The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-07-18

of representative citizens. that they should be
endowed with wisdom, that nothing should
be done through strife or vain jealousy, but
that they should be filed with that charity
which is not pulled up and doth not behave
itself unseemly. He prayed that their delib-
erations might be guided to such conclusions
as would best promote tho glory of God and
the welfare of the nation.
The chairman then said:
"Gentlemen of the Convention: Harmony
seems to be the sentiment Of this convention
Even the air seems saturated with desire
and determination to nominate ticket for
President and Vice President which will be
satisfactory to the North and to the South,
to the East and to the West-nay, more, a
ticket that will harmonic the Democracy
throughout the Union and insure victory in
November. Harmony prevailed in the deib-
erations of the national committee. Noeffort
was made to nominate a temporary chairman
in the interest of any candidate, but on the
contrary it was the desire to nominate one
who shall preside over the deliberations of this
convention with absolute impartiality. In
that spirit, and to that end l have been di.
rected by the unanimous vote of the national
committee to name the Hon. Richard B. Hub
bard, of Texas, for temporary chairman OF
this convention.n
THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
The nomination of Ex-Governor Hubbard
was received with unanimous assent and he
was escorted to the chair by Senator b. +.
Jonas, of Louisiana; George T. Barnes, OF
Georgia, and Abrams S. Hewitt, of New York,
who were appointeda committee for that pur-
pose.
On being presented by Mr. Barnum Mr..
Hubbard gave thanks for the honor done him,
which, he said, he accepted not as tribute
to himself but as compliment to the great
State from which he came, a State which was
absolutely cosmopolitan in every fiber He
continued as follows:
''The Democratic party in all its elements
was the same as it was when founded by the
trainers of the Constitution nearly three
quarters of century ago. Men died, as the
leaves in autumn; but the principles underly-
ing liberty and lf-government-the right of
representation and taxation going hand in
hand, economy in the administration of the
government SO that the government shall
make the burdens as small as they may be
upon the millions who constitute our country
men-these and other principles underlie
the Democratic party and cannot be effaced
from the earth, though their authors may be
numbered with the dead. (Cheers) thank
God, fellow citizens, that though we
have been out of power for a quarter of a
century, we are to-day, in all that makes
adherence and confidence and zeal, as much
q party, organized for aggressive war, as
when victory perched upon our banners. The
Democratic party had now the House of Rep
itocDUaIlNcS, duu udNc blo otllltt DuU
for treason in the Senate chamber itself
Cheers. 1t would have had the presidency
too, but for the hands of robbers who struck
down the expressed will of the people by
means Of perjury, bribery and corruption.
The presidency had been stolen from the Dem
ocratic party by men uttering falsehoods
through pale lips and chattering teeth. Some
of the men who participated in the crime had
passed beyond the river. there to give an
account of their stewardship That stealing
of the presidency was the greatest crime in
history. The great leaders of the party,
Tilden and Hendricks"
Here the speaker was interrupted by long
continued applause, the delegates rising to
their feet and waving their hats. When the
applause ceased he continued:
Sour great leaders, Tilden and Hendricks,
with the dignity Of heroic statesmen, with the
courage of men who love their country better
than its pelf and its power, accepted the
and they are grander to-day in their defeat
than the men who wear the power at the ex-
pense of justice and right (Cheers) Thus
we have succeeded in the face of Federal
power. We would have succeeded in 1880
but for Federal gold and Federal greenbacks
fresh and uncut from Washington--(ap-
plause and laughter) money earned and held
by star-route contractors and the loving
friends Of venal administration. They
bought the presidency. Fellow Democrats,
we want reform, God knows, not only in the
personnel of men, but also in the measures of
the government. (Cheers.) We want men
there whose very lives and whose very names
would be platform to this people. We want
men there who shall in all the departments of
the government follow its servants with the
eye Of the ministers of justice and see that
every cent that belongs to the government
shall remain with the government Cheers
that no tribute shall be demanded except the
tribute that is due the government; that
no assessment shall be levied upon 100000
office-holders who are paid one hundred
millions annually, five millions to go
into corrupt political fund. These, these,
we thank God, will be corrected when the
Democratic party shall get into power once
more. (Applause) In conclusion let me say
that harmony and conciiation should rule
your councils. There never was time in
the history of the Democratic party when
the enemy invites the victory as now. The
great and unnumbered hosts of dissatisfied men
of the Republican party are heard in the dis
tance-in New England, in New York, on the
lakes and in the West and everywhere; and
while the Democratic party should not deviate
one iota from its principles, it should with
open arms say to these men-hundreds and
thousands God grant there may be-here, here
is the party OF the Constitution and the
Union, that loves our common country. Come
hither and go with us for honest rule and
nOntSS government.
"The Democratic party, while it may have its
local differences, when the onset OF the charge
comes will be together, aud whoever you may
nominate of all the great and good names that
are before you from the East to the West,
from the North to the South, will receive its
united support. Hoping that success may
.rown your efforts, that you may send tick
OF to our country upon which all may unite,
Is the wish of him whom you have honored
with your suffrage this day. loud and long
continued applause.)
THE FIGHT OVER THE UNIT RULE.
At the conclusion of Governor Hubbards
retary of the national committee, reported
the temporary organization, including the
secretaries.
Mr.. Smalley, of Vermont, then said he was
instructed by the national committee to offer
the following resolutions:
''Resolved, That the rules of the last Demo-
cratic convention govern this body until
otherwise ordered, subject to the following
modification: That in voting for candidates
for President and Vice-Prcsident no State
shall be allowed TO change its vote until the
roll of the States has been called and every
State has cast its yote.h
Senator Grady, OF New York, offered the
following amendment to the resolutions;
when the vote of a State as announced
by the chairman of the delegation from such
State is challenged by any member OF the
delegation, then the secretary shall call the
names of the individual delegates from the
State, and their individual preferences as ex-
pressed shall be recorded as the vote OF such