The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-01
sylvania. He is fluent, forcible speaker,
and has made hundreds of temperance
speeches
THE INDEPENDENTS
Convention of Dis iti,f Republic
cams i'm New York.


California sent / Colorado, l. Connecticut
Is; Delaware, 2; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 2;
Louisiana, 81; Missouri, 2; Maryland, Q;
Michigan, / Massachusetts, 81; New Jersey,
| 80; Pennsylvania, 49, Rhode Island, 6; YER
mont, |; Brooklyn, Sc, and other points in
the State, outside Of this city, 49, The rep
resentatives of New York city numbered 1863
Among the prominent delegates were
Carl Schurz and George William Curtis.
Mr.. Curtis read the call for the convention
and put the question as to the selection of
officers Charles r. Goldman, of Massachu-
sets, was elected president of the con-
vention, and made an address in which
he said that this was a conference mot
of oilice-holders nor of otlce-seelers, but
of citizens desiring only the honor
and welfare of the repubicn The speaker
said that they had examined the evidence
against Mr. Blaine and believed that it
showed he had used public office for private
gain and that his standard of public moral.
ity is low. "And believing all this, we say"
said the speaker, to the American people
that this man is not fit to be their president,
1t is not without pain that we find our
selves compelled to oppose the presi.
Dental nomination of this historical
organization. Parties are but means to
accomplish political ends and they must stand
for principles They cannot live alone upon
the memory of great results achieved, if they
do not meet the demands of the time We are
confined in this presidential canvass almost
exclusively to the question of the fitness Of
candidates" The speaker closed by eulogiz-
ing Grover Cleveland, and declaring that
/ those Republicans who would make eiiectual
opposition to a candidate they believe to be
unfit, can with no loss of self-respect without
surrendering n conviction and in the exercise
OF the highest political expc dency, give their
votes for the reform governor of New York
Upon motion Of Carl Schurz the chair APP
pointed the following committee of thirteen,
to whom all resolutions were to be referred
without debate; Mcssrs. Carl Schurz and
George William Curtis, of New York Moor
field Storey and George f. Williams, of Mas
sachusctts, +. b. Reeves and William Hunt,
Jr., of Pennsylvania, Morris +.
Tyler and G. p. Armstrong, of Con-
necticut, w. Hayes Ward. of New
Jersey, w. G.. Thompson, of Michigan,
Benjamin F. Thurston of Rhode Island,
James +. Clafin of Illinois, and II. A. God
dard, of Maryland.
communication from the National Tenn
perance society, requesting that the confer
enCe should take some action in favor of the
suppression of the liquor traffic was referred
to the committee as above.
A committee of six was appointed to report
plan OF organization.
Speeches were made by Colonel Theodore
Lyman, Rev. Thomas 4. Bacon and Thomas
w. Higginson.
On the motion of Mr. Charles P Miller the
conference took q recess until o'clock.
Alter recess Une convention was called TO
order at 2 o'clock, and Mr.. Claflin, of Illinois,
Green, of New York, and Quimby, of New
Jersey, made addresses.
Mr.. Horace Il. Deming of Brooklyn, chair
man of the committee on organization, re-
ported the following national committee:
Carl Schurz, Theo Bacon, John II. Cowing
Charles 7. Miller, r r. Bowker, George v.
Folsom Ethan Allen Doty, George Walton
Green and Horace Z. Deming, of New York;
William H. Forbes, Joseph Tucker, Joseph H.
Walker, Samuel Hoar, George l.. Leverett
and Winslow Warren, of Massachusetts;
Simeon f. Baldwin, G. 7. Armstrong and +.
w. Farman, of Connecticut; Daniel Drake
Smith, Simeon Huntington and w. g. Peck
ham, of New jersey; Francis b. Reeves,
Stuart Wood and Joseph Parrish, of Pennsyl-
vania; and j. 7. Claflin, of Illinois. Tie
chairman of the convention was apded to the
committee and the action ratified by the CON
vention.
, Mr.. SchurZ presented the report of the COM
micee on resolutions and Mr. Curtis then
read the platform This is addressed TO our
fellow citizens in the United States,n an be-
gins by saying that the paramount issue of
the presidential election this year is moral
and not political 1t concerns the national
honor and character and honesty of admins
tration rather than general policies Of gov
elnment upon which the platforms Of the
differ 1t declares Blaine and Logan to be
unfit men for the positions for which they
We're chosen and unworthy prospect and con
fidence.n
: The address declares that political NOR
/ ality and purity Of administration are more
precious than party; that the fountain
of office and honor should be pure and
that the highest Office in the country should
be filed by man of absolutely unsupported
integrity 1t says that the character of the
candidates is of the highest Importance with
all citizens who do not hold that party vic
further that "while the Republican nominal
ton presents candidate whom we cannot
support the Democratic party presents one
whose name is the synonym of political cour-
age and honesty and of administrative re-
form The address concludes thus:
mo citizen can rightfully avoid the issue
or refuse to cast his vote. The ballet is a
trust. Every voter lisa trustee for good gov
eminent, bound to answer to his private con-
science for his public acts This conference,
therefore, assuming that Republicans and in
dependent voters, who, for any reason, cam
not sustain the Republican nomination desire
to take the course which, under the nee
essary conditions and constitutional meth
DDS of presidential election will
most readily and surely secure the result
at which they aim, respectfully recommend
to all such citizens to support the electors
who will vote for Grover Cleveland in order
most eticCtually To enforce their conviction
that nothing could more deeply stain the
American name and prove more disastrous to
the pubic welfare than the deliberate indif-
ference of the people OF the United States to
Increasing public corruption and to the want
Of official integrity in the highes, trusts of the
government
The platform was adopted with cheers,
Discussion followed upon Mr.. Everetts
motion that 'Grovcr Cleveland, of New ork,
ind Thomas A Hendricks, of Indiana, be de-
clared the nominees of TINS conference for
President and Vice President Of the United
States Mr.. Delavan, of New Tork, opposed
the motion and attacked the Decorate party,
saying he was in favor Of n th,rd ticket. Mr..
Eyerett's resolution was tabled ON MOTION OF
Charles T. Miller, of New York, who said the
same ground was already covered in the plat
| form. Other delegates explained that they
thought it had been made clear that Cleveland
was their candidate and formal nomination
was unnecessary. At 4:30 p. NJ. the confer
ence al iourned sine die.
The national committee met after the adj
iourment of the conference They decided
that the executive committee should be com.
posed of ten members. Then reports were
made from the States represented in the CON
| ference all of which We're to the effect that