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new blood of the country, tie name o
Grover Cleveland. Cheers
The nomination OF Cleveland vas second
ed by Messrs. Harrison of Illinois and Jones
: of Minnesota.
Grndy's speech Against Cleveland.
Thomas j. Grady of New York then cam,
} to the platform. A point of order wal
raised that unless GRADY was going t.
second nomination he was not now in oldc
but the chairman overrucd the poin
and said that as he had recognized Grady
that gentleman must be heard. Grady sale
he should be glad 10 second Cleveland'S
nomina. ion except that he knew that gentle
man could not carry New York. The sure
and unerring test Of that fact was that the
last Democratic convention of New York
was equally divided against him and the
delegates at large were divided between his
friends and opponents. AT TINS point MI
Braggs Of Wis onslu rose to make POI mi
order, but his voice was drowned by shout
and yells from the galleries. When there
was some degree of of order the point OF
order made by Bragg was waived and Grady
was allowed to proceed by unanim ms con
sent. Continuing, Grady SAID the olJ CT OF
the convention was to make II nomination
for the Presidency TINT would he ratified by
| the people AT the polls. He did not cmlm
hat The Irish or Catholics wee against
Cleveland, but the anti MOnopollst elements
Ui the State aud the labDring ntercs OF the
state, Catholic and T. Il, slapt, Irish, Ger
tntn and AnItii,an were opposed to his
nomination and would b. opposed to his
election. Cleveland had been elect d in
| 1882 by n majority of l92 600 but the Last
election in thnt State showed Republican
majority Of 1887 making II change "i
| 2l1 600 ia the Democratic vote. Grady
went on To discuss hc veto Ot the elevated
railroad bill and T., show how that veto was
| Injurious To the " rklug classes. Tie dCclar-
ed the State Of New York could not be
carried by Cleveland, not because of any
| IRISH question or III any Catholic qdesll ~,
but because Of the Monopoly gus ion
IN which people haia dee, seated feeling
t lat TO uian could tc worse TO them in tn 1t
regard than Cleveland. lie knew OF but
one occasion On which Cleveland had be,
called upon t. show his hand ~ to whelhtr
| ne was DrmOCratlc or som thing else and
Cleveland proved at thu time to be some-
| thing else. lie IT. nj, d that the fight against
| Gle vtllnu was the $ ine !ht as had been
| made eight years ago against the candidate
who was to come from New York, and some
| man should be taken who would not he
antag nized 10y these anasOnl1tic elements,
but the democracy Of New York took no
such position. The Democracy could carry
New York for Thurman, B4yard Mellon
Md or Randall but not tor Cleveland. New
York was IA safe Slute if the Democratic
party was kept sOlid tut not otherwise.
Grady was frequently Interrupted by shouts
and yells from the galleries, such cries as
Make that spt ech for Blaine" being heard.
The chairman finally threatened to have the
galleries cleared If order was not maintained
and Grady was alb we'd TO finish his speech,
not however without interruption.
Mr.. Cochrane Of New York In behalf of
the minority Of the New York delegation
came to the platform to second one of the
nominations Cochrane declared amid
shouts of incredulous laughter that no per-
SON felt more kindly than he to Cleveland,
but he was too old a friend of mis- to wish to
SEE him nominated for the Presidency. He
WAS asked to give the name of the candidate
| whose nomination he seconded, his answer
was that he would name one who never
could be called guilty of n single act favor
| ing corporate institutions a man who
had never prostituted the executive
| power to veto bills that were conceived in
the interest of the laborlng man, whose
hair had grown white IN the interest of the
country. He warned the convention against
II repetition of that insanity, that folly, that
faulty which had affected the Democracy
for the last twenty years. He hoped ali
| these leading quest ms would be lett to be
settled by the State Of New York itself, aud
that the convention would pause before it
invaded that unwilling State. He appealed
to the convention to ralify the nomination of
that grand old Democrat" Allan G. Thur
| man OF Ohio.
| Speech of VT Apgar New York.
Mr.. Apg4r Of New York took the floor and
said: Il desire merely to recall to your
mind another scene than this, but one strik-
ingly similar in its features. Eight years
ago | sat with the New York delegation in
that great exposition building in the city of
ST. Louis when the New York delegation
there sent,d To that convention the name
Of Samuel j. Tilden to he the nominee for
Pr, sidcnl Of the United 5 ates. Then AS
now the minority of the delegation resisted
at every step that nomination. Then rs
now the leader Of the organization viii b
these two gentlemen have represent
ed, took the platform and told you
that Mr.. Tlden could not by any posi-
hiity carry the Sta'e OF New York. APP
pause that his ma iorily owing to the
opposition of Tammrny Hall in the city of
New York wodld be 50 cut down it would
be hopeless for him TO carry the State. That
convention in its wisdom diSrcgardeC
the voice OF these gentlemen and
placed Til'ien in nomination. WHAT
was the resul, ? In every city Of
New York where these gentlemen had pre-
| n, A. IA.
ceived majority of 81, 600 Tue circum
, stances are not changed. Tilden was gov
ernOr of the State; SO is Cleveland. Tlldel
had been made governor because of his con
nccliou with municipal reform 50 wa
Clev land. Applause AS Tildeu wa!
nominated 10 the Presidency because hi
two years as governor had commended hin
to the. people Of the whole United
States, such is Ccvcand's situation
, For more than fifteen years the bal
! ance Of power in the State o
l New York has been held by a large unat
tractive vote which belongs to nethe
r political organic .lion. We have iu tn
State probably about 600 900 votes who wi
: vote the Democratic ticket no matter whol
you may nominate. We have about $50, 90
v.ters who Will vote the Republican tlckt
! under any and all circumstances. Nov
outside Of both CT these organization
there arc 100000 men in III
State of New York who d
not care whether the Democratic party {
0 the Republican party rs such snail carry tn
election. They vote in every election az
a cording to the issues and candidates preseu
h ed. These men absolutely hold control {
IL the politics of New York 10 their hand
1t You must have their votes you capn'
" win. Every time for twenty years pa
A. | when we hav. appealed to this element vi
A. tory has purched upon our banners Whs
" we have failed to do 80 def, at Ia
come. These men unitedly to a ms
inploie this convention to nominate Go
D. Cleveland to the office of President. The
I'd ask you to place him in nonnati N in ord
:, tina, all the elements opposed to the long
v continuance of the Republican party
ut power may lie united AMI make its dcfc
1t entirely certain" Loud applause.