Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-09-29

no longer, What is his worth, what are
his talents, what service has he done
the state but How much ia he
WORTH" Pandemonium broke out
when the speaker had gotten this far.
The majority of the delegates and spec
tators cheered themselves hoarse, Others
Missed and there were shouts of Rats"
and Sore heads"
The speaker tried to raise his voice
above the tumult and finally succeed
ing, he continued: SIN this republic
should the length of mans head be
measured by the length of his purseP
No; this question rises above man and
above party. 1t is a question of coun-
try. You all know that the senate has
become mere rich mans club. IL is
the resting place of trusts and COM
bines to defeat the rights of the peo-
pie. You know, all of you know, that
in the senate of the United States the
sugar trust has raised it's hydra head
and in the name of the community of
trusts has seized the national democ-
racy by the throat and compelled it to
stand and deliver"
Here the pandemonium broke out
afresh. There were cheers, Kisses,
shouts of "Ratsp' 500 on" "Sit
down." Twenty points of order were
raised, and on every one the chair
ruled that the speaker was within his
rights. But the minority kept up its
demonstration, and finally with clos
ing appeal for every day, old-fashioned
honesty in politics he resumed his seat
Meanwhile Senator Brice, his face
flushed, sat in full view of the audi
ence, now nervously chewing tooth
pick again and again running his left
hand through his long hair. 1t was
apparent that he had not expected that
the opposition would fire such fusil-
ade, but that he did not propose to re-
treat while under attack.
Jesse NJ. Lewis, of Urbana, appealed
to the convention not to be led away
by emotional insanity and was met
with howls of derision. He urged that
they should not go on the pages of his
tory as preferring to have the execution
first and the trial after. The senator
VINO had been assaulted was entitled
to consideration, although he did not
plead in his behalf Gen. Finley, Of
Bucyrus, said the resolution was an in
direct slap in the face of one of the
men who in the senate of the United
States had stood between the people
and the Mckinley law, and 1T was an
insult to the democracy of Ohio. Half
dozen speeches of equal heat were
made on either side.
Mr.. Seward at this point offered the
following amendment to the resolution
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the election of the United States sena-
tor by the people" A vote was taken
on the amendment and original reso-
luton and resulted as follows: For
the Seward amendment, 467%; for the
johnson resolution, 32sss.
Then a minority report on the silver
plank of the platform was presented,
signed by F. NJ. German, of the Second
district; j. w. Eyler, of the Sixth dis.
trict; Frank Hurd, of the Ninth dis
trict; A. ]. Pearson, of the Sixteenth
district; John II. Clarke, of the Eigh'
teenth district; Virgil p. Kline, of the
Twentieth. and Tom L. Johnson, of the
Twenty first district. 1t was as fol,
lows:
I'VE believe in honest money, the
coinage OF both gold and silver and a
circulating medium convertible into
such money without loss. We are op-
posed to the free, unlimited and inde-
pendent coinage of silver at the pres
ent ratio of 16 to L; we favor the coin,
age of silver under such legislative re-
strictions as will maintain the circula
tion of both gold and silver on a parity
and we reatfirm the doctrine of the
! democratic platform of 1892 upon the
subject of the currency and money"
The debate upon this substitute was
as hot as the one that preceded it
Allen W. Thurman denounced it as {
cowardly mal1e-shift and declared thai
the gold men did not dare to honestly
proclaim themselves as such. Lew
May, of Cincinnati, warned the dele
gates that the adoption of the free sill
yer plank in the platform would bury
the party under an avalanche in No
vember. Finally the roll was called Oh
the adoption of the Johnson-Hurd sub
stitute and the result was: For the sub
stitute $40 6-10, against 46S 40.
! Thus free silver won by majority o
, las and the friends of the white meta
made the dome ring with jubilan
shouts.
. Following are the nominations:
: Secretary of State-Milton Turner
of Guernsey.
Supreme Judge--James d. Ermston
: of Hamilton.
State School Commissioper-Jame
v Leech, of Franklin.
: Member Board of Public Works
e Harry B. Keefer, of Tuscarawas.
The convention then adjourned sin
die.
: Filled With BucIkshot.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Sept 20. DR.
& Mcintosh, the correspondent in a sensa
4 tional divorce suit in which j. jenkins
: of Sheriff., Ark, is plaintiff, was yes
terday at that place filed with buck
7 shot by Jenkins while standing amoni
a crowd of people, ana almost instantl
q killed. Jenkins few days ago sue
!. his wife for divorce on the ground q