St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-06
1T COVERS THE GROUND.
Address of Lieut.. Gov. White on
Assuming the Temporary Chair


Sr. LOUIS, June 5.-Having taken the
chair, the new presiding officer was
greeted with another round of applause
and cheers. Mr.. White said:
Gentlemen of the Conventions: Pro
foundly grateful for the distinction just
conferred upon me, | am nevertheless
conscious that have been chosen for
this position because of your apprecia-
tlon of that important section of our
common country from whence come.
l can assure you that those whom l in
part represent will regard with satisfac-
ton the recognition which they have
just received, not because of any un-
common ability or influence of mine,
but for the reason that this is the only oc-
casion in the history of our national con-
ventiOn upon which the Pacific slope has
been accorded such an honor. Califor-
MIA was acquired under Democratic
rule. 1t became commonwealth under
Democratic auspices. 1t is therefore
fitting that the bestowal of this favor
should emanate from the organization
whose patriotism and courage gave her
to the American Union, and that party
should be the first to press forward with
parental fOndness the children of those
who Knocked and did not knock in vain,
for admission to the privileges of state
hood. l congratulate you not merely as
Democrats. but as American citizens. on
the encouraging circumstances which
attend the inauguration of our proceed
ngs. For the first time for period
covering more than quarter of cen
tury the Democratic national cOnven-
tion is held while the affairs of govern
ment are conducted by Democratic adj
m n or In To tha LOTT
tlal election, the Republican party de-
clared that Democratic success meant
national ruin, and that whatever might
be said of the crimes and transactions
OF those then in authority. yet to no
other keeping could the welfare of the
United States be safely confided. This
doctrine was
REPUDIATED AT THE POLLS
and the experience of almost four years
has demonstrated that those assertions
and charges were unWarranted and that
the people were right in demanding and
compelling radical change.
The platform of principles adopted at
our last national convention prescribed
with accuracy the rules of conduct
which should control governmental ac-
ton. Grover Cleveland was selected by
that convention as man whose firm
ness, ability, integrity and statesman
like qualities pre-eminently fitted him to
undertake the task of carrying out the
great reforms thus suggested by the
organization to whose tenetS he had
ever been ready to yield compliance.
No public servant ever responded to the
call of duty more fully, or in better
faith? that our honored president. Un-
OstentatiOuS in the discharge of his
trust, he has never failed to apply to
affairs of state those sound business
maXimS, the observance of which is
even more necessary in public than in
private station.
For years it had been generally con-
ceded that it was necessary to reform
the tariff. The existing law on the
subject had been called into being
during the excitement and because of
the eXigencies of war. The Republican
party, while not denying the necessity
for reform, has ever failed to suggest
any remedy and has universally
thwarted the efforts of the Democracy
to afford the needed relief. The pres
ent administration has realized the
promises made by the Democratic con-
vention of 1884. 1t has sought to re-
duce taxation and tighten the burdens
of the people, and toreduce the revenue
the treasury, and has at the same time
taken the requisite steps to foster ana
protect domestic industries. 1t has dis
cOuraged the Capitalization of wealth
and has enabled, so far as circum-
stances would permit, those in the less
favored walks of life to enjoy the bene-
fits of their eXertiOnS. In other words,
the Democratic ADMINISTRATION has set it's
utmost endeavOrs to carry out the plat
form on which
OUR GREAT REFORM VICTORY
was achieved. If the tariff has not
been modified it is because of Repub-
lican obstruction. The existence of an
enormous surplus in the treasury
threatens the industries of the country;
is constant source of injury to the con-
sumer and men of moderate means, who
find it difficult to obtain monetary as
sistance because of the withdrawal of
large portion of the circulating medium.
attributable to the policy of the Repub-
lican party. whose aim has ever been to
encourage and enrich monopolies and to
ignore the interests of the masses.
During Republican dOminancy many
millions of acres of the public domain
passed into the hands of corporate and
foreign syndicates, formed for the
creation of individual fortunes. The
obligations imposed as conditions pre-
cedent to the investiture of title were
persistently violated by the bene-
ficiarieS, and those violations passed un-
needed until the Democratic administra-
tion, in conformity with the doctrines of
the party declared forfeiture, thus ten
dering to those seeking homes in good
faith more than 100000 acres, which
1at1 NV
party for the benefit of selfish few. In
conformity with the views of the presi-
dent statute has been enacted pre-
venting the acquisition of lands by
those not citizens of the United States,
and restricting the power of corpora
tions to obtain title to realty in the ter
ritories. Ii preceding Republican ad-
had adopted the present
Democratic policy, there would have
been preserved as homes for settlers
locating in good faith, immense tracts
of fertile soil, now in the hands of cor
porations and foreign spectators.
For years universal attention has been
to the dangers of Chinese i'm
migration. The advent of hordes of
pagan slaves disciplined to starvation,
and Injured to unremunerative toll has
rightly been considered destructive to
the interests of labor and a menace to
the republic. The Democracy, unlike
its political adversary, has always been
with the people in this issue. The adj
has entered into treaty
with the Chinese empire which must
result in
EXCLUDING THE MoNGoLIANs
from our shores, and which, for the first
time, makes it possible to prevent the
of the frauds on our immi-
grafton laws now practiced by that race,
and to preserve US from the evils of