Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-23

he declared he belonged to that school Of
Democrats who believed that al offices
! OF this country should be filed by com
retent and worthy Democrats. Loud
and prolonge applause and cheering aDd
cries OF "Hurrsh for David B. Hill."l BE
believed that unless there was such an in
equsli.y as to render the decision crime
he would give the preference to IN honest
Democrat over an honest Republican.
II there were two hotels in city he
found it easy to be convinced that the
Democratic hotel set better table and
furnished better bed than the Repubh-
can hotel. Laughter.
An army tnat did not reward its OWL
soldiers
WOULD COME TO GRIEF.
The psrty which did not stand by its men
would share The same fate. Applause.
BE urged that the convention should be
held IN 8 Democratic city,
and deprecated the practice Of
feeding Republican cities on Dem
ocrstic sponge cake. Laughter
None of the surplus fund OF the Republi-
can psrty went to Democratic city and
the reason for the success of that party in
the past and its formidable aspect a. pres
ert MSS that 1t stood by its political To-
calities. IL thank God," he said, in n
clusiou, "that we are in battle array and
re2dy for what Is to come. Our leader
has and will have in his hand banner,
not dropping uncertainty and moOdily,
bat 4 lSting wide, fair and ds1liEe with
I the principles of the party emblszed upon
it," [ Applause
sAN FRANCIsCo's CLAIMS.
H0rStio G. King OF Nevsds, spoke In
favor Of holding tne convention in San
Francisco, believing that the Democratic
party would be greatly benefited thereby.
| He referred 10 the hospitality OF the peo-
pie of thst city as attes1ed by their recent
welcome Of the Grand Army Of the Re-
| public aud regarded that as an earnest OF
wlst might be ex oected IL the convention
was given to San francisco.
Mr.. Tsype of California, subscribed to
every word uttered by Senator Vest. II
one grain Ct sand could be put into the
o4lance 10 favor of the Democratic party
and the gentlemen could show that by
holding the convention in Chicago, St
Louis, Cincinnati or Nav YORK, thst
grain OF sand would iructifg and bring
forth Democrats in November he woulC
not stand here asking that the conV5n-
tion should DE given to San Francisco
He believed that II the conven ion came
to San Francisco the response Of Calitor.
mis- would be glorious and overwoelm
ing maj Irity for the Democratic nominee
The fires of patriotism that would b'
lighted on the pinDscles CT the Sierra Ne
vadas by the genIlemenWho would sit In tn
convention and select the nominee woult
be carried trlumphantly as Il imheEu!
by the gentlemen on their returning
mSrcG until the blaze was quenched il
the waters of the Atlantic. They promised
) TO pay sill the expenses Of the committee
using cali" il it's most smpIifed sense
r0ere would be carriages 'Gdiib" lSugh
ter and two additional telegraph wire
would be put up between San Francisco
= and Chicago which, with those already IL
: use, woulI accommodate all the buslDes
; thss was offered. He did not claim Ssl
; Ftsncisco should nave the conven
tign becsuse IL could accommodate
g it, or because its people wer
' nospitsble, but he did claim that thi
Democratic body sitting IS the CUSTODIAN
Of the interests Of the Democratic part
should take into account the fourtee
votes which were trembling in tn
e balance, aud that SIN FraT cisco ghou'
have thOnghtful consideration at II
i hands. Applause ] All the member
were then EXCLUDE and the balloiD
began to select the city in which the COZ
Vention should be held.