St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-21

a man can use to protect his children.
Whoever says to you that you shall not
earn your daily bread, you shall not
feed your wife and children, you ought
not to have comfortable home unless
you will give up your own judgment,
unless you will surrender your free
dom. unless you will cease to be indie
pendent American citizens and will
vote as 1 dictate,'
sNO GOOD CITIZEN
[Applause.] No, my friends, let me tell
you, you have many things for which
to thank the Almighty. You may
thank Him that you live in a land SO
bOunteous, so plentiful as this, that you
live in country of free institutions,
where every man stands in law the
equal of every other man, where you
can hold your head as high as the
proudest man in the land, and be as
much entitled to respect if you behave
yourselves and live virtuous life. Ia
voice: .God bless his old soul."] When
ever you allow these rights to be
trampled upon, whenever you sur
render your independence, when
ever you give up the God
bestowed right which makes you the
equal of all men, and entities you to the
fair rewards of your own thinking and
your own voting, whenever you give
that up you will no longer be free
American citizens. but you will be the
slaves Of so many dictators, who will
ride you booted aud spurred for their
own interests and not for yours. Con-
tinued applause.] Now, my friends,
the Republican speakers come before
you, and tell you that the Democratic
party are the enemies of the labOring
men; that all they want high tariff for
is for the benefit of the laboring man.
A wonderful way of benefting the Ia
boring man, of benefiting him by tax
ing him from the.crown of his head to
the soles of his feet on everything he
wears. Great laughter Apretty way
of benefting the laboring man by tax
ing him on every foot of lumber that
goes into his modest dwelling, that
taxes him OH every foot of lumber that
goes into his fence, that taxes him on
almost all the tools he uses in his trade
and the utensils that go into his Wife'S
kitchen,
THAT TAXES EVERYTHING
that can be found to lay tax upon.
But did you ever hear anything more
absurd than the talk of the Democrats
being the enemies of the laboring men
of the country. Why you may collect
lOS6IIIcI l,UUU fOIClS JAlO bCLHOOleOtO
party anywhere in the United States
and 800 of them will be laboring men.
[Cries of that's so; that's So 1t is so
to-day and always has been so. The
Democratic party is founded on prin-
ciple that makes it of necessity the
friend of the laboring classes. defy
any man to point out one single great
measure for the relief of the laboring men
of the land that was not the result or the
Democratic principles which lie at the
foundation of the party. [Applause.l
What gives you the right to vote? Dem
ocratic principles. What makes you the
equal of any other man? Democratic
principles. What gives your children
as much chance for promotion as any
other mans children? Democratic
principles. What makes it possible for
one of the little boys in my presence to
What does that but Democratic prin-
ciples? Cries of That's SOL And yet
to talk about the Democrats being
opposed to laboring men. Why if that
is so, they are
THEIR OWN WORST ENEMIES,
That is all. For if a man is opposed
to himself. then he is his own worst
enemy. The Democratic party is not
set of idiots. They have information
enough to know what is their interest
and to pursue it. One word more and L
will bring my remarks to close. /
want to say one word more to the labor
ing men. l hope they will never forget
the considerations that am about to pre-
sent. You have certain rights. 1t is
your duty to uphold them, but in doing
so it is also your duty not to resort to
violence where there is no necessity
at all for it. Why, friends, the
cause of labor is the cause of
justice and right. We are told
in the good book that the laborer is
revelation to you that you are worthy
of your hire, and that principle must
prevail. All heM cannot prevail against
it. prolonged applause.] 1t is not nec-
esSary to resort to strikes and violence.
Your moral force is so great, the force
of your votes is so great, the necessity
of your labor is so great that no man
can stand out against you. Therefore,
say, uphold your rights and be it ac-
cording to the laws of the land. Up
hold them, stand by them, preserve
your reasonable organizations.
DON'T LET THEM RUN WILD,
but at the same time don't let them get
too cold. You hear a Republican
speaker say that high tariff is necessary
in order to give high wages to labor
ing man. Why! friends, the labor or
CARNATIONS of the eountry-some of
them may not be exactly right, some of
them may need amendments-bu the
word of truth is that the labor organiza-
tions have dcne more to secure good
wages to the laboring men than all the
tariff laws that were ever made. There
fore, say to you, uphold your rights,
maintain them, do not let anybody
trample them under foot" Great ap-
plause.) The remainder of the speak
ers' remarks were directed to
the tariff in the discussion of which he
followed the same line of argument and
illustration which has characterized his
speeches in other cities. When the
party reached the station and were pre-
pairing to leave for Columbus, the Nor
NAL club, of Dupauw university, ap-
preached the car in which Judge Thur
man was sitting and he raised the
window and entered into conversation