Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-08-18


rule that the past record Of the Democrat
ic party has proved it to be unworthy oil
trust that The character of the Republican
nominees is guaranty for the high purpose
of the party and that the issue Is clear
one between true and sham reform be-
tween honest money and reputation. aud
between preservation of all that was gained
by the war, and loss OF much that was so
gained Mr.. Ballard held his audience and
carried them with him, and their gratihca-
ton and approval was shown by hearty ap-
plause.
Gov lendee was next called on. but a.
the hour was advanced and the audience had
been listening to speeches for over two
hours. he asked TO be excused. The Conven-
ton, however. insisted on his speaking, and
he complied briefly.
Gov uENDEEs SPEECH.
lie referred to the present "Coniederate
Congress- as it has been called, controlled
by $50 Democrats, nearly hall OF whom
have been in the rebel army. Nearly every
one of these members has made his speech,
retrenchment and reform. Meanwhile they
have conducted Investigations on thirty
four subjects, by committees each composed
of seven Democrats and four Republicans.
The Democrats of each c0mmlttec have made
a majority report which has been in every
| instance partisan TRADE and the Repub
| licans have made minority reports endeav-
oring to give the facts as they found them.
| Referring TO the committee on District OF
| Columbia affairs. OF which he was mem
| Der, he said the investigation was aimed at
| fye-leadlng Repubicans-the three Com
missioners of the District and the two
lawyers of the Treasury Department. The
committee took testimony for four months
| daily, and in the whole mass was not a par
| ticle OF proof of any crime or dIshonOr on
the part of those gentlemen. Yet hyeOf the
Democrats signed an outrageously I'M
| inst report. drawn for Democratic
| campaign document, and backed in dIsre-
putAble speech by the chairman OF the com
mittee. Ia this case, indeed two Demo-
Gratis tone a native Vermonter) refused to
| 20 the length of the rest, and joined the Re
/ publican members of the committee IN
fair and truthful report bat as general
rule the Democratic majority reports ad-
nit no Republican TO be honest. Yet the Re
publicans cheerfGlly ex0nerated Mr. herr,
from a false charge, though the proof against
him was equal to that against many
of the investigated Republicans, and he
had heard Democrats say that It was
about as strong as that against Belknap.
Who controls. asked Mr.. Iiendee. the
Democratic party? Do you, Democrats OF
the North The real masters consider you
mere "mudsills," as OF old. The promI-
nent Democrats on the floor of the House
are Fernando Wood, who in q special mes
sage as mayor Of New York advised that
city to secede from the State, at the opening
of the war Ben Hill, OF Georgia Black
burn, brother of the DR.. Blackburn who
undertook to fight the North with yellow
| fever. The Democrats OF the House would
would have made him the Speaker pro tenn,
if Clymer and Randall had not gone to him
and told him it would kill the party. Then
there is Sam Cox and sam Randall. Ran
dali rules his party in that House as
teacher does school When be says get
up. they get up, and when he says SIT down
they sit down Tie worked and election
eered to raise the pay OF Congressmen to
8 800 lie took the back pay. lie voted
against the repeal OF the grab, and now he
shouts ''retrenchment" and votes to re-
duce the pay of COIgressmcn to "a, 500,
knowing that the Senate would not concur.
Ii the election was over and he could get
the salary raised to $40 600. be would do
it in a moment Cox not only took his
back pay bat 81 300 that had accrued before
his term in Congress began, though every
Republican in similar circumstances
promptly returned it to the treasury.
Ben Hal in speech, at Atlanta, Georgia,
year ago, SAID that If the Democrats could
not whip the North in IS, he was ready
for war again. Another Democratic lead
4 fr.n ut VII
talked for two hOrrs, this session, arguing
tor the right OF secession These are the
kind of "ref1rmers' that We are asked to
place in full control. in place If trustwor-
thy Republicans and the kind Of reform
they would give u, l. illustrated by the fact
that they have put IN over hundred bills,
appropr.ating over a hundred millions OF
dollars. to pay personal claims, most OF
these being claims for property destroyed
BY our army in the war. and dISsllOwed by
the Southern Claims Commission because Of
the disloyslty OF the claimants.
Nj Hendee alluded briehy To the repeal
Of the resumption act and the terrorism in
Southern States Mr. Lamar, Oi Mississip-
pi, admitted that the Hamburg massacre
was an unproked and outrageous murder.
and every other Southern Democrat looked
black at him and they would have punished
him, If they had dared, for going back on
his party.
With the expression Of his irm confidence
that the men who saved the country and
the young men who have become voters
since the war. will not permit the country
to relapse to the control OF the worst Gle
mcnts in the nation. Goy. Hendee closed.
Mr. Hendee'- arraignmeat OF tie Demo-
cracy. as represented in Congress. was ex-
ceedlngly spirited and effective. lis speech
was excellent throughout. and 1t was re-
ceyei with frequent and prolonged ap-
plauso
the Convention then adj burned.