St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-31
DEMOCRACY'S FIRST GUN.
Eugene NJ. Wilson Opens the Cam
paign at Cloud.

Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Minn., Aug. 3O.-The
Democrats of Minnesota opened the
state campaign in this city this evening
amid the enthusiasm and plaudits of a
united Democracy and the admiration
OF a reduction of tariff loving populace.
Eugene NJ. Wilson, Minnesota's next
governor, and Chris Gallagher, the
SllVer-tongued orator of Minneapolis,
were the speakers. They arrived in the
city at 40 and were met at the depot
by a delegation from the st. Cloud
Cleveland and Thurman club, and es-
corted to the West hotel, where QUAR-
ters had been engaged for them. At
O'Clock the club, headed by the Union
band, proceeded to the West and es-
corted the speakers to the opera house,
which was already well filled, and
when Mr.. Wilson was introduced every
inch of available space had been packed
with living sea of humanity. He
spoke upwards of an hour and
prolonged applause. He said:
My fellow citizens of Stearns
county and vicinity. l have been nomi-
mated this fall as the standard bearer of
the Minnesota Democracy and we have
come here to st. Cloud this evening to
open the campaign. | am not asking
votes for myself personally but for The
principles which the Democratic plat
form represents and which are dear to
every one who loves Minnesota's pros
perity. [Appiause.l This is campaign
held few months ago at st.
Louis and Chicago and the
Democracy of the United States
come before the people with tax reduc-
ton and tariff reform. AS eXpounder
of that issue and as candidate for
president, we nominated Grover Cleve-
land [applause] and lie issued message
which is the
KEY NOTE OF THE DEMOCRACY.
AS lieutenant we nominated a man
who is the peer of any Allen
Thurman. We also nominated an-
other candidate, but for whom per-
haps we cannot vote. A woman,
No queen occupies in equal plane with
this simple American lady, Mrs. Cleve-
land. Applause The Republicans
nominated man with ancestry for the
Office of chief executive, and for vice
president they nominated according to
the advice of ingalls,: "Any fellow who
can carry Wall street, They also
adopted a platform in which they de
clare for protection, but they admit that
tHeIe ID d sui pluS, anu IN Tie tdll
end of the platform they put
tariff be taken from whisky" He then
spoke at length upon the tariff and the
discouraging tendency it had upon
American labor. He cited statistics
showing that products could be manu-
factured cheaper here than in England
and other foreign countries. He said
that it was not proposed to go to free
trade at once, but that it was proposed
to reduce the tariff gradually. The
tariff had destroyed our commercial
marine. Before the war every sea
saw the American flag floating from the
masthead of an American bOat.manned
by Americans. Now we carry less than
ten per cent. of our products. Why, we
fought the revolutionary war for just
such reasons, and what England could
not do in two wars we have done our
selves by self-impoSed legislation. You
may stand at any foreign port and
watch the departing steamers. You
will see the
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS
but you will look in. vain for the stars
and stripes except on the tail end of
some English ship that is bidding for
American passengers. Blaine came
home the other day in the "City of New
York." and Immediately upon his ar
rival spoke upon the virtues of protec-
ton, and still he could not
come home under the flag Of his
country that he processes to love
so much because of that protection. In
closing Mr.. Wilson said that he hoped
the ladies and Gentlemen present
would kindly bear in mind that the
few words he had spoken upon tariff
reduction, for that subject was of the
most vital interest to American prop
erty, (applause:( The band played
''liail Columbia and then Mr.. Taylor
again rose to introduce Mr..
Chris Gallagher. He made a short
but eloquent address, touching at some
length upon the so-called Irish vote.
Mr.. Gallagher is at all times well re-
ceived here, as he has spoken iii this
city on several occasions, but he must
feel proud of the ovation he received
here tonight. The audience was
touched with his pathos, amused at his
witticism and charmed with his elo-