, 1884-07-13
.&@4 y 1914 l..I.
The Ex-senator Speaks at His
Home
And Receives Lusty Applause
From His Neighbors.
Cleveland Gets Thousands of
Congratulatory kilograms.

Hendricks Speaks.

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tended Democratic meeting to ratify the
nominations of Cleveland and Hendricks
was held here tonight. Messrs. Hendricks
and Mcdonald were escorted to the place
of speaking by a new political labor or
ganization known as the "AutOcrats. -
The meeting was called to order by Austin
II. Brown and William H. English was
made chairman. Mr.. Hendricks was re-
ceiyed with genuine enthusiasm which
seemed to inspire him. and he spoke with
more than usual ease and H%uency.
His remarks were as follows:
My fellow citizen, you are almost as
mad as they were in the convention at
Chicago. [Great cheering. | thought
they would not stop up there at all, and |
thought there was no limit to the crowd of
people there, but | find there is a larger
crowd here. | am very much encouraged
and delighted to meet you on this occa-
sion. You come to celebrate and to ex-
press your approval of the nominations
that were made at Chicago. | am glad
that you are cordial in this expires
sion. This is a great year with Us. Every
fourth year we elect two great officers
of the Government. This year
is our great year, and every man whatever
his party, is called upon to reconsider all
questions upon which he is disposed TO
act, and having reconsidered to cast his
vote in favor of what he believes 10 be
right. The Democracy of Indiana APP
pointed me one of the delegates to the
convention at Chicago. [ spent nearly a
week in attendance in that city, and now
[ return 10 say a few things to you, and
only a few things in regard to that con-
v%ention. 1t was the largest convention
ever held in America. Never has such
an a~ssemblage of people been seen before.
1t was a convention marked in its charac-
ter for sobriety, deliberationand purposes.
1t selected two men TO carry the banner,
and leaving that convention and going
out before the people, the question is
"Will you help carry that banner?
[Great cheering and cries ''Wc will do
it'll. | do not expect-I have no rightto
expect-that I will escape criticism and
| may be the slanderer of the opposite
party. [ have not in my life suffered from
that, but | come before you, Democrats.
Conservatives, Independents, all men who
wish to restore the government to the po-
sition it occupied before these corrupt
times, and to all such men | make my
appeal for your support for the high office
for which | have been nominated by the
Democracy at Chicago. [Great applause.
| Governor Cleveland is the nominee for
President, 4 man promoted to that high
Office by the largest majority ever decid-
ing an election in that state, He is Il man
of established honesty and of character,
and if you will elect him to the Presidency
ofthe United States, you will not hear of
Star Routes in the postal service of the
country under his administration.
Cheers. [ will tell what we need-Demo-
Gratis and Republicans will alike agree upon
that we need have books in government
offices opened for examination, [Cheers
and cries THAT is it Do you think
that men at this age never yield 10 temp
tation? Laughter 1t is only W
weeks ago that one of these secretaries at
Washington was called before the Senate
Committee to testify in regard to the CON
dition of his department, and in that de
partment was u bureau of medicine and
surgery. 1t that department the examin-
alton was being had by the committee
from the Senate, and it was ascertained
by the oath of the Secretary that sits at
the head of the department that defalca-
ton was found during last year, as far as
it had been estimated. was $4,000 and
when asked about it he said that he had
received Il letter u year ago informing HIM
of some of these outrages, and n short
time since somebody had come to him and
| told him there were frauds going on in the
service, but the members of Congress had
recommended the continuance of
the head of the bureau with
such earnestness that he thought
it must be all right, and now it turns out
that the public is $4,000 out and how
much more no man, | expect, can now
tell. But what is the remedy2 To have
a President that will appoint a head of
bureau that will investigate the condition
of the books and bring all the guilty par
ties to trial. [Cheers and cries Of That
is til My fellow citizens, l believe for
I such a duty as this, for the purpose of
maintaining the United States Govern
nient for the people Of this country, can
commend to your condolences Governor
: Cleveland, of New York. [Great cheer
ing.l Not long since there were troubles
n the local government Of tile city OF
Buffalo and the conservative people of
{ that city nominated Governor Cleveland
as candidate for Mayor, not upon a party
ticket but upon Il citizens ticket, with the
/ duty assigned to him Of correcting the
evils that prevailed in the government OF
the city of Buffalo. He was elected and
/. entered upon the duties of his Office, and
made corrections in the management OF
$ the affairs of that city 30 clearly, so well
defined, that the people Of New York