Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-14

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but as it is, they can only express their
choice and leave the result with
| the convention. At present every
body recognizes that the New York
! Convention will determine the outcome at
Chicago. If Cleveland is indOrsed at Sara
toga, Cleveland will be nominated at Chi
gagO. If anybody else is indorsed there,
or If there is split, then the nomination
| VIII so to Bayard or Mcdonald. The
! Democratic leaders here are all exceed
| Ingly anxious that the best man should
he nominated on the best platform that
1 can be made, and to that end express the
hope that the Independents will bring all
the pressure possible to bear upon the
convention.
THE BOLT FROM BLAINE.
Massachusetts Independents Get Far
ther from the Republicans than Ever.
Boston, June 13.-ln accordance with
| the call issued by the Independents of
Massachusetts for a mass meeting of all
| voters opposed to the nomination OfBlaine
and Logan, meeting was held to-day in
| the MeiOnRn. The gathering was COM
posed mostly of Independents, although
many Republicans and Democrats were
| present. A few gentlemen were in at
| tendance headed by President Elliott, of
Harvard, who looked forward to the for
nation from this small beginning of a new
party. The addresses were lavishly APP
| plauded.
Henry L. Pierce called the meeting to
order. He said that the nominations made
at Chicago were not up to the high stand
ard OF the Republican party. He regret
! ted as much as any one the train of events
that had brought about these results. but
1t was incumbent on those who desired
| a government free from jobbery and free
| from jingOism to protest against the cam
didates presented. He concluded by pre-
senting list of the permanent officers of
the meetings. as follows: President, Charles
II. Goldman; Vice Presidents, Julius II.
Seelye, Charles A. Elliott. j. Huntington
W0lcOtt. H. NJ. Dexter, Henry l.. Pierce,
Martin Bremmer, Stephen M. Weld. Jo-
seph II. Walker, William H. Forbes. Estes
Howe, Samuel Hoar. David b. Flint, John
S. FarlOw. William II. Fox, William Mar
tin, William NJ. Adams and Moses Will
liams; Secretaries, Hamilton A. Hall,
George G. Hodges and IL. w. Chaplin.
ARRAIGNING THE REPUBLICANS.
Col. Goldman, upon taking the chair,
criticized the platform of the Republi-
cans because it declares that this is a
nation and not league Of States.
''They tell us" the speaker said, ''that they
favor popular education. What party does
by their acts as well as by their wordsn Re-
ferring 10 the candidates nominated at Chi
cagO, Col. Goldman said: political parties
hitherto, have held that their candidates, like
Caesars wife, should be above suspicion. But
his record, which eight years ago the people
watched, and those transactions in which it
is said the Speaker of the House OF Rep
resentatives had been implicated. have been
passing out of the public recollection. The
Chicago Convention has pulled them forth
again, and they viii be laid before the coun-
try to On ifaTsnf hon,
which holds Office becomes unfaithful what
are we to do? First we are to see whether
the great opposition party is fit to take its
place. l have no fear for the future of this
country, no matter what political party gets
INTO power.
DEMoCRACY's CHANCE.
"The Democratic party has its opportunity
now. | suppose we may say that we have no
favOr5 to ask and no bargains to make; but
there are statesmen in the Democratic party
for whom Independent Republicans may vote
without n blush IL the Democratic party
want our votes, they know how they are to be
obtained II they do not, we know how to
withhold them. 1t may be our duty to stand
up and he counted an Independent party. I
know that third parties are apt to be short
lived, but sometimes before they die they do
great things
James Freeman Clarke said that, while per-
sonally he had nothing to say against Blaine
somehow the latter seemed to be surrounded
by all he rascality OF the Republican party.
lie considered him an unsafe man to put in
the executive chair.
Colonel T. w. Higginson SAID that the civil
service plank in the Republican platform
meant nothing. because it found
its representatives in Blaine and
Logan. He was not afraid that the
Democratic party had so far lost its head as
to make a fool Of itself in the coming nomina-
tions. Whatever the past Of the party, which
still retains in its lists men like Cleveland and
contempt"
Allusion to Cleveland was loudly
cheered.
SET OF RESOLUTIONS.
Col. Higginson then presented the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:
WHEREAS, We are met in conference as
Republicans and Independents of Massachu-
setts to take action in opposition to the nomi-
nation of James G. Blaine for President, and
John A. Logan for Vice President of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, These candidates were named
in absolute disregard OF the reform sentiment
Of the nation and represent political methods
and principles to which we are unalterably
opposed,
Reso1oed, That it is our own conviction that
the country will be better served by opposing
these nominations than by supporting them.
Res0JUed, That we look with solicitude to the
coming nominations by the Democratic party.
They have proper men. We hope they will
put them before the country for election.
Resotced, That an Executive Committee Of
100 be appointed with full powers.
RssOIced, That whatever action be taken by
the Democrats in Chicago we Republicans
and Independents direct our committee to call
meeting In such manner as they may deem
eXpedlent after the Democratic candidates
have been nominated, and not later than
August !, to take such further action as may
to them seem necessary to carry out the
sense of this meeting with'practical effect.
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT ON HIS FEET.
President Elliott, OF Harvard, in his
speech secOnding the fourth resolution,
saidI
81 must confess that it will be only by dis
pensatiOn of Providence that the Democratic
party viii give us the candidate we want. II
we put on our platform their candidate, 1t will |
be better for them and perfectly satisfactory
TO us, but political progress is to be only by |
the conflict Of national parties, and as a rule |
two national parties. Therefore l hope that
out of this meeting will grow a new party, as
one was grown years ago. We want to form
a new party in our country-a party of ma
tiOnal principle, and one which looks for
ward to national triumphs."
In conformity to the above resolutions,
a committee of 100 was appointed, headed |
by Charles r. Goldman, Chairman; Charles
A. Elliot, James Freeman Clarke, Martin
Bremmer, Julius H. Seelye, T. w. Hig-
ginsOn, William Endicott, Jr., Henry Lee, |
Henry l.. Pierce, John Felt OsgOod, Ed |
ward Atkinson, William Perkins, Ezra
FarnswOEth, Phineas Pierce, Alexander |
Cochrane, Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
Richard ii. Dana and Josiah Quincy.
A committee of TWENTY-FIVE was ap-
pointed to proceed to New York to confer |
with the Independent Republicans OF !
New York on June II. The committee is |
headed by Col. Goldman. Letters from
Congressman Lyman and other sympa-
thisers with the movement were read.
Tilden's Withdrawal Absolute.
ST. LOUIS, June 13.-The Republican of |
this, city in referring to Mr.. Tilden's let |
ter, having interpreted it to mean that |
when Mr.. Tilden is nominated he will not |
refuse TO be the candidate of the Demo- |
cracy, the EUeRing Chronicle telegraphed |
to Mr.. Tilden asking him If that was the !
proper construction to be placed on the |
letter. The telegram was referred by MIR. |
Tiiden to Daniel Manning, Chairman of |
the Democratic State Central Committed
of New York, and he to-day sent the fol- |
lowing reply: