St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-30


After Mr.. Randall had resumed his seat
there were cloud calls for MeAdoo. In re-
Spouse, tall Young man. dressed in black,
who described himself as e member Of con-
gress from the little state
which raised water melons and
manufactured lightning in a liquid form,
took the floor and expressed his thanks for
the honor that had been shown him. Mr..
McAdoo said that the people Of his state had
a warm interest in the success Of the new
south. His speech was a beautiful rhetorical
effort, full of sound logic and to the point
After the adjournment Mr.. Randall shook
hands with a number Of friends He was
driven to the Pendennis club where be en-
ioyed hearty meal with a select coterie Of
protective tariff disciples.
THE EVENING MEETING.
Fifteen hundred people assembled in
Liederkranze hall tonight TO listen to the
addresses Of Hon. Samuel J. Randall and
MeAdoo. Most came before O'Clock aud
the hall was comfortably flied by that hour.
The audience quietly awaited the arrival Of
the distinguished party for while, but they
became little impatient before they arrived.
There were no decorations in cit her the hall
or on the stage. Two rows Of chairs were
ranged on the latter and these
were filed after the distinguished
guests arrived, principally by merchants and
other business men among them were Judge
W. i. HOLE, DIR. w. II. Toney and Messrs.
John z. Green, John NJ. Robinson, John G.
Roach, Assistant Seer tary Of State II. NJ.
Mccartney, and about forty others. There
was a noticeable absence OF the political
element, however. The meeting was called
to order by ex-Gov. Blackburn at o'clock.
Upon motion Of Gen. Dukes, hr. A. ID. Me-
Cullough was chosen secretary and mem
beers OF the daily press assistants.
Shortly after o'clock Mr.. Randall and Mr..
McAdoo arrived at the hail. They came
from the Prndennis club and were escorted
by a committee composed Of Mayor Jacob,
Bishop Dudley, Jno. T. Green, Jno. NJ. Ath-
ertOn, Harry Wessinger, Jno. G. Roach and
Chas. 4. Long. Gov. Blackburn was seated
at table in front, aud advanced to meet
item. Mr.. Randall and Mr. McAdOo took
chairs with him by the table and the other
gentlemen seated themselves in their rear.
The crowd cheered vOciferOusly upon
th .ir arrival, the gentlemen on the
stage joining enthusiastically. When the
applause subsidized Mr.. Randall arose and ali
vanced with the chairman 10 the foOtlghis
As they did SO the cheering broke out alresh
and continued for two or three minutes A
the cry was taken up, mingled with cheers
for Randall ana Kisses. Finally the noise
subsiGed and Gov. Blackburn, half facing
the visitors, delivered a short address
Of welcome, at the conclusion OF which
Mr.. Randall stepped forward, 10 be again
enthusiastically eheered He was in full
evening dress, and spoke without manu-
script as follows:
Fellow countrymen, your welcome over
comes me. am here nearly a thousand
miles from home, and yet i feel that am
among home friends. [Cheers / recog-
uize the common fellowship of my country
men. / do not come TO indulge in oraiory,
neither shall l employ rhetoric, rather has IL
been the habit of my life in treating of pub
lie subjects that have come under INV notice
for investigation with the test OF the touch Of
common sense. There is no subject that has
ever been so difficult among nations of sOlu-
ton as taxation. In the United States, from
the organization Of the government. TO the
present time, it has occasioned irritation and
discomfort, and it is not 10 be wondered al
when We come to consider that our system OF
taxation is complex. We have federal tax
alton, we have state taxation. we have local
taxation, and when the amount Of taxation
gathered through these three agencies are
aggregated they are large in amount, and re-
quire that the expenditure of money so real
lied for several purposes should be econom-
ically expended. We think we have a right
to say to all men in official stations that there
shall be no taxes collected in excess Of the
necessary requirements of public affairs
Cheers. 4 wish TO be more emphatic
deny the constitutional power of any admin
istration in this country to collect
one Collar in excess of that
amount under any pretense whatso-
ever. Applause. Having laid down this
proposition it is incumbent upon me to
make the inquiry whether the recent admin
istration of this government has come up 10
the measure Of its requirements. To-day we
have four hundred and fifty millions Of
money locked up in the treasury, and nearly
two hundred millions of that amount is there
without aadolar of claim against it. What
we want, and think / voice the people OF
the United States, is TO have that two hundred
millions, or nearly that amount, flown out
of the treasury by the purchase OF
the public debt so that it may find its wav
through the channels Of trade and com merce.
In addition TO this taxation the United
States is taking annually from the people one
hundred millions in addition TO what is there
stored in the treasury without necessity or
constitutional right as / think What. in
this contingency, are we 10 dot We should
repeal all those laws which produce this ex-
cessiye amount of revenue, and it is that in
which We differ with our political opponents
Mr.. Blaine has recently declared in a letter
in favor Of distribution of
this surplus annual collection
among the states, and the citizens thereof.
deny the right to raise dollar from the
products of the American people for any such
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what is the first effect Of any procedure Of
that sortl You make at once the states of
this Union dependent on the federal power.
and whenever you do that you sap the very
foundation of the freedom OF the people Of
the states, and allow their rights to
be absorbed in a central power
All controversies that have sprung up
from the period of the formation of our
present constitution have had their bottom rock
differences in the construction of the instru-
ment itself. On one side we had Mr.. JefTer-
son and Mr.. Madison advocating a strict con-
struction of that great fundamental law.
while on the other side Mr.. Hamilton and
those who argued with him, who favored
a loose and broad construction. There was
a time when the people, even of the north,
were compelled to an enactment of laws
which did not come within what they deemed
TO be constitutional requirements for neces-
sites of the occasion. Cheers. Yet We did
submit, but when that was over, we say now
and have continued to say from the moment
that condition Of things must cease, and
as far as possible we must return TO a strict
construction Of law in every particular. Aud
you naturally have right to ask me, in view
of the facts which havr stated, in what way
! would get rid of this surplus. 1t is not al
together new subject to the American peo-
pie. 1t agitated the law makers for
a period of twenty years, from 1916
to 1886. But it was finally
agreed upon all hands that there must be a
deposit to be cslled for at any time. That