trine that their government should, at all
times, be administered directly for them:
that they should not be obliged tn re
ceive as their share of the blessings of the
free government they maintain the small
portion which may filter through to them
in the process of making special bene
ficiaries rich. * In other words, the demo
cratic partv is insisting upon an honest
application nf the rule that a government
bv the people should ha a government tor
the people.
It is as needless as it is foreign to mv
purpose to discuss in detail before those
so thoughtful and intelligent as mv Bus
falo friends the differences between the
political principles and purposes pro
sented to our people for their approval. T
onlv desire to assure you that the gratifi
cation vonr personal attachment affords
is greatly enhanced by the consciousness
that it is the attachment of those who
are thoughtful and patriotic and by the
conviction that the support you give in an
organized wav tn your old townsman can
not create in your minds the least rus
picton that such support is in aid of
principles at all inconsistent with your
highest dutv as American citizens It
only remains for me to say that, whatever
the result of the campaign. 1 shall always
remember as its most pleasing incident
this occasion and the evidence it furnishes
me ot the consideration and devotion of
mv Buffalo friends.
Cleveland was followed by Lieut. Gov.
Sheehan, who spoke nf the certainty ot
New York’s going for the democratic
nominees.
A Monster Demonstration.
