St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-13
HILL IN HOOSIERDOM
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waving their umbrellas. canes and BAN
danas. The demonstration continued
several minutes, and was the most en-
thusiaStic in character. Gov. Hill did
not conclude until 10 o'clock. having
spoken over an hour. His earlier re-
marks were, in degree, similar to his
address at Mitchell. Otherwise he
spoke substantially as follows:
Mr.. President and fellow citizens: |
have heard considerable about the wild
West, but this far exceeds my eXpecta-
tions. [Great applause. L thank you
for this kind and flattering reception.
l am proud to speak in the city that was
the home of that distinguished states
man, Thomas A. Hendricks. APP
plause. / am likewise proud to speak
in the city that is the home of your
present able governor, Isaac Z.
Gray. Applause. The Democracy
of the Empire state send greetings to
the Democracy of the state of Indiana
Waving all preliminaries,
permit me now to enter upon the discus
sion of the principal topic to which L
desire to call your attendtion. After
reciting the passage of the Mills bill and
the Introduction of the recent senate
bill, the speaker said the Democratic
platform states our position precisely:
We believe that there should be tariff
duties sufficient to meet the expenses OF
the government economically admin
istered. We do not believe that under
our constitution the government has the
right to impose taxes for any other eX-
press purpose. We believe further that
i'll the
ADJUSTMENT, OF TIE TARIFF
II should NO en- odincfpd that aS far nos
Sible and as may be necessary, every in
terest of labor should be protected and
every reasonable protection afforded to
our industries. Applause. But de-
sire to call your attention right here TO
this much abused Mills bill. 1t has been
stated, that it will destroy the interests
of our country; that it will reduce the
wages of our laboring men. deny
both propositions emphatically. L am
not now speaking of the articles placed
upon the free list. That is one. ques-
ton. l am speaking now OF the
articles manufactured and brought
into this country, upon which the
duties are reduced. There is not
single article, manufactured article,
upon which the duty is reduced where
on there is not left thereon by this
much-abused Mills bill a sufficient
revenue to present the whole cost OF
the labor involved in its production
anywhere. Applause. Therefore
the first position that take is that the
Democratic party favor thereby the pro-
lection Of labor. But we do not believe
that when a sufficient tariff is still left
to represent the cost of the labor in
volved in the production that it is
necessary to still further burden the
people simply to give an excessive pro-
fit to monOpOlists and manufacturers.
Speaking of salt being placed upon the
free list, the speaker said it has been
said there was trust, salt trust.
NEVER HEARD OF IT.
1t was discovered day or two ago by
a prominent gentleman who spoke here.
care not whether there is or not, but,
if there is, so much the worse. Then
let us place this salt upon the free list
and tend, if we can, to destroy these
other trusts. LApplause.] Let me call
your attention to the position taken by
our opponents on this question. A few
years ago the distinguished candidate
for vice president was 4 member of con-
gress from the city of New York. He
did not then have the vice-presidential
bee in bonnet, and | think he was
honest with his own conscience, honest
with his constituents. When the
question came up a few years
as to whether salt should be
placed on the free list or not, Mr.. Levi
Z. MOrtin voted to place salt on the free
list. Three years ago when he was a
candidate for United States senator in
our state against Mr.. Evarts, some OF
the Republicans who were opposing
Mr.. Morton and favoring Mr.. EvartS,
made the charge against him that it
would not do to elect Mr.. Morton United
States senator because he was free
trader, and they instanced the fact that
he voted to put salt upon the free list,
and at that time Mr.. Morton came out
in a card in which he said that it was
unfair to him TO call him free trader
because he voted to put salt on the free
list: he said he did this and ought not
to be blamed for it because he did it in
the interest of the farmers and dairy
men of the State of New York. Laugh
ter and applause
HE WAS RIGHT, MY FRIENDS,
then, but how can he reconcile his atti-
tude then with the attitude of the Re-
publican party now and the attitude
taken in his own letter OF acceptance.
| read that letter of acceptance care
fully the other day to see if he would
not give us some CLEAN of hope that he
would possibly vote for free salt in the
future, but found not word of it.
Applause When | made this state
ment the other night, in an audience in
New York city, a gentleman cried out,
salt won't save him this time" I'M
mense iaughter.l The speaker then
took up the wool schedule in
detail. Regarding the probable de-
feat of the Mills bill in the
senate Gov. Hill concluded: My
friends, the senate of the United States
does not to-day represent majority of
the people of the country. Applause.
| desire to state that they maintain
their aScendency in the senate of the
United States by reason of means that
will not bear honest investigation in
three states of this Union. The state
of New York has been Democratic now
for several years. We have carried
that state by majOrities from LOO to
$4,000 and $4,000, and one year 100000
and over. Applause. But nOtwlth-
standing that fact our opponents keep
control of the legislature of that state,
LET ME TELL YOU HOW
they do it. The constitution of our
state REQUIRES that every ten years there
shall be an enumeration of the inhab
itants of the state, and that that enumer-
alton shall be followed by a reappOr-
tiOnment of the senate and assembly
district. And in defiance of those plain
provisions of the constitution, the Re-
publicans, that they may retain centrol
of the senate and assembly have re-
fused to carry out their constitution. re-
fused to order remuneration and re-
fused to reapportion the senate and as
sembly districts of that state. For that
reason. and that reason alone, the great
Empire State of the Union is misrepre
scented by two Republican SEN
ators in the United States SEN
ate. TApplause.l They do not re-
present the honest sentiments of the
majority of the people of that state.
[Applanse.] In the state of Connecticut
how do they keep control and keep two
United States senators there by the OPP