Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-09
ORGANIZING FOR VICTORY.
ROCHESTER, COMES TO THE FRONT
WITH A STRONG CLUB
The Right Kind of Work-Finding Out
Who are Friends-speeches by Distin-
guished Gentlemen-The Cincinnati Con-
vention Described-This Country not for
the Office Holders Only.

ROCHESTER,, Aug. IA large number of
Democrats met at o'clock last evening, at
Rommel's hall, and organized Hancock
and English club, and elected HIT. Harmon,
president; w. Fl. White, vice president; E.
E. Biermann, secretary; John Dee, treasurer.
Also an executive committee of
J. Harrington, L. E. Cow
derry, @. H. Heffron, p. H. McLaugh-
lin and. II. Schuester. The committee on
constitution and bylaws reported and the re-
port was adopted. On motion it was voted
that the secretary have them printed and
copies sent to the local committees in the
different towns in the county, with request
that they secure the name of every Democrat
in their precinct. Messrs. Breckenridge, r.
A. Jones and DR.. Trow of Chatfield delivered
ringing Democratic speeches. By the kind
ness of Mr.. s. D. Hilman. your reporter was
furnished with the two former in full.
sHEEoH OF W. L. BRECKENRIDGE.
Mr.. Chairman: do not want to detain you
with speech tonight, but l will tell you
something of the Cincinnati convention and
something of the nomination of Gen. Hancock.
As am not feeling we'll tonight, you will net
expect me to say much, but man on this oc-
casion, certainly ought to be able to say some
| thing.
On the same day left Rochester for Gin
cinnati, met a very prominent Republican in
| this city, who had served in the army during
the war, and asked him, being friend and
nelghbor, who would be the strongest man to
| nominate at Cincinnati; his reply somewhat
surprised me; said he: Nominate Gen. Han
| cock and will support him. Soon after met
| prominent Democrat, and asked him what
he thought of nominating Hancock. Said he:
Nominate Hancock and victory is assured. I"
| (Applause.l I went to Cincinnati impressed
in favor of Hancock; when l got to Cincin-
natl, I met other delegates impressed in the
| same way, but large majority of the dele
gates were undecided as to whom they would
an undoubted feeling in the South
and in portions of the North and
| East in favor of. that splendid gen.
tleman, Senator Bayard, and there
was also great sympathy manifested every
| where among all Democrats for that eminent
and much abused Statesman, President Tilden.
cloud applause.) Tilden and Hancock was the
logical ticket for the Democracy, but events
| transporting in the last four years made that
ticket impossible, just as the prejudices of
the times put Bayard out of the question.
What Democrats most desired was victory.
They did not wish to be compelled to make q
defensive campaign, but an aggressive one, it
for struggle over the dead issues
of the past. Hence the great DEM
ocratic party of the United States
in it's wisdom set aside personal preferences
and the claims of individuals however deserv-
ing, and consulting together with wise deliber-
alton, chose for their party leaders men above
calumny and beyond the reach of the bloody
garment; men representing in themselves
the noblest chara steristics of their great party
courage and truth. Democrats not only found
candidate in Gen. Hancockzbut they found
platform at the same time. On the back of
the Louisiana banner, bearing the likeness of
Gen. Hancock, were extracts from his cele-
DRAFTED order in taking possession-or in taking
command, rather-Of the department of the
South, in which he declared that the trial by
jury, the habeas corpus, the liberty of speech
and of the press, and the natural rights Of per-
sons and property must be preserved. ZAP
plause.) That noble Democratic sentiment
borne upon that banner through the halls of
that convention at the suspicious moment made
party. (Applause.)
The utmost and greatest enthusiasm, of
course, was displayed language fails to de-
scribe it. Gen. Franklin, Gen. Badly Smith
Gas he is familiarly known by that name) and
other Union generals, and Wade Hampton and
other rebel generals occupied seats on the plat
form together, and when it became evident
that Gen. Hancock would be nominated those
veterans who had fiercely fought each other at
the lannon's mouth in a hundred bat
ties emhracedin friendship, (renewed applause)
and that immense audience with the enthusi-
asm of heroes, patriots aad Christians rose to
their feet and gave demonstrations of rejoicings
the various bands of music played Hail to the
Chief and the ''Star Spangled Banner" The
flags and banners representing every State in
the Uuion were brought forward to and sur
rounded the banner bearing the likeness and
noble utterance of the gallant nominee and
when the bands commenced playing Aud Lang
Syne'' that magnificent audience of men ana
women joined in singing that grand old song
and filled that gorgeous temple dedicated to
music) with such strains of melody as never
before was heard therein.
Mr. Chairman. that nomination has struck
dismay to the hearts of the Office SEEKING Re-
publicans everywhere who heard In sullen
silence the death knell to their supremacy in
the rejoicings of united DEMOCRACY. Gap
plause.)
Democrats everywhere should be proud of the
proceedings of the Cincinnati convention.
Their delegates met there for business; they
transacted that business expeditiously, and
brought it to a glorious, harmonious termina-
ton. The history of that con ventiou is in such
noble contrast to the convention that had 80
recently met in Chicago, it will be read in
future years by Democrats with thrill of
pardonable pride. The result of the Chicago
convention was Garfield and Arthur; the two
tickets. typical as they are, reflect the spirit
and the tendencies of the parties they respect
lively represent. The spirit and the,tendencies
of the is the Capitalization of power and cor
", fha of no how
honesty and economy in the administration of
the government and profound regard for the
constitution and the laws Loud applause.
Mr.. Chairman: The Democratic party is
and always has been the party of the constitu-
ton. We do not wish to change it, nor to en-
act laws that will tend to the Capitalization Of
this government. The people are the sover-
eigns; they are the government. We deny
that the Republican party is the government,
or that the government belongs, forsooth, to
the Republican party. Why, Mr.. Chairman,
we had a government perfect in all its branch
es long before the Republican party had an ex-
istence. It has been said that true greatness
years to lay an adamantine foundation. The
Democratic party is as old as the
constitution itself. In fact, Mr..
Chairman, that instrument was framed
by Thomas Jefferson, the great apostle
of Democracy (applause). 1t has provedla pal
ladium of our civil liberties; it has withstood
the fierce attacks of fanaticism and of rebel
lion. Under. its benign influence our country
has grown from few colonies, scattered along
the Atlantic coast, containing population
perhaps of three millions of people, TO be one
of the grandest nations upon the face of the
earth, embracing within its boundaries pop
ulation of at least fifty millions of people. We
have given under that constitution, homes to
the down-trodden-to the oppressed an asylum,
who have fled from the tyranny Of the strong
centralized governments of Europe. (Applause)
We want no change in our government. God
and humanity forbid; neither, Mr.. President,
do we want our party, or any
any other political party to teach
our portion of this great country
sneak. thax love their country. thank God Mr.