The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-01
DeWitt Nominates Iiiii.

n reueWou OutDTeuk OF CneerS TOOK place
as he sat down. Tho Michigan delegation
hoisted the Cleveland banner again, and
ten minutes were given to uproar The rain
began to drip In on the chairman's desk.
He stood his ground. but was perceptibly
soaking. Mr.. w. G. Dewitt, Of Brook
yn, arose to nominate Senator Hill. After
eulogizing the great state Of New York, Mr..
Dewitt said:
Her electoral vote Is the keystone Of the fed.
eral arch upon which alone can rest the citadel
Of our hopes. She realizes In her present rela-
fions with tho Democratic party Of tho nation
what was said Of the Roman amphitheater:
"Whilc stands the Coliseum
Romo shall stand when falls the Coliseum,
Rome shall fall;
And when Rome falls the world falls"
In view Of this critical and important position
occupied by our state In tho impending con-
test, take great pride while speaking for its
regular organization OF the party In pointing
to our past trumphs. The Democracy Of New
York wants q revival Of the fundamental prin-
ciples Of the party.
A leader who holds that corporations created
by state or nation are not amensble to the
control OF their creator. OF who fails to sympa-
thize with at least an international effort to en-
large the currency Of the world In the interest
OF productive industry, or who makes his
friends and counsellors among tho plutocrats OF
the land, lacks the qualities indispensable to a
triumphant standard bearer Of our unterrfed
constituency. Our people want a leader filed
with the instincts, aspirations, sbrewdpess, sa
eacity, hopes, fears, joys and sorrows which
crown their struggle for life and happiness We
therefore present for your suffrages the name
Of him who having enjoyed all the honors OF
our state, still finds his highest boast In the
timent, II am Democrat"
However eminent may be his post Of duty, he
does not descend to us from above, but In the
roll call OF tho Democracy he steps proudly
from the ranks. Do you ask for his creden.
tialss We point you to the unbroken series
Of victories by which no has rendered veri-
table Gibraltar to the Democracy Of the
Union.
When with all tho power and patronage Of
federal government at his command tho dis
tinguished ex.presidont lost the state Of New
| York by q minority OF l4,0U. Governor Hill
carried II by majority Of 1900 votes, and ut
| every election during the past ten years he and
his friends have met with constantly increasing
| success.
Mr.. Hill never had any alliancewith malcon.
tents nor any favor in the Republican party.
| Tho class OF men from our state who so vio.
lently oppose his nomination today have uni
| formly opposed him In the past. He has
always been nominated under q shower Of vitu-
| peration and abuse, and he has always emerged
from the conflict with the increasing common.
dation Of the people.
From the beginning OF his public career he
has remained the faithful, efficient, untirinp
friend and servant Of the laboring classes and
they have reciprocated his devotion by q 10y.
| atty and support which has rendered him In.
vincible. Political nominations made TO pla
cate Republicans, to pander to men who es
| teem themselves better than their party OF 10
suckle and support the heartless middlemen OF
| the times are distasteful to our people. We
present the name OF David B. Hill as the csndi
date Of an unterrifed and aggressive Democ
| racy. His experience teaches us that such Is
the way to succeed. We love him not merely
| for the enemies he has made, but for tho enc
mics he has conquered.
And now, In closing, q single sentiment ! give
the friends who stand with us In the opposition
1t took just 800 brave men to stop the PersiAnf
at the Pass Of ThermopylB and to rescue the
immortal genius Of Greece. II We do re-enac,
that historic figure on this floor let US stand
Ike wall OF living and impenetrable Gre.
Duncomb Speaks for Boics.
Iowa was the next state called and Hon
John +. Duncomb nominated Horace Boies
Mr.. Duncomb deplored the contest In New
York state and said all Democrats feared
that il a candidate should he nominated
from New York state it would imperi
Democratic success; but they also knew
that there was country west Of the Mis-
sissippi river, purchased and made part ol
the Union by Thomas jefferson, the father
Of Democracy, where there was but one
presidential candidate "a son Of New Yorl
and an adopted son OF Iowa-"Hones
Horace Boies."
When Kentucky was reached Hon. j. A
Mckenzie seconded Cleveland's nomination
and Henry Watterson spoke in favor o.
Boies. Watterson said that II Boies wert
chosen to bear the standard he would plan,
it over the roof of the White House ant
rivet it to the dome of the national capitol
When Massachusetts was called Hon
Patrick Collins said he was Democrat wht
was for and not against any other Demo
crat. lie spoke Of the appeal made by Mr.
Dewitt to tho 100 Greeks, and asked II thu
gentleman wished to insinuate that thu
other 700 were Persians. [Applause.l He dif
not address 800 delegates-he addressed 900
In conclusion he seconded the nomination o
Mr.. Cleveland.
Minnesota and Missouri seconded Cleve
land. Montana wanted Boies Pennsyl
yania seconded Cleveland. New York
through Bourke Cochran, seconded Hill
nomination. South Dakota spoke for BOies
Tennessee and Texas seconded Cleveland
Virginia's choice was Hill. The disorde
became 30 great that the sergeant-at-arm
cleared the galleries, New York's delegation
having threatened to leave the hall unles
Hill speakers were allowed to speak with
out being cried down.
Tho Ballot.
Alabama-Cl IA; Hill, 2; Boies, 9
Morrison, 2; Campbell, 2lArkansas-Cleve
land, 18 California-Cleveland, Is. Colo
rado-Hill, 3; Boies, 5. Connecticut-Cleve
land, IL. Delaware Cleveland, 9. Florid'
Cleveland, 81 Carlisle, 3. GeOrgia-Hill
S; German, 4; Cleveland, II. IdahO-Boies
g. Illinois-Cleveland, 4s. Indiana-Cleve
land, 80. Iowa-Boies, 20. Kansas-Cleve
land, 20. Kentucky-Carlisle, 8; Boies, 9
Cleveland, 49, Louisiana-Boies, II; Cleve
land, 8; Hill, l, Gorman,1. Maine-Hill, l
whitney, /; German, L; Cleveland, 9
Maryland-Cleveland, 6; German, 91s. Mas
sachusetts Cleveland, "a; Hill, 4; Boies, l
Russell, /. Michigan-Cleveland,2 %. Min
nesota-Cleveland, ls. Mississippi-Hill, 5
German, 4; Boies, 8; Cleveland, g. Mis-
souri-Cleveland, "a.
Montana-Boies, 9. Nebraska-Cleve
land, Is; German, l. Nevada-Boies, 4
German, 9. New Hampshire 8
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