St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-30


them in many cases by psrtisans fresh
from jail
A letter from Gen. Sherman was
read, saying that although he would be
present he preferred to write rather
than speak his hearty Endorsement of
the ticket and platform. A letter was
also received from Chauncey M. Depew.
declaring that last night Democratic
speeches showed that the party was on
the defensive and would soon be on the
retreat.
When Col. IngersoH stepped to the
front of the platform he was greeted
with a whirlwind of applause. When
quiet had been restored he entered upon
his speech, during which he was fire.
quently interrupted by applause. He
referred to his recent speech
in the Chicago convention saying:
81 spoke for a man whom believed to
be best in my Judgment for the party.
| always know whom l am voting for.
/ always know my man, and l state my
belief ON the open and above board. l
stood that l meant to deprecate the
other candidates. No, admired them
all. They are all great men but my
only admiration is for the American
eagle, whose brilliancy and splendor
challenge the.
GEESE OF THE WORLD.
Mr.. IngerSOll then reviewed what the
Republican party has done since its
formation. He declared that the
progress of the nation was due to the
efforts and measures of the Republican
platform of the Republi-
can convention and elaborated
on it to some length. Speaking of the
clause declaring the supremacy of the
nation, he said: Gwen the Democrats
say that they believe in that. They be-
lieve in it with big N They always
believe in it. But we Republicans do not
believe in what the Democracy calls
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
We believe, though, in local self-gOv-
eminent and that every citizen shall be
he thinks best until every citizen of no
matter what color can cast his vote and
exercise his own Judgment. We
are not a republican or even a
civilized people until this is
accomplished the Republican party will
not have accomplished its mission. The
next topic in the platform is protection
for American labor, and | will tell you
briefly why | am in favor of it. want
this nation so that it can live if it
is at war with the entire world,
every port were blockaded it could sup
port itself. That is one reason. The
next is that wherever a nation can only
raise raw material and manufacture it,
that nation will grow poorer and poorer,
while the nation that buys fabrics,
makes them and sells them back to you
grows powerful and rich [applause],
that is what | want of you. Let US take
a locomotive with its flesh of iron and
rN,, or,I 70, I, 90 f,n n,.ft al
thing. How much was that iron and
steel that makes a $4,000 locomotive
worth when it lay in the earth for
thousands of years? Not one cent.
LABOR HAS MADE IT
worth every cent. Take a simple white
wash that is raw material; white
it, that is unskilled labor, and does
not enhance the value of that canvas.
Let a skilled artist put the
upon that canvas and its
[Applause.l Where the raw material is,
where the unskilled labor and Ignorance
is, there the Democratic majority is.
We are here ready to fight the DemOc-
racy any battle, and the Republican
party is willing to fight an
intellectual one if you will.
They are in the rife pits
of office; we are in the open field of bat
tie; we will protect ourselves with the
sturdy flag in which many hero has
wrapped himself up and died; we will
protect ourselves from the enemy and
go forward to victory. l don't believe
in protecting any single individual or
monopoly. Here an occupant of one of
the boxes shouted
''PROTECTION AND TRUSTS"
To this Col. Ingersoll SAID that when
the tariff was so high as to foster trusts
then take that duty down and
break the trusts. This was greeted
with another round of applause.
Interruptions and the assemblage
was becoming restless when Col. Inger-
soil shouted: LET me ask my honora
bic friend, why, if matters are better in
free trade Europe, American worlmen
do not emigrate" This evoked wild
and long continued applause and the
| QueStiOner was SQuelched. ''WhO
wants free trade? Why Eng
land, Germany and every nation
with manufactured goods to sell. Why
Because this nation with free trade and
its wants will buy everything in the
markets of the world, and the foreign
pauper labor could sell it here
free. This is good market,
| and the foreign manufacturers want
| to sell their goods to the United States
and have us powerleSs to resist. This
youthful nation is a better market than
| China with its hosts, and India with its
millions, because their wants are small
and the market poor, but they want
to place their goods here and
we won't let them. [Applause.l Some
people think that this country is full
and crowded. Why, in the vast terrific
res of the West and the bOundleSS
tracts along the Mississippi's tributa-
ries 5OO,0O0,000 people can live and be
educated. This country is
ONLY IN ITS INFANCY.
The Democratic party wants free
trade and the presidents message is an
unmi stakable evidence of this. The
Southern states are peculiarly incon-
Sistent illustration. Louisiana, for in
stance, wants free trade, but clamors
at the same time for the
protection of her sugar. There
are other Democratic states with SINH
lar views, but time is too important to
notice them. In closing he said that he
was in favor of the Republican ticket
and that it was most excellent one.
Ex-senator Warner Miller also spoke.
Mr.. Morton sent letter of apology and
regret for his inability to be present.
COWDREY'S COMMENTS.
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