The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-24
NO. l..

The other party Ia stop, We have been
told that ~ the Democratic party gets
into power the good results attained hy
the war viii hc lost. We have been
told that We should oloct Blaine In order
a. make the United States respected
abroad. Other potent arguments have
been offered Ia Vi, hut We have been iui-
prrNious tu them, The question; 'Nill
yOu support the party that carries on
/ ils rclaiiuns with the aid of shot guns
aud murdcrs' was put Ia MS. No niAn
/ dcplorcs events In certain localities
moro than do, but those localities
alone should he held responsible
/ The whole South or the whole
| Democratic party should not
hc condemned because of them,
They were circumstances that no FEEDER
al Interference could have prevented
any how, We shall not vote for Blaine
nor Tor any man who Will uphold sHch
disgracchil scenes. We want for Prcsl-
dent man who j. incOrruptihle and II
| he be able and energetic as well, 80
much the better. We have not far 10
I look for such man, lie IL the Governor
Of the State of New York and the noml-
nee for the Presidency oi :hc Democratic
party, Loud cheering, half the dele
gates rising and waving hats and hand
kCrchicis, Let US put ourselves ON
record as against political corruption.
No man shall be asked for pledge here
and certainly none hc given. Let uN
consider the matter in busincss-Ilkc
way, tha: when We have concluded
our lahOrs We may go to our
homes with the knowledge that we
have done what We could FOR the
benefit of our country. Applause
" hen Goldman concluded SchurE moved
that committee he appointed to net ON
resolutions and address. Carried.
Curtis read communication from the
National Temperance society. IL was
referred to the committee OnR( solutions.
Horace T.. Dcming, of Brookiyn, said he
believed this conference should leave
behind il some mark that would show II
/ intended 10 do some fighting in this
campaign. He moved committee Ice
I appointed to report on permanent u:-
! gnniZation; carried, and committee APP
pointed, with Dcming Chairman. COM
/ inittrrs retired for consultation, and
| Col. Theodore Lyman, of Brook!in,
| Mass, made an address. lie had no "h-
lection to parties; it was dangerous
/ thing to be an Independent, for several
/ reasons. There was even the risk of
being called Il crank; but we can
only go 81 far with Il party. When "a
party ovcrstcpS the bounds of decei'N
/ il is our duty to leave ii. When n party
| fails to fulfill its mission it will die. ""
want an honorable and able man for
| prcsSidenta and believe GOV. Cleveland
| is such Il man. Thomas IL. Bacon, OF
| New Haven, said the Independent move
mcnt has grown To enormous strengths
/ it had twice defeated Blainc'S Presiuen-
/ tial aspirations in the party, and hoped
/ now To defeat them without the party.
/ He had been told that Blaine was not
nominated by any wirc-puliing or
machine work, and we lear that is true,
and if the Republican party has reached
point where it takes man, OF such a
damaged reputation as Blaine's It is
time for somebody to bolt'
Massachusetts, said he never saw more
gratitied assemblage. 1t reminded him
of the gatherings in times of the anti
slavery agitation; that movement was
successful and. he believed this would
be. He said: ~ have severed all ale
glance for the time being to the party to
which have belonged since its birth.
/ have burned my ships behind me. If
at the end OF ten years find my elf the
humblest member of the new party. |
shall accept 1t as inevitable. ! think
bolthg Is good thing sometimes"
The speaker declared that the weakest
part of the enemy was Blaine, ana the
strongest force OF ms own army was
Cleveland. Committee on resolutions
not being ready to report, recess of an
hour was taken.
Independent Republican platform:
The paramount issue of the Presidential
election of this year is moral rather
than political. 1t concerns the national
honor and character and honesty of ad-
ministration rather than the general
policies of the Government upon
which the platforms Of the. two
parties do not essentially ditfe No po-
sion taken by one platform is riously
trayerscd by the other. Both evidently
contemplate II general agreement OF
public opinion upon the subjects which
| have been long in controversy, and in
dicatc an unwillingness to declare
upon other and cardinal questions and
views which the present condition OF
affairs might seriously disturb the par
tics within themselves. The members
of the parties indeed now cohere mainly
by habit and tradition, and since the
great issues which have divided them
| have been largely settled, the most vital
political activity has been the endeavor OF
good citizens in both parties to adjust
them to living issues, and to make
them effective agencies of political pro-
grcSs and reform, an Indispensable
necessity. This course has long been
apparent, for in time OF profound peace
al home and abroad the most threaten
ing National peril is inSidious political
corruption, mercenary and demoralizin9
spirit and tendency, the result of which
is what is well described by Senator
IIOar, of Massachusetts, as "tho shame
less doctrine;' that the true way Ivy
which power should be gained in a Re-
public is to bribe the people with offices
created for their service and the true end
for which it should be used when gain' d
is the promotion Of its selfish ambition
and the qualification of personal re-
vcngc. But this decline, naturally, has
produced results which are
rupt spirit and tendency have so
rapidly developed that they seek politi-
cal power not only to crafty ambition
and revenge and to promote private
gains, but they devise appeals to the
public conscience, defend the soiled rep
utations ofpublic men by the bold asser-
tions that all public men are equally
guilty, declare that success in obtaining
imputation and suspicion in wrong
doing and despising all practical meas
urcs to reform the system of official
patronage, which fosters dishonest poll
tics, makes the great party nominally
responsible for prolonged and mon
strous fraud, and proclaims its duty to
every citizen, who, for great and ::beneG-
cent ends, have habitually supported
the party to regard the success of the
party at the election without regard
to the character of those whom
it selects as its executive agents to be
a supreme National necessity. A tend
ency more fatal to the public welfare
cannot be conceived, and when by
public indifference or misunderstanding
this corrupt spirit is allie toidemand that
the country shall approve it by accord
it its highest honor in its
gift, every patriotic citizsu
must perceive that no duty could be
more pressing, vital and imperative
than that of battling and defeating the
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had presented candidate whose char
acter and career were the pledge of a