Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-09-19

| moro my knOWn CnuTUCtCT OF tue GOV
| crnor which should exempt him from the so
we're penalties ordained against men In every
| way his poers! Ho was young man whom
tracted by tho foos TO bo gained 10 tho once
| OF Sherif, which ought To- be distasteful 10 n
lawyer. OF any abil y. and we know that no
| himself pressed tho lover that swung tho VIC
tins of tho Jaw into eternity TO gave tho OK
| pense of hiiing another professional hang
man, such sordid nature is not above be-
Mr.. Grady thon took mp @ oy ornor CleveIsnd's
| veto oil tue Car conductors and drivers bill,
| OF labor OF those employees, and then passed
| on to consideration of tho charge that his
personal opposition to. Cleveland controlled
might be judged by the reasons he assigned
| Tor It. if his opposition TO Clovoland's cleo
tlon was not Justified by tho record OF his Adj
minlstratlon In this State. ho was content to
allow II TO be attributed to personal m ilco.
Governor Cleveland wrote TO Mr.. Kelly oppos-
Ing Mr.. Gradys return TO the State Senate.
The sponkor said the reason for Clevolnnd's
oppost on to him was his opposition to the
confirmation OF an appointment for Commits
sionor OF Emigration In this city. IL was n
newy.oroatod ofllce and tho appontoe was
resident OF brooklyn. The Executive grew
very angry over the senitc's refusal 10 con.
frm his nominee, and insisted, among othor
things, that MIR. Grady should not como back
to tho Senate.
:, In coneludlng his discussion of this subject
II have mentioned tho letter which Mr..
Cleveland addressed to Mr. Kelly concerning
myself anu tnp causes WnlDn ltlSDireu IL ONLY
because my critics have forced 1t into tho ais
uision. III 1t reflect any credit on Mr. Glove.
land heis welcome TO ali the benefits that may
accrue to him. For my part | feel that have
Incurred his hatred and resentment by the
fearless and CONSCIENTIOUS discharge Of my
duty to my constituents aud to the State, and
the favor of tho Governor have made the
choice which would make again IL confront
ed with the same alternatives"
Tho Democratic platform, tho speaker said,
was quite In harmony wit Its candidate. at
proolalms for honest oivil-scrvice reform un-
der which the Republican office holders at the
North are being guaranteed by the lndepend-
ent Rcpublican protectoratc "a continuance In
Office curing good behavior, while South 1t is
accepted as an assurance that tho Federal
patronage shall bo placed in the hands of
those through whose influence the candidate
hopes to get 2J2 Electoral votes On tho tariff
1t Is inUnensive. In relati IN to the publIo lands
Its declarations are the very opposite from
what would accord with the oonvcntion's treat
mcnt OF Judge Thurman, tho chief, u not the
only Democratic martyr to the peoples side OF
this isquestion aud raises violent presumption
that at the time of the adoption o 1 tho platform
the Standard OIL Companys representative
had not assumed the complete control of the
convention they subsequently manifested.
And, to crown all, and IL possible increase tho
contempt with which The intelligence of the
country Will regard the negative attitude In
which the party managers have placed the or.
ganization, after lamenting that Mr.. Tillen
can not permit them to place In his hands the
person might be resented the blow struck at
the vital principle of the Republ @ in the in
auguration of u fraudu ent President in 1877
the Secretary of the Interior during Mr..
Hayes LOCUS Administration is selected as
the chief exponent of the truths contained In
tho platform, not us n terrible example, but
be ause of his supposed influence with the
German-American voters"
Such is the feast, said Mr.. Grady, to which
they were invited: For his part he declined
the invitation. Those with more robust polit-
icRl appetites and digestions than he is
blessed with may find the fare enjoyable and
II..o t@l.s .s....,
to their dispositions. He had no desire to
, quarrel with their action. But reserving to
himself the supreme right of citizen exercis.
titute his prerogative. His vote would not he
lost to the Democracy. however. 1t will be
cast for a candidate s.l whose followers will be
motives can not be impugned, for their action
can not be insspirel by any selfish hope Of re-
aeverely. Judged at present, but from the crit.
icsms of party managers he appealed 10 the
impartial Judgment Of his countrymen. II
II turn my back on the Demo cratic party
captured and betrayed by the hnow-Nothing
demagogues hungry for places and spolls, to
tie principles which the party organH alton
has abandoned. ! renounce a candidate
whose only merit is his obsc,rity, TINT may
made gl)rious the history of his
country. decline to bow down before
| craven image because prefer to follow the
| teachings of an apostle of the true political
| faith. Preferring shining ability to duh med-
| ocrity, II true eforner to a sham reformer, a
statesman TO n hangman, an lllustrious citizen
| to political adventurer decline to support
| Grover Cleveland for the Pres idency And
| here and now, in the presence of the leader
whom have always regarded as my political
| sponsor, In the midst of the brethren and com
rades with whom shared many hard-t ought
political field, and before the eyes of all the
country to whom have this night laid bare
self in favor of benjamin Il. Butler the sol.
der, the jurist, the states nan, and the patriot
and appeal to time Tor my vindcation."