Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-09-28

breathed breath in defense of great poiti-
cal reforms that would not willingly share
with him. No Democrat in the State to-day
has more ardent desire To see every abuse
reformed, and too see an enlightened policy
of reform adopted by the State, than have.
Loud applause.
II will return to the topic of rivalry and
contest between public men, which | con-
slider natural and proper and not 10 be con-
demned; not only not TO be condemned, but
to be encouraged; to be encouraged and re-
warded by the people. expect the people
to choose between public men. | expect,
where public men rival each other in their
efforts for the public veal, that the public
will decide which deserves their favor
Rivals in love and in politics never can de-
eide contested points for themselves. Laugh
ter In connection with this mean to refer
to another difficulty in the canvass. | mean
to refer to the idea that you might perchance
nominate a superserviceable creature of a
ring or clique. Now it would be to the
shame of the whole American people If
such representatives as you are should have
80 little discrimination as to choose any such
superserviceable creature, and would like
to see face 10 face the man who could suppose
that would be such creature. tell you,
fellow Democrats if he had honor and truth
in him | would make him eat his declara-
ton, but if he had no honor and no truth in
him, but was a mere political trifler or a
malicious political scandal monger, | would
treat him with the scorn and contempt he
would deserve. Applause.] But rings and
cliques are just as natural as political rivalry,
and no honorable man in politics dare gain
say that fact So far as | am concerned, |
consider such talk as mere bosh-I was going
10 h,t fbo for, io rl,aY
liamentary. | speak of it to you with the
same frankness that do personally and in
dividually, and / do not choose to say as
your candidate outside of this hall what |
cannot say here to the delegates who nomi-
mated me for Governor. My conscience will
never allow any man TO come between me
and the Democrats party; never. [Great
applause.]
al want every Democrat in the State to
give me his assistance whilst | overcome
this monstrous combination of men known
to-day as the Republican party. say this
monstrous combination OF men, and all his
tory in America shows no parallel to it,
Twenty years ago TO save the life of the
nation everything was permitted Five hun
dred millions of dollars were collected from
the people at cost of one hundred millions
corrupt cost, as acknowledged by the gov
eminent and acknowledged by the official
report of the Republican Congress made
TO the Republican government, that out OF
five hundred millions dollars one hundred
millions went into the pockets of the collec-
tors. From that day to this fellow Demo-
Gratis, remember it, through nearly twenty
years no crime known to the law, no crime
denounced by the law, has been omitted
from the current OF public life. An extra
ordinary statement to make in the face of a
free and intelligent people Bribery, per
jury and forgery-the three most contempt
BILE crimes denounced by the laws of God
and man-are the three great crimes t.
which the chiefs of the Republican party re-
sorted in order TO inaugurate when they
could not elect a President of the United
States. No man doubts; every man ex.
cuses it, every man regrets it, every Repub
lican as well as every Democrat regrets
that the country could be brought to so low
pitch. So great is the patronage of the
Government that although we stand to .dal
with an acknowledged majority we canno
, install President In the election of 1871
; Tilden had more than 100000 votes mon
: than Hayes, and yet Hayes was President
) In the election of 1880, when it came t
{ Hancock rather than Tilden, shocked am
7 trembling at the crimes to which they wer
: driven, the Republican party, fearing tn
necessity for such crimes, took the none
from the public treasury and expended
n in the Presidential election in order tha
a they might not have TO commit perjury an
/ forgery TO get a President after the election
), Fellow Democrats, say it is no seaso
/ to stop by the way until you have rescue
the country from these abuses. Your poin
: of difference in home politics sink into IL
I, far distance and become insignificant.
G have covered more time than intended.
| intended to confine myself to my thank
Is and to reserve for some other OCCASION an
e reference ut all to the merits OF the canvas
But naturally influenced by the surroun,
l. ings and by the presence of those who ha'
h been so intimately associated with me
1, the past, have given expression to mo
p general views; but know have nothil
e to regret, and but express the sentiment
e every Democrat in Maryland when | ST
& what do" Loud applause
c Mr.. Turner was also introduced and max
1t good speech He counselcd harmony
& the party, and said with peace will con
Ie reconciliation, with reconciliation will con
st unity of action, and unity of action will bril-
e us glorious victory"
y After the adjournment of the conyentiC
II Mr.. McLane went to the Maryland Gu
> with ex-Gov Carroll and Col. Edw. Lloy
{, He was congratulated by the gcntlem,
y there. Among them were Gen. Bradley
:. Johnson, Mr.. Stephen Bonsal and othc
II who had contested his nomination. A sc
rs eral proffer of support was rendered, al
80 the reception given the Democratic Cub
n material candidate was satisfactory to
Al | concerned