Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-16
THE TRUE RING.

The opinion has gone abroad that
there was an unanimous endorsement of
Mr.. Cleveland as the choice of the Dem
ocracy of Massachusetts for president by
the late Democratic convention of the
Bay state. This is mistake, as the full
account OF the proceedings OF the con-
vention shows. On the contrary, of the
nineteen hundred delegates to that body
quite six hundred were enthusiastic
Hill men. The delegates were sent to
Chicago uninstructed, and the resolu-
tions endorsing the ex-president were
assailed with great energy. The friends
OF Mr.. Hill were eloquent and out
spoken. One of the most uncompromis-
| ing OF these was James Bowers, who
said:
claim it as a privilege acre among Demo
voted with the immortal 4o,Ouv. claim it as
privilege to S " what l f-el for Senator Hill,
and have right to do it. Cheers by Hill
men 1t seems to me that senator Hill is here
to be court martialed. What for? Voices,
That's it" Is it for rescuing the state of New
York from Fasset. and Platt? Great applause
election as they did in 1876 for Tlldtn when
they had the loaded dice and shook eight to
seven ssgf every time? Applause 1t would seem
nm rT@' in was aosy iuhneceSsaiy 10 stsna
advocate man who has carried his
banner a1,Iaas, to victory at al times. Great
Almost eight years ago, in the Republican con.
vention in the city of Worcester, there was not
one single Republican in Massachusetts, who
said he wanted Blaine, and today they are CO.
ing upon their bended knees to have Blaine
nominated for pres1den Oh, yes, we shall
carry MASSACHUSETTS,; we shall carry Rhode
Island laughter; yes, we shall carry Wiscon-
perhaps Laughter. But when the Trial COM es,
gentlemen, where you have got to ex pect your
vote is in the Democratic states of the Union,
aRd not in the rotten Republican borough.
lCheers.l am Democrat, older than many
OF you, and recognize the sterling worth of
mendous cheering by the Hill men. There
fore, until that nomination is made in Chicago
l am for Senator Hill. Tremendous cheering
by the Hill men
Other Democrats Of note supported
Mr.. Bowers, and the friends of MIR.
Cleveland were in dire straits, when the
diplomacy of Gen. Patrick A. Collins
poured oil on the troubled waters. In
response to earnest solicitation he came
to the front and made the following
speech, which had the desired effect of
paciiying the convention:
My good old friend from Springfield closed
with the announcement that from now until
Democrat for the office of the presidency
From now until the 21st of June l am for the
Democratic party. Tremendous cheering. ]
What may be wisoom today may be folly three
months hence Great applause. What may
be our judgment today we shall inevitably find
a, necessity for. changing tomorrow. Zap
one Hill, but there are 100000 Democrats
and propose to give the majority a chance ii
have anything to say about it. Great ap
plause.I | am no mans man Tremendous
cheerng.J l wear no mans collar and carry no
mans badge on my breast. Cheers l do not
propose to belong to party that stulti6es itself
party would all be orphaned if one or two men
died. Great applause If you send me
represent your sentiments as it finds itself
crystallzed on the 21st of Junesand not what
you yy guess today Great: appisuseI If YOU
friend and colleague from suffolk couni
ty, you simply, by indirection slur your
ocratie administration and who is safely puv-
suing another. and man who is fit to be presi-
dent of the United States. Great applause. To
my mind, the brightest young man in public
life today is William E. Russell. fGreat ap.
plause. Do you wish to single out a man from
the distant state and say that we know that he
ought % be our idol three months hence, and
pass by the brilliant young governor of the
Democratic state of Massachusetts? [Applause
DO you want to pass by BoieS and Palmer and
all the other men whom time and circumstances
may perhaps make available candidates, be-
cause we can guess tomorrow, and we can only
be sure on the 21st of June?"
There could not possibly be better
Democratic doctrine than is contained
in both of these speeches, and we there
fore reproduce them in full. From now
until the convention does its work every
Democrat has a right to advocate the
candidate Of his choice. That Democrat
best does bis duty who earnestly cham
pions the man who, all other things be-
ing equal, has the best chance of car
rying the country. Democrats are
wrapped up in the fortunes of no man.
The Democratic watchword has always
been measures, not men. When the
convention has done its work, and given
us the nominee, all good Democrats will
rally to his support. The HERALD has
repeatedly said that, if nominated
it would support Mr.. Cleveland