Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-23
THE EVENING STAR.
WEDNESDAY... june 23. ~
CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
Judge HOadleysS Addre~s.

Er61Hlre CODlfnutep:-I obey this cali IN rho
Sar 9, ms convention with grateful acknox
your nomination.
tllG,c delegates .rslyoor denaoo'ats:-Tnanss
Tor your welcome-your generous welcome-my
oest response TO which will be, my only aie-
Quate response can be, the strtcteSt impartial
NY IN the exercise OF power during the brief
period IL is committed TO me. / shall make
mistakes, trust you will forgive them. | am
sure you WILL as soon as / satisfy you that
altnough as a delegate am the Jealous friend.
even the partisan, OF my favorite candidate as
your presiding officer l shall know neither
Trend nor foe OF any candidate but discharge
IN! duty with absolute fairness and fidelity or
purpose. or this you have my pledge.
Gentlemen or the Coauention-Our fathers. dis
trusting popular choice, established 10 each
S,ate an electoral college. to whose unpleiyed
az tney sought to entrust the election OF
Children tonight, by experience. nave wisely
modified the constitutional scheme by an nm
Wlitttn amendment, which combines the adj
Nentages OF the electoral system with the direct
popuar vote. While IL pres ryeS 10 each state
ii, just weight of influence upon the rssIIt'
tolN entioES OF delegates chos IN BY the De onle
OF two or more Parties have already presented
candidates for popular acceptance at the com
lnE election, and another great college OF cleo
ors now assembled in this hall The Office ylu
thus Ill, though not defined by law. is of trans
ctldtLt legal consequence. / need net say
tht La this assembly II will not be doubted that
YOU are delegates from congressional dist ri It's
put n pre- entatives OF those indestructible units
OF our lndeStructtble Unton-the states. Custom
as deflL ed your duties. They are to construct a
Platform and to nominate candidates.
You are not, however, called together to create
a., cfeea; put to apply known principle TO pres
eht public affairs. The democratic principle
does not date its birth from your assembling.
and will not perish with the success or defeat
OF the candidates you nominate. 1t is eternal.
a divine burning In the hearts OF men. Ii
qulckenS the thought OF the statesman nerves
the am OF the soldier, and doubles the energy
OF the tofler. Ii is found in the Roman precept
Souh Cirque trtbuere. and In the self evident
truth of the American patriot that all men are
created equal. 1t is the unrelenting foe O des-
pouSm and OF communism, whether open or
sought TO be hidden under the guiSe OF paternaI
government Its benificent office I'm political
affairs Is TO secure to every man the utmost
possible liberty OF action consistent with the
equal liberty to every other Yours is moi.
therefore, the Office of Invention. but OF pro.
mitigation; not to discover but TO declare: to
apply the democratic principle to the changing
an d1rS OF human society. And that this princi.
pie may have living force In public concerns
you Will nominate candidates whose election
viii insure its full fruition during the next
'PreSlden.ial term. These duties no democrat
doubts that you will worthily perform.
But you are called to their discharge this day
uIder circumstances OF no common moment
circumstances which, may God In His mercy
grant, shall In the history OF Our republic never
recur. -Four years ago the democratic party, In
convention assembled at st. Louis, announced
TO the country It's platform and named as its
q
ton, both then and now men worthy of the
most enthusiastic political devotion and the
most ardent private friendship. Samuel j. TIL
a ofdot lGhe t ana Ihomas A. Hendricks We're
elected President and Vice President OF the
United StateS-elected as fairly as was George
washington or James Monroe That they were
not lnaugurated: that the Chief Magistrate OF
this nation has for more than three Years been
one whom the people and the electors rejected:
that In the executive department s.poyernmenf
oy the people" has ceased since March 4, 1871,
men, and to be remembered In ali generations
OF the fraud OF the republican party: OF
It's tinhdelity to republican principles of its
e M1.ahigness 70 sacrifice the right OF popular
rather than relax its hold upon power, and
OF the oyalty OF the democratic party evea to
me forms OF law; of its confidence that the Will
which 1t patiently waits for the full fruition of
us hopes until March 4th, 1851, but no longer
NO longer. unless defeated at the polls. II
shall submit, and again wait; but il again sue
cessful, no cunning device OF dishonest arbitra-
uon shall deprive us OF our rights The demo-
tribunal falsely called ''of Justice" a tribunal
deaf to the appeal Of testimony, but not blind
TO the reckoning finger OF favor. But though
we iailed 10 lnaugurate our candidate, our cause
was not even for the moment wholly lost.
! etribuIve justice visited without delay the
immediate authors OF this infamy. The court
O. Flor ga had threatened the conspfratorS VINO
r H.
The stern refusal of the democratic House of
Re PIE -eltatiyeS to appropriate man or a dol.
lar 10 continue the Subjugat1on of South Caro-
Ina ana louisiana, soon forced the Oppressorto
rel DIS grasp. No trace now remains OF the
ca pet-beg governments OF the south, except
ne SIG oo6 COG OF increased public debts they
cohCnuea Id seven years OF disagreement to
heap upon its Impoverished people Yes: an
ether trace remains. louisiana entitled BIZ the
constitution TO two Senator's is represented by
put one The seat OF the other is filled by dele
a rTaT mn q hny ny
rs government, long since disposSessedo some
10 latten upon the federal treasury, and some to
eat the meat OF exile. (Cheers.l
a.. inc years that have passed since the theft of
tne PRESIDENCY nave been years OF plenteous
haryests. The labor of the husbandman has
reached rich reward. ''The earth has been
uckled with the hoe and has laughed with the
harvest" The benson OF the Most High has
Deen upon us, and the opportunities Afforded by
HIS gracious favor, wisely employed in the
economies OF two successive democratic Con-
ure of resumed payment of the national float
Ing debt, and that equalization of values called
Dy the republican party the resumption OF
awakened by foreign demand and the abundant
domestic product were gifts to the American
people from higher source than any agency of
Ine republican party. No soldiers Kept the
canvassed the wheat sheaves no supervisors or
Deputy marshals assisted at the gatherings
l LILO me gamers farmers; no electoral commission
were the fruits Of labor, the gracious
gifts OF the laborer, Of Him who ia the
largest benefactor In society-the high priest OF
the democratic hierarchy. Applause We
nave been spared our great danger. Since the
Sth day OF June, 1885, 1t has been certain that
the usurper will not Immediately be followed
by the monarch. But the third term is post
poned, not averted, and the real danger is not
10 the third term SO much as In the republican
party, which makes the third term possible.
Bonaparte Gid not crown himself emperor until
BonapartlSm had corrupted France. When
more than three-ffthS OF any political party In
woke savior Of society" that party is already
so poisoned with Imperialism that 1T has be-
come ltSe1 menace to the republic far more
formidable than any mischief It processes to
fear, or any danger 1t was organized to repel.
The remedy, gentlemen, for this and all other
evils of state is In eternal vigilance This is at
once the price and protection of liberty. This
vigilance, already newly quickened among the
people from whom you come continued now
ana hereafter Is sure to bring victory to the de-
mocratic principles and the democratic candi-
dates-a victory so full OF hope for the republic
that even the melancholy days OF November"
shall be radiant with joy, and on the wings OF
the strong winds Of March shall be waited bless
ings. continued applausel
summary of Last Nights Dispatches
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
Immediately after the adjournment OF the
Cincinnati convention yesterday the committee
ton OF ]. NJ. B. Young, of Georgia as chairman,
and A. Waltner, OF Oregon, as secretary. A
delegation from Arkansas objected to Smith M,
Weed, OF New York, sitting as member mas
much as his own seat was contested. The
chairman ruled the objection out of order as