St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-04
THE NEsTOR OF DEMOCRACY.
Hon. e. Nj. Wilson Enthuses the
Crowd to Great Cheers


Hon. Eugene NJ. Wilson was next in
troduced as one of the NeStors of the
Democratic party, and was heartily
greeted with enthusiastic and prolonged
applause. He started out by re-
ferring to the previous meeting at
the same theater a few weeks
ago and remarked that there could not
be too much ratification. He felt some
thing like the old soldier who proposed
the toast in the barroom. Here's to the
Confederate South. We licked her
once; let's liquor again." He did
not think it necessary to refer to
the immense advantages in principles
find the assurance that Grover Cleve-
land and Allen G. Thurman will be
elected next fall. He thought the dele
gates to the Chicago convention had
been actuated by two great motives.
One was to maintain the high tariff
taxes, and the other was to defeat the
nomination of Judge Gresham-the best
and pureSt candidate. Our eloquent
County Attorney Frank Davis, when
he seconded Gresham's nomination,
imagined he heard the murmur of
pines of the NORTH" but he was mis-
taken. 1t was the signing of the pine
land owners, who want their stumpage
reduced from s. to So and their lumber
untaXed. Mr.. Davis, thought he
heard in the beating of the
waves on the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts the name of Gresham,
but it was the roar of gigantic trusts
and monopolies. He thought, too, that
he heard the name of Gresham
whispered from the magnolia-lad-
en- banks of Florida, but he
was mistaken, it was the voice of the
bids, who BIDS" AIR. Davis means all
right, but he has not been a Republican
long enough to understand the wileS of
the property.
The attitude of the three candidates
for governor on the tariff question came
in for keen thrust. He did not know
exactly how Albert Schaffer stood;
whether he is Farmers alliance can
didate. Republican or Democrat, but he
was sure he would not stand without
hitching. Merriam is nOn-cOmmittal and
McGill says tariff reform should be left
with the party that inaugurated it. Mr..
Wilson declared the issue not to be be-
tween free trade and prohibitory tariff,
but a low tariff and high tariff. We
propose, he said, gradual reduction
from AZ per cent to 20 per cent, which is
sufficient to pay the expenses of the
government and protect American in
dustries. Concerning the Repub-
lican candidates, he had this
to say, that the people are not electing
presidents nowadays upon their anceS-
try. Mr.. Harrison has been nominated
because he is respectable, irrespective
of his principles. AS for Morton, he
would never have been thought of if he
cnrnncnH 70 hny hnrtt
and the call on Wall street.
The inconsistencies of the Republican
platform were pointed out, and its gist
was summed up to mean taxation upon
the neceSSarleS. free rum and tobacco.
Mr.. Wilkins address was frequently
applauded, and his sharp hits created a
great deal of amusement. E. A.
Maglone, of Yankton, OAK, was intro
duced, and promised that Dakota will
wheel into line for Democracy when
admitted.
A. t. Ankeny made short but ex-
ceedingly vigorous and pithy speech.
He urged hearers to never for mo-
ment give up the conviction that Cleve-
land is to be reelected. The strongest
indication of this, he said, was the fear
of James G. Blaine to meet him again.
He wanted the Republican party held
to the declarations of its platform. "They
are trying to crawl out already" he said,
"They renominated a man in the Third
congressional district last week and
placed him squarely on the Democratic
platform" In conclusion he eulogiZed
Cleveland as the moral hero of the
nineteenth century, and said the Re-
publicans had need to take care lest
they loose Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan, while New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut will take care
of themselves. Minnesota, he predicted,
will go Democratic. q
Judge Lars NJ. Rand delivered the
closing address and elected warm APP
plause by his remarks. He advocated
the passage of the Mills bill, which IA
vorS a gradual reduction of
the tariff. He did not believe
that 100000 workingmen should
be taxed to protect 100000 employees of
Eastern factories.
When he concluded, Chairman Law
renee, after commenting upon the graf
ification which the enthusiasm of the
meeting gave him, proposed three
cheers for Cleveland aud Thurman,
which were given with will.