Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-17
POR CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS
Dccsscrats Full OF Enthusiasm for the
5andidatPS
New York Times.I

| Eighth avenue and Twcnty-1rst street,
Chairman john Jero'oman congratulated
the delegates who had attended the Chicago
Convention uIon the wise choice made in
In nominating Cleveland. The delegates
had given great satisfaction TO their con-
stituents and to the public in general.
For the first time i'm twenty years,
continued Nj. Jerolonlan. the Repub.
leans OF the district In which he
lived ~ mitted that this time the Demo
Gratis had made no mistake, and that their
platform was good one, which any one
could al prove, irrespective Of party allilia-
| lions. lie bad cOnVersed with 10 or 30 OF
his eighbors, and had felt gratifed TO
learn that all tie Republicans in the block
where be lived. which usually gave o ma
iority Of % or 100 for the Republican
ticket. would this year vote for Cleveland.
! They admired the Governor a. an upright
ana honest official. who sought for the
welfare Of the people, and who never
allowed himself to De controlled by any
clique or ring. The speaker had also con-
vcrsed with labOTing-men. and found the
statement 20 be incorrect that they were Op-
| posed TO Cleveland. That class did not re-
| gard him as the horrible creature that Mr..
Grady bad painted. In conversation with
! German ana Jewish citizens Mr.. JerOlOm0n
| found ii EN- enthusiastic for the Governor,
| and among his own clients the Republicans
! were even more enthusiastic than ne was
| himself. He hoped that the commit
! would open its doors and receive all these
/ citizens into its fold II was then resolved
! ~ call for a meeting OF the General Con-
nittee Of the district tomorrow evening 10
| organize a Cleveland and Hendricks Cam
| pSign Club. committee was appointed
! 10 prepare banner and Transparency.
The members OF the county Democracy
] In the Mir eteenth Assembly district met It
| Seventeen street and the Boulevard. and
| appointed a committee TO make arrange
nents 10 form a Cleveland and Hendricks
club and to arrange for grand ratification
meeting to be held in about ten days.
A rousng Cleveland and Hendricks rail-.
fcatiOn meeting was held by the Jefferson
Club OF the Eighteenth Assembly district.
James Mccartney presided. Resolutions
| endorsing the candidates were passed and
speeches were made by eX-hldcrman
Robert Hall, James Mccartney, John Me-
cure, Philip \. Morris, James J.. Fitz-
| summons, Michael j. Treacy, and others.
| The speeches were eulOgistic OF Mr. Ceve-
lind, commendatoIy OF his course as Gov
/ ernor, aud pr,dictiye OF his election with
or without the support OF Tammary.
The Fourteenth Assembly District COun.
! ~ Democracy Committee held a meeting,
which was presided over by Maurice b.
Flynn. a subcommittee was appointed
to arrange for the holding OF Cleveland
! and Hendricks ratification meeting at an
early day. Resolutions were passed en-
dorsing the nominations, and IL was also
decided TO stretch Cleveland and Her.
bricks open-work banner across the street
In trout OF the clubhouse, No. 17S First
avenue.
The stand of Harpers Weekly.
The following is the leader in Hdrper'S
Heekly:
The nomination Of Governor Cleveland
defines sharply the actual issue Of the pres
identill election OF this year. He Is man
whose absolute official integrity has never
been questioned, who has no lhbOrious and
doubtful explanations to undertake, and
who is universally known rs the Governor
OF New YORK, elected by an unprecedented
majority. which was not partisan, and rep
resented both the votes and the consent Of
an enormous body of Republicans, and
who, as the Chief Executive OF the State,
has stcaLiiy w.thstOOd the Establishments
and the threat, of the worst ce-
ments OF his party, and has Justly earned
the reputation OF courageous, indie
pendent. and efficient friend and promoter
OF administrative reform. His name has
become that Of the especial representative
among our public men OF the integrity,
purity, and economy OF administration,
which are the objects Of the most intclli-
gent and patriotic citizens. The bitter and
furious hostility OF Tammany Hall and Of
General Butler TO Governor Cleveland is
his passport TO the confidence Of good men,
and the general conviction that Tammany
Will do all that it can 10 defeat him will lie
an additional incentive TO the voters who
csnnOt support Mr. Blaine, and who are
unwilling not 10 vote at all, TO secure the !
election OF candidate whom the political |
rings and the party traders inStinctVely
hate and upitedly oppose.
SO firm and "clean" and independent |
in his high Office has Governor Cleveland |
shown himself TO be that he is denounced |
as not being Democrat by his Democratic |
opponents. This denunciaiIOn springs |
from the fact that he has not hesitated TO |
prefer the public welfare TO the mere it, |
terest OF his party. Last autumn, when |
the Democratic district attorney OF Queens |
county was charged with misconduct, the |
Governor heard the accusation and the de- |
fence, and decided that it was his duty to |
remove the officer. He was asked by |
his party friends TO defer the removal |
until after the election, as otherwise the
party would lose the district by the opposi-
ton OF the attorneys friends. The Cover
nor understood his duty, and removed the
officer some days before the election, and
the party did lose the district. This kind
Of courage and devotion TO public duty ia
the teeth OF the most yiSulent opposition OF
traders OF his own party is unusual in any
public man. and il shows precisely the eX-
ecutive quality which is demanded at a
time when every form Of speculation and
fraud presses upon the public treasury
under the specious plea OF party advantage.
The argument that in an election 1t is not
q man but party that Is supported, and
that the Democratic party il less 10 be |
trusted than the Republican, Il futile at
time when the Republican party has nomi-
mated candidate whom great body OF
the most conscientious Republicans cannot
support, and the Democratic party has nom-
mated candidate whom q great body OF
tDe most yenal Democrats practically bolt
Detrust OF the Democratic party springs
from the conduct Of the very Democrats
who m2dly oppose Governor Cleveland
because they know that they cannot
use him. The mere party argument
is vain, also, because no honorable man will
Do whipped In 10 vote for a candidate
whom be believes to be personally disQuali.
fed for the presidency on the ground that
. party ought to be sustained. No honest
Republican would sustain his party for
such reason, and the honest Republicans
" no propose TO vote fer Mr.. Blaine will do
20 because they do not believe, as tho pro-
testing Republicans do believe, that he
made his official action subserye personal
advantage. Nothing Is more hopeless than
IN attempt TO persuade such Republic
ans 10 sustain their party by voting
or an unworthy candidate. Should
hey help 10 reward such eau.
iidate BY comforting upon him the highest
'fiolal honor in the world they could not
reasonably expect the nomination OF q
yothier candidate at the next election,
md they could not consistently oppose the
lection Of any candidate whom their party
night select. The time TO defeat unfit
oininations Is when they are made. not
ext time. The nomination OF Governor
Cleveland Is due not 80 much 10 the prefer
nee OF bis party aa 10 tho general demand ]
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