Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-01
THE CINCINNATI | l! !! ] CONVENTION. ] Z : J!
William H. English, Of Indians, tho Nominee
for Vice President. -'>s -@'.'5-

.,,, Omce' Of President. ..-
william Il. English, Of Indiana, tho Nominee
for Vice President. = 80 -'.'5-
So 81 q. ...5.- = =. y - -'r.+'
.'<5 ts'Ni First Nay. =. *>ts' TO-
CINCINNATI june q. LAT 12:4O O'Clock sena-
tor Barnan called the convention to order, and,
without preliminary remarks, announced that
prayer would be offered by Rev. c.. W. Welldle,
Of the Unitarian Church. +5.S'7 an & :,
Senator Barnum then announced that he had
been unanimously requested b the national
committee to nominate Hon. George Hoadley,
Of Ohio, for temporary. chairman. This being
Pm. u. Scott and J.fD. McEnery as q commit
De to conduct Mr.. Hoadley to the stand. |" As
Mr.. Hoadleys ascended the. plat form he was
greeted with hearty applause, He spoke as fol-
lows: -;.-s.,.1 -. = --
HR. CHAIRMAN AND GENT1NEN aF THE NATION
s:, A. Exacg11ys e 9a conat1aTszI * ohsZ es
ment Of the confidence reposed ips1AS.s It shsn he
my sedulom care to prove 'worthyo your nomina-
dof: Fellow delegates, fellow DemocIats thanks for
sp6nse to which will be, my only adequate response
oah ba the slriotest impartsity in theexercdss Of
power during the brief peod Is committed to me.
fsaall make mistakes. trust sou will forgive them.
although delegate am the Jealous friend, even
the pafasan Of my fayerte candidate d your officer
but discharge my duty with absolute fairness and
Gentlemen & he convention, our fathe1s, d{srast dt
toa college, to whose unpedged action they sought
to enbust the election of the chief magistrates
Of the republic. Their children, taught by expert
scheme by, an unwritten amendment which
combines the advantages Of the electoral sys-
tenn with the direct popular vote, while it pre-
the result. Conventions Of delegates chosen by the
people of two more parties have already presented
candidates for popular acceptance at the coming
and n s s see as
though not defined by law, IL Of transcendent legal
consequence need not say that in this assembly it
will not be doubled that you are not delegates from
indestructble units Of our indestructihe Uion-the
states. Custom has defined your duties. They. are
to construct platform and to nominate candidates.
creed. but to apply known principle to present pub
nc affairs, The Democratic principle does not date
its birth from our assembling and will not perish
nomin.te. i s eternal divine fire burning in tie
hsartsof IL men,. Il quickens the sthougt1t of the
Statesman, ,nsrvs the arm of thesoldier and doubles
the energy Of the toer 1t is found in the Roman
precept stu ctiQue tribune and in the self evident
truth of the Amercan patriot that almen 1e created
equal. It lathe unrele1tng toeof despotsm and Of
Communism, whether open or sought to be hidden
benAcient Office in .pohcal afairs is to securs 70
sss a ts ssP Res'ss as ssef sec2 oep
dssessi 6s dsssls ss ps
ply the Democratic principle to the ehenging affairs
Of Thurman society and that this principle may have
didates whese election will ensure it, full fruitoa
during the next presidential term. These duties no
Democrat doubts that you win worthily perform; but
you are called to their discharge this day under cir
cumstanoes Of no common moment, circumstances
which may God IN, His mercy grant shall IN the his
tory Of odr IRepablic. never OCCUR Four years ago
the De.uoezahd party, ID convention assembled It
st. Louis announced to the country its platform and
nominated its candidates two of the most foremost
statesmen Of the nation; both then and now worthy
Of the most enthusiastic political devotion and the
den and Thomas 4. Handricks were elected presi:
as fsiriy as wss' george Warrington Or James
t5as t the CHEF mssstrste may e of T this nation Sss
for more than three years been one whom
the people and electors regret that in the executive
s4eh P9ops nss
seeaaEe4 men, So'bs ren,en ned in all gesea.na
OF f4ee1fd sepuplis. party, Of It's maAaltts
to sos s. 1 psss as .9eosa 6 tsss ~ asss e @
and 81 the loyaltyof the Deiocratc paTty, even td
the formaot sxss = coaaasnss that the v9 6 e.
patiently watts for.the hMHon. Of il hopes. until
March 1th 1881, but no longer, there. il no doubt
No deissted e tbe polls s !: f bssses,
and again wsit, but il again successful, no cum
ming device Of dishonest arbitration shall deprive
Of our rights. The Democ!atic party viii. never
tribunal deaf TO- the appeal q testimony, but 10.
blind to the beckoning finger Of favor. But though
We failed 70 inangnrate 6urc was
not even for the moment wholly lost. Retribu&ve
this infamy. The courts Of Florida had thwarted
the conspirators who opoeed the theft Of it, state
government and the stern refusal Of the Democratic
dollar to continue the subtugatpn Of South Carolina
and Louisiana soon forced the oppressor to relax hf
grasp NO .trsoe now rsmsined Of the carpetbse
and and seventy million dollars increased pubic debt
they contrived in seven years of m1sgovernment te
heap upon 1ts Impoverished people. 81 Yes another
trace remained; Louisiana, emitted y the 1@stst s Us
Of the other lis filed by a. delegate from band d
outlaws never recognized as q government, long
since deposed some 70 faen upon the federal treas
that have passed since the theft Of the presidency
have been years Of plenteous harvests The laborer
the husbandman has reaped rich reward. The earth
the harvest. The benison Of the Most High hae
His His gractous favor wisely employed in the eeonc.
mics Of two successive Democratic congresses have
Of the national floating debt and that equalization Of
values called by the Republican party resumption
of specie payments. y, But the new :prosper1te.
awakened. by foreign fdemand and tho abundant
domestic products gifts to the American people
from higher source than any agency Of the Repub
can party. No soldiers kept the peace Of the corr
fields, No swearing boards canyassed the whes
shcaves. No supervisors Or deputy marshals
assisted at the gathering into the gamers
No electoral commission gave. it's, blessing
to the fa e Of T@ vS'
is the largest benefactor in society the high priest
the Democratic hierarchy. We have been spared ON
great danger since the 9Th day Of june, 1880. hal
been made certain that the usurper will not he tnne
diately followed by the monarch, but the third tern
is postponed not ayerted and the real danger Is no
in the third term 80 much as IN the Republican
party. which makes the third term possible
Bonaparte did not crown himself emperor until Bona
partisan had corrupted France. When more thai
three Of any cal party invoke savior
thu, ssssd sG
republic far moro formidable than any mischief
processes to fear or any danger 1t was organize
to repel. The remedy, gentlemen tor tn thi
nal vigilance. This is st once the price an
the protector of liberty. This vigilance, a1read
newly quickened among the people from whom yo'
victory to the Democratic principle and the Demo
cratic candidates. victory 30 fun Of hope for the re
public that even the " melancholy days" Of Novem
stormy a n winds IN of March a6s be waited blessings
T Applause was generously distributed through
out the address as its points appealed to t sympa
y The temporary organization was completes
by the selection Of Mayor Prince, of Boston, a
temporary secretary, and Nicholas NJ. Bell, 81
Louis, Neil C. Brown, Tennessee, E. s. Dodd
Ohio, and 7. o. Walker, lows, as reading clerks
rules of the national Democratic convention p
Tho r1,pa 0f fhia h,1v rntil otherwise ordered