Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-07

an hour before He took great pleasure in annourc cing that the illness was not serious, and that Judge Thurman would be able tc proceed with the work laid out for him in the campaign
 Governor Hill continued: "The Democracy of the state of New York We come the dis. tinguished citizen of Ohio, who has been mads one of the standard bearers of our party in this campaign and who honors u. upon this occasion by his presence and we pledge to him and his invincible associate upon the ticket-Grover Cleveland-the cleo toral vote of the Empire state.
 ''We welcome him not as a king, because the Democracy acknowledge no king in this country-whether crowned or uncrowned- but we greet him 0 plain, honest, unas stunning private citizen and Democrat, full oi years and honors, who possesses the conf dence and regard of patriotic people.
 "Upon his return to the west he may tell our gallant friends of that section that there are no divisions among the Democracy ot this state this year. We are united, enthu. sastc and confident. At the outset there tyere few who were startled at the presi. dents bold message on the tariff question and who wavered somewhat, but his recent still boldes message upon the fisheries ques, tiou has brought all wanderers back to the fold again They raalize that while his ad- ministration may seem tS them not to have been perfect in every respect 1t is better ave, a thousand times better-thaB any Re publican administration ever has been or can possibly be. Every true Democrat now feeis thai this Is no sime for captious criti, cism, because the battle has actually begun, and it is our duty to stand by the old Demo cratic flag.
 "The Democratic party Is the party of true citizenship. It has been the friend of the oppressed of every clime. It was the first to grant liberal laws for the naturaliza- tion of foreign born citizens, and it has ever since protected their rights. Political par ties are to be judged as much by their rec ords and measures as by their platforms-by what they have done as we'll as by what tAasy propose to do. The Democratic party has evea been the practical friend of labor, and it's representatives in congress and in state legislatures have been foremost in the advocacy of measures d;stinctively in the Interest of labor. It has never opposed a single measure honestly designed to advance the prosparity of the working classes. Ut recognizes the propriety of reason able tariff, but is opposed to an exorbitant one It insists that high tariff of itself does not necessarily protect 9 single work ingman anywhere, but does impose an un necessary burden upon all It advocates the desirability of placing tariff upon imported manufactured articles equal to the differ ence between the cost of labor involved iI their production in this country and the cost in foreign countries. It thoroughly believes in the proper protection of labor. It recog nizes the fact that as a general rule wagel are higher in this country than in others but it recognises also the fact that tho superior skill and effectiveness of the Ameri can workingman and not the tariff tax ha. : given thess higher wages.
 l "A bill which merely reduces the tariff is not free trade measure Republican statesmen have themselves testified to tn, wisdom of some of the changes now proposed