Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-23
EX-SENATOR GRADY.
His Address Before the Tammany
CouaciI - why rae Bolts Cieve-
land.
New York Teleeram.


Ex-senator Grady, rising to protest
against the passage of the resolution
and the adoption of the address, made a
long speech. lie reviewed the whole
political career Of Cleveland, and quoted
freely from the Times and the Herald
in the past in support Of the position he
Grady had now taken. In the course
of his speech, Grady said:
Neither in the nomination of the ticket
nor in the methods by which 1t was
brought about is there the slightest claim
upon the great body of democratic
voters for its support. The great ma
iority of the delegates to the convention
who named Cleveland as their first
choice represented republican constitu-
encies The number of delegates who
openly and earnestly opposed his noml-
nation were recorded, in spite of all
their protests, as favorable to his candi-
dacy Every influence that could be
employed or engineered by the monopo-
lists who have secured control of the
party management was eXerted to make
him the candidate, and, as you well
know, the delegates who left their homes
loud in their professions of hostility to
his candidacy as inviting certain defeat
to the party gave evidence soon after
their arrival at Chicago of change of
heart which only the most sim
pie and charitable have ascribed
to pure and worthy motives. The
expressed design Of men who urged
his nomination was to conciliate
di- gruntled republicans, not to please
democrats. Preserving to myself the
supreme right of a citizen exercising an
act OF sovereignty, | decline to prostitute
my prerogative to the purp SEES Of party
managers. Suffrage has been bestowed
ON me by the inst buttons of my country
that it may be exercised for the country
welfare. To the prosperity and benent
of tins land | dedicate it, and can not
reconcile without desecration any dispo-
sition of it that would result in the sup
port of the political monde cript, clothed
in the outward garb of a democrat lg-
norant of the cardinal principles of the
pol teal faith which he assumes to pro-
fess, and accepting from democrats their
votes that he may delight republicans
and independents by the manner in which
he will exercise the powers conferred
upon him by a betrayed and deluded
party. But my vote will not be lost to
the democracy. 1t will be cast for the
candidate whose followers will be num-
bered by hundreds of thousands, whose
motives can not be impunged, for their
action can not be inspired by selfish
hopes of reward. twill be registered for
the principles which the democratic par
ty professed when il held popular conf
dence, and for abandoning which 1t lost
popular support 1t will be given for the
candidate who has no hope of election
and no desire for sordid benefits, for po-
litical preferment, but who braves
fatigue, abuse, and pecuniary loss THAT
true democrats may find his candidacy a
channel through which they may express
their sentiments
l turn my back on the democratic
party, captured and betrayed by know
nothing oemagogues hungry for places
and spoils, to join the pure democracy
which struggles for principles which the
parry organization has abandoned. L
denounce the candidate whose only
merit is his obscurity, that | may follow
a statesman whose life has made glorious
the history of his country. ! decline to
bow down before a craven image be-
cause prefer to follow the teachings of
the apostle Of the true political faith.
2, eferring shining ability to dull me-
| diocrity. true reformer to a sham re-
former, statesman to a hangman, an
illustrious citizen TO political adven-
turer, | decline to support Grover Cleve-
land for the presidency, and here and
now, in the presence of a leader whom
/ have always regarded as my political
sponsor, in the midst Of brethren and
comrades with whom l have shared
many hard-fough5 battles in the politi-
cal field, and before the eyes of all the
country, to whom this night have laid
bare my motives and purposes, declare
myself in favor of Benjamin +, Butler,
soldier, iurlst statesman and patriot,
and / appeal to time for my vindication.