Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-23
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 FROM ALL QUARTERS. CURTIS SIDE SHOW. A Free Exhibition of h. dependent Sentiment. ANYTHING TO BEAT BLAINE. Even to EnthrOne the
 Democratic Party. A GREAT FIRE IN GLOUCESTER. Many Families Left With
 out a Home.
A GREAT FIRE IN GLOUCESTER
Many Families Left With
 out a Home.
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS.

INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS.
 Address Favortng Cleveland and
 | Hendrfcks-The Motion to AdOpl
 Them as Candidates Laid over.
 NEW YORK, July 22.-The Independent
 Republicans held their conference in the lit
 tie theater attached to the University club or
 Twenty-sixth street to-day. The following
 are the States represented in the conference
 and the number of delegates from each
 Connecticut, 28; Colorado, 1; California, 1
 Delaware, 2; Georgia, 1; Illinois, 2;Louisiana,
 1; Missouri, 2; Maryland, 2; Michigan, 1
 Massachusetts, 86; New Jersey, 33: New
 York, 273; Pennsylvania, 19; Rhode Island ! G. Vermont, l. total sixteen States, and 459 delegates. At 11:30 o'clock the hall was
 densely crowded. MT. George William Curtis l ascended the stage and was received with a great demonstration of applause. He said | that it was his pleasant duty, on behalf of the l New York Indpendent Republican committee, 1 to welcome the delegates to the meeting and to call it to order. He read the call for the conference, which was interrupted by ap- | plause after the declaration against the can l didacy of Blaine and Logan. He then read
 a list of candidates for officers of the confer ence who were chosen unanimously as follws: i Presdent-Charles R. Goldman, of Massachu- | Vice Presidents-H A. Rabbit, c. P. Armstrong | and H. W. Farnam of Connecticut; William Endl
 colt, jr, Samuel Hoar and Robert Blakie of Massa- | chusett; Carl Schurz. Francis c. Barlow and The odore Bacon of New York; William Hayes Ward, H. | TkaQ Fran pC and Walt WnO1 nf
 Pennsylvania; Joseph Buttell of Vermont; James F.
 iand iI Benamin CT F. ThuTston of Rhode Island; Walter .MerTiman of Delaware, and William G.
 .secretarie4e-Geo H. Earle, jr., of Pennsylva-
 Miller of Connecticut; G. W Folsom of New York;
 Talcott H: Russell of Connecticut Morris Williams vania.
 1 On MT. Goldman being introduced by MT" ! Curtis as the chairman he was greeted with | long address from manuscript He com l menced by referring to the circumstances ! which led to the upheaval of the independent I sentiment, and said that the delegates as l sembled were representatives of that senti- | ment and not of any political boss or ma I chine. MT. Goldman reviewed Blaines ! record in a masterly manner, evoking con 1 tinuous and enthusiastic applause. The ap- plaIlse was long and continued when the l chairman remarked, with emphasis, that In ! dependent. Republicans would sooner steal and ! lie than vote for Blaine The speaker eulo- \ gized in elegant and generous terms Govern | or Cleveland, and said it was something to K be devoutly thankful for to have a man of such unblemished record I nominated for the presidency in crisis ! like the present. Every allusion to the standard bearer of the Democracy evoked \ spontaneous and hearty applause. When ! Mir. Goldman had concluded, the delegates ! gave full vent to their enthusiasm. Half of \ them got up from their seats and fourished ! their hats in the most vigorous fashion. ! The following committee on resolutions ! was then appointed: Moorefeld Storey and | George F. Williams of Massachusetts, Reeves ! and Hunt of Pennsylvania, Curtis and Schurz of ! New York, Tyler and Armstrong of Connecti- ! cut, W. Hayes Ward of New Jersey, W. G. ! Thompson of Michigan, B. F. Thurston of | Rhode Island, James F. Clafin of Illinois, and H. P. Goddard of Maryland. A com mittee of six on organization, of which man, was next selected. The committees ! retired, and after a brief discussion motion to take recess was lost.
 MT. Lyman of Massachusetts was then I called upon to address thei conference, to which he responded with alacrity Mr. Iy- ' { the chairman, expressing disapproval of the ! nomination of Blaine and regarding it as grat- flying fact that the Democrats had wisdom ! enough to rise to the occasion. and nominate | a man for the office in the highest gift of the people for whom every self-respecting citizen | could vote without offending his conscience At the conclusion of MT. Lyman's remarks ! the Massachusetts delegates enthusiastically | applauded.
 The chairman invited the Rev Thomas R. | Bacon, of Connecticut, to address the con- \ ference. MT. Bacon said that those present ! before they came there, and they 1 would probably be called good many more before they went away ; but he had never seen body of men who appeared to be more thoroughly in earnest. He discussed the career of MT. | Blaine, and said it was well known that the latter had advocated measures of public pol icy and then dropped them the moment he discovered that they did not prove popular. It was said that MT. Blaine was the sponta-
 neous choice of the Republican party, and he was dreadfully afraid that it was true, although the Independent element had twice defeated MT. Blaines presi- dential aspirations within the Republican I party. If MT. Blaine the exponent of the ideas and characters of the majority of ' the party, it was high time for somebody to bolt. The speaker spoke of Governor Cleve- 4 ldQQ as udVlIR served III HIS pT0SoI1G pOS1I1OA an apprenticeship for the office of President. Again referring to MT. Blaine, MT. Bacon said he was reminded of Artemus Wards declaration when questioned ase to his princi- ples during the war, ''I hain't got any prin- ciples. I'm in the show business" Daughter and applause)
 son, another member of the Massachusetts delegation He said the weak point of the enemy was James G. Blaine and the strong point of his advresaries was Grover CleVe- land Every mention of Cleveland's name drew forth enthusiastic applanse. At the conclusion of Colonel Higginson's address Charles F. Miller of New York made the an nouncement that the committee were not yet ready to report and moved that the confer ence take recess until 3 p. m. The motion was carried.
 At ten minutes past two the convention was again called to order MT. George Wal ton Green, one of the secretaries, then took the platform and in a short address reviewed the progress of the Independent movement throughout the country. He read letters from all the New England States glv1ng the names of hundreds of well known Republi- cans who had announced their intention not to vote for Blaine Letters from Pennsylva- mia and New Jersey were also read contain ing protests by many Republicans agalnst the Republican candidate. MT Qu1mby, or New Jersey, followed. He said that at the
 
 Democratic party, but he disapproved of it's
 policy and left m San2 snos 0epg pls1 FspgD sppa1y doses, but he could not swallow Blaine. He believed the Democratic party less dangerous to the country than the Republican party with Blaine at it's head: a1 Professor Seelye, of Amherst college, was the next speaker He thought the name of In
 dependent Republicans as applied to him and the others assembled was mlsnomer They were Republicans who had the good of the country at heart, more than the party or
 the men it saw fit to nominate ''If. :" said he, five support the Democratic nominee it will be for his record alone.
 On motion of MT. Denning of New York ! the chairman appointed the following gentle ! men as the National Independent committee:
 Charles P. Miller, P R. Bower, George W.
 Folsom, Ethan Allen Doty, George Watson Greene and Horace E. Denning, of New York; William H. Forbes, Joseph Tucker, Joseph H. Walker, Samuel Hoar, George S. Levitt and Winslow Weaver, of Massac hu-