, 1886-10-30
Gov. Hill Takes the Stand in
Philadelphia,
And Shows Why Democrats
Deserve Support.
Bitter Pills for Republicans to
Swallow.

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wildly for several minutes. aud the entir,
speech was interspersed with and pune
tuated by enthusiastic demonstrations o
appreciation.
Alter thanking the meeting for tn,
cordlality of the reception given him
which he construed as a conplim, mt no
10 himself general v. but to the eallaut
Democracy upthe Empire State, the gov
frnor said that Pennsylvania and New
York had stood shoul'sr to shoulder in
our early colonial history in the war OF
the revolution. and had alike cuntr bnted
men and money during the late rebellion
to save the Union -Four years ago both
states alike were scenes OF political revu-
luton, which resulted in the ascend4nc
of the Democratic party. Sui sequcntly
Governor Grover Cleveland had been
elected president aud the speaker had
been elected to the Governorship of New
He continued: | cnme here to night to
ask you To follow the example Of NV
York and elect Your lieutenant governor
10 he g%overnor>hip Of your state. That
will be true civil service rcf,rm There
are many reasons why he should he elect
ed. but there is one which Is sufficient for
me He is a true Democrat.
You ask me upon this occasion to speak
OF the issu 5 of the campaign. What
IS left to be said when you have heard
Daniel Dougherty and Samuel J Ran
dall2 | have but few suggestions to
make. You have been told of the pre-
dIctions OF our opponents. made We years
ago. ! venture the statement that these
predictions have come to nought They
told us that the Democratic party could
not be trusted to contul the government
Of this country. A year and a half of
successful administration has answered
and retuted that statement. They told
us that the Democratic party, if it should
attain power, would assume the rebel
debt. That was the old score of two
! years ago Not a single dollar of confrd-
crate Indebtedness has been assumed bv
anybody. Theytcld the people, to friphten
them, that the national deb; would be re-
pudiated. Not a dollar has been rrpudi
ated, and every dollar of national indebt-
edness that has become due has been
promptly met and paid They told us
that the interests of soldiers in the matter
of pensions would be unsafe. The inter
ests OF pensioners have never been so
well taken care of as they have been BY
the present administration. They told MS
thu Industries of our country womb be
ruined. They have not been ruined. but
we see evidences on every side of %increas-
ing prosperity. 1t is a fact to dav that
tunes are slowly but surely getting better.
a tribute TO the wisdom OF the Demo-
cratic administration.
Some ~allusion has been made to the
fact of the visit to Your state of a
distinguished gentleman who halls from
Name. Having succeeded IN saving his
own state. after a most terrible effort. he
CONES to help the Republicans of Pennsyl
vania save this close state. There is not.
in my mind. better evidence that this
state is not close, hut that it is surely going
for the Democratic party. This dis
tineuished gentleman. whose words are
entitled upon all o casions tn careful con
sidrration. stated before an audience in
Philadelphia that the country was in
danger because of Democratic policy He
spoke of the magnificent times which We
had under Republican rule. You woull
imagine from his statement that a few
years ago all workincmen we're obtaining
better wages than now You would i'm
agine that there no hard times a few years
ago under the Republican administration
He %forgets, but we recullett, that the
last great panic in this country occurred
under Republican administration in 1873,
when there was a Republic n president, a
Republican senate and a Republican
house Of representatives, and at the very
tim that James G Blaine was speaker of
the house Of representatives Neither he
nor his party were able to give the oun
try good and prosperous times. although
thev shaped all the legislation of the coun-
try at that perlnd.
say that ii year and q half of SUCCESS
full administration has demonstrated the
r wisdom of the people of thus country in
changing the administration Of public
affairs and putting the Democracy III
power. We have mt been able To accom-
plish all that We aniicip tied. but you mus
bear in m'ni this fat: we have been
thwarted by a Republican senate of tn,
United States. You must bear in mind
that there was little Tor the Democrat,
party IN the house Of representatives t,
frame measures which were only to bt
pieronholed by the Republican senate.
The people OF this country have n,
right to hold ns enrirrl responsible foi
what has been done or omitted to b. done
If they will in a few states, in which elrc
tinns are now to take place. so vote as T.
give US control of all the departments {,
government. then we can properly be hrl'
responsible, and we will ACCEPT that re
sponsibility. Tho same gentleman VIII
poke in the city OF Philadelphia (tnd h
makes the same speeches everywhere n
the stump warned the country of a grea
and impending danger. There alwav
seems to he great danger to the count
when Mr.. Blaine takes the stump Their
ia no crisis to be anticipated such a
Blaine imapines and predicts under
}. stood him to say that he opposed any il
trrfcrcnce with reference to tariff under
stood him 70 say that he did not wish n
subject touched In any manner, and tn
great isane that he nresenied to the pei
pie of Pennsylvania was that there mu0
be no legislation upon this subject
an not going to discuss o night tn
tariff. 1t is a subject ahont which in i
j details, there may be differences. hut
. main there can be none. | simply pr
), pose TO call attentinn IN the evidence tn
Mr.. Blaine Is not sincere when he tel
you that no legislation il necessary WIN
J.. ever. say that when he max
that statement to the people
PENNSYLVANIA he does not stand nn'
even the platform ot his party. Pub
o., sentimen, waa aroused upon this snhle
!" in 1884, and in the platform adopted
their own convention the Repnhlica
made use Of these wnrds The Repp
T lican party pledges itself to correct d
j inequalities of tariff and to reduce the 81
plus" Yet Mr.. Blaine comes now /