Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-23
NAMING THE MEN.
Some Salient Points from the
Three Leading Speeches.
SUBSTANCE OF ABBETTs REMARKS

| senator Hill-His Achievements in the
Political FIeld-what Duncombe II nd
to Say of the Hawkeye Democratic Fa.
| vorite.
CHICAGO, June 23-When Chairman
Wilson announced last night at the Demo
cratic national convention that the next
thing in order was the nomination of can.
didates, there was loud cheer, and
the multitude settled itself to listen.
The roll was called, and there
was no response until New Jersey was
reached, when Governor Leon Albeit
arose and proceeded to name Grover Cleve-
land. He said he spoke for the Democracy
| OF New Jersey to name a man for whom in
Two contests that state had given her cleo
| toral vote. The New Jersey Democracy
wanted the success of the Democracy as
| sured, and would sacrifice all personal
| preferences to attain that end. He believed
that Grover Cleveland would sweep the
country, and he knew that the Democracy
OF New York would rally to his standard.
Cleveland would rally thousands of in
| dependent voters to his support, and his
nomination was denounced by millions of
| Democratic voters. The feeling in his
favor was overwhelming. He had not
created tariff reform, but he had vitalized
the principle and made it presidential is
| sue, knitting the masses of the Democracy
into one great advocate of that principle.
Few men would have had the courage to
make the issue he did. He had given
the party living issue to fight for and
had made the great victories since 1888
possible.
He had given the Democracy Russell in
Massachusetts, Boies in Iowa, Peck in
Wisconsin, Winans in Michigan, Camp-
bell In Ohio and Pattison in PENNSYLVANIA.
IN New Y ork he had given the party Hill
for senator and Flower for governor. The
people believed that all these victories had
been made possible by the courage and
wisdom of Grover Cleveland. The presen
tatlon OF the name was no reflection on
any other great leader; he was not the
candidate OF one state-he was the choice
OF the great maj ority of the Democracy.
De Witt Nominates ID. Il. HILL.
When New York was called W. C. De
Witt arose and said:
MIR PRESIDENT AND FELLOW DELEGATES:
by the favor of my colleagues l have now the
high honor to speak the voice of the state of
New York in this council of the Democracy of
the nation. Our majestic commonwealth needs
no euiogy here Gateway of commerce both
from the ocean and the lakes vast arsenal of
thought, through whose press the intelligence
of the world is gathered and scattered througb
the land; joined to the agricultural regions hI,
the fertile valleys of the Hudson the Mnhavt
and the Genesee. and opening up through the
triple city seated upon its BAY those Greater
higher afiiuent relations with the other peo-
pies OF the globe; the fullest development of
which VIII be the source of our best prosnaritx
the state of New York is none the Loss
paramount in oar political than our national
affairs. Her great city is the lifegivinc heart
of the Democratic party. Her electoral vote is
the keystone of the federal arch upon which
alone We can rest the citadel or our homes
She realizes in her present relations with the
Democratic party of the nation what was said
OF the Roman ampitheatre:
while stands the Coliseum
Rome shall stand; when falls the Coliseum.
Rome shall fall:
And when Rome falls the world
THE speaker then rehearsed the Democratic
victories IN New York since 1885, and proceed
ing, said that Of the 1000 milionaires in the
country, |, 40 are said to be the result Of tho
tariff and an equal number of corporate greed
and that leader who holds the corporation
autocrats amenable TO the will of their creator
the state-whose friends are the plutocrats Of
the land and who does not sympatbize in A.,
effort to enlarge the currency in the interest
of productive industry, lacks qualities indis
pensable as a standard bearer of the Dennocra
cy. He then saidl:
Our people want n leader filed with the in
st1ncts, aspirations, shrewdness. sagacitv homes
fears, joys and sorrows which crowd their struf,
gle forlife and happiness We therefore present
for your Suffrages the name of him who baI-
ing enjoyed all the honors of our state stiu
finds his highest boast in the sentiment a. am
Democrat" However eminent NAV he his
post of duty he does not descend to Ms from
above, but in the rollcall of the Democracy he
steps proudly from the ranks Do you ask for
his credentials
We point you to the unbroken series of vic
tories by which he has rendered New
York veritable Gibraltar to the Demo
cracy of the union. When with all
the power and patronage of the federal
government at his command, the distinguished
ex president lost the state of New York bv a
minority of 1900, Gov. Hill carried ii by a
majority of over 1900 votes, and at every
election during the past ten years he and his
TRENDS have met with constantly increasing
success.
MIR Hill never had any alliance with malcon-
tents nor any favor in the Republican party
The class of men from our state who so
violently oppose his nomination TODAY have
uniformly opposed him in the past He has
always been nominated under a shower of
their vituperation and abuse, and he has
always emerged from the conflict with the
increasing commentator of the people.
dewitt then gave brief review of Senator
mills public life. Said he was cav alier rather
than roundhead and referred to his opposi.
ton to sumptuary laws, advocacy of religious
liberty in worship increase of public HOLIDAYS
and support of outdoor pastimes and to his ad- |
ministration of the affairs of New York state
continuing as follovs]
1t Is said If we make another NOM
nation we shall have a calm election
our dear business interests will not he |
disturbed, and the people will be quite indiffer
ent about the result. If it indeed be true that |
politics have sunk SO low that no man can serve |
his party earnestly without personal reproach:
# national conventions through regular organ, |
izations have indeed become pernicious and |
disreputable. then the entire system of popular
government Is q failure. Nothing is more |
healthy than political agitation, and nothing il |
more dangerous than political stsgnation.
Men OF kindred convictions and emotions |
naturally combine on all great questions Of |
civil government and where population is i'm
mense, there must be parties governed by
appropriate organizations. It is becau Sc Mr.
Hill awakens party feeling, agitates the con-
tending forces to the very dregs exercises the |
wrath of the Republican and the enthusiasm, of
the Democrat, that he is a healthy and success
full candidate. Polite nominations made To |
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