The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-23

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IN suburban comfort and sea breeze
but she was the peer of other cities, no
excepting Constantinoplei tself. (Laugh
ter.) If the convention desired salubrit,
and healthful comfort, without which
no convention coOld be trusted to d.
absolutely well, New York should re
ceIve the suttrages of the committee. FL,
declared absolutely and without reserva
ton that there was no consideration
favorable or unfayorable, insiduoul
or open, contemplated by any one con-
nected with New York as to candidates
but as to the election, that was quite
another thing. New York was the
political metropolis of the country, and
the vote OF the State of New York
determined the last three Presidentia
elections, and would decide the result
next time. Looking to the conse-
qnences to the Democratic party, he
regarded the choice of the great
metropolis not only the best possible,
but almost indispensable to victory.
Mayor Francis. of st. Louis con-
tended that the convention should be
held III the same city which has been
the scene of the memorable con-
vention of 1876. which had broken the
long record of Republican successes.
Applause @The nation al gathering OF
Democrats was an honor to any city,
but to st. Louis, with Democratic ad-
ministratiou. 1t would be honor indeed.
She would defray the expenses of every
member of the committee, and tele-
graphic, transportation, and hotel IA
cliltles were unsurpassed.
Senator Vest, in seconding the claims
OF st. Louis, said, if there was anything
in location which would enable the
Democratic party to continue the pres
ent brave and honest administration of
government, no sort of local or personal
feeling ought to interfere; but he did
not believe that holding the convention
in any one of the cities named, would
influence to any degree the election.
In the course of his speech,
he declared that he belonged
to the school OF Democrats who
believed all offices in this country
should be filed by competent and
worthy Democrats. Cloud and pro-
longed applause and cheers, aud cries
of "hurrah for David B. HilI."D He
believed that unless there was such an
inequality as to render the decision a
crime. he would gly9 preference TO an
honest Democrat over an honest Re-
pUOAINo4s al al bOG IChdIO
its own soldiers would come to grief;
the party that did not st, nd by it's own
men would share the same fate. (Ap-
plause.) He urged that the convention
should be held in q Democratic city, and
deprecated the practice of feeding Re-
publican cities on Democratic sponge
cake. (Laugnter.) None OF the surplus
fund Republican party went to q Demo.
cratic city, and the reason for
the success Of that party in
the past, and the formidable
aspect at the present was that it stood
by its political localities. He had little
sympathy with the argument that in
the selection of a convention city, the
comfort of Democrats should be con
suited. The Democrat who could not
stard two days of the hottest weather
ever known, in order to secure some
Democratic votes, was unworthy of the
name. (Applause.) The coming con-
vention would lie a short one. The
candidate could be easily named. It's
duty would be to announce a platform
on which to go to the country with the
great leader who would carry the Dem
ocratic party away to victory. The
candidate would come from New York.
Why should the convention go
to that city instead of the imperial
west, in order to announce his name to
the people of the United States.
thank God, he said in conclusion, W.
are i'll battle array, and ready for what
is to come. Our leader has and will
have in bis hand the banner, not
dropping with uncertainty and mood
ness, but floating wide. fair and defin-
ite, with the principles of the party
emblazoned upon it. (AppIause).
Horatio G. King of Nevada, spoke in
favor of holding the convention at San
Francisco, believing the Democratic
party would be greatly benefited
thereby. He referred TO the hospitality
their recent welcome OF the Grand
Army of the Republic. and regarded
that as an earnest of what might be ex-
pected ii the convention was given 10
san Francisco.
Tarpey, of California, subscribed to
every word that had been uttered bv
Senator Vest. Ii one grain of sand
could be put into the balance in favor
tlemen could show that by holding the
convention in Chicago, ST Louis, Gin
cinnati or New York, that grain of sand
would fructlfy and bring forth Demo-
cratic fruit in November. he would not
sand here asking that the convention
be gwen TO San Francisco. The DerAo-
Gratis of California and the Pacific Coast
have been Spartans in the cause. and
while they hold forth the hand of fell |
Iowship to their fellow Democrats of the |
east and south, and while they offered |
to harbor the convention at |
their fresides, they could not |
wish to have the pleasure
Of its sociity and company,
did they not feel they could be of come |
service in the great battle about to be
opsned. The people of that section
were quick to resent insult and prompt
to return kindness, and he believed if |
the convention came to San Francisco,
The response of California would be
glorious and overwhelming majority
ior the Democratic nominee. The fires
Of patriotism that would be lighted on
The pinnacles of the Sierra Neyadas, bv
The gentlemen who would sit in copven-
lion and select the nominee, would be
carried triumphantly as fiambeaux by
The gentlemen an the returning march,
Until the blaze was quenched in tbs
waters of the Atlantic. Every citizen
IT California, Democrat and Re-
publican, would turn in and
,aIn IN rndepm h1S faIIovr OF