, 1881-05-28

and rs Monday is decoration day It my
le INF s-re,i that na caucus Wiil be held on
that das. Thufsily eysning, therefore,
seems 10 be the latest time to which can-
e,,s can he postp.nei Asking your early
attention to the exigepclts Of the occ::.sion
! beg 10 add that at olr present p''yior u
+ the Delavan house, | would be happy
to meet you FOR consultation
yary tru,y yoars,
q. H. SssGPE
3icCnthy replied that Speaker Sharpe
xoalj call meeting Of the caucus eoni-
lai:t,e at the earliest possible muDtGt
eaus,,nz ss,es,re- soniaa>-
Cgasliag held 4 levee al the evening
at the Drlavan house. HIS room was
constantly crowded. He sh"oS hands
with everybody Presenting himself and
sand a pleasant word - each During the
svepinI the Grant cub of this cIty
entered the room in body and pre-, eGted
the ex-senator With the following address:
/ The Grant club which has the largest
membership OF any political orgar'zlfion
in the county of Albany, whose gaidiLg
principles haze been fidelity to party
organization AMI loyal support 10 the reg
ular nominations If the republican party
in the present political excitement call
YOUR attention To several facts which
seem to point ;he path Of duty and honor
u every republican who believes in the
great principles Of the party and desires
to see is organization and success per-
pctual No one can forget the gloom and
darkness which settled Ike nightmare
upon the party when James G. Blaine,
humblei and defeated in his Own state,
was utterly powerless to aive one CLEAN
Of hope or one ray Of hight The great
leaders who could rally the party to bat
tie had been insuited, maligned and ont
RACED. The masses were sal!en and dis
satisfied and almost hopeless Then it
WAS that L s Grant and Roscoe C0nk-
ling, casting aside the indignities and in-
suits that had been heaped upon them,
guided only by party organization and
love for the grand old parry which had
saved the life Of the nation, entered the
conflict and came to the rescue of The
country Hope took the place Of des-
pondency from one end OF the nation to
the other Broken ranks closed up and
party hosts with deli yht responded TO the
clarion calls OF the leader in whom alone
they had confidence In Indiana and
Ohio the tide Of battle turned Who
among you can forget the service of Grant
and Conklng in that memorable contest
in those states, or can YOU forget the
| timely and invaluable service, the shrewd,
able and tIreless political leader of our
| own state, Senator Thomas c. Platt, in
| the contest in Indiana. From out of
darkness came light, victory was snatched
| out Of the Jaws of defeat, and the flag
which tr,.iled IN the dust IN Maine rose
| Respondent in victory in Indian. James
\. Garfield was saved the possible morti-
hcation of defeat in his own state of
OHIO. The republicans of New York
held the post Of honor and DANCER. They
knew that if New York was lost all was
lost. Then began the most brilliant and
successful canvass ever wag5d in the an
mails Of this STATE. Who were your leaders
thenl Who marshallci your hosts and
directed your columns which marched on
| to victory,
Grant, coSKLryG, ARTHUR,
Cornell and Pl.tt They rendered ser
vices then which should make the Repu5-
lean party ever thrir debtor. The
plaudits of the entire Republican press
we're deservedly and freely showered
upon these great leaders who had rem
dered victory possible in the state of