Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-12-13

that the honorcd standard bearers of tho Demo |
cratic party had been chosen to MI the high
est offices in the vi, Of the American people. !
and had besn chosen because the best bidg
mcnt of the American people believed they
above all others Americans were the best I
fitted to I'll those Offices lie said that the |
grand old patty party a hundred years
old, had, after many reserves, scored maeni
hccnt victory proving, by that best Of tests.
success, that II was still in tho spring tide Of its
vigor and good Tor another bundled years
Of honor and u usefulness. lie said tina, the
verdict Of the plursltes in New York and Indi-
ana were the most satisfactory testimony to the
esteem and confidence in which both Clcve
land and Hendricks were hcld--by those who
known them best lie said that tho spectacle
Of the recent election, quiet, orderly, fairly.
conducted, was the highest possible evidence
that tho overwhelming majority OF the Amer
can people were united 10 uphold the
pcrpotuily Of the American Republic !,
and, Of that majority tho loyal reform
Democracy hold the balance Of power
Democracy cannot be trusted with the conduct
Of the nation they tried TO dcsloy' lie de-
MED that the Democratic party had tried 10
destroy the Union, "Wha saved the Union
Getlysburg1 Who saved Gruysburg Han.
cock" lie said that Il the Democrats were
'uniutored' It was because they had been able
to get better political education by studying
the literature Of there own party than by &C.
ccpling the tutorage of Republicans. lie
said that the best answer 10 the charge that
Democrats were not to be trusted with office
was the recent result. "a majority Of fifteen
millions Of voters believe they can be trusted
He alluded TO King kalakaua's election in q
similar manner 10 the election Of Cleveland
spoke ofthe similaritybctwccn hciUnitcd States
Electoral College and the Hawaiian Lcei sla.
true, and spoke ofking Kalakauaasa Democratic
king. lie also spoke Of "the appreciation
with which the public ought TO regard King
Kalakaua's devotion 10 the cause Of public
health, in lending his PERSONAL influence to help
carry out the will OF the people, as expressed
through the legislature, and 40 preserve the
public life from the monster whose fangs arc
now fastened upon It," lie said the Monroe
doctrine the enumeration Of a Democratic
president was the best guarantee this nation
has that our treaty will not be taken away
from us or, at least, tina, our rights will always
be upheld. And he said a great deal more
Lawyer Hatch spoke more briefly than his
colleague his speech made the following
points Tha, the Democratic victory was a
victory Of great principles over corruption in
high places that the Republican party had
outlived its usefulness that the grea, issue in
the United States at presen, was civil service
reform that Democratic congress had passed
the first civil service reform bill that there
need be no fear among faithful department
clerks that only corrupt officials would have
TO go. M Hatch concluded by paying
tribute to the integrity, efficiency and sterling
qualities of Consul McKnly
Lawyer Avery said " Mr.. Chairman and
fellow Democrats, come from the Solid
South Not the South that twenty four years
ago. to-day was solid in marshalling It's armed
sons against their northern brothers not from
the Solid South ofyesterday, with its slavery
Of to-day with its reunited northern
brothers solid for good government, for pro
grcss, for cnlig htmcn,, for truth solid for
Cleveland and Hendricks and for reform. "
Lawyer Anderson (of California; was ''plad
to meet so far from his home so many OF his
I Id
sentatve-ooking body OF Democrats" He
thought thereccntvictory mean, the final sweep.
ing away Of the Republican party. "No other
party orgniration--no other party nan,e-had
lasted in the United States IKE the Democra.
tic party and name. II has ou,lasted the Fed
eral party, the Wing party, the No Nothing
party, the Peoples party, the Reform party,
the Workingman's party and it will outlast
the Republican party
Col. Peter SAKE. brother Of John G. SAKE
the poet, cousin OF Doctor Sake of San lose,
father Of Rollin T. SAKE, the New Zealand
and California cattle shipper, was the next
speaker The colonel began by saying that
il he ever felt physical or a mental weakness
~ was uouhchh. Nncu ne SAT DOWN ne
had many things to say, during the dinner he
thought Of great many more but Colonel
Russell had spoiled ii all. 81 have been so
edited by that gentcman's finished speech
that he has driven out Of my head all but half
dozen or so ideas, and has driven all the noise
OF my Saxe-horn up the spout. The things l
wanted to say he has said better than could
say them but there are just half dozen or so
things l want to say" And then Colonel
Sake went on to expand the half dozen ideas
} into witty, spirited aud eminently taking
} speech, in the course Of which he announced
that, though he claimed to be good Demo
crat, he was first, last and all the time for the
reciprocity treaty. He said he was more par.
ticular in favor Of the treaty because the treaty
benefited San Francisco the city that collected
the second largest duty Of any American city.
"The Chicago Daily News says
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