The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-24

. |NINt COT |llNI INV
WORKED. ThpHs vino upunspd lho ppuuli
viii uf the Unriy Wpukuuod and dpirhto'
Thurman hy DIVIDING the yutn in iuyu
Uf candidate who IN, ma lplluwini
Whni'Nur outside uf hls State. That wa
q hiundur worse, ~ Vnllcyrud says
than crime; but must oUuduur al
aud heartily support Cleveland, ia,
nominee, with Thurman Ohiuwns safe
Let us work aud hope tn make IL 80 iCi
cleveland, The public welfare requires
the dric1t az Blaine, ohio must do hcl
share of hurying personal defeats nm,
work for the cnusc." The latter word
was received with demonstrations.
Letters also read from GOV, llondly
Secretary OF state Newman and others
IrpGE THURMAN,
delivered the principal speech OF tho
evening and was warmly greeted. He
spoke substantially as follows;
Mr., President and FcllOw-Cliil"us;
Whom accepted the invitation Ia adj
dress you tonight, Il was my purpose 10
speak somewhat fully on some of the
great questions now under consideration
hy the American people, hat for the last
few DAYS | have been Suffering So
ycrcly, not with anything the mat
ter with my heart nor feelings
caused by disappointment or regret, hut
from that To which old men like myself
ere sometimes subjected an attack of
% yUmalism aud tho consequence is
in NO condition To make anything
Ike an elaborate speech How
"vrr II were in the
rc,t possible condition should
unrupy hut small portion of your time,
.u. the reason that There arc humorous
Speakers here ard SOuc ~ them from
broad, ana il would BE but common
Witty to say nothing, and Justice in
nc 10 occupy but little time. 10 not
rlcsirc to deprive them of the privilege
Of being heard ana, therefore, shall
zoe very brief N NV remarks.
shall speak civilly, rs has always been
my habit in life 10 do, and shall not
depart from so good habit to-
night. shall speak ciNitly OF
our political opponents rs well
ourselves. We are ut the outset of \ most
important political campaign which will
decide whether the rcins of the Govern
mcnt shah longer continue IN the hands
of the Republican party. | have never
in life been SO thoroughly con.
WINGED of the truthiulness Of what shall
say tonight as now am. The spirit o:
our institutions, the welfare of Our cOun-
try shall go on applause; that there
shall bc II change in the administration
of our national affairs. Applause.
In monarchial countries their in
slltuliOnS prcScrl'c where ana
when man shall rule in unbrokcn per-
pctuity. The central idea of Democratic
institutions is that power shall not long
rest in the hands of any one
man or set of men. We find IN our
constitutions, both State and Federal,
limitations upon the power OF officials.
Whom we choose your President is
chosen for four years, although eligible
to re collection; yet, the example
set by the Father of our country, who
was reelected but once, has never been
been but one attempt to break it, and it
was signal failure. Also your senators
i'm Congress are elected for
limited terms, and likewise your mem
bcrs of the House of Representatives.
The officers composing the State Gov
eminent are also elected for limited
terms. The same is true of your mem
bers of LEGISLATURE, city ana township
officials. Hence we see the
CENTRAL IDEA
of Democratic form of government is
to prevent long continuance in Office.
What l., true of individuals H. true OF
parties. No man believes more firmly
than | do in the great blessings that
have been bestowed in times long gone
by upon the country by the honored
Democratic party. 1T was the Demo
cratic party that added such an
immense territory to our country;
to our country; that disseminated its
principles far and near throughout the
length and breadth of the land; but this
all finally came to an end. The Repub-
lican party came into power
at the outbreaking of the civil war with
apparent
INote.-A hiatus occurs in the report
at this point.-Ep.
1t is Il bad thing for parties TO remain
that they shall have bad motives,
not necessary that they SHOULD be I'M
patriotic and corrupt in order to he
turned out. You may grant them
honesty and patriotism, yet
Il long continuance i'll power
brings with it evils. In the first place,
the inevitable tendency is TO create
rings and leaders, who at least,
from long continued success, come
to think the Goyemment ne longs
to them, and belongs to them
in perpetuity, something like
a divine right. Therefore any
detestable means is justitiable to keep
them in power. Look at our own history.
Only few years back, in 1876, when
Samuel j. Tilden was elected
President of the United States
and had majority of the electoral
votes; and a majority of the popular
time Vice-President. A voice; Sand
will he elected again"l | agree
with you. Laughter.l If any two men
were ever elected i'm this country they
were. "a voice: "Why didna thep keep
it?"l Because they were
DEFRAUDED OUT or 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 carry into effect such an
atrocious crime if it had not
been for their long continuance in
The Presidency turned upon Indiana
They inaugurated and carried
through one of the most stupondou>
corrupt schemes that ever disgraced the
annals of any country. The vote of that
State was given against Han"ocl.
who would have received it il
the election had been fair and honest,
and he would have been elected
President of the United States. The
dinner in New York. Now, my friends,
such thing would have never ia ken
place had it not been for their long
continuance in power. They came to the
conclusion they would win, no matter
if they violated the constitution and
trampled under foot the liberties
and rights of the people. Shall we
sustain them in power? IL is only a
question OF time until the people OF this
country will teach them a different les
son iiom that applause; that there
are other interests in our country Ee-
sides those of Republican rights and
leaders; that there are others interested
besides the Star-route plunderers
and whisky rings and credit
mobilie,s applause and laughter
Now, think you are going to
demonstrate that to them this
wear. think there are tens of thousands
of right minded and indie