Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-23
BLAINE'S COMING BURIAL.
INDEPENDENTS CUT OUTA WIND
ING SHEET OF BALLOTS.

independents opposed TO Blaine was held
to-day IN the University Club Theatre.
For an hour before the time fixed there
was an unusual STIR IN that generally
quiet locality, and inside the corridors of
the little theatre a consultation Of Inde-
pendents was busily carried on. Among
the more prominent faces noticeable were
those Of George William Curtis and Carl
Schurz. The latter was the centre of an
interested and animated group. Clarence
Bowen, Of the Independent, and
other of the seeding members
of the Brooklyn Young Republican
Club were present. The Secretaries
made up list of those who were 10 be
present, which showed that Massachu-
seJts was more numerOusly represented
than any other State except New York.
A lew from New Jersey and Connecticut,
ana some from more distant States We're
on the roll. Admission to the hall was bv
ticket, but any one signing the following
formula, which was furnished on printed
slip TO each applicant, was given a card
OF admission without further question:
"DlsapprOving of the nomination made by
the Republican National Convention at
chicago as unworthy of support, and be-
lieving that the interests of good govern
ment and Of public morals demand
the defeat of the Republican candidates
Tor President and Vice President, and be-
ing therefore resolved not to vote for
Blaine and Logan, desire to take part
with other Republican and independent
voters In the conference to be held at the
University Club Theatre, on Madison ave-
nue. and Twenty-siXth street, New York,
Tuesday, July y, at II a. m"
THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES.
Among the Massachusetts, delegates
were the following: From Boston. George
w. Hale, f. G. Lowell and j. b. Gardner:
from Cambridge, Jabez Fox, George w.
Wright, f. V. b. Kerr. Col. II. W. Higgin-
son, A. NJ. Howe and j. B. Thayer; from
Concord, Samuel HOar, Arthur J. Fuller
and Messrs. Chapman and Hudson; from
taIl River, ). Borden; from New Bedford,
+. Is. Gummere and w. G. LamsOn; from
BroOkline, Theodore Lyman; from Quincy,
=. ). Huntington, Josiah Quincy, w. B.
Rice, William Everett and Mr.. Slade;
from WOburn, w. B. Killen; from New
ton, Col. A. A. Pape, J. r. Canter. j. f.
Ober, +. +. Ramon and j. S. FarlO: from
Chelsea, A. B. BOssOn; from Dedham, f.
Stlmson; from Lexington. Cornelius
Wellington and G. S. OsgOOd. There were
also delegates from New Haven. New
JERSEY. Rhode Island and Pennsylva-
MIA. The hall was well filed when
the meeting was called to order
The National Temperance Society
circulated memorial in the conference
asking 1t to take cogniZance of the alcO-
holic liquor traffic, and requesting that
it would not indOrse the ''saloon plank"
OF the Democratic platform which says:
1--WE are opposed tc sumptuary laws
which veX citizens and interfere with in
dividual liberty"
Among other prominent persons pres
ent were Benjamin H. BristOw, W. G.
Beecher and Francis G. Barlow. The
members Of tie Independent Executive
Committee, of Massachusetts, were all
present. They are: Charles r. Goldman,
President; Moses Williams, Secretary;
and Phineas Pearce, Winslow Warren,
George Frederick Williams and Mansfield
Strong.
CURTIS CIEERED.
The appearance of George William Cur
It's on the platform ELECTED cheers and
applause. Mr.. Curtis called the meeting
TO order near noon, and welcomed the
delegates. He read the call for the con-
ference, and when he reached that portion
Of it which related to Republicans ''who
will not vote for Blaine and Logan" he
was interrupted by hearty applause.
charles X. Goldman was elected Presi-
dent.
The list of Vice Presidents and enroll
ment committee was read, including Carl
Schurz, Gen. Barlow and CD. Bonaparte,
Of Maryland.
The nominees were all elected.
Col. Goldman made an address, in which
he said:
\ on confer great honor on me in choosing
me to preside over the deliberations OF not
body of otlicehOlders, but of citizens, whose
a fln rF,,r4
Try. We have decided to cast aside party
affiliations for the time being. The nOmina-
ton of the Republican party for the Presi-
dency is an insult to American manhood.
BLAINE's BAD RECORD.
Blame has not cleared his record from the
charges that he used his public Office for pri-
vate gain, and We fear that he will continue
his usual method; that he will prove no dead
head in any enterprise he may embark in. We
make no charges against his private charac-
ter, but Blaine is not fit to be President of the
United States. There IS no great issue clear
" defined between the two parties, so that we
have TO cOnfine ourselves to the question OF
the fitness of the candidates. We shall not
ienounce lawlessness and oppression
in the South more than our right to condemn
political dishonesty in the North. We shall
exercise both or these rights. We shall not
support Blaine. nor shall we support any Of
the many who justify the COpiah murder-if
indeed such a man can be found for whom any
one WOulQ ask Lne SuHrageS OF the people.
We respect the convictions of others; but for
ourselves we say that it is just as impossible
for TO support Blaine as it is to lie or steal.
ASSEMBLED FOR BUSINESS.
We are assembled to-day to confer together
and to consider what practical action we shall
take. We have one purpose in view, and as
men we desire to act together: but
we shall not, l think, make any attempt to
demand pledges or to bind consciences. What
ever is done here-a man Is free to follow his
own course-no pledges Will be asked, and
none VIII be given. For myself do
not hesitate to say that the defeat of Blaine
should be cnmpassed by all honorable means.
It seems to me that the cause of good govern
ment. of pure politics, of American character,
requires it to be done. There is but one way
10 do it, and that way must be obvious to us
all. We desire first Of all q Presldent that is
and il, beside that, he is able
and independent, so much the better. We
have not far to go to find man who is all
This. 1t has been said recently by some of the
supporters of Blaine that no Democratic
President was ever able to resist the pressure
Of the party managers.
CLEVELAND ABOVE CRITICISM.
1t may, perhaps, be true, and possibly some
Republican Presidents have been open to the
same criticism, but there is certainly one
Democratic official who has shown his ability
to successfully resist all pressure that would
with faithful performance of Off
and he Is now Governor of New
York, and the Democratic candidate for Pres
ldent of the United States.
When Mr.. Goldman had concluded, Mr..
SchuTZ moved that committee be APP
pointed to act upon the resolutions and
This was carried.
MIR. Curtis read the communication
from the National Temperance Society,
referred to above, and it was referred to
the Committee on Resolutions.
Horace Z. Deming, Of Brooklyn, said he
believed that this conference would leave
behind il some work that would show that
1t intended to do some fighting during
this campaign. He moved that a COM
mittee be appointed to report a plan of
permanent organization. This was car
ried and the committee was appointed,
with Mr.. DemiHg as Chairman. The CON-
mittee retired for consultation.
LYMAN's TRUST IN CLEVELAND.
Col. Theodore Lyman, of Brookline,
Mass, made an addIess. He said:
1 have no objection to parties. 1t is a
dangerous thing to be an Independent for sew
eral reasons. There is even the risk OF be-
ing called crank But we can only go so
far with party. When party Oversteps the
bounds of decency il is our duty to leave il.
When party fails to fulfill its mission 1t will
die. We want an honorable and able man
for President, and believe that Gov. Cleve-
land is such a man.
Thos. r. Bacon, of New Haven, said:
The independent movement has grown to
enormous strength. 1t has twice defeated
Blaine's Presidential aspirations within the
party. We are told that Blaine was nomina-
ted by wire-pulling, or the machine, and we
fear that that is true; ana If the Republican
party has reached the point when it takes a
man of such damaged reputation as Blaine, it
is time for somebody to bolt.
Col. T. W. Higginson, of Cambridge,
Mass, said that he had never seen a more
gratifying assemblage. 1t reminded him
of gatherings that took place in the times
of the anti-slavery agitation. That move
nnant rras snonassfnI and he haliaved that