The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-09-04
Speech Of Chairman Hensel on Naming
Conrad B. Day for State Treasurer.

Mr.. President. If l did not believe
that l voiced the unanimous sentiment
Of this convention, and gave express
sion to the universal feeling of the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania, l
would shrink from the responsibility,
and reluctantly have yielded the privi-
lege that has been conferred upon the
by the invitation of the delegation rep
resenting the largest Democratic con-
stituency in this State. But with the
faith and with the knowledge that l
only give voice to what is thus univer-
sally felt, it is with pleasure that em-
brace the opportunity of naming their
candidate. Applause. 1t is not true,
gentlemen of this convention, that the
Democratic nomination of this cam
paign has gone begging through the
State [applause] that the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania has gone sor-
rowing up aud down its highways and
byways for standard-bearer in this
campaign. Renewed applause.
This nomination has gone out in
search of an honest man, and it has
found him. [Applause.1 This nomi-
nation went out in search of a fit man,
and when it found him it knew him.
Applause. His name is Conrad b.
Day. vociferous applause and cheers. ]
A native of the first city of our great
State, chief in all the sisterhood, key
stone of the arch, he came through no
inheritance of pampered wealth, a
magic of no peculiar touchstone wrote
his fortune. What has come to him
has been the work of his own strong
arm, and the will of his own honest eff.
forts. Applause. For more than a
generation he has been identified with
the business interests of Philadelphia
He has not been politician, but he
has shirked no duties and avoided nc
responsibility as citizen of the State,
and of his municipality. He has sought
no Office, but he recognized the duty
as citizen, and as a Democrat, to
know that no offer can CONE to him.
the spontaneous tender of convention
like this, which he or any other Demo
crat can afford to decline. He is no,
known as a politician, but he is known
Of men, not in one county but in al
parts of our State; not in one city
but in half the cities of the Union, as
a successful business man, making hii
success by his own merits-and, wha,
is of more Importance to this conven
| ton than the avocation he follow, is al
intelligent and honest man. [Great
applause. He has debauchod no Leg
islatures (renewed applause; he ha.
never trafficked in public responsible
ties, CONTINUED applause]; he has nev
er bowed to the insolent pretensions o
entrenched corporated power. Ap
plause. But propose you this: 1
you make him, as know you propos,
to make him, the candidate of thi
convention, that when the morrow
mail shall take the tidings forth, ther,
will not be center of population il
Pennsylvania where there will not b,
men who know him, and men of boil
parties who will bear volunteer testi
mony to his personal and to his publi
worth. [Great applause. Known no
only in your center of population, an'
in your crowded counties of Easter
Pennsylvania, where the bulk of you
population is, but alike in those othe
counties where the echo of the wood
mans axe still rings through the forests
aud in those western counties where tn
oil derricks are clustered thick as tn
masts in seaport. Renewed ap
plause.
l know it has been said that tn
Democracy of Pennsylvania rests ur
der the shadow of late overwhelmin,
defeat; but 1 promise this convention
if they will help the organization 0
the Democratic party to lift their ban
ner from the dust of defeat, they wi
find it undeiled by stain of dishono,
| Great applause and cheers. Let u
write upon the folds of that standar
the name that l know is in your heart
and on your lips, and promise tina
so far as shall lie in the power of tina
organization to secure an earnest, hor
est, aggressive, harmonious and unite
organization. 1t will be its pleasur
and its privilege, and know it will b
its work to plant that banner borne b
the strong arms of the four hundre
thousand Democrats, and backed b
the loyal hearts of fifty thousand indt
pendent right thinking Republican,
and to gallantly carry that banner fu
high advanced to victory. CVocife
GUS applause.