The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-06-07

Sad, sorrowful. signing, dubious doleful and
dying, the stalwarts they met in session of fret,
with the old time record of lying. With emo
tons obscure, and faces demure they met in
the hall at eleven, the noses to count and find
the amount of those in the pathway to heaven.
The figures were small of those in the hail, and
troubled was every face to know twhat to do for
the cause of the few that was plainly behind in
the race. When enough had got in for the din
to begin, ofcalling the brethren to order Beatty
John c., with raps up to three, brought them
swiftly up to the border, and asked them to name
as point in the game, whom they would have
for their chairman; when Knowlton, ]. B.,
(from Nelson came hey was voted the best of
the fair men. With railroad haste, not mo-
ment to waste, they select from their number
the seven who to Columbus MUST go and help
knead the dough that shall receive their Repub-
lican leaven. The alternates enrolled, and
Foster condoled, they settle impatient to hearken
to words of good cheer, their heads to make
clear, and the skies of Democracy darken.
Wolcott comes out, is received with a shout,
the speaker sails in and with the exception of
tin, looks generally over his fences.
The following are the delegates and alter
mates chosen:
DELEGATES.
R. B. Richards. Brimfeld: w. E. .Hurd. Sha-
lersville; S. P. Wolcott. Kent lC. T. Northrop.
Garrettsville; S. F, Hanselman. Ravenna; e. s.
Woodworth. Windham; A. s. Cole. Ravenna.
ALTERNATEs.
Friend Whittlesey, Atwater; ]. N. Gist. g. L.
II T. ~ Po.
VIENNA; Charles Williams. Freedom; Homer
Mills. Nelson.
The following resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS. By reason largely of the uncertain
ties of the future in the business world. brought
about by the lack of financial policy of the
present administration of National affairs. and
| from no fault of his own. our esteemed fellow
citizen, the Hon. Charles Foster, has met with
financial reverses and offered up as one of the
first and chief victims of the late political cru
| sade. Therefore
| RESOLVED. That we. his Republican friends
of Portage County. extend to him our genuine
sympathy and respect. with full confidence that
his uprightness and manhood will yet overcome
| his present difficulties.
These two items of business were put through
with limited express speed in order that the
anxious stalwarts might have their faith and
feelings bostered up by speech from ex-Sena-
tor Wolcott of Kent, who. nothing loath ito
cheer the dropping spirits of the discouraged
disconsolates, went to the front and launched
out into an open sea of painless politics, in a
rough and ready speech, and the way President
Cleveland and the unfortunate Democrats oi
the country were chopped and chewed in the
ex-Senators classics was something MIRABILE
vIsU EFT DIcTU. He prefaced his philippe by
saying that man who had been Republican
as long as he ought to be able at any time tc
say something for the Republican party and
anything and everything against the Democratic
party. The Republican party was the Grand
Old Party the Democratic party was one with
out policy or principle. Wheat had not com.
manded lower price in 80 years the wages Of
the working manssare no higher: the bushes:
world is troubled and apprehensive; banks are
boarding money and refusing to discount the
best kind of paper; the controversy between
capital and labor is greater than ever--al
because the country was foolish enough to cleo
a Democratic President and Congress Ever
the collapse of Charles Foster was due to the
same cause.
To be sure the Mckinley tariff is still in op
Grafton and there has been no change in the
conditions from those under the Harrison ad.
ministration. but then :. the people" are afraid
of Democracy. you know. and business men are
afraid of the future. (We suppose the "busi-
ness men" must have been afraid of President
Grant and the Republican party in 1873 at the
time of the great financial crash.) But come
what might, the ex-senator wanted it understood
that he was Stalwart OF the Stalwarts, and il
anyone doubted his Republicanism he would
keep right on talking. or if any one of his
brethren were still lethargic or asleep he would
continue his address. There were many other
features of the address that might be mentioned
but we think the above specimens of " anything
and everything" sufficient for one reading.