Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-06-30
THEDEMOCRATS RATIFY.

Sembled In front or tne Lowry houoe'
last Thursday eve'g with music and all
things in regulation order.
Capt. Zeigler of the Herald had the
honor of the first call to address the
meeting. This honor was accorded
him as one of the rivals of Gen. Han
cock for the Cincinnati nomination,
which fact however the Captain mod
estly refrained from alluding to. The
news of his candidacy, his friends al
lege, did not reach Cincinnati in time,
else it is possible he might have car
ried off the nomination given to Han
cock. This is accounted for by some
from the fact that the letter ''Z," being
the first letter of his name, but the last
one in the alphabet, was so low down
as not to be reached in the ConveI-
ton. Had it been higher up he might
have been All "A, No. l." candidate,
as he certainly is. The Captain how
ever fully endorsed Gen. Hancock, his
successful rival, and made about the
best speech we ever heard him make,
the only novel feature being that it
was Tilden speech. He declared that
the Democrats this year would rebuke
the alleged 'fraud" of four years ago
when Mr.. Tilden was deprived of the
Presidency, but some of his listeners
wondered how it was, if that be true,
that Mr.. Tilden was not again the can
didate in order that the alleged fraud
might be thus rebuked in his person.
The Captain did not mention the Credit
Mobilier business.
Hon. l.. z. Mitchell was the next
speaker. He congratulated himself and
audience upon the selection OF Gen.
Hancock was pleased all over With
the nomination, and seemed to think
they had got the very man now they
wanted, to beat the Republicans. He
euloeized Gen. Hancock as hero in
the late war for the suppression OF the
Rebellion. And here we may say that
no Republican during this coming
campaign need, nor indeed can, call in
question Gen. Hancock's good military
record and fine soldierly conduct dur,
ing the late war. All admit that. But
the General belongs to the Regular
Arnau-was educated and trained by
the Government for soldier, and was
therefore only in the line of duty when
in the service in any war. That is his
business and duty. Gen. Garfield, the
Republican nominee, Oh the other hand,
was volunteer in the military service
of the Government. And here is where
we think Mr.. Mitchell made bad ar.
gument, in alluding to Gen. Garfield
resigning his commission in the army
to take the seat in Congress his con-
stituents had elected him to while in
the service and in the field. The people
had right to his services in Congress
and they chose him without any agen'
cy or personal effort on his part. He
served however in the army until the
last day upon which it was necessary
for him to go and fill the seat to which
he had been chosen. Would not Mr.
Mitchell have done the same? But the
point in this matter is, that Gen. Gar
field was q citizen soldier, volunteer
ing as patriot, while Gen. Hancock
was a member of the regular army
serving under orders.
Samuel P. Irwin, Esq, was, to the
surprise of some present, the next
speaker called upon and threw wet
blanket upon the proceedings by pitch
ing into both parties. He said he re
ioiced in the action of both the Chicago
and the Cincinnati Conventions, il
that the "rings" had been defeated in
both, which was a good and true re
mark, but he did not say he would
vote for Hancock, and as he has ex
plicitly and frequently said he would
vote for Garfield since his nomination
we take it, mistake was made in call
ing out Mr.. Irwin. lie closed by saying
he had not his mind fully made up a.
to whom he would support, but would
look over the whole ground and then
decide
Mai. John B. Butler was the mex
speaker called out, but we left shortly
after. We understand be was proceed
ing to say something about the hang
ing of Mrs, Surratt when the bant
struck up a tune and the Major re
tired.
"A AMERICAN POLITICS."