The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-14

py MS supporters, may L be permitted 70 Al
Jude TO 1t for a moment TO Illus
trate the incapacty of Presidential
candidate 70 understand the limits which
common ?ropriety would place upon bis inn
pulses protest that In all have
read of the exercise and abuse of despotic
powers have never met with such palpable
disregard OF the prophecies of public life as
this exhibition of Mr.. Clevelands intolerance
OF opposition. The King who uttered the
memorable saying the State am the State;"
even he, never cooliy proclaimed that the con.
sutution of any body necessary to the
Government Of the State should be
reg nar.o,a SOLELY by a, regard for
of the monarch But this interference with
the Cons tuition OF the Senate was not only
indecent in itself; it was breach OF one OF
his pain promises OF his letter Of acceptance.
In that document, on the faith OF which he
was elected, he states; "The interference of
officials Of any degree and whether state or
Federal, for the purpose OF thwarting or con-
trolling the popular wish should not be tol.
Grated Can such nfidelity to his pledges plead
for more extended trust In his honesty? :.
Quite In harmony with the candidate is the
platform upon which he stands. Upon the
important questions of the tariff 1t ia gener-
ally acceptable to Mr.. Morrison. of Illinois;
Kentucky, and Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.
Like the andidate's letter OF acceptance. il
Is inofensive, and might be summarized IN
just eight words with malice toward none,
In relat on to the public lands It's declara-
tions aIr the very opposite from what would
accord with the Conventions treatment OF
Judge Thurman the chief, II not the only
Democratic martyr to the peoples side Of the
question, and raises violent presumption
that AZ the time Of the adoption Of the plat
form, the Standard Oil COmpany's representa-
uves had not assumed the complete control of
the Convention they subsequently mani
tested.
such Is the feast to which we are invited.
For my part decline the invitation. Reserv.
ing to myself the supreme right OF citizen,
decline to prostitute my prerogatye to the
purposes of the party managers. But
my vote will not be lost 70 the Democracy.
whose followers will be numbered
by hundreds of thousands, whose mo
tives cannot be impugned, for their action
can be inspired by no seitish hopes Of reward.
1t will be registered for the principles which
the Democratic party professed when It he
the popular support 1t will be given for
candidate who has no hope of election but
who braves fatigue, abuse and pecuniary loss
that true Democrats may find his candidacy
channel through which they may express
their sentiments,
deliberately Join the minority, but history
teaches us that all great movements have hrst
been begun by minorities. l will exhaust my
energies 10 swell the vote that will DO cast for
that giant OF civil warfare whose fingers are
now at the throat OF monopoly, and whose
grasp Will SLAutu anu tue eu-
couragement Of the patriotic and unselhsh till
he throws it PROSTATE and submissive at the
feet of Justice. turn my back upon the Dem
ocratiC party, captured and betrayed by the
know nothing demagogues. hungry for places
and spoilS, 10 join the pure Democracy which
struggles for the principle which the party or
gani2ation has abandoned.
renou nee a candidate whose only merit Is
his obscurity, that may follow statesman
whose life has made glorious the history OF
his country. decline to bow down before
craven image bee ause prefer to follow the
teachings of an apostle of the true faith.
Preferrng shining ability to dull mediocrity:
true reformer to sham reformer. states
man to hangman an ilustrious
citizen TO political adventurer,
decline to support Grover Cleveland
for the Presidency, and here and now in the
presence of the leader, my political sponsor:
In the midst of brethren and comrades with
whom have shared u hard fought political
field, and before the eyes Of the country to
whom have this night laid bare my motives
and my purposes, declare myself in favor
OF Benz. f. Butler, the soldier, the jurist, tn e
statesman and the patriot, and appeal to
time for my vindication."
Mr.. VIM. Bourke Cochran, on rising to
second the resolution, was received with
loud cheering. He said there was stern
duty to be performed by the organization
before election day. No one had pro
tested more strongly against Ceve
lands nomination than he had, bu
1t was essential to the prosperity
of the country that change In admin Is.
tration should take place. The labor vote
was being threatened with sale. lie
heard but the cry Of distress Throughout
the country, and that cry urged him to
work for the Democratic ticket.
He felt convinced that there
was no power on the face of
the earth that could drive
this organization from tho fold OF the
Democratic party. There were perhaps
strong reasons, he said, for voting for q
third candidate, but II they did the
enemy would climb the rampant and
secure the victory, and he could not sit
still and see a party elected whose only
object and aim was public plumber.
Mr.. Cochran concluded by saying
that 1t would go forth to the country
that this organization had declared itself
not for man but for party.
The calling of the roll on the address
and resolution was then proceeded with,
aud resulted In their adoption by an
overwhelming majority. The vote stood
$40 ayes, 81 nays. On motion the vote
was made unanimous. After some rou-
tine hnsiness tho committee adionrnad