Maline Of Mahoning was made
elector by acclamation, and Editor W. S.
Potts of Columbiana, and Sam Phipp of
Mahoning were made alternates by accla-
nation. A McGregor is on the committee
on resolutions and Sam Burgert on Gre
dentials.
SENATOR BRIoE ARRIVES.
Senator Brice arrived from Washington
at o'clock. His rooms at the Neil were
soon thronged, He gave the NEWS DEMO
Graf brief interview while he was read
ing stack of kilograms about six inches
high. Brce is not for Grover
Cleveland. He is great admirer
~ hVNN IL.
he can be elected. He wants to go to Chi.
cago as an uninstructed delegate. He
gave our reporter his figures on Ohio,
30 against Cleveland, 16 for Cleveland.
A prominent friend of Senator Brice said
soon after; "Brice is in 1t. The ticket
may be German and Brice, or Brice and
German"
Ike Hill of the National Congress also
came out with Brice. He made speech
to an appreciative crowd on the second
floor of the Neil House, in which he said
he knew that Carlisle of Kentucky, Chen
Speaker) wrote the full text of Grover
Cleveland's remarkable tariff message.
Ike is for German and Boies, or Morrison
and Slocum of New York.
The convention was called to order a
little after 10 o'clock this morning. Col
James E. Neal upon taking the chair as
temporary chairman, made the following
address. 1t will be seen that he was not
partial to any of the great Democratic
| leaders.
| SPEECH OF JAMES E. NEAL.
| GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVICTION:
assume this honor with pride and pleasure
and l congratulate you on the happy
omens of the hour.
You all know that last week while the
Republican party in wild enthusiasm
shouted that marching strain, "Blaine
Blaine, James G. Blaine, its ofIice.holderi
nominated Harrison. The rank and file
were crying for their party hero, and the
civil service gave them q man of straw
post-ofiice candidate.
The only logic of this strange anomaly
Is self defeat, and Democracy has nothing
to do but swell her own victory.
II there Is one fact more pronounced
than all others In political relations, 1t IL
that the people are weary of Republican
national rule, and anxious to rein.
state Democratic men and Democratic
measures.
TARIFF.
II was an unfortunate incident indeed
which gave to the Republican party I
majority in both branches of the Congress
OF the United States. and thus enabled /
to enact the most deleterious Legislation
which has ever inflicted the country
Legislation which imposes upon the peo
ple wicked system of taxation, oppres
siye in the largest degree on the toilin
millions, and beneficial only to tn
favored few.
While tho measure known as the "MC
Kinley Bill" was under discuasionin Cor
gress, the people seemed to waken to tn
enormity Of its provisions, and recogniz
ing the fearful mistake they had made, q
the next election, in a tempest of right
eous wrath, dismissed from place an
power, the men who were most active /
fastening this iniquitous policy on th
country. Never in the history OF polite