St. Paul daily globe., 1884-10-21

recognized that the Republican party had
good men and honest men in its ranks, but
that did not secure reform. There were the
Credit Mobelier and other exposures, but to
no end. In 1876 the people were defrauded
of their desired reform by fraud and violence
and Hayes appointed the men who had con
summated the iniquity to fat offices.
Four years ago Indiana was bought at the
October election and only last week gen.
tleman told him that he had seen sheet OF
bills paid out containing a one dollar bill, a
two dollar bill and five dollar bill, and the
sheet was untrimmed and uncut. There
was indisputable evidence that the money
was printed and issued to carry Indiana in
1880.
Arthur had undertaken to make fair ad
ministration but he had been kicked out Of
the Republican National convention. The
Star reuters have been exposed. When four
million hsye been taken out of the treasury
by one set of thieves it is time to find out
what the Others have done.
THE DEBT STATEMENT.
he spoke ut some length upon the matter
OF the manipulation of the debt statement.
1t was found that two hundred and forty
seven millions of bonds had been issued
the matter fixed. The register was ordered
to enter up this great sum and that was ALL
Senator Davis found over 2,500
erasures and alterations on the b., X which
amounted to two hundred and eighty million
dollars, which had never been explained.
There is only one way to find out and cor
rect these things and that is to put other
men in charge of the books.
pTrPI IANnc
The speaker referred to the Republican
platform relative to public lands, fayoring
its preservation for small holdings of actual
settlers. He made splendid point by show
ing that the only party that had squandered
the public lands was the party
now promising reform. Thomas Jeffer-
son, the great leader and apostle of the De-
mocracy had bought 760, 100000 acres of
lands. All of the lands except those of the
thirteen states and Alaska had been secured
by the Democrats, and the Republican party
in the past tWenty-four years has
given more of the public lands
away to corporations than all the
cultivated farms in the United States com
bined. And now they demand that un-
earned land grants be forfeited. Why the
Democratic house last winter passed bills de-
claring seventy-fve million acres of the land
grants forfeited, but a Republican senate
killed the bills.
THE NAVY.
They demand the restoration Of the
navy, said the speaker. OF whom do they
make the demand? They took the navy
from the Democrats and after the war it fell
prey to the jobber. The greater part
of hot i La e
sunk by a coal scow the other day.
Secretary Chandler proposes to give S35, ,O0O
to raise the TallapOosa, which for the amount
of whisky on board is too high price. We
have ffty-nine officers for each
vessel. aud in 1882, Chandler
said we had but one first class YES
sci. He contrasted our navy with that Of
Spain and even Italy had one ship against
which the whole American navy would not
make flea bite.
There was time when the navy covered
us with honor. In the war of 1912, within
sixty days after the proclamation of that
staunch old Democrat-James Madison-the
Constitution sailed out from Boston, and
meeting the Guierre, the pride
OF the British navy, shot and
shattered the vessel and its gallant crew
until it compelled surrender. He told how
the little Wasp shot the, Frolic down and
related other feats of prowess of our navy
under Democratic rule.
As evidence that this decadence of our
navy was not due to lack of funds he said
three hundred and fifty million dollars had
been expended On our navy from the be-
ginning of the United States government to
1860, and since then three hundred and
eighty-four millions had been expended. He
trusted that the party which gave the country
the navy would have an opportunity to give
them the restoration.
The Republicans resolved that the terri
torial appointees should be residents of the
territories, ana the first appointment after
the passage of the resolution, that of Cover
nor OF Dakota, was taken from the states.
THE TARIFF AND TAXES.
The speaker next proceeded in mastery
manner to stripth mask of pretended friend
ship TOR the laboring man from the Republican
party. They demanded a national Labor
Bureau whereas d Democratic House last
winter had established such bureau and the
senate had not dare reject it. He depicted
Jay Gould. Vanderbilt, Sidney Dillon, Rus
sell Sage and Blaine, arm
in arm, devising some plan to
aid the American laborer Their plan is to
pay an enormous bounty to the men who hire
the laborer in order to protect him. Labor
pays all the taxes-capital not a dollar
Land and capital yields nothing
except as labor is added to it, From the
30th of June 1856, to the 30th of June 1888,
six thousand three hundred and fifty mil
lions of money had been raised outside of
all loans. Eight hundred and ninety millions
hcH he JoLt IL
and sixty millions for pensions. Take all this
out there had been three hundred and
ten millions more raised by taxes in seven
teen years than from the beginning
Of the government to 1860.
This money had gone to the Star Reuters,
the Howgates, ETC.
The census shows 3,S00,000 mechanics
and the classes who work in manufactures
are only one and one-half million. There
are over fifteen aud one-half million labor
ers in other branches and they must be
taxed for the one and one-half million.
All the Democrats propose is to reduce tax
alton and not to Cypress manufactures, but
to elevate and assist labor by lower taxes
Corruption was the only thing that was
worse, and he urged them to strike down
both corruption and the excessive taxes
He argued that it was the golden grain
from the northwest which gave the wealth
to the country and the country was the
richest which had the greatest commerce.
England could not always buy our wheat
with gold but if we would get good prices
we mnst encourage trade.
He concluded with an eloquent contrast
Of Blaine and Cleveland citing the Mulligan
letters on the one hand and the untanrished
public record on the other.
He was repeatedly interrupted with ap-
plause during the delivery of the speech
which lasted over two hours.
Loud calls for Mr.. Brisbin and P. II.
Kelly, of st. Paul, followed and these gen
tiemen, who were on the platform, excused