The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-16

didn't hit a head when they saw y; me spgarsr
boped that this conference would do someth'ne'
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. was nouc,y cay, ep ns
pIaute ed as, In answer to the l. nairman caIi, ne
arose and pushed through me crvwueu IVo,s a,
toward the table. He said tnM ne was sa DO. r
ported lie would not nre his rihe until ne
saw the bird
THE AGED POET DECLINES.
Henry A. Brown OF philadelphia spoke briefly.
and loud calls for william Cullen Bryant were
made, which the poet Acknowledged by rising
and bowlng: but he asked to be excused from
upon to speak, and, as ne arose. he was
greeted with a roar OF applause. He
aid .nH, poltss party survived che issSs .o
the country but for itself, tApplausel And
when q party survived ,, ,,s issue, end and
had an irrceistible tendency TO corruption.
There used to be a distinction in our Govern.
emoument' f % but % now It Sc seemed % that the ofices
Of trust were sought for because the candidates
haped TO be able In some way TO turn them into
Offices OF emolument lApplause.] III the question
should be put square before the people, Snail the
United lates paw It's debts and n It can't let u
the people would say whether they are honest
themselves or not. The people could be trust
ed. II question was put on . moral basis the
people would 90 for right and against wrong,
and for honesty aud against fraud. There was
q greet burst Of applause US DIR. Bacon sat
down.
The Hon. Julius II. Seelye was the next
speaker. He thought that political parties and
conventions were servants and not 'he masters
good record, fail to give us good men TO vote
for this year." he continued. the people VIII
would send across the sea freiehtea
MN Mr. seelys cS wa69 ic for the nsI,
President q man worthy OF the place; man
who believes that the Presidency 10 not so
much high dignity as 4 solemn trust q man
who does not seek once, but Is content to wait
and work until tho ofico shall seek him. We
want q seif-forgetting. far sighted, and courage
Gus man, whom q self-seeking party cannot
blind, NOR self-seeking partisans control. We
never was breath Of suspicion, and Who, II his
| character Is assailed, needs not to explsin:
AT the conclusion OF Prof. Seelye's address,
| MIR. Schurz reported that the committee had
| been discussing the preparation OF Bn address to
| the people of the United States, and as It was
| desirable that the address should be carefully
prepared he moved that when the conference
| adjourned II should be to meet at 10 A. M. to-
| day. Tue motion was carried.
COL THOMAS W. HIG0INsoN's SPEECH.
| At this point the Rev. DR.. woolsey retired
| The Rev. Df. Leonard Bacon having taken tue
| chair He'd upon Col Thomas Wentworth Hia
| einson OF Rhode Island to speak. Col. Higgn
sou said that il was a question whether it might
| not be proper for some persons. who like tn,
speaker belonged to the Republican party, I,
| step out OF IL with the same courage with which
they had stepped into It. tAppl .usel.
Wihiam Welsh Of Philadelphia smoke briefly
Of Connecticut. but Mr.. Wells asked to be ex
cvsed for the present. Then DIR. Bacon laugh
| eye on the Presidency, he would advise him I,
| keep shady. tLsughter.1 The people OF thi
country were always lookiDg out for some maj
| for President who ddu't want the once, an,
| when thew found such man they usually wen
It blind" for him. Laughter and applause.1 [
was that way with Gen. Taylor. lie would
never have been President u the people hadn'
| discovered that he had q contempt 70
the once. lLaughterl Then they put him In
| tLaughter.1 And It looked as though some
| thing Of that kind was going to happen In tbi
| Presidential election. and the speaker wante,
| some person present to speak to that point
| There we're confused calls for Goodwin" Eos
ter" Hopkins, and Others, and an adjourn
| ment was carried
Alter the adjournment Of the conference
many OF its members gathered In small group
| and discussed the political si .uatioD. IL Wa
| apparent. from the tenor OF the discussion. tha
| Secretary Bristow Is the favored candidate 70
| the Presidency.