The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-23
Ohio Democracy.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19.-About
i've thousand people attended q
democratic ratification meeting at
the east front of the Capital this
evening. John G. Thorn pson pre-
sided, and read letters from gentle
men who had been invited to be
present. Governor Cleveland wrote !:
"Thank you for your words of en-
couragement and assurances of
hearty support. 1 am convinced that
the Democracy Of Columbus and of
the State of Ohio are determined up
on complete organization which is
absolutely essential to victory"
General Durbin Ward wrote ::
Regrets. Will be unable to attend
the ratification meeting. I preferred
Thurman to all men for President,
and deeply regret his defeat. 1t was
due to him and the honor of Ohio
that he should have her solid
vote. For that 1 worked.
Those who opposed it, opposed
the popular will of the party and
weakened and defeated Thurman by
dividing the vote in favor OF candl-
date who had no following whatever
in the state. That was a blunder,
worse. as Talleyrand says, than
crime," but we must condOne all and
heartily support Cleveland. Let us
work and hope to make it so that
Cleveland may be our next Presi-
dent. The public welfare requires
the defeat of Blaine. Ohio must do
her share; bury personal defeats and
work for the cause. The letter was
received with demonstrations. Lei
ters were also read from Gov. Hoad-
ley, Secretary OF State Newman and
others. Judge Thurman delivered
the principal speech OF the evening
and was warmly greeted.
He said: 1--WE are at the outset of
q most important political campaign
which will decide whether the relns
of government shall longer continue
in the hands of the Republican party.
have never in my life oeen so thor
oughly convinced of the truthfulness
of what I shall say tonight as now
am. The welfare of = ur country and
the rights Of the cilizens of our
great common wealth all demand
that the Republican party shall go.
T [Applause. That there shall be a
change of the administration of our
national affairs. [Applause. The
central idea of toe d =mocratlc form
of government is to prevent long
in Office. What is true
OF individuals is true of parties. 1t
is not necessary that q party shall
have bad motives. Not neces-
saay that it shall be
unpatriotic and corrupt in
order to be turned out. You may
grant the honesty and patriotism, yet
the inevitable tendency of long con-
tinuance in power is to create rings
and leaders who at last come to think
the government belongs to them in
perpetuity, something like divine
right and that, therefore. any de-
means is justifiable to keep
them in power. Iilden was elected
President of the United States. He
had q majority of the electoral votes
and a majority OF the popular votes.
Hendricks was at the same time
Vice-Prpsident, (voice:) "And will
be elected again" ] agree with you.
{ Laughter If any two men were
elected in this country they We're.
(voice: "Why didn't they keep it?')
because they were defrauded out
of it by one of the most atrocious
and blacklist deeds which blacken
our free form of government.
The leaders of the Republican party
would never have dared to inaugur>
ate, much less dared to carry into
effect such an atrocious crime, if it
had not been for their long contin-
uance in power. In 1880 the election
of the President turned upon
Indiana. They lnaugurated Ind car
ried through the most stupendous
and corrupt schemes which ever dis
graced the annals of any country.
The vote of that State was given
against Hancock, who would have
received it if the election had been
fair and honest and would be the
elected President of the United
States. The chief agent was after
wards given a grand dinner in New
York. Such thing would never
have taken place had it not been for
their long continuance in power.
They came to the conclusion that
they would win no matter If they
violated the constitution and
trampled under foot the liberties and
rights of the people.
Mr.. Thurman continued at great
length in a convincing arraignment
of the Republican party, which had
by long continuance in power given
this government scarcely less than a
monarchical form of government.
Taking up Blaine's Letter of accept
ance he tore the sophistries OF that
document into shreds, and called at
tention to the fact that Blaine's only
civil service reform recommendation
was calculated to prolong the terms
of certain Republican office holders.
FOREIGN.
LONDON, July 19.-Thirty deaths