Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-10

The Chair then said: ssThe call of state.
Tor the nomination Of candidates for President
VIII III now proceed" lLOud applause.
The Clerk then commenced to call the roll oi
states according to their alphabetical order
ana received no response until California
was reached, when Mr.. Spencer, OF Califor-
n.e, ~ 5a,q tnat We state OF California will have
70 ask the indulgence of the convention. ave
nave name TO present for the nomination,
The gentleman who Is to present that name Is
temporarily absent. We ask that the state OF
The Lhair-it shall be so done
The clerk then called the States Of Colorado
ana Connecticut, but received no response.
BAYARD FIRST on THE TRACK.
Wheu the State OF Delaware was called
there was an immediate Outbr. ak OF cheers.
AFTER the uproar had subsided Gen. Grey, Of
delaware, came 10 the platform and addressed
the convention. He said that e had been in
structed to present the name of man worthy
70 receive the nomination. He did so undel.
a realization OF the sense Of responsibility
resting on the convention to act so that the
great opportunity which God Himself he rev
erently believed, had given them, should not
pass away unimprOVed The Reuuhlican
nomination had flung defiance into the face of
American manhood, and had shocked the con-
science OF the best men in the Republican
party. such nomination was a sign Of the
decadence OF that great organZatiOn-not a
sign OF increasing strength. The Democracy
called for candidate who had beeh
tried in the balance and had never been
AOtA0 NaAt1nEs 1AC OCIuQGFAGN demanded a
statesman whose wisdom and experience were
known. lt demanded leader whose ehival-
rie courage would never falter and who could
ana would bring to the dust "The Plumed
honor.
MUST BE BLAINE's OPPOSITE.
1t demanded man with private charac-
ter which would defy the malignant tongue of
slander. 1t demanded man who should be
IN IN ms public and private charac-
Of the nominee OF the Republican
party. lCheers.l A man who was all this
and more, and whose name was now leaping
from their hearts to their mouths, was Thomas
Francis Bayard. Loud cheers Mr.. Bayard,
as candidate, would make no mistake. His
name would still the voice OF facdOnalism.
He would carry every doubtful State,
States doubtful. Applause. Enthu-
siasm would take the place of
apathy, and would grow, and still grow as the
leaves were falling, till the dreary November
was made ripe and glorious by the peans of
Democratic victory. Loud cheers.]
M'DONALD PUT FORWARD.
When the State of Indiana was called, Mr..
hendricks came forward amidst a burst Of
enthusiasm lasting several minutes. Upon a
pnrtial subsidence of the noise a wild gallery
delegate, with voice like rolling mill,
shouted: "Three cheers for the old ticket"
and they were given with extra
ordinary vigor. He said that the people
Federal affairs, and that if the convention
would give them half an opportunity they
would execute that purpose in the election of
President the coming fall. [Cheers. He be-
lieved the nominee Of the convention would
be chosen President of the United States, the
first Inaugurated Democratic Pres
ldent in twenty-four years. [Cheers.l
He spoke Of the official corruption of the Re-
publican party, and referred to Secretary
Chambers recent testimony before the Senate
Committee, in which he said that the defalca-
lions in one of his bureaus would not exceed
$4,000, and yet forty years ago an admins
tration had gone down because of defalca-
tion of $50. .0C0, and that the only one. Inregard
to the civil service, he said that there were
would not ask that they should be driven out Of
office. None but such should be continued.
None but the fittest should survive.
THE FOREIGN POLICY.
Referring to the foreign policy of the gov
ernment he said that 1t would be a beautiful
spectacle if this Republic, so strong, so secure.
should lead the nations in q movement for
permanent peace and for the relief of the peO-
pie everywhere from standing armies and
Wasteful war. He then came down to the
main subject of his speech and suggested for
the consideration of the convention a citizen
of the State of Indiana, Joseph E. Mcdonald.
LCheers.l He then sketehed Mr.. Nc DOnald's
career. and declared that il he were
in the White House no man who
would go to see him there would find fault
with thu candid and frank manner of his
reception. He did not speak for himself alone,
or for Mr.. Mcdonald alone, but for the great
State of Indiana, which had instructed her
delegates to present Mr.. McDonald's name 70
this great convention. No matter where the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
lived, Indiana had always been found true,
but that fact should not come in judgment
against her.
INDIANA NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED.
They should not say from election to cleo
tion, and from convention TO convention, that
fhax~ aaf rAF11I oh In aa ha1s
vote was sure, but that they must take care,
he would say by way of illustration. of New
York. Laughter and applause. Mr. Nc
Donald was a man of good judgment and of
high character, and his name was presented
by great State. He, therefore, presented
that name, and all he asked was justice.
Gen. Black, of Illinois, seconded the nomi-
tion Of Mcdonald. They would present, he
said, platform which would appeal
to the sober judgment of the
people. They also needed man
whose antecedents, known of all men, cOnsti-
tuted a satisfactory answer to all reasonable
objections. They needed a man whose views
on all public questions could be found with
out a search warrant and determined without
an inquisition. Mcdonald was such a man.
He had favored the monetiZation of silver
and the saving OF the Pacific coast from Coolie
servile labor. A wise legislator, true tinan-
cier, a brave statesman, his record glittered
with the stars of truth and all might see its
glory. Every star in it was Democratic
star, and all its glories were those Of the peo-
pie. [Cheersl.
THURAIAN'S PRESENTATION.
John w. Breckenridge, of California, in
troduced by the Chairman as a son of the last
Democratic Vice President, who not un-
Justly deprived of his Office, came to the plat
form. He said that the delegates from Cali
fornia had been instructed to present for the
consideration of the convention a man who
needed no eulogy, whose name was IN the
hearts of the whole American people. man
who, if nominated, would be the
That man was Allan G.. Thurman, of
Ohio. TCheers. For more than twenty years
Thurman had been the boldest and ablest ad-
vOcate of Democratic doctrines and Of Demo-
cratic principles. The only objection urged
against him was that Ohio was an October
State. The reply to that was that this was
not State convention, but national con-
The nomination of Thurman was indorsed
by Gen. Durham Ward, of Ohio, who declared
that Ohio would be the battle ground of the
Presidential election. The Democracy could
win without it, but if the Democracy carried
Ohio in October the battle would be already
won.
THE DEMOCRATIC AJAX.
The Democrats wanted an Ajax with he'll
met and spear to thunder along the line and
deal death giving blows to the foe. Allan g.
Thurman was that Ajax in intellect, in cour-
age in adherence to constitutional law in de-
fense of the rights of the masses, in defiance
of the power of monopolies, and in defiance of
peer except Tilden. Applause The DEM
ocracy had carried the State of Ohio in the
last two annual elections and with Thurman
as the Presidential candidate 1T would carry
it again next October. He was no calloW
politician, but was colossal figure in the
Democratic party. Applause.
1t was observable that part of the Ohio dele
CATION refused to participate in the applause
that greeted the name of Thurman.
KENTUCKY's FAvoRITE SON.
James A. Mckenzie, of Kentucky next
came to the platform and in the name of the
State, which he said would give $4,000 major
itymtO the Democratic nominee, nominated
tn Wpresent distinguished Speaker OF the
American House of Commons, John g. Car
Isle. In all the essential characteristics of
manliness, courage, ability and patriotism,
Carlisle was the peer Of any great name
that had or would be mentioned in connec-
ton with that office. No name carried with
it more of the talismanic charm or more of the
respect Of the American people than his. He
was man not born for small or selfish things
He was a man to whom dishonOr was un-
known. He was one made up of greatness,
one who had a victorious birthright in his
name alone. 1t might be urged that he came
from the wrong side of the Ohio river, but if
the statutes of limitation was ever to run then
that plea ought to begin now. [Cheers.
THE TATfOoED MAN SHOWN UP.
He contrasted Carlisle and Blaine, the first
as being a man on whom every god had
seemed to set his seal, the other as leprous
with accusation and covered aud tattOoed all
over. Applause. When the forces of Oliver
Cromwell were lying on their arms awaiting
battle they frequently engaged IN angry dis
when the order to charge came down the line
from old Ironsides and that the forces
Of Prince Rupert were IN front,
no thought but victory until success
crowned the arms OF the Protector
So, when the Chairman of the convention