Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-14
Work Well Done.
enemy.

1t will be the verdict of history upon
the Convention whose session closed
yesterday that it did important work
and did it well. In renominating Mr..
Cleveland tor President, it simply gave
formal and official sanction TO what
| had already been predetermined by the
| people, but the manner of obeying the
peoples behest cannot fail to give pres
| tige to the party and added assurance
of success to its candidate. There was
no unsee mly haste, and yet no toying
with the duty which had been impos-
ed. With due decorum, after the voice
of all who cared to speak had been pa
tiently heard, the nomination was con-
summated amid a scene of enthusiasm
never before equaled in apolitical con-
vention.
In certain sense the nomination of
Judge Thurman for Vice-President was
also an act OF obedience to the peoples
mandate. Until the Republic obtained
for Mr.. Thurman definite statement
that he would accept the nomination if
it were rendered to him without strug-
gle, the belief wac general that he could
not be induced to accept. Even the
Californians came to the Convention
with the hope rather than with the
expectations that Mr.. Thurman would
be candidate. 1t is fact, however,
that there has hardly been time dur
ing these twenty years when the
masses of the Democracy and its repre-
Sentatives in convention assembled
would not have been almost unanimous
for Mr.. Thurman for such position;
and the moment it was announced au-
thorivtly that he would accept, his
nomination was almost as much fore
no ,f
Mr.. Cleveland. Praise is also due the
Con vpntion for the manner ofnominat-
ing Mr.. Thurman. There was no in
decorous attempt to override opposi-
ton, or to discredit other candidates.
In this case, as in the case of the Pres
idential nomination, the Convention
listened patiently and earnestly to all
that was said in behalf of the various
candidates, and then nominated Mr..
Thurman by majority that was over
'whelming.
No ticket put in the field by the
Democratic party has ever been placed
there under more favorable auspices or
with a more assured promise of success.
1t is ticket strong in itself and strong
in the conditions and circumstances
that surrounded its creation.
OF the platform put forth by the Con-
vention tor it's candidates to stand up
on, it may fairly be said that 10 closes
one political era and marks the open
ing of another. 1t closes the era of
campaigns fought on the dead and
buried issues OF the war and of dexter
Gus evasions of the living issues of; the
time and it marks the opening of a new
era in which the Democratic party, at
least, goes to the people with square
and unqualified proclamation of the
party creed regarding the most mo-
mentus question that has confronted
the country since the questions arising
out of slavery were settled by the arbi-
tramen of the sword.
We believe that the party will win a
great victory in November with the
ticket named by this Convention, and
on the declaration of principles which
it framed and promulgated. But
whether the campaign ends in victory
or defeat, the st. Louis Convention of
1883 will be memorable one, because
its action closed the era of sham poll
tics, and flung down the gage of battle
upon a living and vital principle of
public policy. - st. Louis Republic,
June Sth.