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consideration in Democratic caucus to

consideration in Democratic caucus to
ar"bOlter."
Bragg said that the Democratic party
had been strengthened not by driving
people out. but by asking people to
come in, and treating them cOurteously.
I'VE want votes. We don't want to
drive them away. We want to recon-
Gle all differences and use our scaping
knives on our enemies and not on our
friends"
p O'Brien Takes a Hand.
g. ID. O'Brien, of Minnesota, said
reason had been furnished now, if one
were wanted. When men who claimed
to be Democrats and friends of Cleve-
land had to sit patiently and listen to
speeches such as had been used of the
majority of the convention. he thought
any man coming here with clean hands
and clean record should be heard.
The Democrats knew nothing and cared
less about the fight in New York, ex-
cept that they were told it was going to
be settled: but man like Coudert
should be heard and allowed to with
draw the contest and remove the con-
tention.
Donnelly, of Colorado. thought it APP
parent to every man that If the SYRIA
cuse delegates were Democrats they
would not be here, but he was willing
to put out his hand and invite them
into the faith. 1t was because they
were not Democrats that they had
sought 10 cast slur on the regular New
York Democracy. But if they were
manful enough to acknowledge their
sins he would not cast anything in the
way of their repentance. They should
be allowed to confess, and ii they
showed desire sincerely to do better
he favored
Granting Them AbsolutiOn.
Bragg replied to the slurs on the mug
wump. As he understood, it was man
who was not bound by party. but votes
as he thinks right. He ended by de-
claring that the Syracuse delegates
were not mugwumpS.
Donneily again attempted to reply,
but the majority was for harmony, and
cut him Oft with cries of Question"
Cochran got the floor and moved to
give Coudert all the time he wanted.
He was not opposed to Coudert talking.
All he objected TO was the surrender of
the Democratic party to the mugwumps,
who deSpise it, and who will only sup
port certain candidates because they
say they are better than the Democratic
Democratic party, and if he learned of
anything better he would search for it
through time. If there he contest,
let it bc heard, but he opposed the eX-
plantations about something that did not
exist. Was this convention committee
meeting to soothe the SensibllltieS OF
the Syracuse gentleman or to try con-
tests? Its time should not be taken up
in receiving explanations, not of con-
test, but of the withdrawal of
An Alleged Contest.
which. if it would not wound Gen.
Bragg'S sensibiltieS, ne would say had
been smuggled in. If they were to be
heard the regular Democracy should
have chance to answer.
FoOte protested against the word
struggled, and spoke for harmony.
They would hear Cochran. he said, If
there arose any necessity for 1t, and
ended in panegyrlc of Cleveland as a
winner. in which he was interrupted by
a denial that Cleveland could win by
S0utherner. Foote retorhng that Cali
fOrnia could make up for that loss.
Cochran said he would be glad TO give
Coudert all the time he wanted if he
would only furnish copy of the alleged
signatures to the petition asking with
dPaWal of contest.
J. Coudert having at last got hearing,
HSaid he had not expected his Democracy
to be impugned by Cochran. whose po-
litical fortune he had tried to advance,
Cochran interrnpting with disclaimer
2of lmpeaching Coudert's Democracy.
T. Coudert SAID he was here for har-
mony. He had heard agreat deal about
l.mugwumps. He thought men talked
.mugwump when they did not know
1. toi Iy,,I oh l,o
( gray in the service and had
Never Received Rewards,
and if that were mugwumpery they
were welcome to it. He claimed that
Jtile Syracuse men represented 100000
Democrats and had come here with the
claim. but had been told that its prose-
cution might be regarded outside of
New York as evidences of diSSenSion
ty. They had therefore voted
unanimously to withdraw and
give that evidence of their
good faith. The resolution had
been passed by the representatives of
large body of men whose Democracy
had never been impeached, and who
had always been faithful. There was a
humorous side to it. aud that was these
men being called boilers by those who
had gone after the flesh pots and offices
in the Republican party and then come
back to denounce him as boter.
The resolutions were read, and Don
nelly, with fight in his eye. made the
inquiry if the reason for the withdrawal
was because it might create dissension
in the party. Coudert replied PARTLY"
and then Donnelly started in to score
point on the antl-snappers by asking
why they had instituted it. but was cut
short by loud cries to sit down Oh the
part OF members of the committee and by
Lamb, the chairman, who ruled that
the contest was withdrawn and there
was nothing before the committee,
thereby shutting off Donnelly, notwith-
standing his protests against this sum-
mary method of preventing trouble.
The committee then took LID some dis