out any opposition whatever, and was undisturbed by any unusual event. Inauguration day dawned clear and bright, revealing crowded streets and thousands of people congregated in the numerous hotels and boarding houses of Washington City. Says a writer, describing the event: "A quarter of a century had passed since many of the familiar faces prominent among the multitude had assisted in crowning a public leader as Chief Executive of the Nation. Grover Cleveland, whose inauguration brought back to power the Democratic party, was hailed by citizens from New England to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, delegations being present from almost every State and Territory. The capacity of the city of Washington had never before been so strained in entertaining a large assembly of visitors." The historian might truthfully have added that a great majority of the strangers, not a few of whom were from Ohio, were applicants for positions under the incoming Administration and that a goodly number were subsequently not disappointed in their expectations, except perhaps as to salary and as to immediately securing positions. Quite a percentage of the aspirants were soon provided for, however, their predecessors having been removed because of offensive partizanship," which was another way of saying they were loyal Republicans, a serious crime, in his opinion, and a violation of the President civil service rules. On March 5th, President Cleveland sent to the Senate, which promptly confirmed them, the names of his new Cabinet officers, as follows: Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware; Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York; Secretary of War, William E. Endicott, of Massachusetts; Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New York; Postmaster General, William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin; Vilas, of Wisconsin; Attorney General, Augustus H. Garland, of Arkansas; Secretary of the Interior, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi. The subsequent changes during the Administration were: Secretary of the Treasury, Charles S. Fairchild, of New York, December 15, 1887; Secretary of the Interior, William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, and Postmaster General, Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan, January 16, 1888. The new President's policies in regard to foreign as well as domestic affairs was soon seen to be in direct conflict with those of his predecessor, and he hastened to withdraw all the commercial treaties sent to the Senate for ratification by his predecessor and to express his disapproval of them. The first few months of his Administration were mainly devoted to removing Republican employees and appointing Democrats to the vacancies thus created, although he professed to believe in civil service reform. The Ohio Republican State Central Committee met at the Neil House on Monday, May 4, 1885, and decided to hold the State Convention at Springfield, on Thursday, June 11th. The location selected came in the nature of a surprise-Springfield, though a small city, being chosen over the more pretentious rivals, Cleveland and Columbus. The call was issued by the Central Committee alone, on the same day, and provision was made for 800 delegates, on a basis of one for each 500 votes cast for James G. Blaine for President. and spectators, which was erected especially that their candidate had been complifor the occasion. It was one of the most mented. numerously attended delegate conventions ever held in the State. There were many representatives of the party from all sections and from every county other than the regularly elected delegates and alternates. Chairman Joseph W. O'Neal called the assemblage to order at eleven o'clock on the morning of June 11th, introducing Rev. John D. Ross, a local minister, who implored the approving smiles of a Divine Providence upon the proceedings. Judge O'Neal began his address with a series of congratulatory sentences: "But," said he, "while we have much to be grateful for, for the first time in twenty-four years we have assembled in State council with the enemy in full power both in the State and in the Nation. However, though defeated we have not surrendered, nor are we discouraged. To Bull Run came an Appomattox, to our defeat in 1884 will come a glorious Appomattox in the Nation in 1888, and to our State defeat in 1883 will come a splendid victory in 1885. The mission of the The temporary officers were: Joseph D. Taylor, of Guernsey County, Chairman; William S. Cappellar, of Hamilton, Secretary; Silas N. Field, of Franklin, and C. W. Randall, of Warren, Assistant Secretaries. Chairman Taylor made a lengthy speech but one that secured the attention of the assemblage and elicited frequent outbursts of applause. He began by referring to the calamity that had overtaken the country in the election of Grover Cleveland to the Presidency. The personality of Cleveland he did not consider calamitous, but that the party he represented should obtain control of the country was the most disastrous event of the century, principally representing, as it did, the elements that attempted to de. stroy the Union. He believed Cleveland to be infinitely better than his party, but the time had come "to lay aside such weakkneed sentimentalism." Referring to their Republican party is not ended nor will it soon end. principal campaign cry, he said: Born in defense of universal freedom, rocked in the cradle of equal rights, pillowed on the bosom of liberty, it will not soon die. Nor will the American people long continue in power a party that sends as its representatives to foreign Courts men who do not believe in a republican form of government; men who but yesterday were the enemies of the Union and who were engaged in open rebellion against it. They will not continue in power a party that pulls down to halfmast the banner of the Republic, the dear old Stars and Stripes, on the announcement of the death of an old traitor like Jake Thompson. They will not long continue in power a President who nominates as American representatives to foreign Courts men who have so recently been in rebellion against the Union that their disabilities have not been removed." The speaker then made several suggestions as to the platform, concluding his talk by bringing in the names of the aspirants for Gubernatorial honors in a manner calculated to cause the adherents of each to feel The battle cry of the Democratic party, for the past decade has been "Turn the rascals out." Let us see how this is. When Secretary Chase, of Ohio, took hold of the books twenty-four years ago after long years of Democratic rule he found a deficit of several millions of dollars as well as an empty Treasury. When Secretary Manning took charge after all those years of Republican Administration he instituted a searching investigation employing more than a score of the best experts in the Nation, and, after the most diligent search and most careful count, there was found a deficit of two cents and no more. And while the newspaper reporters were getting ready to herald this enormous deficiency to the world, lo and behold, a search of the waste basket disclosed the missing piece of money; and instead of an empty Treasury there was within the vaults the vast sum of $584,000,000. It was all there the gold and the silver, the bonds and the notesevery dollar and every dime. Even the sealed package of diamonds was there, of which there was no record, covered with the dust of years, not a stone disturbed, a sparkling tribute to Republican honesty. The only charge made now against the Republicans is that they are offensive partisans," meaning that they are good Republicans, but that is sufficient to cause their removal by these sham civil service reformers. He then drew a contrast between the labor of the North and South, and the difference in the wages paid, and also described the educational facilities offered by each section. In referring to the Demo cratic State Legislature, he said: man, to whom the speaker turned in his The speaker then devoted some time to mapping out a plan of campaign, and in describing what would be regarded by the In the tragic scenes of the world's history there people as essential planks in the State plat has never been anything so marvelous as the late Ohio Democratic Legislature, better known as the "Allen O. Myers Legislature," and still better as the "Coal Oil Legislature." When the Democratic party came into power in January, 1884, the public institutions of the State were in a prosperous condition and every department of the Commonwealth showed careful and efficient management, and there was in the Treasury a surplus of more than half a million dollars. The Ohio penitentiary, under the careful management of the Republican party, had a surplus of $53,000 over expenditures, but in eight months after the Democratic party came into power, the institution was in debt $40,000 and over two hundred of the convicts were idle. The corruption and extravagance of this Legislature have brought the State to the verge of bankruptcy and increased the bonded indebtedness within her borders over $10,000,000. It increased taxation and added to the burdens of the people more than any other Legislature in our history. And while it was too cowardly to keep its promise to repeal the Scott Law, it sought refuge in a Democratic Supreme Court, which robbed the overtaxed people of more than $5,000,000. By odious and infamous legislation it reorganized the cities of Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. It is the author of a disgraceful political gerrymander. It turned out crippled soldiers to make places for political bummers and used its influence against any legislation in the interest of Union soldiers. But the crowning infamy of this Legislature is found in the written and unwritten history of the election of a United States Senator and the cowardly refusal to investigate a charge so flagrant that the Nation stood aghast. The mention of Allen O. Myers' name brought many of the delegates to their feet in their curiosity to see that erratic young form. He concluded his remarks by warning the Republicans that they must use all diligence if they expected to elect the nominees of that day's Convention. It was nearly noon when the address was concluded and the only business transacted before adjournment for lunch was the announcement of the following committees, Vice Presidents of the Convention and the State Central Committee, selected by the different district delegations at their meetings held at nine o'clock: Vice Presidents: 1. Lewis M. Hadden, F. Coates, Scioto. 13. B. A. Thomas, 21. Credentials: 1. Joseph Swenninger, Hamilton. 2. Marcus Woster, Hamilton. 3. Edwin B. Thayer, Clermont. 4. John A. Grauer, Darke. 5. E. N. Pfeifer, Auglaize. 6. Edward Squires, Defiance. 7. Ebenezer W. Poe, Wood. 8. J. P. Robinson, Fayette. 9. John Hobensack, Union. 10. W. G. Roberts, Sandusky. II. Charles D. Thompson, Brown. 12. Homer C. Jones, Vinton. 13. John Groce, Pickaway. 14. I. S. Tuppins, Perry. 15. William R. Shields, Tuscarawas. 16. W. W. Armstrong, Ashland. 17. John W. Doherty, Monroe. 18. J. F. Dayton, Jefferson. 19. J. G. Mehaffy, Portage. 20. D. C. Reed, Summit. 21. A. A. Stearns, Cuyahoga. 9. Permanent Organization: 1. Howard Hollister, Hamilton. 2. Augustus Lowenstein, Hamilton. 3. Frank H. Hitch, Clermont. 4. William D. Bickham, Montgomery. 5. D. J. Rupe, Mercer. 6. Alonzo B. Holcomb, Paulding. 7. E. J. Colton, Hancock. 8. Asa S. Bushnell, Clarke. Abram Underwood, Knox. 10. J. Kent Hamilton, Lucas. II. Rufus Hossler, Ross. 12. Edward S. Wilson, Lawrence. 13. Edward Pagels, Franklin. 14. William S. Matthews, Gallia. 15. John H. Barnhill, Tuscarawas. 16. Rollin A. Horr, Lorain. 17. Theodore F. Davis, Washington. 18. William T. Cope, Columbiana. 19. Julius O. Converse, Geauga. 20. A. M. Parish, Wayne. 21. William J. Akers, Cuyahoga. Rules and Order of Business: 1. H. H. Goesling, Hamilton. 2. H. N. Rulison, Hamilton. 3. Oscar Sheppard, Preble. 4. R. S. Frizzell, Darke. 5. O. J. Taylor, Shelby. 6. C. F. Douglass, Ottawa. 7. D. W. McCauley, Wyandot. 8. William J. Means, Champaign. 9. Thomas E. Duncan, Morrow. 10. H. M. Aldrich, Ottawa. 11. Jacob J. Pugsley, Highland. 12. John W. Gregg, Pike. 13. Edward Vickers, 16. Hocking. 14. Walter W. Merrick, Meigs. 15. Edwin L. Lybarger, Coshocton. M. T. Scarborough, Holmes. 17. Edward H. Archer, Noble. 18. J. M. Cook, Jefferson. 19. John C. Beatty, Portage. 20. N. D. Tibballs, Summit. 21. J. D. Green, Cuyahoga. Resolutions: 1. Frank B. Gessner, Hamilton. 2. Henry R. Probasco, Hamilton. 3. Seth W. Brown, Warren. 4. Lewis B. Gunckle, Montgomery. 5. William H. West, Logan. 6. H. M. Wisler, Henry. 7. Charles Foster, Seneca. 8. John Little, Greene. 9. H. M. Casper, Delaware. 10. R. H. Cochran, Lucas. II. John C. Entrekin, Ross. 12. Albert C. Thompson, Scioto. 13. David F. Pugh, Franklin. 14. Charles H. Grosvenor, Athens. 15. James Reese, Licking. 16. W. H. Taylor, Richland. 17. Christian L. Poorman, Belmont. 18. Joseph R. Johnston, Mahoning. 19. Ezra B. Taylor, Trumbull. 20. William McKinley, Jr., Stark. 21. George B. Solders, Cuyahoga. State Central Committee: 1. John Hauser, Hamilton. 2. George Keegan, Hamilton. 3. Robert Joyce, Butler. 4. Joseph E. Lowes, Montgomery. 5. James E. Lowry, Hardin. 6. Urban H. Hester, Van Wert. 7. M. P. Brewer, Wood. 8. R. Foster Hayward, Clarke. 9. J. J. Hane, Marion. 10. Edmund B. King, Erie. II. J. Kilby Pollard, Adams. 12. C. A. Atkinson, Jackson. 13. A. H. Brooke, Hocking. 14. D. H. Baldridge, Gallia. 15. Henry A. Axline, Muskingum. 16. George L. Couch, Lorain. 17. J. Milton Lewis, Belmont. 18. Harvey J. Eckley, Carroll. 19. Joseph A. Howells, Ashtabula. 20. Jacob P. Fawcett, Stark. 21. Allen T. Brinsmade, Cuyahoga. On reassembling at two o'clock the re port of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business was read by J. N. Robinson, Secretary of the Committee. The rules. provided that presentation speeches be limited to five minutes, that each nomination be allowed but three seconding speeches limited to two minutes each, that no speech in the Convention on any subject should exceed three minutes and that all resolutions be referred to the Committee on Resolutions without reading. The report was unanimously adopted. For permanent officers the following were selected by the committee and ratified by the Convention: Chairman: Amos Townsend, of Cleve land. Secretary: Emil Rehse, of Cincinnati. Assistant Secretaries: O. S. Brumbach, of Toledo; Silas N. Field, of Columbus; Walter S. Thomas, of Delaware; and W. W. Freeman, of Columbus. Chairman Townsend was introduced and made a short speech in which he referred to the part the Republicans of Cuyahoga County played in the elections of the previous twenty-four years and of the great achievements of the Republican party in National affairs since 1861. The Committee on Resolutions not being ready to report, it was decided to begin the nominations at once and the candidates for Governor was presented in the order here. named: John Beatty, of Franklin, nominated by Jacob A. Ambler, of Columbiana, with a seconding speech by Allen Miller, of Franklin; William G. Rose, of Cuyahoga, presented by his fellow townsman, John C. Covert, and endorsed by George B. Solders and John P. Green, of his home county; Miller Outcalt, of Cincinnati, presented the name of Joseph B. Foraker, Walter S. Thomas, of Delaware, and John Atwood, of Brown, both colored, seconding the nomination; William H. West named his fellow-townsman, Robert P. Kennedy, of Bellefontaine, Daniel J. Ryan, of Scioto, and John Enright, of Lucas, also speaking in his behalf. The balloting was about to begin when several delegates strenuously insisted that the platform should first be submitted, and accordingly it was read by William McKinley, Jr., and adopted unanimously amid applause and without debate. It was as fol lows: The Republican party of Ohio announces the following platform of principles: 1. The right to vote accorded by the Constitution of the United States is the concern of the whole people and must be secured at all hazards to every citizen in every part of the Republic. Existing guarantees must be sacredly maintained and additional ones provided, if necessary, that the equal protection of the laws and the equal enjoyment of suffrage shall not fail nor be abridged in any way through the connivance, neglect or fraud of any of the States of the Union. 2. The Democratic party, which owed its National victory last Fall to the willful suppression of the ballot, can not be looked to for these Constitutional guarantees, and the hope of the friends of equal laws and equal suffrage is in the Republican party, which pledges itself to wage the contest to a successful end. 3. We desire such legislation as will harmonize the relations of labor and capital and promote the welfare of the people and protect and foster the industries of the State. 4. We favor the establishment of a National Bureau of Industry; the enforcement of the eight-hour law, and adequate appropriations from the public revenues for general education wherever the same is needed. 5. We denounce the importation of contract labor and favor the most stringent laws to effectively prevent it. 6. We are opposed to the acquisition of the public lands, or to any part thereof, by non-resident aliens. 7. We are in favor of a protective tariff which will encourage American development and furnish remunerative employment to American labor, and we |