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Show THE OHIO CONVENTION Cliaraclcrlird a Hie Largmt but Ioit liiliarinonloiii (jallicrltig of It! Kind. CHAIRMAN NORTON CALLS THE MCCTINQTOORDtR. All to V. Tliurruiu In lila Aildrraa lie. uuuutri Hie Itriiubllcau l'arly ami Hi roller. nr Talirripatolbt ntwa.1 tin. iiimi iinniit IIATH, 1U.tr (ouaentlon li.iiriL-1lieatlira mi.l lll.liiiilana. C'LvATI-tNli, July 13. Ono of the largeit arid the moit Inliarmouraui ronvriitloiitlona ever a.ierublnl In Ihu lititory nf the Ohio Democracy met thla morning In thla clly. Tho renumliiatlou uf (loveruor Campliell lull baeu ronceded by lila oiponenla tlnce Itit evening, but there la a iturdy iletormlnatluu lo refine, re-fine, after ,ho formal mult Miould be auured. the time-honored inurteiyol uiiaulnioiia uoiuloatlou. Thli liaa wrought dlamiiy lu the liearlaof all Ihrwo w ho declare that In a uulled and harmontoui Demtxracy nata the only Iioim of victory In the coming cam I algu. The rut muilo hall In which the convention waa held wai packed to Ua utmott capacity, long before Ihe hour of met ting arrived. Hie decoration!, at uiual, militated largely of American colon. Huiwuded ubove tho ilage wta a vaat lloral creation Imarlng In lettcrt the greitlngi "Democrati of Ohio, Welcome to Cleveland." Promptly at 10.10 Chairman Norton of the Hlato Central ComtnllUe, called tho convention to order, and Iter, J. W, Campliell Invoked the divine bit ailng iiiniii the couveutlou, Chairman Norton then formally opened the cou'ien.loii In a brief but ttlrrlng dddreei. Norton, In hit nnlug ipecdi tothu convention, deuouni! tho llepubllcan I arty and the McKluley tarlll bill In mint termi, and a-aerttnl that everything every-thing goo I under the conitltutlou wai thmugli the linplrallon or the Democratic Demo-cratic party. He cloaed with a eulogy of Hon. A. U. Tiiurman, and Intro duied Iill ton, Allen W, Thurmau, at temporary (.tulriuan. At Hi ronclualou Allen W. Thur man. temporary chairman, tltppvd forward for-ward aud A mmLMWl Til k cos vj-trio.v, Tliiirmin, after a few irellmlniry romarki, lauu.hej futth with a deuun- elation of the Ilc iibllran party and III rmlhii.li. Ho paid attlcular at. tentlou to tlm acta of the lut Congrrn, which lie di nounci-,1 for the eiiaclimiitofiho McKlnley tarlll UII and IliomUldy UII and Ua illorla In h the I'orco bill. Coutliiiiliig, lio aald "Tin' lino la herewhenthepmi le will 1 1 ni. their toilet In a coral Irto, and not retlrlrtul teclprocll); whin they will no longer eiinalnany party which lavlea au I collecla one dollar laxra cur and above (hat which It ri-ijulrcd ri-ijulrcd towlielynud ctrjuomlcnlly ad-inluliler ad-inluliler the albilri of the iroveriimeiii; when they will give due notliethattho Infant lnduilrlethatliavota.en nura-cdfiir. nura-cdfiir. hundred yean, have arrlveil at theage when they mint take care of thtmaetvra; when tbey will brand protective tarlir aa atrallng, and Ha Rtlvocatia at beggtra, and demand that we mint have a tarltrfor revenue only. I moat earneatly beato h tho firmer, whoae Inlirrati are identically the tame aa my own, to follow thla ti?ure. The wild achemoa of the government loaning money uioti warehouio rerll-Urate, rerll-Urate, or Uion JauJa. taking ponwn ilon of rallwnji ami telegraphi by the government, Internal Improvement! that w ere i!tnuuted and a doxin other minor luueathat lead, not on'y In greater taxation, bul to the rankeit kind of eoclallim, I ay lu them, hiI Ibtie to one tide aud ttlrk to Hi tarlir Iwuu until you get what li due yo J." In limine;, Ihurman ili-rnl-tlled thoMclClnlerlaw ai ill'i Irgliltllon of inoal h loin tendinclei. Ai au il luitntlon he Initanred Uu, wnlthfor nileenyeari had boon proleited by M per cunt. duty. I.t IIIAUID UtAIIDIAN. Tho coiumlttre on rmanent organization organ-ization reHirUat ex Congreiimau lblond leleclrd ai rnianeiitchalr man of the convention. The committee crieil Illond lo therhalr. Chairman !-.lloud'itieorh waa brief aud to the lnt. He Ihanknl the convention for the honor confirreil and then rorerH.U to denounce the ia-t llepubllcan Congnaa for III bad leglilallou nud III attempt! to nau the fori-e bill. (leneral Armitrong, Clevelanj moved that Iho convention nlojt the picture of the vlctorloui rooatarna device to dulgualo the Democratic tlcktt, the recent lavllot reform law relinking the teieitlun of tome devlrr. rtie motion waa adO ted by uu lunation. luna-tion. The Ural couteatln the convention nroae uver the report of the committee ou credential. The dUpulu lu Iho Twent) .filth ward, Cioiluuall, aud llainlliou county deltgaliou wai the tulject of wrangle. Nobody but Hamilton county ilelegatea appeared fully titindeMaiidthopollila lu dli. pule, and r. J. Coogau, increlary of the convention, itatte,! to make au ixpl. nation. "rill down, ou are not a delegate" ihouied a doxeu Hamilton county men. The clulr decided that the tecretary aa an oflloer of thli coureutlou wai entitled br be heard. Au appeal from the declalon of the ihalr' waa ruled out of onler. Hecretary Cougan tnado lila ttate muni ami I many Inlerrupllom front Ihe Hamilton county dilrgalea and wai iellcd to by Judge 1 rinitou, Cincinnati, llotli fictlom u.ed many harili wonltand thechalrmtn Dually called luiun Ithe lerg.ai.t.al-arnn to maintain order by luipriailng any rei akltraut delegate!, JametH, Neal moved tho provloui lUiitlon. The minority rej-jrt waa overnhelrulogly defeatet and the luu-Jorlly luu-Jorlly reort of the lommlttio on credential! cre-dential! adopttd. |