Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-25
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Twelfth. Public money and public credit
for public purposes solely, and public land
for actual settlers.
Thirteenth. The Democratic party is the
friend of labor and the laboring man, and
pledges itself to protect him alike against
| the cormorants and the commune.
Fourteenth. We congratulate the coun-
| try upon the honesty and thrift ofa Demo
cratic congress, which has reduced the
public expenditure $40, OOO, 600; year upon
the continuation Of prosperity at home and
the national honor abroad, and, above all,
upon the promise of such a change in the
administration of the government as shall
insure us genuine and lasting reform in
every department of the public service.
The platform was adopted unanimously.
At :35 Editor Joe Pulitzer, of St. Louis,
moved to complete the ticket by nominal
ing the vice president.
This was agreed to. and William H.
English, of Indiana, was nominated by an
Alabama delegate.
The Alabamian made the point that to
add strength to Hancock, Indiana S vote
must be placed beyond doubt in the Oc-
tOber issue. At this the HoOsier's yelled
with delight.
| Irish, of Iowa, nominated Ex-Governor
Bishop. of Ohio, but was pretty generally
hissed for doing SO. The nomination met
open disapproval from the Ohioans in the
gallery, who do not want even one of he1
sons to step in now and mar the love feast
"No! no!' was the cry, and Bishops
name was withdrawn. The nomination OF
English was then made unanimous.
A motion that committee Of one from
each state be appointed to notify the can,
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their acceptance, was carried.
A despatch, received from Senator
Thurman, says: "Hancock will make a
splendid candidate and can be elected"
This was received with wild applause.
Tilden also sent a cOngratulatOry de-
spatch, but it was not so warmly greeted,
would have been while there was still a
chance for the claimant, and the cheering
was very faint.
Hendricks telegraph: "Hancock is ac.
ceptable to Indiana, and it's delegation
should take position in the advance"
The joy among the delegates at the is
sue is very great, and from no tongue
can one hear anything but unqualified con-
fidence in the running strength of Hancock
and English and the Pennsylvanians, one
and all, are unanimous in the opinion that
that state is going to justify Speaker Ran
dalrs predictions as to the result in No.
| vemDer.
Hancock's Personal characteristics.
General Hancock's personal characteris-
tics might almost be drawn from the fore
going record of his life. He appears the
very beau ideal of the soldier. His eye is
clear, blue, inquiring, benignant in repose,
but inspiring in danger and in carnestness.
To his subordinates lie is kindliness itself.
He puts one at ease at once, and gives con-
fidence. This was one of the great secrets
of HancOck'S S success on the field. Men and
officers all felt that they had come in per.
sonal contact with their commander, that
they had made him think they were brave,
good. reliable men, and when the crisis came
they would rather die than destroy that
opinion. HancOck's reprOOf, on the other
hand, was not 4 thing to be wished for
twice. He was severe in his requirements
and sometimes made his colonels and gener-
ais wish they were anywhere but under the
plain severity of his talk. Thus he was
to his subordinates. What he was to his
superiors is matter of history. No more
loyal executor of orders over bestrOde a
horse. There are brilliant regulations
whose dead and living owners owe them
to that loyal performance of duty. He
went forward cheerfully, without murmur-
ing or questioning, in the accomplishment
of what was assigned to him, from first to
last, willing to do anything and be any
thing in the service of his country.
General Hancock had two children,
Russell Hancock and Ada Elizabeth Han
cock. The latter died in New York of
typhoid fever when eighteen years of age.
She was young lady Of great promise.
Russell Hancock, the generals only son, is
a planter in Mississippi.
General Hancock is the senior major
general of the army, his commission dat.
ing from July 26, 1866. The commission
of General Schofield dates March 4, 1869,
and that of General Mcdowell November
%, 1872. OF the six brigadiers, Generals
Ord, Augur and Crook were made such
after Hancock became major general.