Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-13
soiano County for McKenna
EASTERN.
Grand Ratification Meeting at In
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s.residrnt Hendricks.

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president Hendricks.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind :, July IA large.
ly attended Democratic meeting to ratify
the nomination of Cleveland and Hen
bricks, was held here tonight. Messrs.
Hendricks and Mcdonald were escorted
to the place Of speaking by new politi-
cal labor organization, known US the"Au.
tocrats." The meeting was called to or
der by Austin II. Brown, and VIM. II
English was made Chairman. Hendricks
was received with burst of genuine
enthusiasm which seemed toinspire him
and he spoke with more than usual ease
and fluency. His remarks were Us fol
lows:
NV Feiiow Citizens: You are almost
as mad Ms they were in the Convention
at Chicago. Great cheering.) | thought
they wouli not stop up there ut all. l
am very much encouraged and delighted
to meet you on this occasion. You come
to celebrate aud to express your approval
OF the nominations that were ma lie ut
Chicago. am glad that you are cor
dial. Every fourth year we elect two
great officers Of the government. This
year is our great year ard every man,
whatever his party associations, is called
upon to consider all questions upon
which he is disposed to act and having
considered, to cast his vote in favor of
what he believes to be right. The
Democracy of Indiana appointed me one
of its delegates to the convention at
Chicago. spent nearly week in at
tendance in that city and now | return
to say n few things to you, and only
few things, in regard to that conve ntion.
1t was the largest convention ever held
in America. Never has such an assem-
blage of people ever been seen before.
IL was convention marked in its char.
acter for sobriety, deliberation and
purpose. 1t selected two men
to carry its banner on leaving that cou-
vention and going out before the people.
The question is, will you help carry that
banner Great cheering and cries OF
1--WE will do it y do not expect, l
have no right to expect, that | will es-
cape the criticism and Islander of the OPP
posite party. have not in my life sui
fered very much from that; but come
before you, Democrats, conservatives,
independents, all men who wish to re-
store the government to the position it
occupied before these corrupt times. and
to all such men | make my appeal for
your support for the high Office for
which have been nominated by tue
Democracy at Chicago. Great cheers
Governor Cleveland is the nominee for
President, man promoted to that high
office by the largest majority that ever
decided an election in that State. He is
man of established honesty Of charac
ter and if you will elect him to the Pres.
ideucy of the United States you will not
hear of Star routes in the post
al service OF the country under
his administration, (Cheers.) | will
tell you what we need. Demo
Gratis and Republicans will alike
agree upon the fact that we need to have
books in the government offices for ex-
animation. Cheers and cries of "rhat
is it. Do you think that men in this
age never yield to temptation? Laugh
ter. 1t is only two weeks ago that one
of the Secretaries at Washington was
called before Senate committee to tes
tify in regard to the condition of his
Department. In that Department was a
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; in that
department an examination was being
had by a committee from the Senate and
it was ascertained by oath OF the Secre-
tary that sits at the heal of that De-
partment that the defalca,ion found dur
ing last year, as far rs it had been esti-
mated, was S63. 900, and when asked
about il he said that he had received let
tiers year ago informing him of these
outrages, and short time since some.
body had come to him and told him
there were frauds going on in the serv.
ice. But members of Congress had
recommended the continuance of
the head of the Bureau with such
earnestness that he thought it
must be all right. Now it turns ont
that the public is s63, 900 out and how
much more no man, | expect, can tell.
But what IN the remedy? To have a
President that will appoint a head OF
the bureau that will investigate the con.
dition of the books and bring all guilty
parties to trial. [Cheers and cries Of
"That is it, My fellow citizens, be.
lieve for such a duty as this, for the
purpose Of maintaining the United States
governmentfor the people Of this country,
| can commend to your confidence Gov.
Cleveland, Of New York. Great cheer
ing) Governor Cleveland, as candi-
date for Mayor was not upon party
ticket, but on a citizens, ticket, with the
duty assigned to him Of correcting the
evils that prevailed in the Government
OF the City Of Buffalo. He was elected