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Show HOW THEY Al'CKIT. Mr. CTHVEi.Axn's speech in rewly to thai-t thai-t C'hairmnv.W: f.so.N notifying him of his no. u itiation for the presidency by the democratic demo-cratic party, was in excellent taste, well worded, and accomplished its purpose of sounding the key note for the campaign slogan. That is after all the chief end of a formal notification, and the ex-prcsident availed himself of the chance most handsomely. hand-somely. Mr. Stevfnson on the other hand descended des-cended to the level of a cross-road stumper when he dragged in the Homestead trouble in accepting the nomination for vice-president. He spoke to the galleries which responded, res-ponded, as tho telegraph says, with "great applause." Whether tho ttrike in C'akxk-gik' C'akxk-gik' mill has anything to do with the tariff or not, it is scarcely becomingin a candidate for the second highest office inthegiftof the people to make capital out of an incident that lias aroused men's fiercest passions and is still in process of investigation. As well might President Hakhi.so.v cite the Idaho strike in support of an agrument for the other side. lu politics the widest latitude is allowed public men in this country, but the people expect to have something better than demagogy from a candidate for vice-president on a formal occasion like that notifying him of his nomination. Mr. Stexf.xsox might well have taken a lesson in propriety and tact from Mr. C'leve-i.axp. |