Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1884-07-11
,e said, the cry was Tilden and reform; now

he said, the cry was Tilden and Reform; now
it is
CLEVELAND AND REFORM.
(Cheers) The democrats Of Illinois believed
that the mantle of Samuel J. Tilden had fallen
and rested gracefully on the shoulders of Grover
Cleveland. He knew that there was a faction
fight waged against him and he knew it was
said that a great church would oppose hi : on
religious grounds. No, that church never al
lowed its ministers voices to be heard in the
pulpit preaching politics. (Cheers and cries of
never.) It was said the Irish woald knife him.
We're the Irish ever known to knife the demo-
cratic party except for good reason?
The nomination of Cleveland was also
seconded by Jones, of Minnesota.
THOMAS F. GRADY.
of New York, then came to the platform. The
pint of order was raised that unless Mr.. Grady
was going to second the nomination he was not
in order but the chair overruled the point and
said as he had recognized Mr.. Grady he must
be heard. Grady then proceeded to address
the convention. He said he should be glad to
second Cleveland's nomination except that he
knew that gentleman could not carry the state
of New York. The.sur and unerring test of
the fact was that the last democratic convention
of New York was equally divided against him
and the delegates at large were diuided between
his friends and opponents.
At this point Bragg, of Wisconsin, rose to
make point of order. but his voice was
drowned by shouts and yells from the galleries.
After some degree of order, Bragy stated his
int to be that the order of business was the
nomination and secouding of candidates.
The chair said that similar point of order
had been made in the St. Louis convention and
sustained, but he had been disposed to be
exceedingly lenient in allowing this course of
remarks, supposing that Mr.. Grady would
come to the point Of making q nomination, but
unless be was about to do 80, the chair would be
obliged to sustain the point of order. Mr..
Manning, of New York, chairman of the New
York delegation asked unanimous consent that
Mr.. Grady might be allowed to proceed, ire
srective ST the point of order. Consent was
given and
MIR. GRADY PROCEEDED
with his speech. He said that the object of tie
convention was to make nomination for presi-
dent that would be ratified by the people at the
polls. He did not claim the Irish or catholics
were against Mr.. Cleveland, but the anti
monopolist element of the state, and laboring
interests. Catholics and protestants, Irish and
Germsn-American were opposed to his nomina-
tion, and would be opposed to his election.
Mr.. Cleveland had been elected in 1882 by a
majority of 1000, but the last election in that
state shows a republican majority of 9185,897,
making change of 2l1 900 in the democratic
vote.
Here good deal of impatience was mani
tested by spectators and shouts of 'sit down.
came from the galleries. A threat was made
that the galleries would be cleared. Grady WAS
allowed to go on with his speech, but not
without constant interruption from the CALLER
ies. lie was asked to ''make a speech for
Blaine" but the chairman announced with an
air of determination that the gentleman should
have full and fair opportunity to say every
word he was entitled to say. Grady went on to
discuss the veto of the elevated railway bill and
to show how that veto was injurious to the
working classes. He declared that the
state of New York could not be car
ried by Mr.. Cleveland, not because
of any Irish question or of thy Catholic ques-
ton in which the people had deep seated
feeling that no man could be worse to them in
that regard than Mr.. Cleveland. He knew of
but one occasion in which Grover Cleveland
was called upon to show his hand whether he
was democrat or something else, and Mr.
Cleveland proved at that time to be something
else. He denied that the fight against Cleve-
land was the same fight as had been made eight
years ago against Tilden.
A motion for recess at this time was made
and lost.
Grady continued, saying that the democrats
of New York could carry New York for Thurman,
Cleveland. New York was safe state if the
democratic party was kept solid, but not other"
wise.
Cochrane, of New York, in behalf Of the
minority of the New York delegation, came to
the platform to second one of the nominations
politics, to which Briggs, of Wisconsin, OBJ
jected and against which he made a point of
order, which was overruled by the chair. Amid
shouts of incredulous laughter he said that no
person felt more kindly than he to Cleveland.
He was too good a friend of his to wish to see
him nominated for the presidency.
He was asked to give the name of a cand idate
whose nomination he seconded.
His answer was that he would name man
who never could be called guilty of single act
favoring corporate institutions; man who had
never prostituted the executive power to veto =
bill that was conceded in
THE INTERESTS OF LABOR;
q man whose hair had grown white in the ser
vice of the country; he meant MI. Thur
man, of Ohio. Why, he asked, lould the
democratic party take plunge in the dark and
subject the future fortunes of the
party to the hazard of lot