Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-22
GOVERNOR HILLS SPEECH.
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 Governor Hills address at City hall Sat urday afternoon was listened to by the most enthusiastic audience as well as one of the largest that has greeted speaker in Waterbury during the present campaign. Governor Hill is clear-cut, we'll dressed man, with a frank and open countenance, and although suffering from hoarseness, | the result of his work in New York, In diana and New Jersey, delivered the most telling speech of the campaign. There was an air of sincerity and defiance in his remarks that completely unnerved many of his listeners of republican persuasion. ''There is one pecuharity of this campaign | I would call your attention to- said the | speaker after few introductory remarks. ''It it this We are to-day engaged in the question of economical government for the | first time in twenty five years. The coun- try is to-day completely pacifed, thanks to three and half years of democratic ad- ministration. The great question of econ omy is the one above all others at present interesting the people of this country. You all know of the enormous land grants to railroad monopolies allowed under re- publican administrations. Those grants were forfeited by the neglect of the railroads to comply with even the slightest conditions imposed. During the past three and one half years 100 ,O0O, | 900 acres of those lands have been reclaim ed by the country and reserved for actual settlers. Our opponents when i'll power neglected the opportunity. When the democratic party came into power 1t found | the country suffering from a war tariff, re- sulting in an overtowing treasury which in turn led to unnecessary e1peditures and appropriations. The democratic party s position is that the place for the surplus taxes or revenues of the people is on the pockets of the people. And now my friends, a word in regard to the Mills bill. After a careful examination of the details of the Mills bill 1 say to you that there is not a single manufactured article or the bill upon which there is not still left a duty sufficient to represent the difference be tween the cost of labor here and in other countries.
 Governor Hill here stated that the last claim of his was i'll the nature of chal. lenge, and although he has made it in every place he has spoken he has met nc republican orator brave enough to answer him.
 In regard to free salt the speaker said he knew of no one opposed to it except a few monopolists, and related how Nil | Morton when a representative from New York state a few years ago voted to 1 p1dCc InS a1 llCIc ut'OlI b1lc 1ASS l4SG. i4S cry for free wool was started not by the democrats, but by q convention of woo manufacturers in 1885.
 In regard to the Mills bill and the re publican senate bill Governor Hill said '"In 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1887 the republi- cans in the senate voted against the re considering of the tariff They claimed we were disturbing the business interests of the cOuntry-although their platform of 1884 said;they would revise the tariff Step by step they fought that Mills bill They offered no substitute. They tried tc have free wool stricken out, and were beaten by a party vote. The measure passed the house and was referred to the senate committee. They could not tel what they would do with it for weeks Finally they said: We think that the rey elues of the government are excessive Didn't we find something like that il President Cleveland's message last Decem Der They decided that a reduction of tn, tariff was imperative and finally they pre- sented their bill. If it had not been fo President Cleveland'& message there would not have been any Mills bill, any republi can bill, or any bill at all for the reduction of the tariff. The democratic party forced the fighting"
 The speaker then told of the necessit, of carrying the lower house of congres and urged the necessity of unity in tn |, ranks. In conclusion he said that he ha just returned from a tip through the state of New York, Indiana and New Jersey. Il the empire state he felt confident tn majority would be counted by tens of thous ands; in Indiana there never was such CT thusiasm shown by democrats. As fo New Jersey all he had to say was: "She
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