The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-02-23

hau tcAueiod 10 tue nalipaiai leader o.
the Democratic party such an ovation
as had never been surpassed in any coun-
| try. The national gathering of Demo
Gratis was an honor to any city, but to
ton it would be an honor indeed, and
one for which its citizens would fee
deeply grateful. She would defray the
expenses of every member of the com
naittee and her telegraphic, transporta.
ton, and hotel facilities We're unsurpassed.
Senator Vest, Of Missouri, in second
| ing the claims of St. Louis, said that il
| there was anything in the location which
would enable the Democratic party to
continue the present brave and honest
administration OF the Government, nc
| sort of local or personal feeling ought to
interfere. If one grain of dust could be
| put in the balance which would influ-
eLce the issue IN the coming contest.
that grain of dust should be put in the
| scale by the location of the convention
| in any part of the United States, but he
did not believe that the holding of the
convention in any one of the cities
named would influence to any degree
| the election. Chicago had obtained the
last Democratic convention, but his inn
preston was that Chicago had given the
same brutal Republican majority.
Laughter In the course of his speech
he declared that he belonged to that
school of Democrats who believed that
all offices of this country should be filed
by competent and worthy Democrats.
Loud and prolonged applause and cheers
and a cry of 'Hurrah for David b. Hili u
He believed that unless there was
such an inequality as to rem
der the decision a crime, he
would give the preference to an honest
Democrat over an honest Republican.
Ii there were two hotels in a city he
found it easy to convince himself that
the Democratic hotel set better table
and furnished better bed thaA the Re
publican hotel. Laughter. IL there
were two lines of railroad, one ofTicered
by Republicans, and one by Democrats,
he could easily satisfy himself that the
Democratic road was the smoothest and
freest from accidents. Laughter. An
army that did not reward its own sol
diers would come to grief. The party
which did not stand by its own men
would share the same fate. Applause.
He urged that the convention should
be held in a Democratic city and depre-
Gated the practice of feeding Republican
cities on Democratic sponge cakes.
Laughter. None of the surplus fund
of the Republican party went to Dem
ocratic city, and the reason for the sue
cess of that party N the past and its for
midable aspect at the present was that
it stood by its political localities. He
had little sympathy with the argument
the comfort of Democrats should be con-
suited. The Democrat who could not
stand two days of the hottest weather
ever invented in order to secure some
plause. He had canvassed for the party
when the thermometer was 103 in the
shade and had fattened every day. The
coming convention would be "a short one
The candidate could. easily be named.
Its duty would be to announce plat
form ON which TO go to the country with
the great leader who would carry the
Democratic party again to victory. The
candidate would come from New York.
Why should the convention go to that
city instead of to the imperial West, in
order to announce his name to the peo-
pie of the United States. He had no
word to say against the crowned States
of the Pacific slope, which to-day We're
rushing to unequalled empire amid gold
and sunshine and flowers. He had not
one word to whisper against that splen-
dId city of lakes where progress and
wealth were unparalleled in the ANIMALS
of the country, but in the coming can
vass the Democratic party must stand
by its principles and platform and rely
on the innate strength of the Democracy
alone.
Il thank God,'' he said in conclusion,
''that we are in battle array and ready
for what is to come. Our leader has
| and will have in his hand the banner,
| not dropping, uncertainty and moodily,
but floating wide, fair and definite with
the principles of the party emblazoned
upon it, [Applause.l
Horatio C. King. of Nevada. spoke in
favor of holding the convention in San
Francisco, believing that the Democratic
party would be greatly benefited there
| by. He referred to the hospitality of
the people of that city, as attested by
| their recent welcome of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and regarded that as an
earnest of what might be expected il the
| convention was given to San Francisco.
| Martin +. Tarpey, of California, sub
| seribed to every word that had been ut
| tered by Senator Vest. IL one grain of
sand could be put into the balance in fa-
vor of the Democratic party and the gen
tleman could show that by holding the
convention in Chicago, st. Louis, CincIn
natl or New York that the grain of sand
would fructify and bring forth Demo
cratic fruit in November, he would no
stand here asking that the convention
should be given to San Francisco.
The Democrats of California and the
Pa cific coast had been Spartans in tn,
cause, and while they held forth th'
hand of fellowship TO their fellow Dem
ocrats of the East and South. and Will,
they offered to harbor the convention a
their firesides, they would not wish Il
have the pleasure of its society and com
pany did they not feel that they coult
be of some service in the great battl
| aisot1r to be or,ar,a-d