Show POLITICAL I 1 tho press oil tile work at st louis VARIOUS OPINIONS the democrats everywhere endorse it THE OLD ROMAN AT HOME ills speech of thanks to tile ohio delegates BLAIN E GROWING IN FAVOR ile is asked for in shermans Sher mans own state ailigh elopes of cal by western to THU STANDARD PRESS how the work of the convention Is re carded by the papers louisville ky juno 8 the says this work of re restoration of era refea alo was ur ear in m tt to grover cleve and then to the count only his labors as gover nor 0 ry new 7 4 ork because of ills faithfulness because of ilia courage cou raFe because of ills as an executive officer because tie has laid bare buses in every department and has oui policy far reaching and comprehensive which the democratic t execute cleveland again boo chosen as our standard bearer with an enthusiasm a rid unanimity never surpassed in tile history of parties in this country for vice dent file people speaking in tones that could not be misunderstood have called from his retirement allen G thurman of his seeking lionor high ws it is not needed as a ony of continued and teem but it is a call to continued service liby lie party which through a long he has coun selled and led and coming in his old a go when lie Is rich in dignities it is a command than an appeal that in tile great contest just before us lie gives to those in the field a final evidence of his fellowship his sympathy and ills support the only point at w aich during the past four years the democratic party has been stayed in its work of reform is where the ile publican ican part v has en tren IM it if babl nd tile IVA r against that entrenchment th 0 democratic learty has hesitated to move in vain have our leaders a pealed to the commands given pit chicago four years ago and these commands a few calling themselves democrats have refused to obey will fully unfairly unfaithfully this small contingent has insist ed that the platform of was intended to perpetuate indell bitely the system of taxation and oppression which that very instrument denounced as unfair and unjust debating about those words the demo brats in congrow have waited for tile party assembled to interpret its own orders issued four years ago now york says itle as good a platform as was ever adopt ed by a convention clear straightforward without quibble or dealing it declare concerning the promises redeemed I 1 true what it promises tile ticket guarantees now let us fee is hat tile republicans can agree to at chicago it they speak of the pasc they must confess to the pledges broken by them if they speak of tile future this democratic platform ni arns them to greater bon esty than they have practiced in recent years chicago the says editors tile nomination of tile old roman is of very ird thousands of democrats ww vote for ebur man for president will not vote for him for vice president associated socia ted with cleveland the democratic friends of grav of india lo 10 will al not be likely to ratify tile r ame mme which was forced through the convention at the expense of their own candidate tile inter ocean says hon allen 0 thurman candidate for the vice presidency Is one of the ablest and beat known of the old staid democrats in the united states ile Is put on tile ticket m it tile he 0 f 1 e a 11 for the support of creve la n d 1 ag e bourbon democrats of tile old school ilia nomination will drive away from cleveland many war democrats who hate the name of copperhead the tants mill say cleveland thurman and tax reform will enter the canvass with well grounded as durance of success monopoly will op 0 the man and the plan the beal charies of the system ith taxes for everybody for the benefit of some abdy ill enter the campaign deter willed to break down the champions of reform but truth and the people are mighty the daily news will say necessity and sentiment were the parents of the democratic ticket compiled at st louis about tile political wisdom of nominating T burman for the A co presidency opinions may is age can be urged again rt it but his mind is sti 1 I 1 as strong lis heart detill as right and his courage and conviction as true and fearless as ever dis name brings to th e ticket a popularity with the throughout tile union that none other could the tribune will say this time thanks to tile southern brigadiers tile country dowds adeba of gratitude probably to them exclusively and not 0 t lie president in tills instance for the explicit commitment of the demo crapio party tot lie cause of free trade in order to tills it must be remembered t t tile presidential slave driver has an owner behind him lie can crack ilia lash about th 0 democrats as a master but the southern free traders are his masters the evidence is not scanty nor doubtful chrt tile president had become alarmed and was riffling to have ilia party attempt any evasion n ut the southern politicians with more pra wisdom realized that the party bad been comal bitted by IA rues sage anti tile brills bill beyond recovery that evasion would only weaken it and therefore insisted that the president should require from ids instruments at st louis the I 1 1 1 ex p P roval of his message and th open rig bill IN COLUMBUS the old statesman comes out with thanks to ills friends co LUMBUS june 8 train c tile bailo on lonix arrived hero at thi a morning headed by the band and tile jackson club the dele ga ti on mare lied from the depot to the residence of IJ a 0 thurman where lion T E oolf spoke briefly of the wor k of the delegation at st louis and then introduced judge thurman after three cheers for cleveland and thurman and the red bandana judge thurman spoke As follows 1 I understand people say and they no doubt maz thin I 1 do not deny the justice of their thoughts that I 1 am too old laughter to run for vice president renewed laughter and a voice bellsee wellsee Well see about that who say and who doubtless think so do not understand the efrece upon an old democrat of such kindness as I 1 received hands and at the handsol of the democracy of tile united states cheers why I 1 feel about ten years younger at the least calculation laughter and renewed cheers a voice 1 I again say twenty well I 1 think it will b 0 twenty before twenty laughter last night I 1 stood hereto speak to my fellow citizens who came out to greet me and upon my word to speak about five minutes I 1 n rid I 1 spoke in full alce and with rise fervor and vigor continued laughter and SP and I 1 should not be surprised if I 1 should make such a fool of myself bet con now and the second tuesday or tile first tuesday or is whatever bues tues ay it is in october an ahter and arl it and voices Noi rember N 0 vember I 1 mean that I 1 should be prancing around making pec elies like a man judit out of h is teens renewed youny aughter and applause but now gentlemen let me be serious a little you know gentlemen of the ohio benlou ni ere kind enough to call on me batore you went to ft louls I 1 told you and god knows it was the hon eft truth that I 1 did not want the nomination that what I 1 isantes mas peace and quiet but that it was impossible for me to say that I 1 would not refuse tile nomination for that would make me a candi date at once and there with these ties could conceive of no ot herway no other solution than to place myself in your hands an I 1 did so freely honestly fairly loyally loy allf trusting that yen aou U d take care 0 my honor as ell as the interests of the democratic party cli ecra now gentlemen I 1 undertake to speak for myself and say that you have done fairly and lionor ably and uprightly by me and as ig as 1 live I 1 always bear toia r ds you grateful heartfelt and pleasant recollections applause gentlemen I 1 thank you for your efforts I 1 thank yo li forshag for shat you have jone and diether I 1 I 1 shall be successful or not successful there Is one thing of which I 1 cannot be deprived and that Is the gratification of knowing that I 1 have the good will of the people of my state and not only of the people of ohio but of tile people I 1 think of the united states continued applause but I 1 have another word to say before I 1 stop and that Is this there scarcely ever happened in the history of this world a spectacle than the of grover cleveland by the unanimous voice of the conven tion great applause you did a wise thing in that the peo pl of the united states love a brave man and cleveland I 1 a brave man they love an honest man and god knows lie is an honest man they love a man of sound judgment manof sounder be stands up for tile people who stands up for principle and does not fear to lake the consequences and such a man is grover cleveland gentlemen it will be an honor to every man of that st louis convention as long as lie lives that fie wag there to cast his vote dorthis worthy president odthe united states now I 1 thank you and mill bid you good night great applause NOTES thurman last evening heleg plied senatore rW J english 1 I ra will be most happy to have any california friends stop off and meet me A G Tn URMAN english speaking of california said in 1880 we carried the election by ag votes in 1884 we lost fourteen thousand owing to tile fact that cleveland was unknown and that blaine was regarded as the nearest exponent of democratic ideas in IM we ex hect to carry the state by 2500 which we will put as the inside majority I 1 blaine still demanded ohio june 8 laicans of the eighth congressional dis brict held an enthusiastic meeting at blacks oper a louse last ni tit rile meeting m as addressed by lilliarn 11 west aho vho nominated blaine in 1934 ile sa d the idea of tile meeting was lot to I 1 any of tile distin gulshen gentlemen in connection with chicago but merely to express tile ference of the republicans of the go for a eader ile doubted not that all these men were qualified for the high office of president but personal strength the people in addition to their qualification was do banded of the candidate this year ilo said blaine had been driven from the contest by the endorsement of sherman at toledo a year ago and stated his belief ahat the florenc and paris letters would never have been written had it endorsement dor ile expressed the belief that blaine or depow could polI more votes in new york abu any other candidate and ohio ought to be mindful of that fact resolutions were adopted pledging their support to the chicago nominee I 1 commended to the convention tat at peerless statesman james 0 blaine whose name is linked ith certain victory bills fa r favorable washington juno 8 the louse on commerce has authorized Uvo rable reports on the following bills appropriating for a lighthouse at sari diego conferring on the president of the batea the right to appoint met ical officers for the marine m pital service tile nelson bill conferring I 1 1 P 0 1 I 1 state and territorial legislate legis latu res t h right to control tolls rates and fares within the limits of 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