The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-27
DICKINsON'S SPEECH.
The Beautiful Eulogy on Gro
YER Cleveland.
He Is SIMPLY AN HONEST MAN.
';oEe of the Noblest Figures in the
Life of the Re-
public"
The Detroit Meeting.

The Detroit Meeting.
DETROIT, September 26.-The cam
paign in this city was opened tonight
by the Democracy with a big demon
stration in honor of the visit of Post
master General Dickinson, General
John G. Black, Ex-senator J. E. Nc
Donald and other distinguished guests.
At s o'clock the parade, composed of
members of ward clubs, first voters,
visiting delegations, etc., was received
from the balcony of the Russell House
and then the guests wers driven to the
Larned Street Rink, where they were
greeted by an audience that filled every
inch of available space.
POSTMASTER GENERAL DICKINSON
was the first speaker. In the course of
his speech, he spoke of the President as
follows; 81 have been asked by you to
tell something of the President. l can
say bat very little of what is in my
mind on that subject. In the
first place. he has been since
March 4, 1895, the President of the
United States. No usurpation of ex-
ecutive functions, no trenching upon
powers of tie people by the Chief Mag
Istrate, no encroachment upon the
official rights of the chosen OF 60, 100000
freemen have been tolerated or per-
mitted Several early attempts of the
kind were resented with the power and
vital force still respectfully borne in
mind by the Upper House of Congress.
His rugged masterful personality, his
robust patriotism has sent vital cur
rent of heaith-giVing honesty pnlsing
through all the arteries Of the public
service. "a public office is q public
tIust," has not been merely smooth
paraphrase catchword of stump and
canvass Consistently squaring his
official action by the spirit of the
maxim and by the commandment, be
has made it q rule OF conduct, practical
and of every day use, in all public bust.
ness, in every department and IN the
highways and bywRys OF executive and
administrative action. In the poltl-
cal atmosphere OF the Capital, the
President was for long time a puzzle
and an enigma to those accustomed to
old customs. The politicians of the
country, accustomed to perverted
craftsmanship and perverted methods
and perverted politics, did not,
at first, make out this Presi
dent of ours as he started on his
way. The Senate attempted to crowd
him, the chariot OF the American House
of Lords drove against him and was
ditched. The Senators then said:
This man treats US as if we we're the
Common Council of Buffalo, and he is
an Insignificant, though stubborn man,
enlv fit to be mayor of small town.
Later on, they said he had ability of
certain kind and sort low and cunning,
and he is low and bad man. Later on
he rose in their vocabulary of epithets
to
The DIGNITY OF A UsURPER.
Some Republican politicians praised
him for a while, looking at his acts
through a Jared and cracked glass of
their own natures, because they thought
he was about to betray his party. A
few Democrats, who learned politics in
the Republican schools, irritated at the
changed policy and changed methods,
believing in the doctrine that because
his predecessor did all things for favor,
he shonld ex rcise full license to do the
like for favor, said he was traitor and
would ruin his party. Theories con
tinued to multiply about him, his char
acter and his purposes. In the midst OF
confusion, the sire q common sense Of
the people came out and tooK its place
as Interpreter. 1t is very simple case,
gentlemen said Common Sense, You
were ali looking beyond, below, around
anywhere but at the simple nature of
things. This curiousitY st Washing
ton; this President who scenes to you
to be suitable in his ways, so rare in this
life of yours is
SIMPLY AN HONEST MAN.
an honest man with a great brain, in
trepid heart and tireless vigor; an hon
est man with indomitable persever
ance; absolute fearlessness and con-
sciOus power; an honest man who
stands for the right with the frmness
and serenity of the Rock Of Ages
itself. Known and appreciated Of all
men, he is hated and reviled with the
bitterness of partisan maligni:y by The
hosts of error, and he Is still loved for
the enemies be has made and is making.
In private life. he is plain American
citizen of simple. manners and of
singular gentIeDess and kindness of
heart. his consideration being for those
about nm.
Standing out against the history OF
ages, one of tue modest figures in the
lie OF TIE eou bic Will be that CT Grover
Cleveland.