St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-30

them IN many cases by psrtlsanS fresh
from jail
A letter from Gen. Sherman was
read, saying that although he would be
present he preferred to write rather
than speak his hearty Endorsement of
the ticket and platform. A letter was
also received from Chauncey M. Depew.
declaring that last night Democratic
speeches showed that the party was on
the defensive and would soon be on the
retreat.
When Col. IngersoH stepped to the
front of the platform he was greeted
with whirlWind of applause. When
quiet had been restored he entered upon
his speech, during which he was fire.
quently interrupted by applause. He
referred to his recent speech
in the Chicago convention saying:
81 spoke for man whom | believed to
| always know whom l am voting for.
/ always know my man, and l state my
belief on the open and above board. l
did this not wishing to have it under
stood that l meant to deprecate the
other candidates. No, l admired them
all. They are all great men but my
only admiration is for the American
eagle, whose brilliancy and splendor
challenge the.
GEESE OF THE WORLD.
Mr.. IngerSoll then reviewed what the
Republican party has done since its
formation. He declared that the
progress of the nation was due to the
efforts and measures of the Republican
PhiEfE Platform lie Of then the fS0k qp Fpepu5ie the
can convention and elaborated
on it to some length. Speaking of the
clause declaring the supremacy of the
nation, he said: "Even the Democrats
say that they believe in that. They be-
lieve in it with big M They always
believe in it. But we Republicans do not
believe in what the Democracy calls
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
We believe, though, in local self-gov-
ernment and that every citizen shall be
allowed to exercise his lawful right as
he thinks best until every citizen of no
matter what color can cast his vote and
exercise his own Judgment. We
are not a republican or even a
civilized people until this is
accomplished the Republican party will
not have accomplished its mission. The
next topic in the platform is protection
for American labor, and | will tell you
briefly why am in favor of it. want
this nation so that it can live if it
is at war with the entire world,
substantially independent, so that if
every port were blockaded it could sup
port itself. That is one reason. The
next is that wherever a nation can only
raise raw material and manufacture it,
that nation will grow poorer and poorer,
while the nation that buys fabrics,
makes them and sells them back to you
grows powerful and rich [applauSe],
that is what | want of you. Let us take
locomotive with its flesh of iron and
steel and its breath of fire, wonderful
thing. How much was that iron and
steel that makes $4,000 locomotive
worth when it lay in the, earth for
thousands of years? Not one cent.
LABOR HAS MADE IT
worth every cent. Take a simple white
wash that is raw material; white
it, that is unSkilled labor, and does
not enhance the value of that canvas.
Let skilled artist put the
finest thrObbings of his heart
upon that canvas and its
value increases to thousands of dollars
Applause. Where the raw material is,
where the unskilled labor and ignorance
is. there the Democratic majority is.
We are here ready to fight the Democ-
racy any battle, and the Republican
party is willing to fight an
of office; we are in the open field of bat
tie: we will protect ourselves with the
sturdy flag in which many a hero has
wrapped himself up and died; we will
protect ourselves from the enemy and
90 forward to victory. l don't believe
i'll protecting any single individual or
monopoly. Here an occupant of one of
the boxes shouted
'PRoTECTIoN AND TRUSTS"
To this Col. Ingersoll SAID that when
the tariff was so high as to foster trusts
then take that duty down and
with another e S'Tt Found S of f's applause gesa
The spectator continued his
Interruptions and the assemblage
was becoming restless when Col. Inger-
soil shouted: 'Let me ask my honOra-
BILE friend, why, if matters are better in
free trade Europe, American workmen
do not emigrate" This evoked wild
and long continued applause and the
queStioner was squelched. "WhO
wants free trade? Why Eng
land, Germany and every nation
with manufactured goods to sell. Why
Because this nation with free trade and
its wants will buy everything in the
pauper labor could sell it here
free. This is good market,
and the foreign manufacturers want
to sell their goods to the United States
and have us poWerleSs to resist. This
youthful nation is better market than
China with its hosts, and India with its
millions, because their wants are small
and the market poor, but they want
to place their goods here and
we won't let them. Applause. Some
people think that this country is full
and crowded. Why, in the vast terrific
ries of the West and the boundless
tracts along the Mississippi's tributa-
rieS 500,000,000 people can live and be
educated. This country is
ONLY IN ITS INFANCY.
The Democratic party wants free
trade and the presidents message is an
unmi stakable evidence of this. The
Southern states are peculiarly incon-
sistent illustration. Louisiana, for in
stance, wants free trade, but clamors
at the same time for the
protection of her sugar. There
are other Democratic states with SINH
lar views, but time is too important to
notice them. In closing he said that he
was in favor of the Republican ticket
and that it was a most excellent one.
Ex-senator Warner Miller also spoke.
Mr.. Morton sent letter of apology and
regret for his inability to be present.
COWDREY'S COMMENTS.
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