Show DANIEL DOUhHKRTY Daniel Dougherty the silver toneued orator and emienent lawyer who lies at deaths door was born in Philadelphia m 1826 In 189 he was admitted to tho bar and was very early identified with the Democratic party In 1862 he was one of the thirty persons who founded the Union league He was prominent in the campaign for Lincolns election and was active in politics 7f until the war closed His later conneotion with the Democratic party began in 1876 when he stood for Samuel 3 Tilden He acquired national celebrity by bis nomination nomina-tion of General Hancock at Cincinnati His great speech for Cleveland in 1884 will never be forgotten He has achieved the reputation of being the best orator connected with the bar of the Quaker city |