Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-09
EASTERN NEWS.
TiIien'S Response TO The National
Democratic Convention.
e RETURNS THAMES FOE TIE aEso-
LUTON CONCERNING HIN.
Blaine Still Hippodroming
Through Ohio.
psRiIoUs SITUATION OF EMPLOYEES ON
LAKE MICHIGAN.
TIE Federation Of TIE Trades and Labor
Unions in Session.
ESPECIAL TO The sESTISEL.l
Golden Words.

INV luna wv
Tilden's response to q committee of the
National Democratic Convention convey
ing TO him the resolutions of that body:
G~RAYsToSE, n. Y, Oct. 8.-To the
| Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Commit
tee: l thank you for the kind terms in
which you nave communicated the resolu-
ton concerning me, adopted by the late
| Democratic National Convention. Ishare
your convictions that reform in the ad-
minissration Of the Federal Government is
our great national want, and is indeed
| essential to the restoration and preserva-
ton of the Government itself. This re-
form can be achieved only through the
agency of the Democratic party, and by IN
stalling its representative in the Chief Mag
istracy Of the United States. The historical
traditions of the Democratic party, the
principles in which it grew up in the pro-
Ionged possession Of power, and the ma
ture of the elements which constitute it,
all contribute to qualify it for that mis-
sion. The opposite Characteristic and CON-
ditions which attach TO the Republican
party make il hopeless TO expect that that
party will be able TO give a better govern
uIent than the debsslng system OF abuses
which, during its ~ascendancy, has afflicted
official and political life in this country.
The Democratic party had its origin in the
efforts Of the more advanced patriots Of
the revolution, to resist the peryersloD OF
our Government from the idea contem-
plated by the people. Among its conspic-
upous founders are Benjamin Franklin
and Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams and
John Hancock Of Massachusetts,, George
Clinton and Robert +. Livingston of New
York, and George Wythe and James Madi-
son of Virginia, and from the election of
Mr.. Jefferson, as President in 1900, for 60
years, the Democratic party mainly di-
rected our national policy. 1t extended
the boundaries Of the Republic, and laid
the foundation Of all Of our national
greatness, while it preserved the limita-
lions imposed by the Constitution, and
maintained a simple and pure system Of
domestic administration. On the other
hand, the Republican party has always
been dominated by principles which favor
legislation for the benefit of particular
classes, at the expense of the body of the
people. 1t has become deeply tainted
with abuses which naturally grow
during the hong possession of unchecked
power, especially in the period Of civil
war and false finance. The patriotic and
virtuous elements in it are now unable to
emancipate it from the sway Of selfish in
ierests which subordinate public duty to
| personal greed. The most hopeful of the
best citizens it contains despair OF it's
amendment, except through its temporary
expulsion from power. 1t has been
b%oastingly asserted by a Massachusetts,
statesman, struggling to reconcile himself
aud his followers to their Presidential can
didate, that the Republican party contains
a disproportionate share Of the wealth,
the culture, and the intelligence Of the
country. The ~unprincipled Grafton,
when tainted by James II. with his per-
sonsl want Of conscience, answered: THAT
is true, but l belong TO a party that has
q great deal of conscience" Such rea-
soners forget that the same claim has been
made in all ages and countries, by the de-
tenders OF old wrongs against new reforms.
1t was alleged by the Tories Of the Ameri-
can revolution against the patriots of that
day; it was repeated against Jefferson, and
afterwards against Jackson, and it il
olA@6Co ~ VIZ Cbo N1kA a6aA4b kllJ5G
who, in England, are now endeavoring to
enlarge the popular suffrage. All history
shows that reforms in the government
must not be expected from those who sit
serenely on the social mountain, en-
ploying the benefits of the existing order
of things. Even the Divine author of
our religion found his followers not among
the sell. complacent Pharisees, but among
the lowly-minded fishermen. The Repub-
lican party is largely made up Of those
who live by their wits, and who aspire in
politics to the advantage over mankind
similar to those which their daily lives are
devoted to securing in private business.
The Democratic party consists largely Of
those who live by the work of their hands,
and whose political action is governed by
their sentiments or imagination. 1t re.
suits thai the Republican party can be
mouldered to the support of reform meas
ures which involve a sacrifice OF selfish in.
t~erests. The indispensable necessity of
our lives is a change of administration in
the great Executive officer of the country.
This, is my Judgment, can only be accom-
plished by the election of the Democratic
candidates for President and Vice Presi.
dent. ~(Signed): SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
To r.. M. Henry, Chairman, B. B,
Smalley and others OF the Special Com
mittee of the Democratic National Con-
vention.
PerilOus Situation.
CHICAGO. Oct. 8.-A storm on Lake
Michigan, last night, blew way a small
shanty in which some laborers we're en-
ployed in the Inlet Lake Tunnel at HYDE
Park. 1t was set on piles in the lake
about a mile from the shore. There were
16 men in all employed in the inlet, and
by the carrying away Of the shanty they
were left clinging to stringers on a beam
in the most perilous position. One man
came ashore on a plank near South Chi
cago and it is feared the others have been