Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-25
THE NEW YORK CONVENTION.
Address Issued to the People by
the Independent Con-
ference.
Plea for Publication and Reform in
Politics in Civil Service.
Will Act With the Party That dominates
the Best Man for President.
New York, May Is, Nc.


About 800 prominent gentlemen
from various parts of the country, as
sembled at the Fifth Avenue Hote
today, to attend the political confer
ence called by VIM. G. Bryant, Hor
ace White, T. ID. Woolsey, A. Ii
Bullock and Carl Schurz.
Secretary II. G. Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, called the meeting to order
and read the call. Theodore D. Wool
sey, was elected President, and Vice
President from each State chosen.
President Woolsey said that for the
past eight or ten years the country
was growing politically worse /; the
leading and strong men of the Repub-
lican party had made the country
blush with shame, and now this
meeting was called to decide what
was best to be done to remedy mat
tiers.
Carl Schurz thanked the audience
for such a large attendance it was a
good sign when men came forward
and showed their political independ-
ence. Every citizen should see that
the party he belongs to is good one.
None have been invited here but
men not overawed by any party and
such as are known to have the best
interest of the country at heart. The
Independents, it is said, are on the
fence, but it is owing to the vast
quantity of mud on both sides of the
fence that they are afraid to descend
The object of this conference is to
promote and further the general in
terests of the country.
Parke Goodwin, Judge E. S. Fos-
ter, Of Connecticut, John w. Hoyt, of
Wisconsin, Martin A. Bremmel, of
Massachusetts, and Carl Schurz were
appointed a committee to draw up
some definite plan of action, and to
take such other measures as may be
deemed necessary, and report to the
Convention.
Mr.. Osgood says it is every mans
duty to be a patriot, be he clerical or
lay Of late the Government has
been separated from the high moral
tone necessary to existence, and
sporting politicians have crept into
office who are of base and most
damnable class. We do not like the
White House an unpleasant odor
has arisen all around it, and while
believing that the present incumbent
is not a bad man, yet his associates
are bad he has placed men in office
who have made us all hang our heads
by then misdeeds. We want man
in that office intelligent, honest, capa-
bic, high toned and fearless APP
plause.
VIM. G. Bryant begged to be ex-
cused from speaking.
DIR. Leonard Bacon said he came
to hear and learn. The issue before
the country to day is moral one,
will we pay our debts ? The gov
eminent has acted in bad faith, and
their notes to-day are living lies on
their face. Offices are sought solely
lOE pTOUti HOt lOI uOuOi'
Prof. Julius Seeleye said he did
not believe we had fallen on degen'
crate times. The cases of corruption
were comparatively few, considering
the number of persons in office. We
can reform all these things by hav-
ing a President who will think office
a solemn trust, a selfforgetting man,
courageous man above suspicion, who
will appoint men to office on merit
and remove only for cause.
Mr.. Schurz announced that the
Committee had arduous duties and
could not report this evening. An
address was being drawn up to the
people of the United States, but it
was not read yet, also SEINE resolu.
tons. The Conference adjourned
until to marrow.
New York, May l6.
The gentlemen who met IN the
Fifth Avenue yesterday, to confer
upon the present political situation,
with special regard to the Presidcn-
tial campaign, resumed their session
this morning, Rev. DIR. Woolsey pre-
siding. The President announced
that the committee on Address APP
pointed yesterday, was ready to re-
port, and Immediately Carl Schurz
arose and read the following:
ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
CITIZENS A Confer
ence of citizens assembled in New
York, sincerely desiring to serve the
best interests of the American people,
beg leave to submit to your candid
consideration the following appeal /:
A national election is approaching
under circumstances of peculiar sig
nifcance. Never before in our his.
tory has the public mind been so
profoundly agitated by apprehensions
of dangers arising from the preva-
lence of corrupt tendencies and prac-
tees in our political life, and never
has there been greater reason for it.
We will not display here in detail the
distressing catalogue of disclosures
which for several years have followed
one another in rapid succession, and
seem to have left scarcely single
sphere of our political life untouched.
The records of courts, of State Leg
islatures, and of the National Con-
gress, speak with terrible plainness,
and still they are adding to the scan,
dalous exhibition.
While such state OF things would
under any circumstances, appear
most deplorsble, it is peculiarly so al
the present moment. We are about
to celebrate the one hundredth birth
day of our national existence. We
have invited the nations of the earth
on this great anniversary to visit oul
land, and to witness the evidence o
our material progress, as well az the
working and effects of that Repub
lican Government which centuries
ago our fathers founded. The mos