St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-01
me to act as the representatlye Of this dis

me to act rs the representative of this dis
trict in congress, and hence have yielded TO
the many urgent appeals which l have re-
celved from gentlemen of all parties, to be-
come a candidate. This explanation / con-
slider due to the good people of the Eighth
judicial district and myself. You will all
bear me out in the statement that have not
sought this nomination, and that to that ex-
tent at least, ii is the Office seeking the man,
and not the man the office. Nevertheless ]
accept the hOaor conferred with the same
| spirit and appreciation that would IL it had
been solicited by me. Gentlemen, we enter
upon campaign in which all signs are pro-
pit.ous and Indicative of success. The change
| in the control of the general government, and
the administration of President Cleveland has
proved so eminently satisfactory to the
country at large that
THE UNFouNDED PREJUDICEs
of the past are fast disappearing and the Re-
publican pol. tician can no longer repeat with
| effect, the campaign falsehoOd, that the coup-
try was in danger if the government passed
| into Democratic hands. Actual experience
| having dispelled this partisan bugbear, the
country is beginning to realize that the party
which furnished at least half OF the Union
| SOldelS-including nearly all the great gen
| erals-can be trusted with the management
and control of the government. Any political
| party remaining long IN power is apt TO be-
| come corrupted and to Outlive its usefulness,
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| has recently been going on III the ranks OF
| the opposition in this state, for the different
| offices, cannot but be accepted DIS an evidence
of the approaching disintegration of that Or
| ganization. Two or more political parties
| are necessary to secure the proper and
| honest administration of our government
! national state and cOunty-and If this Is sup
! plemeuted with that independent spirit on
! the part of the voter, that makes him true
| freeman, and not blind aud savish partisan,
| only that party which proves itself worthy
| of confidence can long remain in power. /
| enter upon this campaign with full confidence
| in its successful issue. encouragement has
| come to me from such sources as juStifieS this
| confidence. / know that to be elected l must
receive the votes OF many who have hereto
! fore voted with the opposition. l expect to
receive many SUCH ni to be elected thereby.
shall not. however, regard all that class who
| vote for me, as by so doing, becoming men,
| 6ers Of the Democrat party, but rs
! INDEPENDENT FREE MEN,
| who in the exercise of the most sacred rights
| Of the citizen, rise above party ties, and vote
| for me because they believe /, being in har-
| mouy with the administration, will be of more
| service to them in congress, than either of
| the opposing candidates. represe ntatiye
+, to be an efficient public servant should know
| aud appreciate the wants of his constituents,
| which legislation will supply. l believe it
will be conceded that / possess this knOwl-
edge Having resided in this congressional
district for over thirty years-from youth to
| mature misunderstanding life here as one
| of the toilng pioneers, who opened up our
state to settlement and civilization; sharing
| in the tolls, priyationS and dangers OF pioneer
| life and performing dutitul citizens part
| in aiding in bringing our young state up to
| its present proud position, can justly aud
without egotism, claim to fully understand
| the legislative necessities and demands of our
! people, and to inteigentIy labor to secure
| that necessary legislation. I can only say
| that if elected, l shall labor in their behalf
with the same scrupulouS fidelity that has
! characterized my Official conduct in other
| positions. The brief period which interveneS
between the present and election day, renders
| it impossible for me to address the
PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT
| at as many points as l would desire: and as
| an expression OF my views Is due to them,
! and time is not pressing, ] ask your indul-
| gence while briefly 2efne my position upon
what consider the leading issues of the day
that they may be given to the public by our
! friends of the press who are here anxiously
waiting to hear them. The object and pur-
| pose of government is the good Of all, and the
| greatest good for the greatest mum Der. In
! the enactment OF laws this should be the test
| to determine their virtue and necessity. The
| faith ful representative, While bearing In mind
| the interest and welfare OF the nStion at
| large, will always be alest 20 the interests of
| the people whose immediate Teprese ntative
| lac is. Hence, as the grCaJ. Insj ority Of the
people of this distri5s are engaged in agricui-
| tural pursuits. the interests of this class
| should first receive our attention The ques-
| tons which most directly affect our farmers
are the tariff and the cost of the transporta-
! ton of their products to market.
| TIE TARIFF.
What is known as the tariff is a tax imposed
upon certain articles, goods, wares, merchan-
disc and materials that are imported into this
| country to be bought, used and consumed
here. This tax, or tariff duty is, as all
must see, added to the price
| Of the article sold here, and, therefore
| finally comes out of the pockets of the con-
sumner. Ny position, in common with that OF
| the other members OF the Democratic
! party of Minnesota,is, that sufficient amount
| of revenue should be raised to pay all the
| expenses of the federal government, econom-
ically administered, including pensions and
! principal and interest OF the public debt.
| To propose less than this would De as dishon-
est and disloysl as TO propose to pay the con-
| feGeraCe bonds. That tariff, or indirect tax.
| should be so imposed as to bear heaviest
! upon articles of luxury and lightest upon
articles of necessity. This Can be done with
! out dep,iying American labor OF the ability
| to compete with foreign labor. The collec-
| ton OF more revenue than is required for the
| governmental purposes mentioned. is but the
| imposition and collection OF taxes not neceS-
sary and is an outrage and fraud upon
| the consumer. The present tariff system is q
mass OF irregularities, conceded to be such
by its authors, who now propose to correct
| its errors if they are only given another lease
| of power. Represented to protect American
| industries. it has robbed our farmers, who
constitute more than half of all who are en-
! gagged in industrial pursuits. Declared to be
for the benefit of American labor, it has
| taxed
THE MECHANIC AND LABoRER
for nearly every article he consumed in his
| family The total amount of revenue col
lected from import last year was S1S1, All, 937.
! Of that sum the American people paid, on
| sugar. molasseS, meada etc. used by them,
| So 1874 IA; on wooden manufactures, ST.
| 459, 1885, on cutlery and manu- features of iron
aud steel, S1l, 973 908; on cotton articles, &c.
| 932, 245. on fax, hemp and jute manufac-
| lures, S9,069, 1856; on chemicals. drugs, dyes
| and medicines, So, 1855; on glass and man.
| ufactures of same. S. II 1 06S; making an ag-
| gregate of $IIe, i59 492. or two-thirds of the
whole sum collected The taxes came out of
| the pockets of the mechanic and lab0rer, as
we'll as the farmer. The assertion that the
| reduction of the tariff to q revenue standard
would operate TO reduce the rate at wages to
| that of the ''pauper labor of Europe" is fatty
d!sproved by this schedule and other facts.
We have had a high protective tariff ever
| since the Republican party came into power,
and where is the mechanic or laborer who
| will pretend to claim that that he is Indebted
| to that tariff for receiving higher wages than
is paid to the ''pauper labor of Europe?" No
intelligent working man will make this claim.
| This high protective tariff did not protect the
| factory lords and iron and coal monopolists-
| when our work men would not consent to work
| for starvation wages-ro import into this
country the so-called pauper labor OF Europe,
| by the shipload. The tariff
| PROTECTED THE MANUFACTURERS
against competition in the sale of his wares,
but it did not protect his workmen from COM
| petition by ''pauper labor" The wages of
| the workmen have been regulated by the rule
| of supply and demand. When the manufac-
| turer proposes to divide with his workmen all
that he earns by reason of protective tariff
| over d reasonable interest upon his invest
ment, there will be some merit in his claim
! that the tariff benefits The workingman, and
not before. And SO long as the American
manufacturer is able to ship his manufac-
lures TO foreign markets and compete there