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The Democratic State Convention

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
June
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Regularly chosen representatives of the democratie party met in convention at East Saginaw on Tuesday to make choice of four delegates-at-large and two delegates f rom each congression al district to represent the state in the Cincinnati convention to be held on the 22d instant. The convention was one of the largest held for years and perfect unanimity prevalled during itsproceedings. O'Brien J. Atkinson of St. Clair was elected president with J. M. Bulkley of Monroe, W. M. Noble of C&lhoun and G. C. Stewart of Ottawa, Secretarles. Edward Duffy of W&shtenaw was among the vice presidents. Upon assuming the chair the president delivered the following speech: The assurance comes to us from Chicago that not Gen. Grant is nomin&ted but Gen, GarfieTd, and someho-.v or other the assof iatioa of DeGollyer comes np with that name. How it is we cannot teil; but the Republican party has been looking over the list of lts kaders to see if they could find one without spot or blennsh; and thev have-anan oï whom it is currpntly reportedthat he voted solidlyfor the salary gvab, and kept it èvery time. [Aitplause.] This nüminatiou comes to us 'f rom the West, and breaks upon our shore, and we wil] send it back as though we prsenteda roeky sotfaee. The defeat of this man wil! certainíy come froai the Eas1 and the West. [Applause.] Before he vas nominated a Repúblicas Convention idopted a platform in which they ratiSed everything thev had done for the last t-V' oty vavs. Then they have o ded on with this man from Onio all the corruption8 oi Grrantism. It must now tndorae that spirit oi hatred which drove Eïorace Greley frora its ranke; it must now iridorse that San Domingo tob which separated Sumner from its fellowshlp; and it must now indorse Cornell, ia whose pprson the only semblance of civil service reform tl; e Bepublicans hsve ever entertained, was defeated and trodden under foot: i1 must indorse Hoscoe Cönklmg, that iarttvave of American politics, who has lragfff] the fair name ol the dancliterof a'Chief Justice of the United States in the dust; it must inrorse rretary R')beson with his monitor built upon the model of a washtub nd costing the nat ion milUons of dollars; it raust inlorse Secretar? Belknap witli his post-trader3hip and all the eorruptions that claster aioand his administration; it must endorse ,T. A. J. Croswell, with his Chor, rnning and Seeor jobs, and it must indorse the whiskv frauds of St. Louis and Chicago, traiíing their ugly slime all the way to the door of the White House. And it must indorse Black Frlday with all its ruis upon this country when Grant lay at Loi't; Branch likê a snuirrel i:i a cas?e in the keeping of Repuhlican party. A.11 these they must indorse whilepraising their record for twenty yeara. Can thè Bepublican party remain in Pwer with such leaders? Can it wash itstlf clean? Why, it is tho old story: The Eiver Rhine, as is well known, Washes your City of Cologne: But teil me, nymphs, what power divine Hencef orth camvash the River Rhine? What power shall wash the Bepublican party? Do they think becawse they have taken from the rabble one of tlieiï number that tliey are any better off wben they indors'e all those things so repulsivo to this RepublicV Orlando M. Barnes of Lansing. Don M. Dickinson of Detroit, I. E. Messmore of Grand Rapids,andFostorPratt of Kalamazoo were elected delegatesat-large. From (bis (second) congression district, Charles H. Richmond of Washtenaw, anl Soth Bean of' Lenawee, were chosen. Por chairman of state committee, O.M.Larnes of Ingham v.'as re-elected; Messrs. C. R.Whitm;ui of rpeilanü and S. C. Stacy of r!cumseb weve eleoted mcrnbers of the state central committee from this districi . The Committee on Resolutions reported the following, which were unanïmously adopted: Resolved, That this convention are in favor oí the retention of the time-honored o i rule, and the delégate-of th . re insaructed to vote l'or the con1 ' ; aance of tbe samo in tbe Is'ational Cooi ention. Resolved, That the Dwiaocraey of e tiie utmost coufldenee . , i . ■: ,' . i nomination of he : '■ ie [eclareat thepoïjs in ■ ■■ as a raember of-th Co . [ated in pe : .1870, c:m ever be elected Pn of the United States by the suffragea of a free peopie. Tbe delegatea to the National Convention ave very nsuch divided in their prcfercnccs. Field, Payne, Thurman, Hendrieks, Seymour and Bayard have ■ delegation, aud auiue aro not unfriendly to Til AmongUie ma ide qí , the big shi , ■ ■ i.'rinid Piince 1 eopold, wbo me vlsited au . ■■ ■ .... . eats iu the oon Au obscure town on the eastern coust of Massa husetts, endeavoring to secure üie Marquis of Lomo for :i lioa ut the approaching 2SÜÜ an&iversary of its fouüding, vu üict by a polite but absolute declination at tl e bands of his secretary addressed to Ilis Worsbip the Mayor of Boston. Mr.. Flauigan of Texas, is a model nooden Republioan. He struck the ■ ■ ■ n iing Repwb] car -. -.- vaás for t,. ... i jme hwtorical. rhey wül b incribedon the tomb of tiie Chicago eandidacy, let the coQveutiou uomiuate v. hoitx i-t, wül.

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