West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-07-18

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who needs no culogy ut hcr hands, whose
namc Is cnshrincd In the hearts of the whole
American people. she has asked us To pre-
sent for your consideration n man who III
YOU nominate. we believe there A. A setticd
EonfSSuon con, elton, IN the hearts OF AL, viii be the
selection Is "A sacred trust and a solemn re-
sponsibllity, Thorc never was In the history
OF the party rurcr or ErnudCr opportunity
To make an appeal TO the country Let ms pro-
sent man of whose integrity HSd devotion
To principle thCic has mover been "A question:
upon whose character or reputation there has
never fallen shadow or blot or stain; whose
ability aud learning shall be- commensurate
WIN inc duties OF tho high otliCc g. which wo
would elevate him. Let us nominate such n
ono, place him side 10y side with his antithcsis
thc ruined Knight OF Maine, aud simply say
70 thc American people, "Behold the men"
Applause
Gentlemen Of this convention. we OF Cali
iotnlh huuCNo We can confidently turn and
say, "BChold tho mSn-Allnn q. Thurman, OF
ohin lLoud cheers and applause, several
WIvkWcS rising IN their seats and waving
thor h0ts.l OF nll the honorcd and illus
trious names which have been and shall ho
presented To this convention there are none
which lie nearer To the great heart OF tho
American people than that lofty and intrepid
statesman who, for more than twenty years
nus hccn tho holdcst and ablcst Democratic
advocate of Democratic doctrine and Demo.
cratic principles. California did not send us
mere To waste our time in culogy, but simply
io present his name. One word more and it
n lhis; We are told sir and IL IN the only OBJ
i,SSGE, iSSGEt,on , which has boon raised npoinst him
! thS man who, mt tho close OF the war, when tho
echoes of the strife werc stil vibrating I'm tho
ar annihilntod In tho grnat State of Ohio
republican majority OF nearly forty thousand
Votcs-wC nro told ~ the only objection to
hlm that Ohio is mn October State; and our
reply IN gcutlCmcn, that this is not A state.
nut National Convention, and VIZ arc here To
select national candidate. IApplauso
by unanimous consent, General Durbin
ward, OF Ohio, took tho platform and
seconded tho nomination OF Thurman.
Alter speaking of Senator Thurman's long
nnd honorable career, General Ward said:
GENTLEMEN; Ohio Is the battle ground OF
! lniS PRESIDENTIAL election, make what you
will OF H.. Laughter ana applnuaol You
can win without IL. but II You carry than
| STATE In October the battle is already won,
NM you need go no further. Loud appnuscJ
Mr. President aud gentlemen OF this Convcn
tlon, como here with unstudicd words, hnV
ing hnd no opportunity whatever to make tho
VINO served twelve years I'm the Congress of
thc Unitod states gentlemen, who was u
NJ NV nS.i,n I,pW Jurlhl WhCh hc cntcrod
lnnl BODY. aud while he was there without
any disrcspCct To anybody else, whenever n
ttrnngcr WAS calod ON To point out II Rrcat
man on the tioor of the Senate of the United
states, he invariably pointed to Allen e..
Vhurinon, who carried his rcd bandana hand
kcrchlCl' Loud laughter.
o. mdehtlcmcn, We are entering upon the bnttlc.
The war IN ON. We want no plimcd KNIGHT
clad In holiday armor OF tournnmont fghtinp
Tor MS lair ladys braid of hair. You want nm
hJaN with hcmlct aud spear TO thunder along
the line aud deal dcnth-Riying blows TO tho
Thurman iS that man In thought i'm intel
ioct' IN coui1gc, I'm craftsmanship, Ia ad-
hercncc to constitutional law, I'm dcfcnso OF
VIC liRhIs OF tue masses, In defiance OF tho
power of monopoly, In defiance of the cor
fthnptlons ot the ag9; who to-day stands as
lhht man who has passed away from tho
arena rem! Of politics-Mr. Tnden2 lApplause.l
Tho Democracy has carried the State or
ONO I'm tho last two annual elections, and
with Thurman tho Presidential candidate
II would carry II again next October. lie was
hgurc In the Democratic party. lApplause.l
JOHN g. CARLISLE NoMINTAED.
James a. Mckenzie, OF Kentucky, next
came TO the platform, and in the name OF "A
state which he said would give 10000
majority TO the Democratic nomination,
nominated the present distinguished
Speaker OF the American House OF CONS
mons, John G.. Carlisle.
When the state OF Massachusetts was
called, Mr.. Abbott, Of that State, arose and
said Massachusetts presents no name for
nomination at this time"
GROVER CLEVELAND NOMINATED.
When Now York was called Mr. Lock-
wood presented the name Of Grover Cleye-
land in the following address:
MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GENTLEMEN or THE
tONNENTiON: ~ Is with no ordinary feeling
ana with no ordinary feeling OF responsibility
that ! appear before this convention as a
representative Of the Democracy of the state
oi New York lapplauscl for the purpose OF
placing ~ nomination gentleman from the
Stnlc OF New york hs candidate for the Pres
lutncy OF the United states. This responsible
ity IN made greater when ! remember that tho
richest pages of American history have boen
made up from tho records OF Dcmocratio
Administrations. lAppiause1 This respou.
riDility ~ made still greater when / remember
innt the only blot in tho political
| history dOne at Washington an outrage upon
| tho rights OF the American people, was i'm
! 1870, Hud that that outrage and that injury
! 10 Jusicc Is sttl unnVcngcd tappiausef:
and this responsibility is not lessGfcd when
rocnil the fnct that tho gentlcInan whose
name it,l. snail present 10 you has been my po-
iILthl hSaOcihte IRON my youth. Side by Side
have we nnrched 10 the tuno OF Democratic
music tid" by side have We studied the prin-
ciplcs of Jefferson and Jackson, and love tho
! ihtp in which we believe, and during All this
unc ne has occupied position comparatively
as private citizen, yet ways true and es
ways faithful tO the Democratic prIncIpic
No man has greater respect or admiration
Tor the honorcd names which have been pre-
Fcntcd In tins convention than myself. but
RrntlcuCn, the world /, ~ owing, Hnd moving
rapidly. From tue North 10 the South now
mcn-ncn who have acted but little In pOli-
! ucS arc coming 20 the front lapplausol, ana
! to-day there are hundreds and thousands OF
| young men In this country, men who are 10
/ cast ihcir hrst vote, men who are indcpend-
| Ont in politics, ana they are looking 10 tnis
convention, praying silently that there shall
| bc no mistake made here. they want 10 drive
/ the Republican party from power. They
want to cast their vote for Democrat in
whom they believe. Applause These pco-
pic know from the record of the gontlernan
whose name ! shall present that democracy
win MN means honest government, pure
government ana projection of the rights OF
the people OF every class ana every condi-
ton.
u lfIi' moro ilhu iUref years ago had tho
honor, at the cry Of Buffalo. 20 present the
uhtun Of thc same gentleman for the office OF
Mayor Of that city. 10 was presented then for
tho sutne reason, for the same causes that VIC
present DO now. IL was because the govern
ncut of that city had become corrupt and
had boon dcb0uchcd, ANA political intcR-
rity sat not bon high places The people looked
. Tor man who would represent the contrary,
and Without hesitation they named Grover
. Cleveland Hs Tho man.
.At this point there Wug % wild burst Of an
piHusc. cOmc Of the New York delegation,
practically the entire Wisconsin delegation
aud some few scattering delegates stood up
and mudo u'l fho demonstrations possible in
Cleveland favor. As soon as fhc uprOar sub.
sided aud comparative order WAS rcRaincd Mr.
Lockwood continued
The result Of that election and his holding
that Office vas that in less than nine months
tho state Of New York found herself in n no
-Iupu ~ want just such candidate and Tor
such purpose, ana when nt the convention
in lN2 his name WIS placed iu nomination for
the Ofhcn OF Governor OF New York tha same
people, thc same class Of people. know that
tnaf meant honest government. it meant pur0
government, and 30 was ratified hy tho people
.thrNI-|
And. gentlemen. uow. nftoroightcon months
srrric" tnor". thc Democracy of the state OF
N"w York como 90 YOU to ask you to give 10
Democratic voters of tho country, 90 give 70
the young mon Of the country. the now blood
ui the country. and present the uamc OF
Grover Cleveland us its standard-bc for
The next four years.
] shall indulge iu no culoRy Of Mr Cleve-
land. -nHII not attempt any further do
srIIpfipu OF DIS polite ID career. lt is known.