St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-10
HONORS TO HENRY.
The Star-Eyed Goddess Talks of
the Platform and the ST. Louis
Convention,

the Platform and the ST. Louis
Convention.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 9.-The Wat
terson and Democratic clubs, headed by
band of music and followed by a con-
course of citizens, serenaded Henry
WatterSon at his home in this
city this evening ON his return
from st. Louis. He spoke, re-
viewing the work of the convention,
the platform, the ticket and so on. The
following are the more notable pas
ages in his remarks abont the tariff
and the platform:
He went to the st. Louis convention
with the single purpose to urge that the
message of the president and the posi-
ton of our friends in congress. l met
there formidable array in favor of lin
iting our plan of campaign to simple
reaffirmation of the platform of
1884, and general Endorsement
of the administration. There was,
issue raised. 1t is true that 1 helped to
make the platform of 1884. 1t is true
that L spoke for it in the national con-
vention of that year. 1t is true that for
four years | have put upon it con-
struction which l thought to be justi-
fed by the plain letter of its meaning.
But it is also true that the country
ACCEPTED 1T AS A sTRADDLE,
and that this Interpretation had stere-
otyped itself upon the public mind
Merely to reiterate it, therefore, was to
lose all that we have since gained to
traverse a policy which, in Con-
gress at least, has brought us
union where there were only diver
sions; to surrender an intrenched DO
sition and to fly the field in the face of
the enemy. / could not consent to this.
But it is not true that proposed any
advance. On the contrary, agreed to
take the platform submitted by Mr..
Scott and Mr.. German, word for word.
if they would agree to strike out
the first clause, which without any
qualification whatever, reaffirmed
the platform of 1884. There was no
other difference between us-none at
all; and whilst they made their argu-
ment with extraordinary earnestness,
plausibility and power, / am bound to
say they disclosed no spirit that was
not that of honest Democrats, seeking
the good of the country and the party,
and, when we finally reached the con-
clusion. embodied by the platform
as perfected, we stood as one
man and not as three men.
But, fellow citizens, to rescue from the
perils that befel poor Tray and the
Inscription so dangerous in their part
of the country. as it would seem, of
being caught in my company, let me
haste to suggest that there may be some
mistake about my opinions and pur-
purposes. / have certainly done all /
could do to fix the attention of the peo-
pie upon tho ruinous
EXACTIONS OF A TARIFF,
the most unscientifcally laid in the
world. have sought to force upon the
authors of that tariff redemption of
the pledges they made when they en-
acted it, that it should not outlast the
exigencies that called it into being; and
it may be that, in the course of the agi-
tation, I have not always been very
squeamish about the terms used to
describe what the supreme court of the
United States itself has described as
"legalized robbery" But nowhere have
l proposed anything extreme or
destructive. am builder by prefer
ence, conservative by natn'e. and no