St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-10

| discarded and the new ones should be advanced
to the highest places of trust, and am free to
confess, and on this subject Iehallenge the judg-
ment Of this convention, challenge the recol-
lection of every honest, and fair, and every i'm
| partial man within the hearing Of my voice, what
! reasons have been advanced for this, why are we
asked to take this plunge in the dark, to subject
| the future fortunes of our party to the hazards
| OF lottery, to thrust our hands into bag and
bring out an unknown number, which may turn
out Regeneration and Moses for the party, or
may turn out false prophet, that it would be
much better we had never discovered. APP
| pause.
Referring to some remark made by Mayor
Harrison in his speech, Mr.. Cochran said:
The gentleman from Illinois, the distinguished
mayor of this city, whose appearance on this
platform was greeted 1 believe by large re-
| cruiting of the numbers in the gallery, to whom
the doors were thrown open by the acts Oh MS
police, the gentleman from Illinois, who knows
Chicago well, has assumed to speak OF the poll
| tics Of New York state. Gentlemen, he may
know something about these, but if he does ne
has carefully concealed them while he was upon
| this platform. He has assumed to speak Tor the
! Catholic church as if he were her eldest son. l
| for my part regret that the name of a religious
| body should even be breathed
within this convention IApplause.
We believe the altar of God is a place
where peace prevails and harmony, passions are
| not known, and as man who believes IN his
| creed and hopes that the vast majority of this
convention of the Christian type of character,
trust the creeds will not appear here to be
| dragged in the mire of partisan discussion. APP
| plause. And sincerely trust, gentlemen. that
| that question will not be launched into the poll
| tics of this campaign, whatever be the result OF
| this convention. But when the gentleman from
! Illinois makes it. it is at least evidence that
! there is some suspicion through the land that
some grave political discussion will be engen-
4 1arpd iutn thia which is inevitable and in
| able from presidential contests. The man whose
nomination ] have seconded, in 1876,
when partisan bigotry ran riot
! through the state of Ohio, when lanterns
bearing Inscriptions calculated to arouse the
worst passions of the human heart, were being
borne over every highway, and the confidence of
the people in the system of common school edu-
cation was being disturbed by the most
violent appeals to their passions, the grand old
Allan G. Thurman, of Ohio, was raised like
| lightning rod in storm, and conducted it harm
| lessly into the ground. His was the first voice
| that raised amidst the commotion and caused
it to be still and peace to prevail throughout the
! length and breadth of that community.
| Mr.. Coochran concluded as follows: Since the
majority of the delegation present are naming
Tiden, let us name a man who stands next to
him in the eye of the country and in the eye of
tho whole world. Applause. We have been
| told that the mantle of Tilden has fallen on the
shoulders of Cleveland. Gentlemen, when the
mantle that fits the shoulders of a giant shall
fall on those of dwarf, the result is disastrous
| to the dwarf. Laughter The shoulders of
Mr. Cleveland can uphold that ample mantle
the shoulders of Allan G. Thurman can fill
every crease, every crevice and every part
| of that garment Loud applause. Name him
gentlemen of the convention to the Democracy
! of this nation and thus perform an act which will
| give them confidence now that you asking
| them to trust you, and accomplish complete
froir c1f+I 1o n
not ask to have all the financial relations of this
man. to have all the delicate questions of foreign
/ and domestic policy which must be disturbed
and readjusted with the coming of the Democ-
racy into power, subjected to the uncertain
chances of what may happen if an untried man
| be chosen for the presidency. Give us a states
man in whose life we can show to the people that
reason for their confidence which is essential
to success. Do not trust so
much to availability or to getting votes, try for
votes, try to deserve the votes, and 1 am salts
fed the votes will come TGreat applause.
! As Mr. Cochran concluded there were loud
cries for Fellows, of New York, but he remained
| in his seat.
Mr.. Noonan, of Missouri simply want to
know whether this is session of the New York
delegation at Albany. or whether we are here for
the purpose of attending to business in the city
of Chicago. We are tired of this thing now.
am getting tired. A voice, sit down.
The chair-The gentleman is not in order.
Mr.. Apgar, of New York-Mr Chairman and
gentlemen of the convention: 1 pray your in
diligence for the briefest possible period, while
| in behalf of large majority of the New York
delegation, which by vote of 81 to II, instruct
ed the chairman of our delegation to present to
I this convention the name of Gov. Cleveland APP
| plausel for the nomination for president of the
| United States. | shall make no detailed argu-
ment. | desire merely to recall to your mind to
! another scene than this, but one strikngy SINH
| lar in its features. Eight years ago | sat with
/ New York delegation in that graft exposition
| building in the city of st. Louis when the New
| York delegation there presented to that
| convention the name of Samuel j. Tilden to be
nominated for president of the United States
| Then, as now, minority of the delegation re-
! sisted at every step that nomination. Then as
| now, the leader of the organization which these
! gentlemen have represented, then, as now the
leader of that organization took platform and told
you that Mr.. Tilden could not by any possibility
carry New York. Applause. That majority,
owing to the opposition of Tammany, owing to
| the opposition of the labor element, owing to
other opposition that Mr.. Tildens majority in the
| city of New York would be so cut down that it
would be hopeless for him to carry the state
That the convention in its wisdom disregarded
| the voice of these men, and placed Tilden in
nomination, what was the result? In every city
OF New York which these men had predicted
| the principal detection. Mr.. Tilden received
majority of $4,000, Circumstances are not
changed. Mr.. Tflden was governor OF the state
so is Gov. Cleveland. (Applause.) Mr.. Tilden
had been made president because Of his connec-
ton with reform, was Gov. Cleveland ZAP
plause.) Mr.. Tildeu was nominated for the pres-
idency because his two years as governor had
commended him to the people of the whole
United States, SO has Gov. Cleveland. The stu
alton is simple one. For more than twelve
years past the balance of power in the state o.
New York has been held by q large unattached
vote, which belongs to mo party or organization.
we have in the state probably about 800. 600 vot
who will vote the Democratic ticket no mar
ter whom you may nominate. We have abput
$4,000 voters who will vote the Republican tick
ct under any and all circumstances Now. ont
side of both these organizations there are 100 Ooo
more in the state of New York who do not care
a snap whether the Democratic party or Repub1i
can party, as such, shall carry the election They
vote in every election according to the candidates
These men absolutely hold the control of the
politics of New York in their hands They are
the balance of power You must have their votes
or you can't win. Every time for ten
years past when we have appealed TO this ele
ment, victory has perched upon our banners
When we have failed to do so defeat has corae
These men, united to man. implore thia con-
vention with the vast majority of the Democrat
ic party represented by the delegates of the Dem
ocratfc party in this convention. I fmnlore vor,
to nominate Gov. Tilden's successor. elected
governor for the same causes, they ask Won 10
place him III nomination in order that all the ole
ments opposed to the longer continuance Of the
Republican, party In power may be united and
make its defeat entirely certain FApplause
A gentleman from Missouri took the floor t,t
on motion Of Gen. Palmer, of Illinois. after con.
siderable delay, at 30 p. III the rules were
suspended and a recess taken till 10.30to-,nor-
row morning.
Il Diplomatic Insyrer.
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