The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-13
leadership of r.

leadership of r~
dating from 1871. THhu Thu many h.
and corruptions co u"e aepfeds ~
funct ring and its R,,n'tted tsssSI
J. Ti!dsn s'" os ss't; %0Ss'n' ii,
John Winthrop dT"tsendn sS''a
Schell or John Ke Tu'er AusSS,,.e,
leader, and others sues, its p sssN
ing corrupt leaders ont Iesded pdsat
,zatlon they found an the o, ~s
b e, which indeed reaui, Auggtaa@s y,
strength and e%xernnut;,red hercu,aaI
cleanse and put in ~" abilityEss
self.sacrl'icing workers s' f"a ), Ill.,
ocratic party succeeded ; ;of he Dr.
of restoration and order III the sss
and a system of fair n1i was restnat
auced In every assembly disst,; ia,s
new general committee u.st1et,
and again Tammany Lec was eleess
spectacle, law-abidiny' eI nae h,
organization, s]elf-resns, ptil ocrsMM
speeding the rights lug aid h,
Its strength as a Democrst; otheh
cation Was increased 1e os ofgaa.
which number was east f ,o'vN vNs
est old Democrat, Auyustu "lA ! boz
now dead, as candidate stus sehe
when he was defeate1 INV r'r maya
Cooper under acompjnatiow Llvas
ocrats opposed t. Tamnanvv Dsp.
with the Republican nartr Hall
city on a division of dtfic:,, Of ii,
polled 1000 votes against hs, Which
we have had to combat D nj, By
with false impressions crea NV, OH!
the character Of the memhsr. ash
organization which have been y, ''
ufactured not only t, bIacIs, Man.
reputation and lesser our inassa ON
but charges have also bes%n Aueles
against our political ipta ua.t
and honesty of our Iugfll
given to the candidates of the sIhp Ipt
cratic party. 1t has been ch psle
that we conspired t, defeat ' 'r1sa
and Hendricks in 1876, and H, ,li1sa
and English In 1880, and the n,ss
of the country has 50 generaIlv pNs
lated this atrocious Islander ib o.g4'
continued repetition, even imno,.uv'
men have come to believe it. ~!
following statement of facts .ba Az:
suffice to bury this calumny far o~ :"
In Is s Tilden's vote in New WI
State was 52l,9l9, Hayes 4a t ~
Tilden's majority 81, al. Tsmns,,
with its magnificent discipljn4 ~,
honest management. brought I'll,
enormous vote TO the DrInoc,.+s,
ticket and made success certsi,
The victory which the Republiss,
managers snatched from the iaws a
defeat must be sought for elsexhs,s,
perchance it may be discovered !,
the boiling, ~tlnle-5erving senator
and congressional re~presentatiy,,
who consented to manufacture adj,
vice unknown to the Constit1tim
which defeated the expressed v,s
Of a majority of the people Of fl.
United States. Against this franz
the Tammanv organization protest.
and it has never ceased to coDsjds
the ingenious but constitutional pr.
toral commission cunningly deyi#
to avert the impending destruction
the Republican palty which it ~,
ceeded in accomplishing in ISL.
a vote of to I. No tail-minded mr.
who will examine these figure. a.
doubt entirely the loyal suppr
Tammany Hall gave Gen. Hs.
cock. With these ISLANDERS resir
upon us and believed in in great pr
even by thoseWho are inclined i
admit our influence and power q,
political body, our opponents W..
alert and prepared for us a. Chicss
in the atmospllereol doubt and sul,
ciOn through which all our acts We.
viewed. While we We're celebrating
the anniversary OF our national il
dependence our opponents TOOK ever
occasion t. prejudice the mindd
delegates at Chicag' against us
We presented our arguments tom
and to the assembled Drn
ocrat delegations and Were detaua
the right to speak except by cOnsri
of delegates from other States aud
were prohibited under the undenH
cratic unit rule from casting Oh,
ballots for the candidate of on
We failed not in our dutyp
our constituents who sent us, norn
he party whose Representatives Vt
were. II any mistake has been
made, it is not of our doing and cal
not be charged to US. The cani:
1ates of the Democratic p4rty havil!
been nominated in the national con-
'ention, following the uniform and
lnbroken record of our organizatil,
We acquiesce in the will Of TIT
majority of the representatives ofN
although we believe thai
Will to have been written unwi~p
md expressed. There is but OH
I|ternative left us-to sever Or
'onrectiCn with the Democrat
This we cannot and will nj
10. In justice to our constjtlels
nd our Judgment we cannot pur:H:
hat course. We believe that time
will discOnnect the great Democrats
arty from the leadership of men wD9
ave used their power unwisely add
etrimental to ITS success. We &C.
uiesce in although protesting
gainst the unwise and injudlclGa
curse which they pursued. WesE
nth John @. Adams, There Is goS
Overnment, but what is republics
)r a republic is an empire
aws and not of men,
For the reasons herein set forthN
ommend the organization to liz
lpport of the nominees of the Del'
party for President and yF.
resident in Chicago, Friday, Jf
9th, 1884, and submit for its eolsl,
and adoption the following
solution.
Resolved, That we, the DemocIsIa
nj Republican general comm,''h
I the city and cnuuly Of New l"r
Tammany Hall assembled: heie"
fifty and endorse tie nomlnSu"r
y the National Democratic Col'rsuL
on held in Chicago, July lttn, ln
President, Grover CleVel'n,
New York; for vice resiaem'
homes A. Hendricks, OF lIol' .L,
I'd hereby pledge ourselves 10 N.
rnest and cordial support
,ndldatas so nominated.
An AtrOeiOus d~rtnic.-HahS'"
CINCINNATI, sept. l2-beIl',,Ihi i.
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