The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-25
TELEGRAPHIC
DRUNKEN DEMOCRATS.
Bad Effects Of Whisky Upon
Politicians.

New York, 23.-The Times Washing
ton has the following on the ending OF
the democratic committee meeting: The
celebration at WI ards, tonight, was 3
very disgraceful exhibition of the lnhu
ence OF rum in democratic councils.
Bands of music assembled in front of the
main entrance, and the music called to-
gether q handful of negroes and loafers.
The Ohio headquarters were directly
above the main entrance of the holel,
and the cat-calls of bootblacks induced
some of those in the room to send Sena-
tor Pendleton out upon the balcony to
make a speech. His remarks were brief
and formal, and at their close he de-
clared that the Cincinnatinominee would
be honorably, legally and fairly elected
and would be inaugurated. The scene,
even at the beginning Of lie perform
ance. was 6 ludic-ous one, for Pendleton
was talking in the air The persons
before him could not be called
an audience. After he had re-
turned to the room, some few
of the most sober visitors from
Ohio were pushed through the window
and set up before the rabble, to be greeted
with hoois and walls that were by no
means complimentary. Congressman
Hill, of the Sixth District, insisted upon
expressing his sentiments, although his |
were far from clear. "Demo- |
crats,3 he cried, will nominate their |
candidate in Cincinnati, aud we will |
him whether he is elected or
not" After he had made this statement |
bis friends pulled him back into the room
and J. Frank Mckinney, chairman of
The democratic state central committee of
Ohio, took his place. This speaker
that the democrats would carry
Ohio for the Cincinnati nominee, and
would furnish an army Of $4,000 able
bodied men to inaugurate him.
Armstrong, of the Cleveland Pain
teGLer, next spoke, whose thick utter
noes and wild gestures amused the boys
below. They ridiculed him unmeIc CT
ully. This treatment made him angry
md caused him to indulge in profanity,
yhereupon his friends quickly withdrew
i'm to the seclusion or the Ohio head
uarters. After one or two men, who
we're under the influence of strong stimu-
ants, had spoken In an incoherent way,
he performance came to an end, and the
,and were invited into drink
Chicago, "a - Times Washington A:
serenade was given to the Ohwano, at
Wizards Hotel, last evening, at which
peeches were made by Senator Pendle-
on and several other prominent gentle
men. Representative Hill, of Ohio,
aused q good deal of dissatisfaction
mong his political friends, and consider
bic delight among his political enemies.
lie declared that democrats will inaug-
rate the candidate nominated in Cincin-
ati, whether they Will elect him or not.
Ohm G. Thompson made feeble at
empt to mollify Hills remarks by say
ng the democrats intend to inaugurate
be Cincinnati nominee because they will
le,t him by an overwhelming majority.
)ther democrats who fear republicans
will make capital out of Hill's indiscreet
explain that he had no inten-
ion of saying exactly what he did that
e was feeling hilarious over the victory
7on by his friends in securing the con-
eniion for Cincinnati, and had partaken
% freely of wine, which wss literally
ealt out at the Ohio headquarters