Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-07-17


CLIQUE which applauded his speech in sec
onding the nomination of Cleveland.
A communication was received and read
from the Chairman of the committee
on resolutions, now in session, stating
that Notwithstanding the constant and
patient efforts they had not been able to
complete platform, and would not be
prepared to make complete report before
7p.m
being the call of States, nominations were
resumed. Mansur,, of Missouri, came to
the platform and said that Missouri would
have to give thirty-twO stalwart Demo
cratic votes for the old ticket, headed by
the Sage of Grammercy and his venerable
friend from Indiana. AS they could not
have the old ticket, he had been casting
about to see who was the man whom the
urgency should lead the embattled hosts
of the Democracy to grand and glorious
victory. Nothing short of a blunder could
make the Democrats lose the election.
With twenty-five Democratic Governors
and twenty-three Democratic legislative
representatives, nothing short of fatal
blunder could make the Democrats lose.
With Thurman as their standard-bearer,
they could carry Ohio, New York and CAL
ifornia. In proof of this statement he re-
peated a conversation he had General
Spinola and other Tammany men, and
read kilograms from Ohio and California.
In conclusion he declared before God that
the Democracy was hungry even unto
death, not for the venal spOils of office, but
for the glory of doing good to their fellow
beings.
Livingston, of Missouri, arose to second
the nomination of Cleveland, but the chair
man stated that it would require the unan-
imOus consent
No matter, said Livingston, we have got
our work in anyhow.
TIE. Powell, of Ohio, came to the plat
form to put in nomination the name OF
Gov. Hoadley, of Ohio. He declared that
if the Democracy was true to itself, Its
success in the coming struggle was already
assured. Within the last few years the
State Of Ohio had overcome Republican
majority of over 100000, and at this hour
the government of Ohio was In the keep
ing of the great Democratic party. The
man who had been the acknowledged lead
er in bringing about that change should be
the candidate, whom he now presented,
Gov. Hoadley, of Ohio, who had received
the largest endorsement ever gwen Dem
ocrat in Ohio, getting $4,000 more votes
than Hancock. He was known as great
lawyer, wise statesman, fearless and
aggressive leader.
The State of Pennsylvania having been
reached in the call Senator VIM. A. wal
lace, of that State, came to the platform
to nominate Mr.. Randall. He said BY
direction of the Pennsylvania delegation
come to present the name of candidate
for the great Office of President OF the
United States. The name which l bring
you / have found on every page OF your
country's and your party's history for the
last two decades. 1t is that of no untrled
trio in political affairs 1t is that OF man
in the prime and vigor of his matured
manhood, with every faculty trained In
practical government. An official life of
twenty years lies behind him, clear, lumin-
GUS and pure. No dishOnOrable, nor cor
rupt practice has ever stained his escut-
chion. While hosts of his contemporaries
in official life have grown rich through
devious and unknown means he Is still
poor man, whose highest aim has been
fifty to serve his people and this Republic
Democrats, the hour has struck for the
nomination of Democrat grounded in the
faith and tried in the stern cruclble OF
the party's service. The pathway of ex-
pediency lies behind US strewn with old
wrecks of our failures. Let us be honest
now; let us stand by the record OF our
own representative men; let us bodily
appeal to the people on that record and
spurn delusive promises of our bitter foe.
oc
His practiced hand, his experienced fore
sight, his conversance with public affairs,
will lay foundations for your return to
power so broad, so wide, so deep. that they
will be permanent. He has been practl-
cally the leader in the National House for
II years, favoring reduction of taxation
and an economic administration OF the
government. He has with skill and sue
cess resisted the lavish expenditure of the
money of the people; the waste OF the
public domain and the unconstitutional
and tyrannical force bills. His iron will
has put the knife to corrupting extrava-
gance and compelled return to compara-
tive purity. AS the tribune of the people
no favor can sway him and no fear can
awe. This is the man that Pennsyl-
vania presents to the Democracy of the
Union as her candidate for President of
the United States.
Gov. Abbott, of New Jersey, seconded
the nomination of Randall. He said that
there was conviction in the land that If
wisdom controls the councils of the Demo
caatic party in making a platform broad
enough for every Democrat and in placing
upon it candidate Of transcendent ability
in rpCnIfS
their deliberations He thought Samuel
J. Randall, as the candidate, would reach
the controlling vote in the pivotal States,
more certainly than any OF the dlstln-
guished men named. He asked where
does success lie if not in Minnesota, II not
in Iowa. or the other of the confirmed Re-
publican States, and in those close States
carried by Tilden in 1876. He reviewed
the arguments urged for Cleveland, and
said these all applied to Thurman, Bayard,
and the others. Then what Is the excuse
in putting aside these grand Democratic
veterans for new man? The record Of
Randall is pure and stainless, while his
public career for twenty years has been in
behalf Of an economical and honest gov
ernment. These are practical efforts for
reform Randall would sweep New Jersey
like great political cyclone. He is the
friend of labor everywhere, and the con-
vention could do no better than to nomi-
nate him.
The call of States for nominations was
then resumed. Rhode Island being called,
the chairman of that delegation announced
that Rhode Island had no candidate to
offer.
Mr. Abbott chairman of the Massachu-
setts delegation, said when his State was