The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-09-06
CHAIRMAN PEOPLES
CONVENTION SPEECH
At Congressional Conven-
tion in Chillicothe.
Mr.. Peoples in addressing the

80th day of August as the date
and this historical old town OF
Chillicothe the home of Allen G..
Thurman, the noblest Roman of
them all, old Bill Allen and the
late lamented Larry Neal, as the
place where the Democrats should
meet to name the next Congress-
man from the Eleventh Congress-
ional district of Ohio.
At the same time your committee
very wisely selected that eloquent
and gifted son of Fairfield county,
Hon, M. A. Daugherty as chairman
of the convention but he is not able
to be present, owing to other en-
gagements and L have been drafted
as his substitute. For this distin-
guished honor l thank the dele
gates here assembled, but desire it
distinctly understood that | dis
claim all intention to try to fill the
shoes of Mr.. Daugherty. Why,
gentlemen of the convention, if L
were to attempt to fill the shoes of
Mike Daugherty, the noise that
would result would scarcely be
equalled by that which will be
heard in this district, next Novem-
ber. If by the grace of the voters,
the nominee of the Lancaster con-
vention Is permitted to don the
shoes of his distinguished prede-
cessor.
l have said that we have met
here today to nominate the next
Congressman from the Eleventh
Congressional district of Ohio.
This declaration is not intended
as and idle boast. / am not un-
mindful of the fact that since the
organization of the district, as now
constituted, the normal Republi-
can majority has been from three
to four thousand. Nor of the fact
thai in 1904 the majority of Gen
eral Grosvenor was more than ten
thousand. Nor of the further fact
that In the same year of 1904 the
Republican majority in the state of
Ohio reached the unprecedented
figures of more than two hundred
and fifty-three Thousand. Nor am
1 unmindful of the still further
and more pleasing fact, to Demo-
Gratis that in the following year of
1905, under the guiding hand of
that trusted, brave and fearless
leader, John NJ. Pattison, that Re-
publican majority of more than
quarter of million was wiped out
and Democratic majority of al
most fifty thousand registered In
it's place--a victory over the grow
ing infamy of bossism aud graft
within the ranks of the Republi-
can party.
Death robbed the people of Ohio
OF the fruits of that victory. And
the next morning after the pain
racked emaciated form of the la
mented Pattison had been laid to
it's eternal rest beneath the whis-
nering leaves of the stately trees
t Fremont, the advance guard of
the Cox.Dick-Herrick gang were
discovered camping on the state
house steps at Columbus. They
are clamoring for the few places
from which the political earth
Auakes of 1905 had Jared them
oose and under the influence of
he doughty Colonel Dick nearly
OF them got hold again.
1t therefore follows that if the
eforms that tens of thousands of
republicans as well as nearly all
! emocrats voted for last year are
. come to tho people of Ohio, those
= tpublicans who so gallantly re-
70, pnded to the clarion call John
-, Pattison, must, this year, vote
hs I Democratic candidates.
Eu Ssn = of course aware of dis
5. Sgathering, few weeks
49, . 9yster Bay, attended by
'hat fsonages than Theodore
- O President of United
sia; ~pncle Joe Cannon, Speaker
In.nil National House of Repre-
s. nes and Others, at which
yAat SDg the policy of the Repub-
3 n anization, in the coming
"a was considered. After
usstIoul Sleliberation, it was agreed
sction nblished to the world, that
asultf