The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-09
REPUBLICAN /, | d ! j {, \ i s
Progress Of the Camp fBl l!i g,
land Logan.

8 why Ex-senator Crazy BoAts OAeVeAanaoa.
NewYork Telegram q &. IS
x Ex-senator Grady, rising to protest against
the passage Of the resolution and the adoption
of the address, :made long speech He re-!
viewed tho whole political career Of Cleveland,
and quoted freely from the columns Of the
Times and the Herald in the past in support OF
the position he GRADY had now taken. In the
course Of his'speech Grady said: i! i
Neither il tile nomination Of the ticket nor in
the nsethods BY which it was brought about is
there the slightest claim upon the great body
of Democratic votors for It's support The
great majority of the delegates to the conven-
ton who named Cleveland their first choice Oh,
represented Republican constituencies. Inc
number Of delegates who openly and earnestly
opposed his nomination were recorded, in spite
of all their protests as favorable to his candl-
dacy. Every influence that could be employed
or engineered by the monopolists who have
secured control Of the party management was
well know, the delegates who left thcir homes
loud in their professions Of hostility to his can
3didacy as inviting certain defeat to the party
gave evidence soon after their arrival at Chicago
Of q change of heart, which only the most sim
pie and charitable have ascribod to pure and
worthy motives. The expressed design of men
disgruntled Republicans, not to please Demo.
Gratis. Preserving to myself the supreme right
tof q citizen exercising an ACT. Of, sovereign
fty, decline to prostitute my prerogative
to the purposes of party managers. -Suf-
frage has been bestowed on mo by the institu-.
for the country 8 welfare: To the prosperity
and benefits Of this, landI dedicate il, and I:
can reconcile without Dissertation any disposi-l
ton of it that would result in the support Of
the political nondescript, clothed in the out
ward garb ola Democrat, ignorant Of tho car
dinal principles Of the. political faith which he
Gratis their votes that he may delight Republic
cans and Independents by the manner in which
heWin exercise the powers conferred upon
himk by 20 sbetrayed and deluded party But
my Yotewill not bel lost to the Democracy. It
wil1;be cast for the Candidate whose followers
vii be numbered Y hundreds " q th s Il. !
action can not be INSPIRED by selfish hopes Of
reward 1T will BE registered for the princi-
pies which the Democratic party professed
when; it held popular confidence, and for aban-
doning which it lost popular support 1T will
be given for the candidate who has nd hope of
election and no desire for sordid benefits, for
political preferrnent, but who braves fatigue,
abuse, and peculiarly loss that true Democrats
may find his ndidaey channel through
which they may Express their sentiments
Y turn my back on the Democratic party,
captured and betrayed by, Know-nothing Jdem-
agogues hungry Tor places and spoils, to join
the pure DEMOCRACY which struggles for prin-
ciples which the party Organization has
abandoned. denounce the candidate whose
only merit is his obscurity that I may
follow q statesman whose life has made .glo-,
rious the history Of his. country decline ITO
bow down beforeS % craven image because I
prefer to follow tie teachings of the apostle of
the true political faith Preferring shining
ability to dull mbdiocrity, . true reformer
to sham eformer, 3 statesman to q hang
man, an illustrious' citizen to political ad-
yentnrer, u decline to support Grover OeYe-
land for the Presid ency, and here and now, in
the presence Of o leader whom, I have always
regardedIaa my poll tical ponser, in The midst
Of brethren md comrades with whom I have
shared many hard fought battles in the politi-
cal field, and before the eyes Of all the ooun.
try, to whom + have this night laid bare my
motives and purposes, 4 declare myself in
favor Of Benjamin 7. Butler, soldier, jurist
statesman and PATROL, and Il appeal 10 time
for my vindicatfoI '4tsts