The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-02

BOOKWdlUer DOOM IOr pr9Slu6nJ ana
leaving the field so far as Ohio is con
cerned to Mclean, with the unit rule
annexed
There were at first two opposing
movements, one to instruct for Camp
bell and the other to instruct for Book.
walter. The Mclean men worked
hard to prevent instructions for any
one and their next movement was to
keep rivals from being selected as dele.
gates. They had their way in the pre-.
liminary work of the district and com.
mittee meetings and in the convention
1t is currently reported that Senator
Blackburn of Kentucky and others out
side of the state are in the Mclean
movement.
John X. Mclean is proprietor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer and has been advo.
eating free silver for years in his paper.
l.. f. Holden is proprietor of The Morn.
ing Plaindealer and The Evening Post
at Cleveland and has also been an
ardent advocate of free silver. General
Il. b. Finley while in congress was as
ardent silver man as General A. j.
Warner. who presided over the conven.
tion. The champion of free silver in
the state in recent years has been Allen
w. Thurman, who kept up silver
organization in Ohio when that element
was in the minority at Democratic con.
ventions. He is q son of the late Allen
G.. Thurman, who ran on the ticket
with President Cleveland in 1888 and
was for IL years senator from Ohio
The fathers of Thurman and Mclean
were bitter political enemies during
their lives and the sons never got
together till the present silver cam
paign.
Chiffon A. White. who heads the
ticket for secretary of state, served in
congress during Lincoln's administra-
ton and was a close political friend Of
Clement l.. Vallandingham He has
not participated in politics since tho
civil war till recently, when he took an
active part in advocating free silver
The keynote of the convention was
silver. On that issue all the nomina-
tions were based. Neither Temporary
Chairman Taylor nor Permanent Chair.
man Warner nor any others referred to
anything else in their speeches and the
platform covers only that one issue.
The report of the committee on Gre.
dentials was adopted without opposl.
ton.
The convention was called to order
by Chairman Matt Smalley, who intro
duced Rev. Dr. Fishburn'of Columbus,
who invoked divine blessing, The tenn
porary organization was announced
and Colonel w. A. Taylor. tho TEN
porary chairman, read his speech
Colonel Taylor's declaration for free
coinage at l6 to gave the silver advo.
Gates their first opportunity to cheer.
and they did it vociferously
-, 4 n.
Reuben Turncy Of Tuscarawas county
was recognized. He threw the convent on
into turmoil of Kisses aud derisive
shouts by saying: "Lookiug down on
this convention is that arch traitor. that
Benedict Arnold of the Democratic
party, Grover Cleveland"
He wanted the portrait removed. For
some moments Mr.. Turuey was Kissed
NO that he could not proceed, but he
finally moved that A. w. Patrick. who
presented the minority report on resolu.
tions for silver last year and well
known silver advocate of Tuscarawas
county, be invited to the stage This
caught the silver men and the motion
was carried Judge Patrick made u
free coinage speech
The god men fought the report on
rules because it referred all resolutions
without debate and claimed that this
rule had been injected after the com.
mittee had agreed on its report. The
report was adopted after various amend.
ments and dilatory measures were dc.
feated. After the report of the coni-
mittee on permanent organization. Cen
eral A. j. Warner was escorted to the
chair as presiding officer and was re-
ceived with an ovation. General
Warner was introduced as an apostle of
16 to 1. He urged all to sacrifice per.
sonal preferences and all other matters
for the silver issue. The people had
made the issue and the st. Louis con,
vention had emphasized the issue by
adopting single gold standard. The
lines were never so distinctly drawn.
There was no longer any doubt about
what would be done at Chicago ON the
issue. He urged all the advocates of
the bimetallio standard of the fathers
and Of the constitution to unite on one
ticket. as well as one issue. He insisted
that this union Of the people regardless
OF party alliance against the gold stand.
ard money power was now the duty OF
the hour.
General Warmers speech was inter.
rupted continuously by applause, es-
pecially in his references to the bank
rupty and distress of the masses and
to the heavy tributes that were being
levied on them by the money lenders.
His indictment OF the administration
for issuing bonds to maintain the gold
standard was intensely severe and
greeted with tLmultuous demonstra.
rxtu ia.