River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
REPUBLICAN POLITICS.
Progress of the Campaign of Blaine
and Logan.
why Ez-senator GRADY Bolts CLEVELAND.

New York Telegram
Ex-senator Grady, rising to protest against
the passage of the resolution and the adoption
Of the address, made long speech He re-
viewed the 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:
Neither in the nomination of the ticket nor in
the methods by which it was brought about is
there the slightest claim upon the great body
of Democratic voters for its support The
great majority of the delegates to the conven-
ton who named Cleveland their first choice
represented Republican constituencies. The
number of delegates who openly and earnestly
opposed his nomination were recorded, in spite
of all their protests as favorable TO his candi-
dacy. Every influence that could be employed
or engineered by the monopolists who have
secured control of the party management was
exerted to make him the candidate, and, as you
well know the delegates who left their homes
loud in their professions OF hostility to his can
ddacy as inviting certain defeat 10 the party
gave evidence soon after their arrival at Chicago
of change of heart which only the most SIM
pie and charitable have ascribed to pure AID
worthy motives. The expressed design Of men
who urged his nomination was to conciliate
disgruntled Republicans, not to please Demo-
Gratis. Preserving to myself the supreme right
of citizen exercising an act of sovereign
ty, ! decline TO prostitute my prerogatlye
to the purposes of party managers. suf-
frage has been bestowed on me by the institu-
tons of my country that it may be exercised
for the country's welfare. To the prosperity
and benefits of this land dedicate it and
can reconcile without Dissertation any DISPOSE
ton of it that would result in the support of
the political nondescript clothed in the out
ward garb of Democrat, ignorant of the car
dinal principles of the political faith which he
assumes to profess, and accepting from Demo-
Gratis their votes that he may delight Republic
cans and Independents by the manner In which
ne will exercise the powers conferred upon
him by betrayed and deluded party. But
my vote willsno be lost TO the Democracy. 1T
will be cast for the candidate whose followers
will be numbered by hundreds of thousands,
whose motives cannot be impunged, for their
action can not be inspired by selfish hopes of
reward 1t will be registered for the prinei-
Piles which the Democratic party professed
when it held popular confidence, and for ADAM
doning which it lost popular support 1t Will
be given for the candidate who has no hope of
election and no desire for sordid benefits, for
political preferment, but who braves fatigue,
abuse and pecuniary loss that true Democrats
may find his candidacy channel through
which they may express their sentiments
turn my back on the Democratic party,
captured and betrayed by Know-nothing DEM
agogues hungry for places and spoils, TO join
the pure Democracy which struggles for prin-
eiples which the party organization has
abandoned l denounce the candidate whose
only merit is his obscurity Chat | may
follow statesman whose life has made glo-
rious the history of his country | decline to
bow down before craven image because l
prefer to follow the teachings of the Tostle of
the true political faith. Preferrin5 shining
ability to dull mediocrity, true reformer
to a sham reformer, statesman to a hang
man, an illustrious citizen to political adj
venturer, decline to support Grover Cleve-
land for the Presidency, and here and now, in
the presence of a leader whom / have always
regarded as my political sponsor, in the midst
of brethren and comrades with whom | have
shared many hard fought battles in the politi-
cal field, and before the eyes of all the coun-
try, to whom l have this night laid bare my
motives and purposes, l declare myself in
favor of Benjamin f. Butler, soldier, jurist,
statesman, and patriot, and appeal to time
for nv yindication