The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-24
Enthusiastic Ratification Meeting ut Lou
i~syillc.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July lG.-The Dem
orrnts of Louisville TO the number Of
5000 assembled in the Court Place this
evening for the purpose Of rati-
wing the Chicago nominations.
well known politically and their
remarks were enthusiastically received.
Hon. Henry Watterson, speaking of the
tariff plank said: 1.-THE National com
mittee which lost us the election of 1880
by running away from the issue of
revenue reform is now as ii
vas then in the hands Of the
by the fine Italian band of Mr.. Randall
was put forth to back the platform com
nlittec in the late convention. Through
it's agency. artfully employed, the DEM
o,rats Olive Southern States were mis-
represented on that commit
tee. Hence the .disproportion
which appeared in Congress between
the followers of MIR. Randall and the
followers of Mr.. Carlisle and Mr..
Morrison was not maintained in the
committee. The committee was, in
point of fact, nearly equally divided, but
to say, that after these two extremes
had stripped the question Of Htitr.uaagc
and had laid down with"Tt diral.ise the
fun measure of thCir GC5.rc and extent
Of their demands, Il Appeared
a. we had imagined we were.
aAd there came about II better feeling
and along with it II prosl ec5 of agree.
ment. Tho result was that the sub-coH-
mittec of eight, which made the platform,
excepting Gen. Butler, arrived at u
final decision, which carried not mercy
the judgment but the hearty approval
o. each OF the parties to IL. When the
TIGHT came in the general committee,
the same feeling arose and a sharp ON
Test was had upon two propositions, the
first being to strike out The word OK
cllsiyely from the declaratory clause,
and the second relating to the selection
Of Il permanent chairman to report the
platform to the convention. IL was
rontendcd by Mr.. Malcolm Hay, at
Pennsylvania, and other Protectionist%
who Supported him, that the word
with the word "only.h Nobody
disputed this, but the friends Of revenue
reform defended the tariff planks OF
1875 and lSS0, accepted the issue
made by the other side, II
when the vote was taken on
retaining tho word "eXclusively'
~ to Pits significance was clearly
understood. The subsequent election of
MIR. Morrison to present the report
to the convention the charge
that Mr.. Randall had thu committee
in the hollow of his hand and got all
he ever wanted or asked for. II he is
satisfied, however, that ends the dispute
between him and me. / am,
toe. Sati SIZED and SO are
MIR Carlisle and Mr.. Morrison and Mr..
Hewitt and Mr.. Hurd and Mr.. Morton,
and those who acted with us and who
, think rs we do. In 1880 a false issue
as to the tariff Was precipitated
. by the Republicans late III the canvass.
The Democrats ran away and were
beaten. In the coming canvass the
lines are clearly laid down. No false
issue or new issue can be sprung on us.
We are not going to run away, we
aro going to stand and tight inteili-
gently and unanimously, and when the
battle is over and won we are going TO
reduce war taxes at least $780,
100000 and revise the tariff and
reduce 1t to a peace basis under a wise
aud just application OF the principles I'M
folded and specified by the platform
adopted vn by the nut Na GIaya,anG "ns
i Hendricks in the hold. Confident
of the platform, I AIN equally confident
of tho ticket. 1t was not, ~ | have said,
nv first choice. / thought it should
head westward; l was afraid of the un-
dertOw which seemed TO nave set IN
against 1t, but at no time
could blind myself TO its
strong points, and since the adjourn,
ment of the convention am more and
more convinced Of its merits and availa-
billty. The Governor Of New. York
Is d brave and honest magistrate.
He Is liberal and enlightened. he
has allied himself with all that Is clean
and sober, upright and elevated in our
public life. ffe is not a "Plumed
knights" he is not a "Tattoed Mani"
he is not a Legislative Prize
tighter" nor a diplomatic play actor"
He never in his life wrapped the Ameri-
can flag around him and marched dow
the halls of the American Congress
to throw his shining lance In the face OF
anybody. He is not an expe,imentalist
or adventurer. He is aplain,solid citizen,
who does his duty without any fuss, who
has the strength and the nerve to handle
the now broom which is to sweep the
public service clean. He has IN the
person of Mr.. Hendricks, joined TO him
all that remains to us of the ola