Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1884 — Gen. Bragg’s Excoriation of Kelley and Grady. [ARTICLE]

Gen. Bragg’s Excoriation of Kelley and Grady.

Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, in seconding the nomination ol Governor Cleveland, spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the convention, it is with feelings of no ordinary pride that I fill the post that has been assigned to me to-day. Grim and gray personally, fighting the battles of the Democratia party„l stand to-dav to voice the sentiment cf the young men of my State wh»n I speak for Grover Cleveland, of New York.— (Cheers.) Hia name is upon their lips; his name is in their hearts, and he is the choice not only of that band of j’oung men, but ha is the choice of all those who desire fer the first time, as young men, to cast their vote in November for the candidate nominate ed by this # convention. They love him, gentlemen, and respect him, not ouly for himself, for his character, for his integrity, and judgment, and iron will, but they iove him most for the enemiet he has made.” [Loud and long-continued applause, which continued jor several miuute3, in the midst of which Mr. Grady, from New York, urosg in front of the chairman’s desk and interrupted the speaker as follows:)

Mr. Grady Mr. Chairman, on behalf of hio enemies I reciprocate that sentiment, and we are proud of it.— (Loud hisses and great confusion, in the midst of which Mr. Grady retired to his seat.) Gen. Bragg—l 'hank the emissary that represents an honorable name at least, for calling himself again to my utteution (Loud applause) This broad nation witnessed the disgrace* fid spectacle of a Senator of the United States trading his f-niud possessions for gain. (Apptans .) Mahone and Rulub-berger would scarcely be allowed to stand upon this platform to teach you, gentb-raen, democracy and whom you ought to nominate.— (Loud applause) Go to the Seuure ol the Stale of Now Yoik since Gov Cleveland has been Governor plause!—and there vou find two worthy cot'fre es playing in u small theater Mahone and BiddUberger ever again (Loud applaus* ) And why? Because the Governor of the State of New Pork had more nerve than the machine | Applause) They may speak against him—aye, the worst of the species may defile i splendid sta-tu---but they only disgrace themselves (Loud applause) Wherever the thin dfsguise cau be reached, yo i will find it covering nothing but personal grievance, disappointed ambi tion, or acuttiag-off of access to the flesh-pots to those who desire to fatten oo them (Loud and continued applause) . .I do not assume here to speak for labor The child of a man who always earned his bread by his daily labor, brought up for more than a quarter of a century from boyhood to manhoodiamong the labor<*ri that havemade lho great northwest what it is. I do not assum-* to speak for labor Libor is not represented in political conventions by the soft hand of ho polidocd trioKsler, no matter Wittra you find him (Loud applause) The men who follow conventions and talk aoout the rights of labor are the Swiss contingent, who place their tent wherever the prospect of profit is greatest—(loud applause and cries of “Bully for vou i”)— while honest, intelligent, horny handed labor will be found following the old democratic flag, thanking God that its self-styled leaders have gone where they belong Men come here to talk of labor Yes,

their labor has been upon the crank of the machine—(immense applause and laughter)—and their study has been political chicane in the midnight conclave We are told that the democratic party Is suffeiing from fearful political disorders, by these men If we are to judge from pas* experience, those disorders, in the quarters where they are alleged to exist, can only be cured by a reapplication of federal soap (Laughter)

Ex-Vice President, Thos A HenHendricks, of our own Indiana, bas been assigned by the Democratic National Convention to tbe second place on the ticket An acomplished gentleman, statesman and patriot, he will do *mnor to tbe position The tariff plank declares for duties sufficient for the expenditures of the Government economically administered That means tariff reduction. The verdict of a court martial is never final. The President, by tbe exorcise of the pardoning power, may annul it in any case, and does annul it In many cases. President Arthur reversed the sentence of a court martial when he released Sergeant Mason from prison, and he set aside in part the verdict of the court in this very case of Fitz John Porter tbe disabilities which had been imposed on him —New York Herald. If President Arthur believes that Fitz John Potter deserved to be convicted, he has done lignt in refusing to approve this bill. His action, however, cannot successfully be defended on any other ground. But if ne thinks the finding of the court»raar« tial was correct, bow doe? it happen that he himself has remitted that poi'tion of the penalty which prohibited Gen. Porter from holding office? If the finding was just, the penalty was not too severe.—New York Sun (Dem.) The New York Herald and The Sun brush away every pretense of Arthur to honesty, and establish partisan bias as the motivo inspiring his veto message

The yeto is malicious and in the' iuterest of Logan. The vote of the senate is malicious and in the in terest of the republican party. Ihe democrats of congrees have been Inclined to be very generous in behalf of certain republican fav writes, but there has been no return from the opposite sid<» of the house. Let the case cf Gea. Porter be borne in miDd. It can do no harm to remem er it, and there is no way to put a stop to partisan littleness except to pay for it In its own coin.- New York Graphic (lud). If Fitz John Porter were to stop here in his weary struggle for justice he could say that he has been vindicated by an impartial board of officers wnn investigated his case in the light of better evidence than was attained when he was di missed from the army, by the highest military authority in the country, and by votes of both houses of congress ifter luii debate. He fails of his formal viudi cation upon the record, in the f .ce of majorities favorable tv. him in both bouses, by a veto procured chieflv by the active agency of Secretary Chand Jer, who, according to The No tv York Tribune, “supplied the point” o.i which the president might hang bis objection Porter will lose nothing in history by a failure of this sort Boston Advertiser (Rep )