The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-16
Hon Lyman TrumbuII.

This distinguished gentleman was nomi.
mated by reclamation on Thursday at
Springfield, H., for Governor by the Demo-
cratic Convention of Illinois His remarks
on that occasion should be read by our
Democratic friends everywhere. They are
as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTToss, AND MR..
PREsIDENr-I am quite sure that after the
very able remarks which you have heard you
Will not wish to listen to a speech from me. /
could add nothing TO what has been SO well
said ny the Chairman, and l take 10 that you
have come here for work and not for speech
making. You have hard Work before you.
IL you mean to succeed. There IS use OF
Disgusting il. am a practical man, and be-
neve in practical wOrK. The nominations Of
the Republican Convention. whatever Objec-
JectiOns may personally be made TO them and
certainly they are open To OBJECTIONABLE sub
stantially unite the votes Oh the Republican
party. It is the Republican party that you
have got TO beat Il you succee1, and you
must reiy on your own inherent strength, the
sOundness OF your principles, the right OF your
cause, for success, and not count upon Objec
tons 10 your enemy. Applause. In my
judgment the Democratic party of this conn
Try Tor several years has listened quite too
much to the advice of its adversaries. You
constitute majority of the voting population
OF this country-lapplausel-of more than a
quarter OF a million OF VOters-a vast army
and what you want is to emblazon your prin-
ciples upon W ur banner, put a candidate on
tjOnal rights and constitutional liberty to sup
port your standard-bearer, march az one
man to the polls, and the victory
is yours. [App'anse.l Look to yourselves
and your own strength. You are opposed by
an adroit and INSCRIPTIONS hyPocr1ucal par
~. Applause and laughter. had occasion
the other day 10 step into the National Con-
VentiOn at Chicago, and what did see, look
the portraits of Chase, Of Seward, of Fessenden,
of Sumner, and OF Greeley, whom, by SANDER
and falsehOod, they bounded to his grave.
Here they were ealing upon the Splits OF the
departed slatesmen-tbe great men who
gave 70 the Republican party In the days OF Its
purity ali its storytelling upon Them to
give countenance to its proceedings in 1880,
when :or the last ter years they had bounded
every one of them. Could effrontery or i'm
pucence go further than for those men TO
appeal to the spirits OF Greeley, Chase, and
Sumner, as though they were with them2
Why did they not deDounce them? me mo-
ment when the Republican party ceased to be
an organization for anything except spoils
and piunder, they renowned them. was
ever anything more Inconsistent than placing
at the head OF the ticket man alleged to be
In favor of civil service reform. and at the tail
the chief politician, the man who had
been at the head OF the, Custom House
in New York and removed from Office
by Hayes? lAppIause.l L know that
the vote of louisiana was as honestly
and as fairly cast in favor of the slectors for
Tilden-lapplausel-an although in many re
spects the administration of President Hayes
has been a great improvement upon
BelkDaps, and the BabcOcks, and the
CreSwels have been taken from around
him, IL Will go down TO history as a stain
upon the administration that every one OF
these Returning Board officers who falsely
made Hayes President has received office at
his hands. lApplause.l They quote from the
inaugural of President Hayes part of their
platform in favor of civil service reform. They
quote from man who rewarded the sooun
drels who falsely robbed the American citizens
OF their rights. When you come to talk Of
Presidential candidates, for one L have no
particular favorite in my eye. i am for the
man who. when we come 10 counsel together
from all parts of the Union, can unite and lead
the Democracy to victory. lApplause.l You
have been told that you have only to put
forth your efforts TO insure success. That is
true. We demonstrated in 1876 that we are a
majority of this people. Now in 1880 let us
demonstrate that we not only have a majority,
but that majority, backed by the strong arm of
freedom and the favor OF Heaven, viii enjoy
the fruit of its labors. lApplausel