The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-07
CLEPELAND RENOMINA TED BY
ACCLAMATION.

never III us history mas tlle Dcmocfhu
party Of the United States favored a maj
with denomination by rising vote, n
1t did Mr. Cleveland yesterday. Neve
in it, history has its representatives beer
80 unanimous rs they have so far beer
in the st. Louis Convention. A reason TO
this is the unanimity Of the rank and III,
of the party In every State In the Union
All the State Democratic Conventions in
dorsed not only Mr.. Cleyeand's admins.
tration Of the government, but his TaridRe.
form Message and the Mills Bill. which is q
direct result or outcome OF IL. And these
Endorsements were couChcd not in unccr.
tain language or in the periunctory forms
usual with such bodies, but in words that
spoke rs plain as words can, the desire OF
the people for his denomination as the
representative Of the one great purpose Of
the Democratic party for reform, for re-
duciion Of taxes and for the rc.asserlion
in law Of the principle, ~ iunda.
mentally American, Of "thc greatest
good Of the greatest number" Mr.
Cleveland went into the Presidents
chair an untricd man, and almost
unknown. lie had had no previous cx.
perioncc In Congress nor In any legislative
body, and beyond the confines of New
York his executive ability was little known
and less understood. lie went from the
Mayor'soilicc, Of Buffalo, 10 be Governorof
the State oiNow York, and in that position
had some experience. But il was local and
not national, 80 that Il may truthiully be
said Of him that hc was not only UNI
tried, but inexperienced. But like an
honest man, prompted solely by n sense
Of duty, he entered upon the perform
anco Of those Of the highcs, oflice In
the gift Of the people with an eye
single TO their best interests. lilo resolved
10 be guided by the law aud 10 mako no
Rntagonisms for merely opinions sake,
nor originate any measures merely to take
and keep the lead Of his party. lie aimed
always 10 meet the wishes and desires Of
the average man, and not to shoot over
the heads Of the masses. In every in.
stance Of the performance Of duty his
aim has been correct, and in every In.
stance he has drawn the members Of his
party closer 10 him and strengthened Il In
the esteem Of the large class Of voters who
are independent and who arr open To
appeal and conversion. II is no OK.
aggcniion 10 say that he Is stronger
than his party-that be Is stronger
today with the American people than
he was when elected In 1884.
lie moved from triumph TO triumph in
what he did and said until he made the
bodies, dash that was ever made by an
American President since Jackson "c.
moved the deposits" by dcyoting himself
wholly 10 tariG reform In his Message de.
hvercd at the opening Of the present Con.
grcs This was the crowning triumph Of
his Presidential career. II COMPOUNDED
and disnayed his political enemies
and solidiGcd the Democratic col. |
umn. |; swept away all doubts Of
his capacity 10 deal with the most
difficult problems Of State and confirmed |
the doubling In the belief that he was a
man With views and opinions possessed Of |
the siaicsmanlikc craft and tact 10 iormu. |
late them clearly and plainly, and present
them forcibly aud conyincingly. Mr..
Cleveland thus earned the enthusiastic IN.
doncmcnts which have burlcncd the |
telegraph wires and filed the columns Of
The newspapers for monihspasi, and which
In his denomination by the 81.
Louis Convention, yesterday, by a rising
vote accompanied by most exirayagan,
lorms Of delight and pleasure, which were
continued for well nigh half an hour. Mr. |
Cleveland IL thus again the candidate Of
the Democratic party for President, and il |
Is again made the duty Of every Democrat
In the United States not only 10 sustain
him but to win recruits for the cause Of GOOD
government, Of which he Is thus the indor.
ID representative. That those Of Tennessee
vii do their duty goes without saving.
But they must not DO content with tho
|oing Of II. They must do more. They
must make his majority at least MS large as
hat by which James D. Porter was made
iovernOr In 1875, nearly $1,000. They
ust mako place for Tennessee away up