, 1890-08-12

ter be declared the unanimous choice OF
the convention. The motion was carried
with cheers. Messrs. Voorhees,, Uorthell
and Quinn were appointed a committee to
escort Mr.. Baxter before the convention.
The nominee was presented and &C
cepted the nomination in a strong
speech.
GOVERNOR BAxTER's ADDRESS
He Gives a Democratic View on Public
Questions.
Gentlemen of the Conventional am
profoundly grateful for the distinguished
honor which yea have Just conferred upon
me. Under ordinary circumstances and
conditions, / sould regard . nomination at
the hands Of the Democracy to the gov
ernorship OF any state in the Union. as
filing the measure OF any reasonable am
bition, but l regard the honor the greater,
assembled as you are today to place in
nomination for the first time candidates
before the people of this new state.
Ii the prophecies of the OCCASION de not
restrict me to the formal acceptance or
declination Of this honor. l desire to di-
rect your attention for q feS moments to
the aims, methods and policies OF the WI
great political parties as they stand be-
fore the country today. We may forget
the past history OF the Republican party,
this grand old party, as its adherent are
pleased to call it, this party OF progress
and purity and patriotism. and L might
add of Quayism, and Dudleylsm, ard
Me and 4. Il. ism; VI may FORGET that they
have stolen one presidency and bought
another. and consider for a few moments
the living, vital questions Of today.
We find the Republican party actively
arrayed behind what is known as the Nc
Kinley bill, = measure which could prop
erly be denominated an act to legalize the
robbery Of 30 per cent of our people by
the remaining 10 per cent 1t perpetu-
ztes, and in many cases, increases the tar
if schedule enacted by the Morrill, bill OF
1854. Only = few days since in the SEN
ate of the United States, . resolution wa
offered by a Democratic member of that
body, directing tho return of this bill to
the committee reporting 1t, with instruc.
tom that In no instance should the tariff
schedule be greater than in the bill of
1864. This resolution was defeated by n
strict party vote. Twenty five years ago,
at the close of the most destructive
and costly war known 10 history, the pub.
lie debt OF this country was In round
figures e., 3S0, 900, 000s with an annual
interest charge OF about $l44, 600 900. In
the quarter of . century which has inter
vened since that date this debt has been
reduced TO such an extent that the annual
interest charge today is, in round figures,
$44, 000, 900, or in other words. We are
paying today to the holders of the obliga-
tons of this government $l00. 600, 900 an
| nually less than we paid twenty-five years
ago, and, Notwithstanding this fact, the
Republican party is committed to the
| policy of maintaining a tariff as onerous
and as burdensome as it was in 1865. L
may say that the great political party
| whose faith we profess, believe In pro-
lection, but not in the monstrous fallacy
embraced in the Mckinley bill. When
such legislation shall be enacted as will
protect the agricultural classes OF this
country against selling the products of the
farm and ranch In open competition with
the world and paving two prices for all
manufactured products; when such legis-
lation shall be enacted as will protect the
laboring man against the appropriation of
one third to one-half Of his wages to
swell the dividends of protected indus
tries; when such Legislation shall be
enacted as will protect the wage earners
and bread winners of this country in the
ownership and enjoyment of that which
is properly theirs, and against a system OF
| legelized robbery, the great mass OF he
millions of citizens of this republic, who
constitute the Democratic army. will APP
plaud and approve.
Another question of the hour, and for
LII H. D---IE--,. -.Atr laaa II,
great credit, is the recent passage through
the senate and house OF representatives
| of the so called silver bill. Let us look a
moment at the history of this measure.
The Republican party denonetized silver
| in 1873; in 1878 a Democratic measure
known as the Bland bill became q law;
under the provisions OF this bill the Sec
| rotary of the interior was directed to buy
monthly not less than two nor more than
four millions of silver bullion. 1t has
been the policy of every Republican add
ministration since that date, in the exer-
else of the discretion thus conveyed, to
buy the minimum amount of silver al
lowed by law. During the present ses-
sion of congress a silver bill passed the
lower house; it deprived the secretary of
the treasury Of the discretion vested in
him by the Bland bill, and directed that
he should buy monthly four millions and
a half silver bullion; it was recognized
everywhere as a silver bill. a bill in the
interests of the silver mining states aud
territories of the West; this bill passed
the house of representatives with the
support of only twenty-three Republican
members OF that body, out of a total of
| ITO who occupied seats in the house. Its
remaining support was from Democratic
members. In the senate of the United
States it was amended in several particu-
lars, such amendments being recognized
by the entire country as stlIl more favora-
BILE to the silver interests; the vote upon
its passage in the senate as amended was
fifteen Republican senators and twenty
seyen Democratic senators. Whether or
not it was regarded as a silver measure
may be determined by the fact that of
the fifteen Republican supporting it in the
senate, you will find the names of Sena-
tors Teller and Wolcott of Colorado and
Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada.
The press of the country rang with the
repeated declarations that President
Harrison would veto this bill. In conse-
ouence of the amendments made 10 the
senate it was returned to the house; there
| Nj, Bland, a Democratic member from
Missouri moved its immediate con-