St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-01
At HARMONIA HALL.
j. N. Castle and Others Agar
Speak to Democrats.


The Democrats were out again last
night, and, although the meeting had
been arranged for only the day before,
Harmonic hal! was filled. Capt. ID. Nj.
Gilmore, another old soldier. and one of
the Loyal Legion, presided. Capt. j.
N. Castle spoke first. In the beginning,
he showed up the falsity of the state
ments promulgated by certain Mime
apOllS papers, which all on their zeal to
get the better of their love of truth, and
which have been bowling that there Is
ill-feeling between Capt. Castle and
Judge Wilson, and between both of
them and the Democratic committee in
Minneapolis.
Il want TO say to YOU" said Capt.
Castle, THAT Judge Wilson and shook
hands last night and congratulated each
other on our reception in Minneapolis.
There is not now, nor has there ever
been. anything but perfect accord be-
tween Judge Wilson and myself. l
want to say another thing, too. and that
is that l have the most perfect con-
fdence in your city and county conf
mitteeS. L have no reason to feel other
wise. They have been doing more for
me than could ask"
Then Capt. Castle took up the tariff
or a restriction upon commerce. He
quoted again the words of one of the
PillSbury'S, who said that should Eng
land anu Belgium and Holland adopt the
same policy toward us that we have prac-
ticed toward them, and which Germany,
France, Spain and Italy have adopted,
1t would ruin every miller in Mime
apOliS. Those three countries are now
the only ones open to Minneapolis flour,
whereas, It used to be found in every
nation under the sun. From that he
1t Is not unreasonable TO believe that
the three countries which now
buy our flour will yet retaliate,
and then Minneapolis manufact-
uring industries will be crippled.
Commerce Is evidence of civilization.
No enlightened nation can exist with
out it. The speaker spoke of man
whom he met Oh the lakes coming to
Chicago from London for load or corn.
He carried sand in his ships hold in
stead of goods because of his tariff. He
was after his last load of corn because
he could not afford to pay two freightS
OH it.
Then the wheat question was taken
up. Trade in it has been nearly ruined
by tariffs abroad, imposed in retaliation
for the American tariff. Within a
couple of years S50,000,00O have been put
into Russian steppeS, which have been
irrigated and made to bear wheat in
competition with the great Northwest
In $50 Minnesota wheat was sold in all
the ports of India. Now, India wheat,
because of the tariffs imposed upon
American wheat as retaliatory meas
ure, has driven the Minnesota product
from every land but England, and par
TALLY from that. The commerce. that
is the carrying trade of the United
in
the tariff was inaugurated. 1t is but
reasonable to suppose that it will be all
gone III twenty wears, under the present
system OF invidious legislation.
Here Capt. Castle was interrupted by
gentleman with a patriarcnal beard,
who asked if he might ask question.
Contrary to the practice in Republican
meetings, he was accorded permission.
He said:
MIR Castle, do you believe that all
men should pay taxes in proportion TO
their wealth?'
The speaker soon demonstrated that
he did believe in that very thing, be-
cause, if he were given chance, he
would reduce the taxes first of all on the
neceSsarieS of life. Then he would
have every article that enters into the
construction of ship admitted free SO
that the ships of the world might again
be constructed OH the banks of the
Schuylkill and the Delaware and the
PenobScot and Kennebeck, where now
fishing smacks alone are built, instead
of on the Clyde and the Tay. He
declared that American ships do not
need subsidies. If once freed from the
restrictions of an oppressive tariff, the
American vessels, manned by American
seamen and flying the American flag,
would again, as they had done in the
past. wrest the supremacy of the seas
from old England and place the United
States at the head of all nations. in
stead of among the seventh-rate powers.
Fayette Marsh. of Saltwater. who had
been expected, failed to appear. A tele-
gram was received from him, just as the
meeting opened. stating that he was un-
| av0idably detained at the last moment.
| G. Nee. Reeve addressed the meeting
on local issues which have to do with
the legislature, and Christopher Gala
CHER followed with rafting speech
which put fire into the breasts of all
who heard him