Year: 1879

| not hesitate to accord to the laws measures OF
extreme rgor for its protection and preservation.
They have fears of returning boards-(cheers and
laughter)-or the supervision of civil mag.
police officers appointed by the law. in defending
protecting and preserving the suffrage. No; their
fears naturally altogether in another al.
recrion and they accept. willingly, obloquy anu
hatred and defamation from all who are interested
in dehling. pervertng expressing their suffrage
They do not care for that for they know wherein the
equality and uniyersaty OF the suffrage exist ana
! they determined to maintain it there. And on
one memorable occasion, when the Suffrage OF tno
people had been exercised and the result decareu; -;
and the great revolt against the ooeaienca Ok
the fundamental principle or tho govern,
ment and the true and only source ,Se Se
power had brought out military resistance 10 inc
result of the election this people did not hesitate
TO call forth the thews and manhood OF the nation


and exhausted its accumulated wealth to maintain
the authority of the suffrage and the government
this country against all comers in every form Oh
power Appiausel no ..xr


| And when the strength of the nation had received
the submission of the rebellion. leaving us again
peacefu nation the people did not hesitate TO use
| the suffrage thus protected ana thus sustained IN
| comforting upon the General or all It's forces the
biohest honor in civil station known to the Repub-
lie Great cheeringJ The people then did not hesi-
tate to recognize these great services and TO bestow
the Presidency these great services on the sue
cessfnl General as many times they had conferred
| il on Washington-applausel-wh conquered our
independence and Who presided at the convention
author of the Declaration OF Independence
and the apostle of the EXTREMIST liberties
OF the nation-(applausel-upon Madison the
founder of the constitution upon
Jackson. the preserver- OF the Union, and
upon Lincoln-(immense cheering)-the martyr
of our liberties and the epancipator OF And
hereafter if there should again arise party OPP
posed to the integrity and freedom of the suffrage.
the fullest exercise Of the authority of
this government to that citizen who best
the people on election day. Cheers.j You must
very well understand that people having the at


or ne n%a ana oa a yary 0, we
when election day comes round to throw
that suffrage away They would not very
throw it away. They would not very we'll like to
any of their countrymen or fellow citizens josed
and hustled away from the polls that they could
not exercise their suffrage. And so when it comes
TO be a practical question you find the strong
sense of the American people. requiring very
it worth his while to stay away from the
polls vote his vote that it doesn't count. 1t is
vote will not be counted but it s great deal worse
to vote that your vote cannot count at all Wedo
do not vote whether the republican party or
the democratic party or the greenback party
shall be uppermost in the country. (Cheersl
The only way vote is to vote for some candidate
that represents the party and the principles and
policy we want engrafted on the government; and
the only way do that is by voting for some candi
date practised in the methods policy of the suf
frages OF his fellow citizens. The law and the con-
stitution as have said regulate the ballot. This
prudential process of selecting and presenting
candidate who shall embody the principles
of the constitution and through whom the princi-





maintained. We have criticism friendly and unfriend
ly on system Of civil service reform, and then
the candidate the deposting the vote-the agi
tation and discussion to whether
there is conformity between the candidate
desires to see observed. That is the duty every
convention and should be the highest object we'll
as the omnpresent principle OF the party in candi
dacy who would give the best assurance of the
purposes OF the party being carried out.


"a SIGH OF REGRET.


ho nj in ppera1 iS ha
pose of conventions successfully carried out
there will always be a sigh of regret that some
In many minds that il they had their way in the
matter they would have done infinitely better for the
American people. Now when u nomination does not
fully comport with the pleasure or judgment of this
that citizen as to who would have been the best
impersonation Of the purposes and principles
do as every sensible does in every
mixed society where action one way another
is to be taken-leave to the leading principle and
leading interest the of what he should
do. Cheers. If anybody thinks that the main
tenance OF the power of the republican party in the
portant thing let him deposit his vote for some
lesser consideration. tCheers.) Ii any one does
not think 1t matter or any importance
whether Cornell-(cheers)-or Robinson or Kelly
hisses)-is chosen Governor OF the State OF New
York. why, let him vote for all three--and his ballot
will be thrown out. No. gentlemen if you think, if
any republican thinks, it Is matter of no mpor-
tance next year how the State OF New York goes in
the election this year, then vote in the air.
(Cheers.) But never lose sight OF this gen.
eral duty, which be safely neglected;
IL any republican voter thinks he can serve his
party better aud the nation better in the future by
voting for Robinson or Kelly. in Gods name let him
do so. II he think the best thing he do with
the precious gift OF the suffrage given him for his
right that he holds in trust for the whole
tryif he thinks the best thing he can do with that
precious boon is to fold it in his napkin.
how can he be certain when disaster comes
and he has done nothing to avert it
that he has not deserted his duty to hb country.
(Cheers.) Now. there several candidates before
the people of the State for their sufrages, and
you never know how man votes till election day. it
is but fair should present to you fairly the claims
of the three candidates.


In the first place. Mr. --cheers)-stands be-
fore you citizen without reproach; as man for
many years actifc in the councils OF the party aud
political service of the Statea Speaker of your
House of Assembly and a candidate ten years ago for
Lieutenant Governor, but counted out. Cheers and
% voice, That's so.) He stands before you as the
representative of republican principles he is the
only candidate by depositing in whose favor your
vote you can assist in making republican principles
supreme in the state OF New York. He comes
nobody back. (Cheers.) The power and strength
of the republican party throughout the nation will
be increased by the vote of Now York State in the
next Presidential contest.


IAN ExCELLENT REPUBLICAN,"


Next we have Governor Robinson, an excellent re-
publican for considerable period of his manhood.


CHEERS and aughter.) The favorte OF the party, he
crowned with its honors aud trusts. Fortu-
natoly he followed another Governor. and both of
them fortunately followed still another Governor,
mean General Dix-(applause)--duringw whose ad-
ministration were planted those seeds Of good gov
ernmcnt that have since reflected such credit on the





| ernor Robinson. But who is it that Robin
| son carries his back? Who Is this
jockey III black and white anged that now the
white shows and now the black? Who is 1t that
rides his stecd in the for the Governorshp?
Nobody tell-that is till after the election. IL,
after the election Robinson Is elected, then 1t will
be Tilden who rode him. but II, on the other hand.
he be defeated, then it will be Pelton. (Cheers 1t
will then be all Pelton's futile dalliance and not
real race. Indeed, when 1 think Of Mr..
Tilden the future candidate OF his party
for President, feel great distress both for him and
hfa the election there would be n
difficulty in finding out whether 1t was Pelton or
Tilden that was the candidate


Next comes Kelly, the riderloss horse. lie doesn't
need any spurs and he will not bear Bit He Is deter
mined to maintain the great principles OF the Fam
many party-the great principles OF the democracy y
OF the state of New York-that is that Tammnny Hall
and the city plumber belong to him. And woe to any
democrat that attempts to interfere with that. His
motto is, that Tammany Hall shall rule or ruin.
His motto is let him sacrifice Tidcn and ho shall
die in peace How does IL happen that we have
these two candidates in the democratic party Tor
Gnvernnr of this .Lreat SfateY IL ia uuleard of.