The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-05

oA'N SlVSA Shah4bS ulIl ny InO hahN> SPShN,
as follows:
from the great council of our party. 1t
is the formal notice of your nomination
by that body for the high office of vice.
president of the United States. Rich as
our language is in power and expression,
it contains no words to adequately convey
the sentiment of that convention as its
heart went out to you. 1 present my
friend Hon. Charles D. Jacobs, mayor of
LOUISVILLE"
Mr.. Jacobs who is q gentleman of ex-
ceedingly handsome appearance, stepped
forward, and in an earnest voice read the
following formal:
LETTER OF NOTIFICATION.
"CoLUMBUs, O, June %. 1888. = To
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio: Sir
1t hes become the highly agreeable duty
of this committee to inform you that,
upon the first ballot of the national demo-
cratic convention, held recently in the city
of st. Louis, and representing every state
and territory of our union, for the pur-
pose of selecting candidates for the presi-
dency and presidency, you were
unanimously chosen the nominee of that
great party for the eminent and i'm
portant office of vice-president of the
United States. In thus spontaneously and
emphatically demanding return to that
political arena which you graced with so
much wisdom, dignity and vigor, the
democracy of the country have honored
themselves by relieving their party from
the charge of ipgratitude, AID we believe
and trust that in November Text the peo-
pie will efface such faint from the repub-
lie by electing you to preside over the
most august, deliberative body in the
world, the senate of the United States.
Applause Should so desirable a con-
summation be achieved, then indeed, could
every lover of his country, regardless of
party or creed, rejoice that In you is en-
braced the highest type of the enlightened
and refined American citizen, and that no
matter what the crisis may be, this gov
ernm ent would be safe in your hands.
Applause. An engrossed copy of the
platform of principles couched in Ian
guage that admits of no doubt, and
adopted without dissenting voice, is
herewith presented. In discharging their
trust, this committee desire to convey to
you assurances of the most profound es-
TEEN and admiration, and to express their
sincerest good wishes for your happiness
and prosperity.
Eve have the honor, sir, to be your
obedient servants,
PATRICK A. COLLINS,
chairman, Massachusetts,,
BASIL D. GORDON,
Secretary, Virginia"
And all the members of the committed
Humans REPLY.
Mr.. Chairman, and Gentlemen of the
Committee pray you to accept my very
sincere thanks for the kind and courteous
manner in which you have communicated
to me the official information of my nomi-
nation by the st. Louis convention. You
know without saying it that l am pro-
foundly grateful to the convention and to
the democratic party for the honor con.
ferred upon me, and the more SO that it
was wholly unsought and undesired by me.
Not that l uudervalue a distinction which
any man of our party, however eminent,
might highly prize, but simply because l
had ceased to be ambitious of public life.
But when l am told in so earnest and i'm
pressive manner that l can still render
service to the good cause to which l have
ever been devoted-a cause to which am
bound by the ties of affection, by the
dictates of judgment, by the sense of
obligation for favors go often conferred
upon me, and by fervent hope that the
party may long continue to be able to
serve the republic, what can l under such
circumstances do, but yield my private
wishes to the demand of those whose
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plause.
Gentlemen, with an unfeigned diff
dence in my ability to fulfill the expecta-
tions that led TO my nomination, 1
yet feel it to be my duty
to accept it and do all that it may be in
my power to do to merit so marked dis
tiuction. Gentlemen, the country is
blessed by an able and honest administra-
ton. Applause We have a president
who wisely, bravely, diligently and patriot.
ically discharges the duties of his high
office. Applause. l fully believe that
the best Interests of the country REQUIRE
his reelection, and the hope that 1 may
be able to contribute somewhat to bring
lug about that result was one of nv
motives for accepting a place on our
ticket, and l also feel it my duty to labor |
for the reduction of taxes and to put a |
stop to that emulation of surplus in |
the treasury that in my Judgment is not
only prejudicial to our financial welfare,
but is in a high degree dangerous to
honest and constitutional government.
Applause.
Il suppose, gentlemen, that 1 need say
no more to-day. In due time, and in &C.
cordance with public usage, will transmit
to your chairman a written acceptance of
my nomination with such observations
upon public questions as may seem to be
proper" lApplause.
A reception and elegant collation. then
followed. Every one remarked that Judge
Thurman appeared vigorous and earnest,
and old friends say they have not seen MIN
SO 7ivacious and happy for months. 1t
was grand sight to see the Old Roman
surrounded BY his admirers, and nothing
would satisfy the committee but that a
should take a group picture
OF the gathering, which was done, and the
committee then departed.