National Republican., 1877-10-12
DEMOCRATS JUBILEE.
CELEBRATING THE RECENT EVENTS
IN ONO BY A SERENADE

Like His Policy. which They Claim as
Their Own.
Tho Democrats Of the District celebrated
the successes OF their party in Ohio last evening by
serenading number Of Democratic Congressmen
at Wlllards hotel, the members from Ohio being
| the ones especially honorcd Under the leadership
| OF Columbus Alexander, VIM. Dickson, VIM. II.
Clagett, NJ. W. Wines, John r. Norris, Or. Charles
| Allen and other members OF the old Jackson Demo-
cratic Association and Tlldcn and Hendricks Club,
the Democracy met at the corner Of Four.and.a
half street and Pennsylvania avenue The Marine
band was placed at their head and the procession
| moved up the Avenue 10 willards under the glare
OF calcium light, which brought up the rear In a
the, hotel the lobbies were filled with Congressman
and Others canyassing the htuaton. When the
bar hand arrived IN mont large crewd COLLECTED and
| balcony Of the hotel.
| The first speaker was
| HON. JOHN O. THeetrsoN,
| OF Ohio Mr. Thompson said that he was there to
tell them that they had redeemed Ohio and, In the
Language Of old Zach Chandler, TO tell them I'VE
| nave got en- The Democrats of Ohio had gone
| into the fight united and determined TO make n
victory and the result was that they had major.
| ity Of from 2b000 to 5000 aud majority of Al or
~ on Joint ballot in the Legislature and that result
| nal.
Mr.. Dickson introduced as the next speaker
| HON. MILTON sAYLER, OF OHIO.
Mr.. Snylcr said he was as much astonished at
the great assemblngc and magnificent demonstra.
| non oi sympathy on the part OF 'hc Democrats Of
the District with the Democrats Of ONO as he had
been during tho last three weeks at toe audiences
which he had addresscdin Ohio Once In a while
| they had succeeded In carrying The State by
scratch" by but 900 or 5000 maIorty but in This
last contest by 10000 majority they had buried the
| appear, He commended the example of Ohio to
| the Democracy Ui PENNSYLVANIA, and was sure
that In November they would follow elsa behind
He had heard 1t stated that Ohio had hut in.
dnrscd the policy Of tho President So far ms the
had nd"scd and dd ndorsc VT t. and thc propRets
and high priests OF the Democratic party had
preached IL for the last ten years. They indorscd
because u was their own policy forced upon the
Administration by the strength Of an enlightened
public opinion. But Ohio did not indOrsc the
cightto seven commission nor the electoral con.
spiracy, by which person who did not have a ma.
joriiy of votes had been placed In the Presidential
chair; Ohio did not ndorse the financial policy of
| the Republican party, which had brought distress
| riot h,Oodshch and anarchy upon tho country
Ohio did not indorSe the Republican system Of tax
| means Of living; nor that reconstruction policy
called the protective policy which fostcrcd a few
m9nopoiiCS at the expense of the masses
They did indorse the fundamental idea of local
| seli'gnvcrnment. the old Democratic faith. The
| contest had been square one on the fundamental
principles of the Democratic party. as opposed to
the fundamental principles of the Republican
| party.
The next speaker was
HON. FRANK HURD
He began by saying that Ohio had been redeemed.
| The voice Of Howard was not one OF uncertain
| sound. II condemned the title OF HAYES The
| Democrats had declared that Hayes was n usurper
BY stealth, corruption and dishonesty the usurpa.
| ton had been accomplished, and his title having
been condemned In Ohio, would bO condemned all
over the land where honest and uncorrupted men
voted. While the title of the Administration was
condemned the policy was approved because the
| Administration had placed itself upon the platform
which the Democrats had ever maintained. He
oil IN ot I.,
preach pachcation, but IL was little late for them
| 70 avow their conversion to peace and fraternity
| II the words of Hayes had been uttered by Chase
Sumner and Seward in 1861, there would have
hero; the dcsolated home, The million graves, The
pinching poverty and midnight gloom, but not too
late for the vlndcation Of the doctrine Of the grand
old Democratic party. IN this hour of Democratic
should not forget to whom honor nd credit was
due i was not the Republican Administration
compelled h by the COURAGE Of the Democratic House
which had always taught this policy
| HON. A. n. RICE;
| Of Ohio, was next introduced. He rcjoced over
the victory and the fact that the Democrats would
have United states Senator in place Of Stanley
| Matthews. The victory meant that the war was nt
last over. Peace had come through Democratic
effort. Democratic doctrine had prevailed and the
people Of the South were relieved from Republican
| rule. The people Of Louisiana could control their
own affairs again. The result IN Ohio meant that
the seal Of condemnation was placed on that great
|
should have been committed: that n man should he
President who was not elected by the people This
| they condemned; this they held up to the people
| this crime which could not he Htoned for
They commended the policy because for twelve
years the Democrats had fought for the same issue
| Thc victory meant that money whose legal tender
qualities had been taken from II should be rcmonc-
tiled; 1t meant that that infamous law the result
| of all human villainies the resumption act should
I've repealed. The peace and prosperity only
known in the grand old Democratic days would
| again come.
HON. II. r. BANNING,
| of Ohio. next spoke. Mr. Bannings remarks were
brief ~ he was suffering from n severe cold which
made Il dificult for him to speak lie said that he
had lett his voice in Ohio where they condemned
on Tuesday last by 5000 majority the burglarz-
ing Of the White House. lie had no voice 10 talk
with but his heart was full The State which a
few years ago gave more than l0O,OO1 majority for
a l.cpuhlicGn Governor had redeemed itself, and
| condcmned the actors OF the Board of Eight.
| HON. J. y. BLACKBURN,
| Of Kentucky was thelast speaker lie said that he
was there to pay tribute to victory too wide and
| 4 triumph too grand for any one State, however
| large, and however honorable TO claim for itself
| He referred TO his experience In the Ohio cam
| paign, where, he said, he had found the blue and
gray had once morc been blended. The victory
meant that the people had not only put the seal Of
condemnation upon fraud. but that the people Of
the state which had furnished the first man who
occupied the White House without right has
shown that he cannot even appeal to his own
| ncghbors for approval. Tho contest hal beef, on
national issues, The Democratic party had asked
| the people to put stop to legislation that had beg
CARED tho land and to tell the Legislators Il at no
| longer should labor be ground IN the dust
| A newspaper correspondent In the crowd beneath
the balcony here became quite uproarlous, and the
| voice Of tile speaker was drOwncdl Il believe YOU
| eau make better spc ech than l." said Mr.. Blick-
burn, addressing the correspondent, but we can.
| not both speak Rt once" Put him out cried
| several In the crowd NO, don't put hi N out "
continued the speaker, 'he is an honest Democrat
| aud has a right to stay"
| The correspondent soon subsidized and the speaker
had the entire field to himself again lie said that
| there was one man within the borders of this Dis
trict who that moment received his profoundest
| sympathy.
II1he Bllc said that Bclshazzar read his doom in
| words of fire. There was a man herC-he who
| rests uneasy In the White Housewife has read his
doom. Ohio had condemned the usuTper in the
| White House
| This was the dawn of II better period hate has
spent it, force; the bloody shirt Is burned and the
policy Of class legislation has been spewcd out of
| the mouths Of those who maintained II. Ohio need
| not tr0mplc over the Republican party; II was n
| dead carcass; anybody could kick lion after the
| breath was ont 0t It's body The Republican party
stood to-day pilloricd In history the friend Of
classes, the opponent Of the many, the perseCutor
Of the powcrless, engaged In class legislation from
Its cradle To the grave to which the honest patriotic
| people have consigned Il.
They could thank Ohio Democrats for striking
this blow. and they could not help thanking them
flr having sent Stanley Matthews home 10 political
oblivion, and replacing him by George PcndlctOn