Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-07-14
Hancock and English Meeting.

the Opera House last "Wednesday
evening, to ratify the nominations
Of Hancock and English, and tc
form Hancock and English club
When the meeting was called
to order, the following officers
were elected:
President.-W. L. Churchill.
Vice-Presidents-1st ward, j. X
Lockwood; 2nd ward, Jos. U
D'Aigle; Bird ward, Donald Nc
Rae.
Secretary.-S. L. Carpenter.
Treasurer. ID. Turnbull.
After the officers had been elect
ed it was moved and carried that
a Hancock and English club be
formed, and papers being circula-
ted, some 200 persons joined the
club, including many Republicans
and Independents.
The principal business of the
meeting having been satisfactorily
performed, A. w. Comstock, at the
request of the citizens present,
gave an account of the proceedings
of the Cincinnati Convention, to
which he was a delegate from the
Sth Congressional District. He
said the delegates went to the
Cincinnati Convention for the pur-
pose of nominating a man who
would be acceptable to the people
of this country, and he believed,
as does a large majority of the
people, that they had succeeded in
naming the next President.
V. G. Burnham was then called
upon, and he responded by giving
short account of the life and SER
vices of General Hancock. He
compared the records of the two
presidential candidates, showing
how much superior was that Of
Hancock, in comparison to the Re-
publican nominee, who had been
convicted, by his own party, Of
bribery and perjury. This part of
the discourse not proving pleasant
to some of the stalwart Republi-
cans, who were present, was the
cause of their skedaddling for the
door.
j. d. Turnbull was then called
upon, and, among other matters,
read the statement of the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee,
and those of the New York Times
and Tribune, both leading Repub-
lican papers, which proved that
Garfield had, while he was Re-
publican Congressman, perjured
himself and taken brides. The
noble conduct of Hancock in sus-
tanning the constitution, and re-
fusing to allow the army under his
command to tramp on the rights
and liberties of the people, was
clearly shown. The speaker also
drew attention to an article in the
Post and Tribune, the leading Re-
publican paper in Michigan, which
advised the Republicans to steal the
Presidency, and deprive the people
of this country Of their right to
elect their own rulers. The men,
ton of the Post and Tribune's ar
ticle, caused n considerable exodus
Of stalwart Republicans for the
door, and we don't wonder at their
feeling anxious for solitude. A
party that will advocate the de-
'truction of the peoples liberties,
ought to be buried so deep, that it +
will never be seen or heard of
again, and the stalwart Republi-
,ans party will be buried this fall,
Ind the "bloody shirt" will be its
sheet.
After Mr.. Turnbull had finished
lis remarks, Mr.. j. N. Tiff, in
'esponse to repeated calls, got up,
md, in his usual pleasant, agree
4ble, and non-partisan manner,
made a few remarks on the politi-
al situation. He was confident
# the election of Hancock and
English, and believed that the
bloody shirt" policy would come
o an end this fall.
The meeting was very satisfac-
DRY one to all but the stalwarts.
'he Hancock and English club