The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-07-10
THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
Gen. w. S. Hancock animated for the
Office of Preident.
William H. English, of Ijdiana, the Nominee
orVice President.


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prayer would be dfered Is Rev. c. W. Wendle,
of the Unitarian CHURCH
senator Barnumshen announced that he had
been unanimously requested by the national
committee to nominate Hon. George Hoadley,
OF ONO, Tor Temporary chairman. 1hs being
/ approved by the convention. the char appointed
VIM. l.. Scott and : ID. NcEnery as a commit
tee to conduct Mr.. Hoadley tC the stand. As
Mr.. HoadlCy ihcenCed the Platform he was
greeted with hGrty applause. He spoke as fol-
/ lows:
Mr. CHAIRMAN ND GENrLMEN CT THE NATION
Al EXECUTIVE CpMuTTEE:-I obey this cal to the
/ char 81 tins convection with grateful acknowledge
ment OF the conidelce repos6d in me. 1t shall be
my sedulous care toDrovC worthy Of your nomlna-
tor. Fellow deiegaes, fellow Democrats, thanks Tor
/ your wclcomc-yourrenerous welcome my best re-
spouse to which Willie, my only adequate response
can be, the slrctest mpartiadty III the exercise Of
power during the bfic period il Is committed 70 me-
snail make mistakes. trust you VIII forgive them.
am sure you VIII, a / can satisfy YOU that,
although AS delegat am the Jealous TREND, even
the partisan OF my fapritc candidate, as your officer
shall know neither fend nor foe of any candidate,
but discharge my duy with absolute fairness and
/ fidelity OF purpose # this You have my pledge.
Gentlemen of the convention, our fathers, dlstrust-
ing popular choice, abshed in each state an cleo
4 tora college, to whoa,unpledged acton they sought
! 10 entrust the ecctiu of the chief magistrates
of the republic. TheiI children taught by expert
I rncn, have widely modified tho constitutional
/ scheme by unwrtten amendment which
4 combines the ADVANTAGES Of the electoral sys-
! tenn with the direct ppalar vote, while il pre-
to each state its jst weight OF Influence upon
( the result Conyentioniof delegates chosen by the
people Of two or more prtes have already presented
candidates for popular acceptance at the coming
election, and another graz college Of electors Is
assembled iii this hall The office you thus fill,
| though not defined b law is of transcendent legal
consequence. need rot say that in this assembly it
win not be doubted th5 you not delegates from
congressional districts Du' representatives OF those
indesructibe units of Ourlndestructible UuiOn-the
/ states. Custom has d,tnet your duties. They are
to construct platform and to nominate candidates.
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creed but to apply a Known principle to present pub
+ lie affairs. The Democratic principle does not date
/ its birth from our aisenDhng and VII not perish
I with the success or deftlt OF the candidates you
nominate 1t is eterral, divine fire burning in the
hearts of all men. | quiekens the thought of the
statesman, nerves the of the soldier and doubles
the energy of the toilr. 1t is found i'll the Roman
precep Sltlta GUAR tribune and in the selfcyidcnt
truth of the American patriot that all created
equal. 1t is the uUelentiag foe OF despotsm and Of
4 COGnuunism Whether open or sought to be hidden
! under the disgUiH Of paterndi governments. Its
benticent Office political affairs Is to secure to
every man the utmost possible liberty of action
sistent with equal liberty to every other. Yours is
not, therefore, thu office of invention, but Of p
mitigation, to discover but to declare and to a
ply the Democrats principle II the changing affairs
Of human society md that this principle may have
living force pubic concern, you Will nominate can
didatcs whose election viii its full fruition
during the next PRESIDENTIAL term These duties no
Democrat d0ubtSthat y)u viii wOTthily perform: but
you called to heir discharge this day under cir
I cII1netances Of ID common moment. circumstances
which may God His mercy grant shall in the his
tory of Republic never occur. Four years ago
the Democratic party, in convention assembled at
St. Louis, announced to the country its platform and
nominated itscandldaes two Of the most foremost
statesmen of The nation; both then and worthy
of the most enthusiastic political devotion and the
most ardent priNlte friendship, and Samuel j. Til
/ den and Thomas A. Hendricks elected pres-
dent and vice President OF the United States elected
fairly George Washington or James
I Monroe. That they not inaugurated,
that the chief magistrate Of this nation has
for more than three years been one whom
the people and electors regret that in the executive
department government by the people has ceased
by all men, be remembered in all generations.
OF the fraud of th Republican party, OF its intdclty
to Republican principles, of its willingness to sacri-
flee the right OF popular election, that vital principle
Of republics, rather than lax its hold upon power,
and of the Loyalty Of the Democratic party, even to
the forms of law of its confidence that the viii OF the
people must finally prevail, abiding in which It
patiently waits the fruiion Of its hopes until
March 4th 1851, but no longer, there is no doubt.
No longer, unless defeated at the polls If beaten
fairly shall submit. l repeat, we shall submit
/ and again wait. but If again successful, cum
ming device of dishonest arbitration stall deprive
Of our rights The Democratic party viii never
again appear before tribunal falsely called of justice,
tribunal deaf to the appeal OF testimony, but not
blind to the reckoning niger OF favor. But though
we failed to inaugurate candidate, cause was
not even for the moment wholly lost. Retributlve
justice visited without delay the immediate author of
this infamy The courts of Florida had thwarted
the conspraors who proposed the theft of its state
government and the stern refusal of the Democratic
house of representatives, to appropriate a man a
dollar to continue the SubluEatou OF South Carolina
and Louisiana forced the OppresSOr to relax his
grasp. No trace remained of the carpet-bag
government of the south, except the one hundred
and seventy million dollars increased public debt
they cOntrived in seven years of misgoyernment to
heap upon its impoverished people. Yes, another
trace remained: louisiana entitled 10y the constitu-
ton to senator's, is represented by The seat
OF the other is filed by delegate from band of
I outlaws never recognized as d government, long
since depCsed some faten upon the federal
IIrNr md IN rat q of gNIlp ~
that have passed since the theft of the presidency
have been years of penteOus haryests The laborer,
the husbandman has reaped rich reward. The earth
has been tickled with hoe and has laughed with
the harvest. The benson of the Most High has
been upon us, and the opportunities afforded by
His gracious favor wisely employed in the CcOnO-
mics Of two successive Democratic congresses, have
made possible partial measure of resumed payment
the national floating debt, and that equalization of
values called ty the Republican party resumption
/ OF specie payments" BUT the new prosperlhes
awakened by foreign demand and the abundant
domestic products gifts to the American people
from higher source than any agency Of the Rcpub-
hcan party No soldiers kept the peace of the corn
fields, No swearing boards canvassed the wheat
sheaves. No supervisors or deputy marshas
assisted at The gathering into the gamers.
! No electoral commission gave its blessing
/ to the harvest. They were the fruits of
labor, the gracious gifts to the laborer of Him who
is the largest bcnetaCor IN society, the high priest OF
the Democratic hierarchy. We have been spared one
great danger since the Sh day of June 1880 1t has
been made certain that the usurper will he imme-
dately followed by the monarch, but the third term
is postponed ayertcd, and the real danger is not
in the third term much as in the Republican
party which makes the third term possible.
BOnaIarte did not crown himself emperor until Bona
/ partisan had corrupted France. When more than
three-fths of any political party invoke savior OF
/ society," that party Is already poisoned with
imperialism that it has become itself menace to the
republic far more formidable than any mischief it
/ processes to fear any danger it organized
I to rcpel. The remedy, gentlemen, for this
and for all other evils of state, is in eter-
nal vigilance. This is at once the price and
/ the protector Of liberty. This vigilance. already
newly quickened among the people from whom you
come, continued here and hereafter. is sure to bring
victory to the Democratic principle and the Demo
cratic candidates. victory full of hope for the
public that even the 4" melancholy days OF NoYem-
Der shall be radiant with JOY and on the wings OF the
stormy winds Of March shall he waited blessings.
Applause was generously distributed through
out the address as its points appealed to sympa-
thy and favor.
The temporary organization was completed
by the selection of NavOr Prince. of Boston, as
temporary secretary and Nicholas NJ. Bell, st.
Louis, Neil c. Brown, Tennessee, L. = Dodd,
Ohio. and T. O. Walker, Iowa. as reading clerks.
Bidder N. Y. offered a resolution that the
rules of the national Democratic convention be
the rules of this body until otherwise ordered
Adopted.
Martin Delaware offered resolution that the
roll of state be called for the appointment OF
members of committees on permanent organlza-
ton, credentials and resolutions.
Weed On. " asked Martin to give way for a
motion for resolution to refer credentials to
the committee on credentials. This Martin r.
fused to do, and his resolution was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted.
The roll was then called.
When New York was called John Kelly, who
sat just back of the railing, which was behind
the New York delegation, rose and attempted to
get a hearing. but the chairman said he could
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