The New York herald., 1874-10-30

as President that he has not decided right.
Whether II was the administration OF affairs in the
South. the settlement or financial questions OF
vital Importance to the country the manage
ment OF our international negotiations every
where and always-in war and in peace-he has
been equal TO the emergency and the requirement
OF his time. Great applause.)
SPEECH OF MR.. WALES.
We are here tonight TO ratfy the nominations
made by the County convention, and as u candt-
date upon that ticket. ! take occasion TO thank
my friends for the great honor they have done me
IN associat1nR me with 80 many worthy and dis
tlngulsned gentlemen, whose names are placed
upon the same ticket. OF myself cannot speak.
NY life mas been. to the public an uneventfu one.
nave been content during my residence among
you, a. now covering period OF nearly thirty years
cerned IN all that Affects your welfare and pros
perity. have watched the expanding growth or
this city, IN commerce and manufactures, with
just pride, and, IN common with you ALL grieved
when those we had chosen TO be our rulers, forget
ul OF their solemn trusts, laid their iou hands upon
our accumulated wealth, and secretly plotted
TO destroy the good name and iair fame OF our
chanics-You have yourselves to blame Tor the
evil winch has been done and the disgrace when
your political duties, but you have busted your
selves IN Your counting rooms ana shops while
the spoilers were at work robbng you OF the
fruits VI your toll and enterprise; and confess,
with degree OF humiliation which cannot de-
scribe, tnat II appears to me now that you are
still dead to the dangers tnat still environ your
prosperity. The Donsensical clap-trap OF poliu-
cans who cry wolf" C@sarisni" and '.'Ihird
Term'-has mIsed you from tue true issues which
are involved IN this election. Ii Is true that YOU
nave imprisoned and driven into exile some who
have fartened upon your wealth; out are YOU
thus made secure against the repetition OF still
greater evllsf For one. l Ieel alarmed at the
present apathy which prevails among our taxpay-
vent OF Tammany Hall TO power. Will not speak
one word against the gentleman who mas been
spect him as o man. But VINO are ms associates
IN TINS eort TO regain control OF thus city and les
anairs' Behind tnis screen OF respec:aoiiity see
coming, as surely as the ides oil November return
them 10 power, hOrde OF adventurcrs and evil
geniuses, who VIII brush away the slender nims
Do you natter yourselves that party that
leans ,or its support in this electol upon
o o law sa sse
tion or the Offices OF the city, be trusted 10
ernments Most OF you are aware that occupied
Q POSITION IN one OF the departments under what
we eau, ior want s OF abe better name the "Keorm
some advantages have resulted from the reform
movement, and especially in the department or
denied that the conducs or Mr.. Aavemeyer has
disappointed many. He was the chosen repre-
the confidence or ai; Glasses; ana no chief magis-
trate OF this city had, ut the outset better Op-
70 70 Sao 70 ana
personal integrity. In this latter element
Of character he is so Tar superior to some
public preferment, that should think they would
blush Tor shame, unless all sense OF shame Is gone
from them. Mr.. Havemeyer was unfortunate in
this, that he belonged TO another generation, and
all MS ideas OF material progress were behind the
Harlem River but once in more than twenty ears;
and. If TINS be so, OF course he cannot have COM
menced his administration with any very clearly
defined knowledge OF the wants and interests OF
TINS commercial centre OF the New World. He
was also unfortunate In selecting his chief ad-
has made many good appointments. I am In
clined TO the opinion that II he had not
IN ss,. % 0s n
satisfied the people who elected MIN. This Caesar
ism on small SCALE II Is true, has been Sly, lntru
slve and often insolsnt, and The ialr name and
lame OF our city have suffered by reason OF IT,
calculahle injury, Doth at home and abroad. When
retired from the ONCE which held. thought 1t
due to the public that II should know something
OF TINS Cesarism which was doing them 80 much
istering some punishment l assure you. fellow
citizens, that II was well deserved l say to you
into the Department Of Pubic Parks until the day
lett II, we were kept In condition OF discomfort
by the petty and unwarrantaDle Of1ciOusneSs of q
certain otlcal, whose sollcttude public inter-
est seems to me to be measured BY purely seldsh
much longer M endure rnanciai system based % upon
what Shakespeare calls 'insolerce OF ONCE"
which reduces all our city creditors pract,ca!Iy
0bstructon in the way OF all public improvements
unless they happen 70 be IN charge Of approved
resist ali fraudulent claims; but, bear IN mind,
fellow citizens that in great, active city IKE
this, there are scores OF able and honest fnancers
who would protect the city, and at the same time
conduct themselves without lnsOlence In oh1ce
During my brief visit to Europe | found wide
spread disrrust OF the integrity and stability OF
our municipal AFFAIRS; and II We would have capt.
tai now 10 tnis city-tf we would see iis commerce
and industry revive. and become stable. as in the
old city of London, you must put our government
into the hands OF able. honest and polite citizens.
Our taxpayers want relief; our workingmen want
relief; but they Will look Tor 1t In vain unless they
have the Independence 20 break away from the
party shackles and baleful influences that now OPP
press and hamper them. l may not be elected
Mayor or New York. That Is matter OF small
personal concern; but should be falthless to the
trust which my riends have imposed upon me II
did not, now that have the public opportunity,
sound out clear note or warning that the city Is
again mcnaced by perils, and 1t remains to be
how Tar the present occasion Is to be seized upon
~ moment favorable to the tntrOd uctiOn OF well
tried aud faithful men to administer your affairs
during the next two years. urge you by every
consideration. II you want good men In state and
municipal government, to vote for Dix, Jones,
Vance. Kuhne. Billings and Forster.
This closed the proceedings and the large as
semblage quietly dispersed.