St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-02
PLUMlNG FOK THE PLUM.
Gov. Hail Addresses the Demo-
cratic Hosts at Brooklyn.


BROOKLYN, Nov. 1.-Gov. Hill ad-
dressed an audience of 5000 people at
the academy of music tonight. John P.
Adams, chairman of the local De
cratic organization, first caused the fol-
lowing letter to be read:
New York, Oct 30. John P. Adams, pres
ident; Dear Sir: have received your inyi-
tation rendered on behalf Of the Democratic
organization of Kings county, and i confess
that 1t is difficult for me 10 decline the cour-
tesy or disappoint the wishes OF such kind
party friends. / cannot however, satisfy
myself that l ought. by accepting your in-
vitation, to depart from the course
which / have followed In all similar cases.
/ know how ably the speakers who address
the meeting will present the topics which
are prominent IN the canvass, and how well
the claims of our candidates TO public conf
dence will be advocated. The thought which
is uppermost in my mind leads me TO suggest
that this is a time for the Democrats of our
state TO guard against the Indifference and
lack Of activity which are apt to result from
the reaction from recent presidential cam
paigp, and which also too often exist when
the grade and character Of the offices to be
filled are not such as inspire the greatest
party enthusi asm. We should constantly
bear in mind that every election involv
ing Democratic principles is so important
to our party, and that Indifference
should not be permitted TO invite defeat,
when fit snd worthy men and true Demo-
Gratis are presented as candidates for public
office. In the pending campaign, though the
campaign has to do with state policy and
stale OFF ces, 1t cannot be denied that it is
also related in an important way to funda-
mental party principles; and it should be our
pleasure, as it is our duty, 70 give active end
earnest support TO the worthy and honest
men and the tried and true members OF the
Democratic party who are our candidates. l
hope that your mass meeting may be the
means Of arousing that Democratic activity,
watchfulness and enthusiasm which will in
sure Democratic success. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The reading of the letter was accom-
panied by enthusiastic applause. Hon.
Frank Rice spoke very briefly and then
Gov. Hill was introduced amid tumult-
uOus applause. The governor spoke
without notes. He declared himself
greatly indebted to the loyal support Of
the Democracy of Brooklyn and recalled
with special pleasure the meeting which
he addressed here four years ago, when
he presented the simple platform for
which he asked the suffrages of the
people. [Great applause.] This is a
state election. but. nevertheless, its re-
suit may have an important effect in
shaping the history of the country, for
incidentally, national questions are in
volved. The last national election
was peculiar in that it was the
first in many years in which the
industrial question was discussed. To
a certain extent the same questions con-
frOnt us now that confronted us q year
ago. We stand to-day as we stoo
then-not In favor of free trade, but of
tariff reform. [Applause.] We believe
we serve the best interests OF the coun-
try by adhering to that principal in
augurated by Democratic president
and sustained by majority of the vot-
ing people. fApplause.] We believe in
just and free
REVISION OF THE TARIFF,
and that the government has no right to
levy an amount of tax in excess of that
required for the needs of the govern
ment economically administered. The
place for the surplus is in the pockets of
the people. Applause AS general rule
we claim that raw materials should be
substantially free from duty. The nee
essaries of life should be made as free
as possible to the consumer. These
are the two great principles to be sub
mitted to your representatives In con-
gress, and take special pleasure in de-
claring that the Mills bill was worthy of
yOur support, and contained these two
principles as to the conduct Of public
affairs, it should be remembered that
there were no deals, there was no cor
ruption, during the administration of
Grover Cleveland prolonged applause],
and the more we see of the administra-
riOn of his successor the more we appre-
ciate our loss. Both in the navy and in
the restoration of public lands the
country signally prospered. The reason
we did not do more was because Dem |
ocratic president and lower house were |
confronted by hostile senate whose |
methods will not bear Investigation. In |
this great state, which gives great DEM |
ocratic majorities of 10000 and upward, |
we are constantly misrepresented in the |
senate of the United States by Repub- |
lican senators. This is because the Re-
publican legislature refuses to give the |
people proper and just enumeration |
of election districts. We appeal to the |
people of the state to right this wrong. |
The remainder of the governors speech |
was devoted to state issues.