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FROM this point Mr.. Beec,,er smoke NJ
some length about the c,v.I.eryics re-
form ard It's advantages 10 the Govern
ment. lie urged That Mr. Blaine. instead
on teing an advocate Of ciyil.scryicc
Iei"IW' hod allowed to be written The
mos' scatbing letters against II under his
Iooi hud under bIs eye and uurebuked.
hI,or concluding tins portion OF his dis
cours'', ne gave most graphic portrayal OF
tne career OF Governor Cleveland, stopping
rs ne went along 10 give unanswerable
Iep,1s 10 .hc many accusations and charges
made against him.
NOAH DAVIS ANSWERED.
lie also most explicitly and emphaticslly
selutea TIE allegations made by Judge
Moan Davis oil The Supreme Court. against
MI. Cie'esnd In his Zee mt speech In
IrOok5n. lie urged that there wa. no sort
Oh cnahce 10 make any criticism OF Mr..
,e'eiands acls as Governor. lie said he
Is simple as child, a. sincere a saint,
ana possessed OF good common sense. aud
mrv uncommon honesty. While Mr.
anne was gong through Ohio. Indiana.
ana michigan, and was So,n coming back
10 New YORK and BroOslyn 10 upset things
mere, Governor Cleveland was attending t,
the duties Of hi Office and letting the coun.
Wy use It's Judgment whether to put him in
higher place or not.
PATRIOT. NOT PARTISAN.
Mr.. Cleveland was patriot. no, plrti.
san. When be became Governor he turned
only one man out Of Office. Governor Cor
nell had removed q onC-armed soldier and
put Stalwart man in bis place. Governor
Cleveland removed the Stalwart man and
put The soldier in his old place again.
lCheers Tint was the kind OF man Gro
yer Cleveland WAS. Over half OF his stan
were Republicans. This was the man for
Washington. Loud and protracted cheer
iDg.l
Perhaps the most fOrciblc portion OF Mr..
Eeechei's long. plain spoken, and telling
speech was his replies to the arguments OF
those who do not think Il right to leave the
Republican party. He left no shred OF
footbold for such people 10 stand on. He
said their logic was simply Infamous. Such
men would feel bound for Tweed II he
were living and IN for Office on their party
ticket. No man with any such logic. II he
bad wife. should go home before he
bathcd aud cleaned himself. daughter
TIE POLITICAL MURRAIy.
rs II was, every mothers son Of them
would drop hi, tail between bis leg, and
vote for the man Of his pariy's choice, no
matter how big n rascal he might be. IRE
ncwed laUghter.l All he had 10 say about
such people was that they were affected
with the murrain OF blighted politics.
Such men would not leave their party.
They would not JOIN the Independent Re-
puLlicans. Who were the independent
Rcpuhllcansl They were the men who
look out for danger. Suppose stagc-c0ach
was plunged into the mud and morass.
Your Partisan would not leave the coach
under any circumstances. The way was TO
get The coach ont OF the mud and then get in
again. [Lsughler.l This was what the Indc.
pendent Republicans were doing. fCheers.l
TO elect Mr.. Blaine President, under
all the charges and implications against
him, aud with bis history, was 10 say 10 anv
uDprincipled man, No matter what your
life is, II you can only get the nomination
for President you will be elected" Will
you tell your children lying is A sale thing,
Truth was the one safe thing that held So
cicty together, the bond tint puts trust be-
tween man and man. lie was not going to
join the Democratic party. He had fought
against il all his life.
KEEP our BAD MAN.
He was only working TO keep out bad
man and put in 4 good man IN the presi-
Dental chair. Tremendous cheering The
best men OF the two parties were working
for the best good. IL the Democratic party
proves incompetent after four years. all
they had got TO do was to whirl them out.
He would defy the party to do much worse
than the Republican party was sure to do
with Blaine at the head. The Independent
Republican party was as yet an undeveloped
third party. 1t held the balance between
two the parties. The platforms OF the
two parties were so near alike that il one
were snapped for the other during
the night the difference would not
be known in the morning. lie gave, as the
platform Of the Independent Republicans,
liberty Of thought, liberty OF conscience,
liberty OF motion, and liberty OF commerce
the world over. The business Of Govern
ment was TO give all men fair play. right OF
labor, no communism. no Nihiiism, and
safety OF The individual the world over.
A contrast which afforded some amuse-
n ent y well as food for thought was
drawn between the respective Cabinets OF
Cleveland and Blaine Us ofl>ettng Bayard
against MullIgaD. Trumbull against Jay
Gould. and 50 on.
EDWARDS WHO WILL Not VOTE.
lie ridicucd those who said they would
net vote. and denounced them a. towards.
To those who proposed to vote he said that
TO vote for Blaine was 10 vote for corrup-
ton, 10 vote for II. John 10 vote for air. for
Butler TO vote for mud, and 10 vote for
Cleveland to vote for an honest man.
After all. Blaine lad some good qualities.
lie was Kind, impulslve, would serve 3
friend IL il did moi Inconvenience him, was
a good fighter. bold and fearless. HIS social
qualities were, however. preeninent-sO
p ccmincnt thd he could not hut think
I at Providence had ordained lin 10 stay
at home. lProtracted cheers
In closing, Mr.. Beecher paid an eloquent
tribute 10 the sterling qualities Of Mr..
Clcyelsnd's private life. lie had been
bascly branded by rash and credulous clcr-
gymcn. They did not so to Mr.. Cleveland
privately TO seek information. but went to
barl0t, and drunkards. lis own honorcd
and beloved wife. unknown 10 him. had
sent 10 Governor Cleveland cuttings from
tie newspaper in regard TO the Governors
life st Albany. That letter. If published.
would be gem in literature. To that lct-
ter Governor Cleveland sent prompt re-
piv hy return mail and it had been in ms
possession two or three weeks.
Such complcxity had arisen in the can
vass that he telcgraphcd day or two ago
to Governor Cleveland asking II be could
make public his letter. and the reply came
back that he might. II in his Judgment hr
thought best. Mr.. Bcecher thcreupon, in
q slow. measured, and impressive tone.
read the following letter. During the read
ing the vast audience listened with spell
bound attention
GOVERNOR CLEyELAND'S LETTER.
lirivate.
Executive MAysI0Y,l
ALBANY, October :. 1891.