National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-06

tent OF his power lCheewl Another thing |
| wish To say. Ii may be said that | hold o.Tcc.
do, and for it ! nm indebted to Rutherford y.
Hayes, u most excellent gentleman. VINO dill
hOhor 10 the great olcCof president. IcaMc here
| nspeak for tue man who is now President, bat
| lhe day lns come when mau can saic,y come
| mere aud oppose the head of the national
administration. There (puintiug to the New York
! delegation sits my friend, Judie Robertson, of
the state OF New York. tho collector Of the port Of
| New York, coming here like nn honest man aud
a brave hearted man, TO carry out his views, d.
| recty In opposition to the chief executive Of tue
| nation. Applause ana laughterl And he Is
| here with perfect safety TO perform that service.
| / am bound to say-and / would despsc myself
forever did not say it-muCh has been sid about
new Ofk state politics, much has been satd about
! the New York machine, with Roscoe Conkng
and Thomas @. Plat turning the crank of tho
machine Ilnughter have, sir, TO prove that Mr.
Arthur has not prOsttutCd his office TO the pur-
poses of faction. / have but to point to the iuct
lhat Roscoe Conkliug has given his whole inlu-
ence against Mr.; Arthur and that Thomas G.
Platt the mun that resigned his Office the man
that could not stay in Ggrield's administration
because Mr.. Blaine was so wicked US to per.
suado Mr. Garfield to nominate Mr.. Robertson
night as delegate. l am one Of those nlel-
am an old man, hut am one Of tho,e
politics, have uttered Just the sentiments ihat
feel and believe. If It be the last act of my life
want to call the attention of this convention TO
the, exhibition that we had here tonight, as an
evidence that the executive chamber, iflt was
ever otherwise, IS not now caucus room OF fac.
ton. lApplausel Now the people, when We 70
down tu our homes, will say, "What means thisG'
Mr.. Arthur has everybody's commendatiun The
politicians met ut Chicago aud were compelled by
the force Of public opinion to give their un.
qualified oommendation for the administra;
ton of Chester A. Arthur and
dent when you took the chair, in speaking
of the great and glorious men whose names would
you said this, that Chester A. Arthur had Justly
won the commentator "wel done, good aud
faithful servant" Sir you quoted from, a bouk--
the well doing and faithful servant? Turned olt
into brush pasture to starve? That is not the
dociriue of that book-the good and faithful
servant Is everywhere promised his reward That
is n wonderfully good book, and, for q digrcssiun.
let me say to the young gentlemen, not members
friend Ingersoll last night, that there is great
deal Of most instructive and interesting reading
In that book If they shall have the grace to attend
/ said the people Rro full Of determination in
this matter, The democratic party are watching
for breach IN our army. They have their lances
at rest, they have their spears ponted, and when.
ever we open our armour they are ready to
pierce p,iI the republican party to the heart What
you are You have been pratlng ten years about
reform in the civil service. You have been prating
tration. You have found one yourselves as you
say, and yet for the purpose of taking up some
body else you have struck down and cast into OBJ
iyion, as far as you have the power to do II, the
very man who has done the work you said you
GOULD 40. aud have spent ten years preparing for
do anSiRng They had tRSr civil rOSe soT.
vice. reformer, they had their Pendleton
IN Ohio, They clacked him loudly. They patted
him on the back when he made mis- speeches for
civil service reform, but when he came down
to Ohio for recognition, 10 be returned to the
senate, they ,whistled him down tho wind.
II will do well to strengthen their party, but 1t
won streng then u These men, our constituents,
will look into this In the days of James II
and he imprisoned all the bishops. and among
them was Trelawney, from Cornwall. the Bishop
of Bristol The Cornish men were very much ex-
ttnf nd tpnN La Il "a
this
Shall Trelawney dieH
Shall Trelawney die?
Then 10000 Cornish men will know the reason
and in this case strike down Arthur and not 10000
republicans, but thirty times $1,000 republicans,
will know the reason why. Applause.l
, NOW, my friends have presented substantially
the action which intend to take. We have in
every cuse since the republican party was formed
done two things-we have, when our presi.
dent has finished his term, renominated
in the case of Mr.. Hayes, who re-
fused denomination laughterl and we gave
him second term. We refused to give Gen.
as we regarded him-the third term.
These are the traditions of the party. The COM
mon understandings of the party. / have but to
quote letter from the most distinguished states
man in the northeasterly portion of this union.
written on the 2Oih of december, 1880, |
in view Of the incoming administration
minlstration not at all directing its energies for
re- election. yet compelling the result by the
logic, of events and the ,imperious necessities
says the community, and 10 win say
may adopt such course as to concllate the |
solid, anxious men of the republican party, so
that victory in November-so important to the |
well being of this country-may again perch it.
self as fo tweny-iour years 1t has done upon the
republican banner.
II. Ii. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, seconded