St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-08
THE OLD DOMINION.
She Joins in the Acclaim for Her
FayOrite Son.

ST. LOUIS, June 7.-Deafening ap-
plause greeted Senator John W. Daniel
as he stepped forward to respond for
Virginia. Senator Daniel said:
The old and young Democracy of the
will join the great acclaim of the Amer
ican people when they shall speak again
in November next for Allan q. Thur
man. Fifty years ago and more there
went beyond the Alleghenies from the
good old town of Lynchburg from
which hail) a preacher of the gospel
who carried with him his wife,
Household hos goods s RIGe They settled ead ms in
the splendid young commonwealth of
Ohio. The boy became a man and by
his force of character rose to high places
in his peoples confidence and love.
They made him their representative in
congress. They clothed him with the
ermine of the chief juSticeship of their
court. They made him governor of
their state. They sent him as senator
of the United States. He was states
man of the country, of wide and world
wide renoWn. In the church of Israel
he was teacher and leader of men, and
further there were difficult conditions
to be confronted and difficult theories
to be expounded. He measured the
depth of every eXigency and rose to the
height of every occasion until he be-
came the
BEACON OF THE PEOPLES HOPE.
and the center OF the states desire. A
lull has fallen upon the lips of every
speaker of this convention who has
traced the history of Democratic
achievement or enunciated the plat
form of its principles. Do you rejoice
that public lands have been rescued
from plunderers and that corporate Oh
legations are being enforced? You re-
member he was ever diligent to avert
wrong and to suggest a remedy. Do
you rejoice that the wave of Chinese in
vasion has been averted from the Pa
cific coast? Remember, he was among
the first to sound the note of warning.
Do YOU denounce that crOWning infamy
of 1876 by which Tilden and Hendricks
were stripped of their great office? You
have but
RE-ECHOED THE MIGHTY PROTEST
which came firm him and which will
live as long as history. Did the eloquent
young Democrat of Colorado send to the
chairman of this convention silver
gavel to enunciate his rulings? Then
| propose that when Thurman shall be-
States senate that California shall send
MIN golden gavel and that Colorado
shall send him one of silver. For did
he not always maintain the two metals
of constitution at their par, and did you
not always hear from bim the ring of
the right metal? Have you bethought
yourselves of the dark days of Dem
Ocracy and how thoughtful hearts re-
joiced when the beautiful picture
drawn by the wonderful orator of New
York when he portrayed 6J,000.000 of
prosperous and happy freeman. Yes,
and from years gone by listen and
hear the voice of one
CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS,
who said: MAKE way straight that
this deed may be accomplished" In
the age of corruption he was the eXem-
pliflcation of purity; in the age of ex-
travagance he was the sentinel of
economy in the age of sectiOnalism he
knew only his country; in the age of
hate he was the incarnation of fratern-
ity; in the age of scandal the salt of his
good name never lost its SAVIOR. They
say, indeed, that the grand old man is
old. There is no hair that glistens on
the patriarch's brow that did not grow
white in Democratic service. Revolving
years that have circled around his head
have each of them left in its tracks
new ring of glory. Can not say of him
in the language of poet
Age NAV o'er his brow but be flung
But his heart, his heart is ever young
Old indeed, but not too old to receive
the tardy honor of the people to whom
he has been faithful, or to reQuite them
with renewed and faithful service.
Why not nominate him now, my cOun-
trymen, and by acclamatiOn. He stands
before you the living embodiment of
Democratic virtues. He stands before
you the illustrated epitome of Demo
cratic history. He stands before you the
faithful champion of Democratic prin-
cipleS. He stands before you the rightful
heir of Democratic hOnorS. He exhibits
the grandeur of the American patriot.
He is the highest type of American citi-
zen. He is the fitting companion of
Grover Cleveland to receive by his side
the mantle of Thomas A. Hendricks, of
Indiana, and the people of this whole
country will be as glad at heart when
they shall see the grand old man take
up the gavel of the senate as they are
to-day to see that other, that fair COM
paniOn of Grover Cleveland welding
the
SCEPTER OF THAT HAPPY HOME,
the White house, and that dauntless,
brave patriot nImSel1 guiding with hrm
and untrembling hand the destinies of
this great nation. In the name of the
people of Virginia, upon whose soil he
was born and in the name of the people
of Ohio, his adopted home, in the name
of the Democracy of this great nation
incorruptible, unterrifed and uneon-
querable. fling this banner to the
breeze (waving a bandana handker-
chief the symbol of his name. 1t is an
emblem which, like the cap of