The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-10

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E. of Il IN N, worthy to receive the nom
n natl m He did so under a realizin
If sense ethe great responsibility res
l, ing on the convention, to act so tbs
le he ar at opportunity which God hin
le self (hA reverently believed) had give
them. should not pass away 1nin
- proyrd. The republican nominatio
> had fl ing defiance into the face G
q American manhood and had shocke
q the conscience of the best men in tina
y party. Such a nomination was
v sign of decadence of that great part
!, not sign of increasing strength
The democracy called for candidat
o who had been tried in the balance
and never found wanting. The dem
, ocrats demanded statesman who's
. wisdom and experience were known
? 1t demanded leader whose chiyal
rous conduct would never falter ant
who could and would, bring to tn,
dust the "plumed knight" of false
pretence, of all personal dishonor, Il
demanded man with a private
character, which could defy the
malignant tongue of slander. 1t de
manded man who should be, in his
public and private character, the very
antithesis and opposite of the nominee
of the republican party. CHEERS.
The man who was all this and more.
and whose name was now leaping
from their lips to their mouths, was
Thos. F. Bayard. cloud cheers.) Mr..
Bayard, as candidate, would make
no mistake. His name would still the
voice of faction. He would carry
every doubtful state, and which were
now doubtful republican states. CAD
plause) Enthusiasm would take che
place of apathy, and would grow and
Still grow as the leaves were fallen.
until the decay of November was made
ripe and glorious by the poems of
democratic victory. cloud cheers.
When the state of Indiana was call
ed Mr.. Hendricks, of that state, came
to the platform amid great applanse)
He said the people demanded change
in the management of federal affairs,
and if the convention would give
them half an opportunity they would
execute that purpose in the election
of a president in the coming fall.
Cheers. He believed the nominee
of this convention would become the
president of the United States-the
first inaugurated democratic president
in "a years. Cheers. He spoke of
the official corruptions of the repub-
lican party, and referred to
Secretary Chandler recent testimony
before senate committee, in which
he said that the defalcation in one of
his bereauS would not exceed $4,000,
and yet, forty years ago, an adminis-
tration had gone down because of a
defalcation of $60,000 In regard to
civil service, he said there were men
f ability in the public service, and he
would not ask that they should be
driven out of the offices, but should be
continued None others but the fit
test should survive.
Referring to the foreign policy of
the government, he said it would be a
beautiful spectacle if this republic
SO strong, so Secure-should lead the |
nations in movement for perma-
uent peace, and for the relief of the |
people everywhere, from standing |
armies and wasteful war. He then |
came down to the subject of his speech |
and suggested, for the consideration |
of the convention, a citizen of Indi.
ana-Joseph r. Mcdonald. He
sketched Mr.. McDonald's career, and |
declared that if he were in
the White house no man
who would go to see him there would |
find fault with the dandid and frank |
manner of his reception. He did not |
speak for himself alone, or Mcdonald |
alone; but for the great state of In
diana, which had instructed her dele
gates to present Mr.. Mcdonald name |
to this great convention. No matter |
where the democratic candidate
for the presidency lived, Indiana had
been always found true, but that |
fact should not come in |
judgment against her. They should |
not say, from election to election, from |
convention to convention, that they |
need not trouble about Indiana, as her |
vote was sure, but they must take |
care Che would say by way of ilustra-
tion) of New Y ork. Oaughter.) Mr..
Mcdonald was man. of good judg-
ment and high character, and his
name was presented by great state.
He therefore presented that name and
all he asked was justice.
Gen. Black seconded the nomination
of Mcdonald. They should present,
he said, a platform which would ap-
peal to the sober judgment of the peo-
pie. They also needed man whose
antecedents, known of all men, con-
stituted as satisfactory answer to all
reasonable objections. They needed
a man whose views on all public
questions could be found without
search warrant, and determined with
out an inquisition, (applause).
Mr.. Mcdonald was such a
man. He favored the monetization
of silver and the saving of the Pacific
coast from the coolies servile labor.
A wise legislator, true financler,
brave statesman, his record gilt.
tered 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 people. |
[Cheers.
John W. Breckenridge, of Califor-
MIA, introduced by the chairman as |
the son of the last democratic vice |
president who was most un-
Justly deprived of his Office,
next came to the platform. He said
that the delegates from California
had been instructed to present for the |
consideration of the convention, a
man who needed no eulogv, whose
name was in the hearts of the whole
American people; man who, if nom
mated, would be the next president of
the UEMted States. That man was
Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio. For
more than twenty years, Mr.. Thur
man had been the boldest and
ablest advocate of democratic doctrine
and democratic principles. The only
objection urged against him was that
Ohio was an October state. The reply
to that was that this was not state,
but national convention.
The nomination of Mr.. Thurman
was endorsed by Gen. Durben Ward,
of OLio. He declared that Ohio would
be the battle-ground of the presiden-
tial election. Ii the democrats car
ried Ohio in October the battle would
be already won. They wanted an
Ajax, with heimetI and spear
to thunder along the line and
deal death giving blows t.
the foe. Mr.. Thurman
was that Ajax. In intellect, In cour-
age, in adherence to constitutional
law, in defiance of the rights of the
masses, in defiance of the power OF
monopolies, in defence of the corrup-
tions OF the age. Mr. Thurman had no
peer except Mr.. Tilden, (applause)
| The democrats had carried the state
of Ohio in the last two annual elect
| ions and, with Thurman as the presl-
Dental candidate, it would carry il
again next November. He
was no shallow politi-
clan but was the colossa.
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