Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-14


just pride with which have witnessed the
wonderful growth of the state until her name
Is known and commands respect throughout
the whole civ li2ed world. But Ohio is the
theme upon which you will hear from your
distinguished governor. and no one is better
qualified 10 do justice to il than he shall there
fore contine myself To few personal rcminis-
cenceS. which. ii they serve no her purpose
viii prove To you that il is an old, Id man
whom you honor 50 highly tonight.
Men Whom He Has known.
The speaker went on 10 say that he had
seen and talked with the first governor OF
the state Edward Tiflin; that ne had
known its first United States senator.
Thomas Worthington; that he hal been
private secretary to Governor Lucas had
seen aud spoken To Gen. William Henry
Harrison, and had been Intimately ac-
quainted with many other illustrious
Ohioans now dead and gone He paid
an eloquent tribute to Rufus T. Rannev.
the venerable and eminent lawyer
An Unauthorized Public .tion
He then concluded his response in these
words:
Before | concludS there l. one statement
that feel il my duty 10 make. In one of our
town papers a lew da, ago, saw my name
suggested as that OF a pJoper candidate for the
presidency or vice presidency in lSr3 | re-
GREETED very much To see th. suggestion for
appearing ia paper known To o. very friendly
10 me and published in the place of my re-i-
denCe, it might naturally Ice suspected by
strangers that it was INSPIRED at east APP
proved by me. But su was not the ia t. /
bad no idea that SuCh = su eSesti1n would DE
made until saw il in this paper.
Pathetic Remuneration,
Ny Fri, nds, let me sag to you in all sin err
ity and without the least mental reservation
that am not nor shall ever again be a can
didate for office. / have been sufficiently
honored ny my patty and n 'Ither ask nor de
sire any further honor than continued friend
ship ami good will Gentlemen. | have said
enough. more, iadeed. than | eNpe tel 10 say
Once more, let return you my sin er st
thanks. You have cI,ddUned the heart Snd
orishtene the footsteps nf An old man. your
devote friend, in his descent of the hill Of life
when he has almost reached its foot. May
God bless YOU al Is his earnest prayer.
How 1t Was Received
The effect of these words on the baa-
queter> was electric. At first there was
intense silence for moment, and then
| the audience, no longer able TO restrain
itself, burst forth as one man. napkins
were waved, and there went forth cheer
after cheer which might have been heard,
like the reyerberation of cannon, for
many blocks away, Every man present
| felt that he had lost a comraie in the po-
ltical battle, and the cheer was a part
| ing demonstration, as well rs a protest
against memorable Time, who had thus
stricken down one of the fe-oes of De
mocracy.
ES-Pr-sident Cleveland. ,s,e, CHI.
The announcement OF tn Ii Nu toast,
| citizenship in America" ami the pre-
| sents5ion of eX-President Cleveland TO re-
| spond WAS the signal for another out
! burst Of enthusiasm Mr.. Cleveland
/ said:
| Mr. President AND GENrLENES:-I follow
| the promprlngS Of a heart full OF devotion and
generation. a te7tie- from the Democracy Of
| the great state oI New York, her tribute Of af-
lection for the man whom we honor tl-nisht
| am commissioned to claim for nv state her
| full share of the glory which has been she'd
upon the American name and character, By
one whose career aud example can not b= pre-
! eInpted and whose renown can not be limited
| In ownership TO the ntishbors and friends of
any locality We contest every exclusive pre-
| tension To his fame and greatness, because he
| Is neighboT TO all the peope OF the AN 8; be-
| cause he is the friend of all who love their
| country; because his career splen idly Illus
tratts the best and strongest elements OF our
national chara tier; and because has example
belongs TO all his couutrymen
Our American Citizenshfp,
The speaker then paid a tribute to
American citizenship and declared that
We should he profoundly grateful that
the elements thereof are naturally re
lated 10 our situation and so simple The
influences which has made our people the
sale depository of governmental power
he said, had their source 10 the American
home.
Not Ashamed of Cheap Goods
tie then said that the Democratic party
wonld remain upalterably attached to
the plain and frugal people It was not
disturbed ny the saying that cheap and
nasty go together and this whole system
OF cheap things Is badge of poverty
but indignantly rspudiates such an inter.
probation of American sentiment What
Drought out these Condemnations of
cheapnesSt Ii was hard to speak patiently
In answer to this line OF argument The
people had been filled with hate and
sectional prejudice; been cajoled with
Misrepresentation aud false promises.
and finally betrayed; but they had at last
aroused and demanded an explanation.
They had demanded redemption of party
pledges and clamored Tor cheapuess that
their families might have the comforts
and necessaries OF life
A Double Celebration.
After some more comments on the is
sues of the day MIR. Cleveland went on a.
follows:
Nothing could - well accompany the hono-s
We pay our distinguished guest as tn, celehra-
ton on his birthday OF the victory which has
just been acti in vindIcaotin Of Amer
lean citizenship-for in him We honor the man
who has test illustrated true American man
hood Our rejoicing and his are increased
a. we also celebrate Tonight the triumph Of
Democratic priR, iple for which he fought
and Tell but two years aSo; aud 10 complete
our joy ana his We are permitted TO indulge
IN true Democratic enthusiasm over the
steadfastness and devotion To lis creed exhio-
TIED by our party. which knowing 10 ciscour-
agement has fought to victory in the people,s
cause
Conscience and Judgment
Who can now doubt our countrymen's sp-
precistion Of that tra'i 80 well iIlustrat d in
the character Of Allen q. Thurman which
prompted MIN throughout his long career AT
al times and in a circumstances. and with
out regard 20 personal consequences 10 do the
things which his conscience and Judgment an
proved. and which seemed to him TO be in the
Interests OF his country and in accordance
with his Democratic faiths Who can now
doubt that conscience and courage point ont
the way TO public duty
Future Responsibilities
II we entertain more solemn thoughts on
this occssion, let them b. concerning the re-
sp"nslhii4ty which awaits Us as our fellow
countrymea place in eur keeping their harsas
and taeir trust We shall fail in our obi ~
tiol 10 them If we sfifie conscience and dutv
by ienohle fartisanship; but we shall meet
every patriotic expectation II, In all we do. we
follow the guidance u true and homes; DEM
ocrasy. Illuminated by the light Of genuine
American ,itizenship.
Gen. Thomas Ewing's Remarks
The next toast was responded to by
Gen Thomas Ewing. His speech dealt
with the means of raising national re-
venue After n brief tribute to the guest
OF the evening and some references 70 the
resources Of the country he said that the
national revenue should be raised by tax
ihS tne wealthy. and not the common
people. 10 put the enormous burden On