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ond this country was not ret ready for that.

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i, ,..se s1oot7 y confessed advocate OF that much
desired blessing. His letter, Mr: Macl eashWass as
:sorry to confess, had been virtually obscured III
fl;s canvass, but its author would % ELECTED
President Of the United States. [Applausc.l 1t
was time that q very large traction OF me r.
With sorrow he confessed it, another traction
was not so strongly in favor Of It. on
the other hand. Mr. Tildcn had not promised Sc
much: Haughter.] Mas his party'in favor ;,ot
ciyil-serTice reform! He did not 50 read the
literature of the tasnpaign,. or the history E. ot
party did not proclaim that '1ro the victors be-
long the spoils'' To-day its hunger for spoils
was aggravated by the growing appetite Of ~.
teen FEARS. .Taughtcr.l And yet, most
strange, n.ost " ondc crful, this party came be-
fore thc country PLAYING With the wora .a reform arc
simply stealing the livery Of Heaven to serve
the Devil in.:' Laughter:] Such pretense
was simply profanc IN the Democratic party
CApplause. 49, - ;
g y1CE-PREs 1DESTs.
Mr., John " Fnrwell noIninateu as V!ce-Presi-
dents Of the meeting the following gentlemen:
Armour, Elbridge Keith, Murry Nelson, T. B
Blackstone. John CTerar, George N. Pullman
NIX. :Fa;ibank, ". ". .Kimball, Samuel Bliss,
Z. R. corbin,s z. D. Gray, I'D; Wells, !; irving
Pcarcc, "Chauncey T. Blair: J. A.. ,,Adslt, 2.
F. Eamcs, r. F. Spencer, y ohm Alling, e. F.
Bissell, D. Hobart Hills, c. E. Culver, 7. u.
Avery, Tracy Lay. Charles Fargo, James Nc
Kindiey, Writ Dexter, Robert Lincoln,
George Schneider. H.: Nv. King, r. T. Crane,
E. 3. McCagg, E. ". Blatchfotd, j. 1feGreg6r
Adams, ~: Il. Bradley, George sturges' G, e.
Bs Mfk 2osR sapef fSs ase
iah Keith, B. T. Hutchinson, August Bauch,
John H. Muhlke, 4. M. Wright, S. h. McCrca,
Peter Schuttlcr.
-. Mn. CHARLES RANDOLPH
occurred to him, Why is 1t that. the merchants
and business men of Chicago at this late day Of
the campaign had thpught.lt well to come to
gether and decide what they should do! A
good many had been halting and hcsitaring,
feeling TINT the Republican party had made
time to mako up their minds.
Many /. :of THOSE, before him did
not wear the collar OF any party, but were in
tcllieent American citizens, who would canvass
the situation thoroughly, and then determine
thcircourse Of. action. 1t was their duty'to vote
foras oeft nam S@aspsnae55t Of Da cs anssf tSs
was worse than the man. [Applause.] Per-
hnps some Of them wished that the Republican
platform was q little. more explicit, but he
thought that on the whole its principles were
sound. The platform OF the other party dwelt
to reform abuses, but after reading that pro-
duction every honest min would come to the
conclusion that's Reform y therein was simply
a catch-word introduced for the {" ground-bugs." ,"
[Applause.l But MIR. Hayes had in his letter OF
acceptance placed himself squarely on record as
to his ideas Of civil Edyernment; he was per-
fcctly willing to !. CO. before the
country On the Question of civil Service alone.
There was great deal of talk about the cur
rency question. One Of the pct cries Of the
Democrats was that tic 'GOYernincnt had failed
to get central reservoir Of coin, If the Re
ruSlicah party had not done that, tfcy had been
steadiiv having off the national debt and in that
wnv hod nut tc credit of the corntrv m a sound
hasis. fEneers.
Tl,c most serious oncstion. however. in this
cats nave naa n,aJotlt5 ~ atha LIZ guso ~ nup
-. ~ 90 nG H. - 81 tho,l
a, .ne s " ens .n1 oroh 1es tho
so,'tb - co,,1d he t coinncnsate far the Lost
Gause lnl5 conlse o. aStlon nau ~ ttanht
men 10 oeaese Lnat tne 5!eiocl.stc p;irss - tho
eanc ~" 10 y w. uua " 1t ~ ~ ns
salae Hen ensneeleo ~ ~" ~ Wy, WV,
~ n 1o.;s1ets fer %as ,he sn,+b ~ tho nenocrata
th tpr Poednsy se uut, as we'll n az Gooorcs
secured re fIeslaency as Mel a. iGngI4Hs, 4S
s1pna ma3otty, ths IN inolcannS MeIe 5has ep
Mnoie Hat!on MoulI Ge sauutu W. Stat3 - -
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fore NV God do he1era I ns,rht tn vote for.
and inf2 ~hosa h5nds sEa11 fhc 1{e:f;nics - th;s
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thc ;i,nstc; corrnnt;on and yil1ofnv whirh i1ts.
t;na,,;.te1 ~ pon .'ae rar;5s.ir,,nrs ong
,,o;n4n nJ ~ tha e+ronn,s ofrcrts NJ Gio,1rh had
1Sa' r. - 1cfor ~ tbat bdr H. ~ 1the e2catnr1
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,r ar n b"1 ~ - :, I1;s,
which which in ihe SLIGHTEST degree reflected Upon bis
MI nj. % MacVengh III then ~ ;ntroauced n tl''A''1