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

Inc state central committee was re
organized with w. w Durbin Of Ken.
ton, as chairman and John A Rule Of
Cincinnati, as secretary, both original
radical free silver men. This com
mittee as well as the other committees
stood to I for free silver The tempo
rary and the permanent chairman and
all the officers Of the codveution were
radical silver men
The following majority report on reso
lutiOns was presented:
We, the Democrats Of Ohio, In conven-
ton assembled, hold that the money qucs
tiOn Is tho vital and paramount issue now
before the people Of this country, and that
Its carly and correct settlement is ncccs
sary to the revival of business and the re
turn Il nE9speFiSy Ws sHersfOTe sSs O,,torab,v
posed To the single gold standard and de.
mand an immediate return TO the consti
stutiOnal money of gold and silver by the
restoration by this government, independ.
ent of other nations, of the unrestricted
coinage Of both silver and gold into stand.
ard money at the ratio of rs to |, and upon
the terms of exact equality existing prior
to 1873; such silver coin to be n full legal
tender, equally with gold coin, for all
debts and dues, public and private.
Resolved, That the delegates at large
this day chosen by this convention and
the delegates to the national convention
from the several congressional districts
bet.and they are hereby instructed to use
all honorable means to secure the adop
tion of the principles contained in the
foregoing resolutions by the national
Democratic convention, to be held at Chi.
cago July 4, and TO vote only for the can
didates for president and vice president
who are Known to be In full accord there
with; and to accomplish these ends tC
cast the votes from the state of Ohio as q
unit, as majority may determine.
The gold men moved to strike out the
unit rule instructions, but were voted
down by vive voce vote amid much dis
order. j. @. Patterson of Dayton pre-.
sented a minority report, covering the
Monroe doctrine, election of senator,
by the people, Cuban question, tariff
reform, personal liberty and all the
usual declal ations of Democratic con.
ventions, including the reaffirmation OF
the national platform of 1899. The Re.
publican legislature and state admins.
tration was strongly denounced. Nc
reference to the financial question was
made and Mr.. Patterson said it was left
out in the interest of harmony.
The minority report was signed by
four members and the majority report
by l6 members of the committee. The
minority report was promptly defeated.
Another motion to strike out the unit
rule resolution was made and enter.
tanned. 1t was promptly defeated when
the gold men demanded a call of the
counties on the adoption of the majority
report resulted yeas, 542; nays, 1873.
For the four delegates. at. large to the
Chicago convention the names OF Alien
zf T,1.l -
| ley of Bucyrus, j. w. Bookwalter OF
Springfield. l.. f. Holden of Cleveland
John Conwcll of Cadiz, John r. Nc.
Lean of Cincinnati and Charles Z
Salem of Cleveland were presented
Tho first ballot resulted: Thurman
404; Finley, 52l; Bookwalter, 33l
Holden, 444; Conwell, ll2; Mclean
8l5; Salem. ll3; Campbell, 4; Thomas
2. Necessary to choice, 337. Mclean
Thurman, Holden and Finley were de
clared elected
l.. E. Holden and e B. Finley were
called for and made speeches for free
coinage. Mr.. Thurman was called fol
but had left the hail. Mr. Mclean wa,
not present.
For the four alternates. at. large the
following were selected: w. Il Decker
of Paulding, Casper Il. p Hopple oI
Cincinnati, Peter H. Degnan of Toledo
and John w Conwoll of Cadiz.
For electors. large the names ot
j. S. Fleicheimer of Cincinnati, Il. +
Powell of Columbus, A. G. Cable OF
Covington and II. II. Porter of Tuscar
awas were presented. Fleicheimer anC
Powell were nominated. The ballot
resulted: Fechheimer, 400; Powell
4l2; Gable, 270; Porter, 1863
For secretary OF state the names oI
Arthur A. Brown of Cincinnati, s S
Yoder of Lima and Chiffon A. White oj
Georgetown were presented, the ballot
resulting: Brown, 70; Yoder, 236
| White, BAL. White was declared tho
nominee after much disorder
+. j. Blandin of Cleveland was nom
mated for judge of tho supreme court
For food and dairy commissioner. the
names of Pa, lick McKeown Of Cincin
natl, j. l.. Boylan of Marysville aud
w. N. Cowdon Of Quaker City were
presented, the ballot resulting: Nc
Keown, 1888 Cowden, 2S5; Boylau. 50
McKeown was declared the nominee
Member board of public works
William Beaumont.
The convention then adjourned hav.
ing been in session continuously sever
hours