Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-07-21
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ident TO the chair.
REMARKS OF Mr.. BUoKALEw.
Mr.. BUcKAIEw was received with
emphatic demonstration of applause
After il had somewhat subsidized, he
said:
Gentlemen and Representatives. Of
the Democracy Of Pennsylvania I'll
thank you for this signal mark of
your confidence and friendship, in So
Letting mo to preside over the delib-
erations Of body 80 numerous and
respectable, and whose duties, TO be
discharged today with fidelity and
diligence, are SO important. These
are not merely words of form or usage.
They are sincere and heartfelt also (;
for | assure you, that If know my
own nature, if | can Judge Of the pull
sations OF my own breast, they are in
complete unison with you in our com
mon great enterprise of establishing
and maintaining true republican prin-
ciples in these governments of ours
State and FedcraI--upon which the
prosperity and welfare of our own
people depend, as well as the progress
of free, liberal institutions throughout
the whole earth. [AppIause.] Knit
TO you and to our great party by the
labors of a life time, it affords me
pleasure TO thank you for this mani
festation OF your confidence and es
TEEN .FHT yn
] understand, gentlemen Of the Con.
vention, that have been selected to
perform the duties of this chair, not
as the representative Of any one of
the candidates, whose names will be
presented before you; but by the
common action Of all, or of the friends
of all. My selection, therefore, has
no significance with reference to the
ultimate choice which shall be made
by this body And so far as | am
able, in administering for brief Pc
riod Of time those rules which apply
10 your proceedings, shall endeayor
in all respects TO be impartial and
just, and TO facilitate the transaction
Of your business, not only by an exhi-
bition Of fairness, but by promptness
also, and by q constant regard for all
those duties which pertain TO the post
Of chairman.
We are assemble upon this July af-
ternoon for the purpose of naming, as
we hope and expect, the seventeenth
Governor Of Pennsylvania. [Great
applause Under the existing Con-
stitution of our State, which was
established in 1890
We think, and and in this we believe
our opinion agrees with those of our
fellow.citizens generally throughout
the ConllIaonwealtn,a ~ least wish .ss---
opinion Of decided majority Of them,
iha. the man who now fills the Exec
utive Chair in our State government,
is unsuited 10 the performance of his
duties; that he has not exhibited in
that great Office that fidelity and ability
which are demanded by our common
interests in those various positions of
governmental duty which were estab-
lished for the protection of the people
and the promotion of their common
welfare.
Gentlemen, at this time the omens
are Of good and not evil. We are en-
titled to expect, il not to claim, that
the people Of this State, at the election
in October next, will determine that
there shall be change in our State
policy, and that new man shall be
called upon 10 admi lister our domes-
tic affairs, [applause,] ] and indirectly,
at the same time, 10 pronounce con-
demnation upon the policy of the
present Federal administration, which,
within the brief penod it has held the
power Of our common government,
and discharged its duties, has shown
signal incapacity and unfitness for
the discharge Of public duty.
One of the facts which is cheering
which is an omen of our success--is
the good feeling which, upon the whole,
is prevailing among our candidates
and among their supporters, pending
the canvass of this nomination for
Governor. Very little bitterness has
been exhibited. Ibelieve | we may ex-
pect whichever one Of the distinguish
cd gentlemen who have been named
shall be selected as standard bearers
in the coming contest, will receive the
cheerful support of those who may fail
in securing the nomination of this
Convention. [Applause Now, gen
tlemen, il would be untimely and in
appropriate, before our nominations
are entered upon, to address you at
length upon those public questions and
those public considerations which per-
tain TO the approaching election.
Occasion will be taken by me hereaf-
ter in performing my duty to my fellow
citizens, to discuss the issues of the
hour. These matters will be laid be.
fore the people and discussed, and, as
we believe, they will be understood BY
them, and their judgment will be un-
hcsitatingly pronounced upon them.
Notwithstanding the disconragements
of past years--notwithsianding the
fact that we have gone through
period OF party adversely, we are still
hopeful and confident OF the future
we still believe that men are fitted for
selfgovernment. We believe that the
American people, misled and misgov-
erned us they have been, will yet
redeem their haracter-will pluck up
from those depths TO which they have
been committed, the constitutional
principals which are essential TO our
salvation, and viii thrust those men
from the places of power which they
have disgraced [Applause.] We do.
sire TO reform our system Of finances,
State and national We do not believe
that The achievement of Governor
Geary in turning certain public loans
from five per cents. into six per cents
was an act Of wisdom, or an act which
should be tolerated. We do not be.
lieve that the swelling Of our State
expenses from year TO year win be
approved or long germilted by the
people. Nor gentlemen, do we believe
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