The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
HE DELIVERS A MOST BRILLIANT
SPEECH THE FIRST GUN OF
THE CAMPAIGN.
A Conservative and Statesman
like Effort, Capturing the
Popular Ear.
He Arraigns the COrruptiOns of
the Party in Power, and
Names the Remedy.
Echoes of the Old Ticket-POlit-
ical Points from Various
Places and Sections.


tor Hendricks arrived early tn
morning and was received with s;
lutte. He remained at his residen,
during the morning, where he WI
the recipient of many congratulatioI
from his friends and neighbors.
large number of congratulatory tel
grams were also received. Mr.. Hen
bricks declines to answer positive
!. ly whether he will acceE
or decline the nomination
saying it would not be proper for hir
to discuss the matter until he is fol
mally notified. 1t is the general i'm
preston here that he will accept. 1
ratification meeting will be held thi
evening at which Hendricks is ex
pected to make speech.
. INDIANAPOLIS, July 12.-At large
ly attended democratic meeting t,
ratify the nominations, Hendrick
{ and Mcdonald were escorted to the
place of speaking by the new political
tbnr organization known as "the
utocrats." The meeting was called
20 order by Austin II. Brown, and
William FL. English was made chair
man. Mr.. Hendricks was received
with burst of genuine enthusiasm
which seemed to inspire him and
he spoke with more THAI
his usual ease and fuency.
His remarks were as follows:
My fellow citiZens:-You are almost
as bad as they were in the conven-
ton at Chicago. [Great cheering]. L
thought they would not stop up their
Threats at all, and l thought there was
no limit to the crowd there; but [
p find there is one larger here 1 am en-
couraged and delighted to meet you
on this occasion. You come to cele-
brate and express your approval
of the nominations that were
made at Chicago. l am glad that
you are cordial in this expression.
This is great year with us. Every
fourth year we elect two great officers
of the government. This year is our
great year, and every whatever
his party associations may be-is
called upon to consider all the queS-
tions upon which he is disposed to
act, and, having considered how to
least his vote in favor of what he be-
lieves to be right. The democrats of
Indiana appointed me one of the
delegates to the convention at Chicago,
spent nearly week in attendance
= at that city, and now 1 return to say
few things to you-and only few
things-in regard to that convention.
1t was the largest convention ever
held in America; never has such an
assemblage of people been seen before.
1t was convention marked in its
character for sobriety and elaboration
~ rurDose 1t selected two men to
= carry tie banner, and leaving that
r-elI NcI II and going out before the
EeSE{e Il question is, "Will you help
TO caIly the banner ?" Great cheers
!. and cries of 1--WE will do IT'LL do
Tot expect have no right to expect
at l will escape criticism-and, it
may be, Islander from the opposite
| party. 1 have not, in my life, suffered
\ very much from that; but am before
$you-democrats, conservatives, indie
Il pendents-all men who wish to restore
the government to the position occu-
pied before these corrupt times; and to
jail such men l make my appeal tor your
support for the high office for which 1
haYSbeen nominated by the demo-
Gratis at Chicago. Great cheering).
Governor Cleveland is the nominee
for president; a man promoted to that
high Office by the largest majority
ever deciding on an election in that
state, New York;. He is man of
established honesty, and character,
and If you will elect him to the
presidency you will not
vice under his administration.
Cheers.l l will tell you what we
need. Democrats and republicans
will alike agree upon that. We need
to have the books in government Off
ces opened for examination. Cheers
and cries of "thaI is it." Do you
think that men in this age never yield
to temptation? [Laughter.l tits only
two weeks a2o that one of the secre-
tarieS at Washington was called before
a senate committee to testify in regard
to the condition of his department
and that department was the bureau
of medicine and surgery. In that de-
3 apartment examination was being had
by committee of the senate, and it
was ascertained by the oath of the
secretary that defalcatiou was found
during the last year. AS far as the
examination had been extended the de-
falcation was $63, 900, and when asked
about it, said he had received letter
year ago informing him of some of
these outrages, and short time since,
, somebody had come to him and told him
, that frauds were going on in the SER
vice, but members of congress had re-
commended continuance of the head
of the bureau with such earnestness
that he thought it must be all right,
and it turns out that the public treas
ury is $4,000 out, aud how much
more no man can now conjecture, or
tell. But what is the remedy? To
have a president that will appoint a
head for a bureau that will inveSti-
gate the condition of the books and
bring all the guilty parties to
trial. CHEERS, and cries OF that
is it y My fellow-citizens, | believe
for such duty as this, for the pur-
pose of maintaining the United States
government for the people of this
Country. / can commend to your con-
.fidence Governor Cleveland, of New
- York. [Great cheering.l Not long
n since there were troubles in the local
~ government of the City of Buff
people of that city maintained
Gov. Cleveland, as candidate fol
mayor, was not upon the party ticket
but upon citizens ticket, with the
duty assigned to him of correcting the
evils that prevailed in the government
- of the city of Buffalo. He was elect
ed and entered upon the duties of the
office and made corrections in tn,
management of affairs in that city, 81
clearly and so well defined, that tn,
ID Oplo OF new DIX LOOK nilu up du'
made him Governor of that State
and that is the way he comes be
fore you now. (Cries of "Hurrah flo
Cleveland 'D He who corrects al
evils in badly administered city, an
who goes from that service into tn
affairs of the state government an
makes a correction there. viii ste
into the affairs of the national GOV
ernpent au bring about reform
there. IGrea cheering My fellow
citizens, did not intend to speak TIL
long to you. Loud cries of go ahea
and keep it up.l The conve ton 8
y Chicago did not realize all tina we e.
pected. For myself, had no expect;
tions; in no respect, in no sense was
candidate whatever. We did M
realize all We expec ed; hut
believe that Is the fate of hi
manity almost everywher &C
almost under every circums anc
But have we realized thatwhic
should encourage us to make a effo
for good government Not that
wan the Office for which wasnon
mated; for you know did not desi
thet: but somebody must be non
mated for Weep esident. to run on 6
ticket. with the candidate for pre-