St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-14
IN the evening. Ex-President Cleve-
land smoke as follows:

IN the evening. EX-President Cleve-
land spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: follow
the prompungs of heart full of devotion
ana veneration as tender from the Democ-
racy of the great state of New York her
tribute OF affection for the man whom we
honor to night 1 am commissioned TO claim
for my great state her full share of the glory
which has been shed upon the American
name and character by one whose career
and example cannot be pre-empted and
whose reiown cannot be limited in owner
ship TO the neighbors and friends of any
locality. we contest every exclusive pre-
tension to his fame and greatness because
he is neighbor TO all the people OF the land:
because he is a friend OF all who love their
country; because his career sJlendidly Illus
trates the best and strongest elements OF our
national character, and because his example
belongs TO all his countrymen. It is fitting
that those who have faith in our destiny as
nation, who believe that there are
noble things which belong distinct
iveIy to our character as people,
and who prize at it's true worth pure
American citizenship, should gather here to-
night is given us to contemplate the high
est statesmanship, the most unyieldng and
dislnterested devotion TO the interests of the
people, and the most valuable achievements
III the cause or our country'S welfare. all of
winch have been stimulated and accom-.
pllshed through the influence and impulse of
true, unperverted, sturdy Americanism. We
sion or genuine American citizenship. re-
vealed TO us as safe and infallible interpre-
ter of duty in all the emergencies of long
snu siia. honorable public career, and as an un-
Ialling gulde TO usefulness and fame. In this
presence and i'll the atmosphere of these re-
hectlons, we should not miss the lesson they
coIiuiehu 10 US, nor fail TO renew our appre-
clation or the value of this citizenship, and
and conditions in which it has its rise and
growth. Aud first of ali we should be pro-
1oundly grateful that the elements which
make up the strength and
VfgOr of American Citizenship
are SO naturally related to our sitpation o,d
are SO simple. The intrigues of mOnarchv
ss,s. Mnicn taint the Individual character of the
suoJect: the spiendor which daZzles the non
uiar eye and distracts the attention from
ABUSES ana stlhes discontent: the Schemes ~
conquest and selfish ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Which
naae ,i,aa SELFISH people. have no Legitimate
people or the land are the rnlers Tbeir ia.
vestlture OF power is only accomnanied With
the conditions that they shonid love Their
oud ooddn.rS, ur .hat they should jealouslv guard
that all the intelligence with which the, "no n,a
endowed should be devoted to an nnier.
stanoin2 or It's needs and the nromotinn ~
ios, es meitnre. Inese are the elements of Amer
upon which our "tlu fraa .hese are the conditions
trusted 70 our people, in full reliance at the
,,T1,. nTsrninihs ana Tor all time to come.
Grated b1 o1an ne manhood, conse-
patrlotlsm: Country broad and new to he
subdued to the Purposes of man,s eT;s,e,,oe ~ oo
anu promising vast and Indenendent re-
soulees. st ana people intelligently under
hnlding fsst s,.e taine of free nation. and
inolulns iast 10 an intense affection for its
history and its heroes. have had mnnt iU 70 do 1Is
o;; ~ niU1 :, g our American Character and
givinS IL nardlhood and vigOr But II shonjd
more I ,5a', rors33iiten that the influence which
people safe donnier olner things. has male our
'1sr Pumer, ano Which has furnished the snrest
sha rar;y,,1J ~ tne strength and perpetuity of
nnma Ua Nv ~ mas its source in the American
tvines itSelf our patriotism is born. and en-
anu il nere the children are taught the story Of
on oni laSe lIaseuom aud independence. Rnt above
moenhero mr., Al the bracing and wholesome at
economv oI uncomplaining frugaiitv and
tributes of our neonIa bowa "i ,a,, a..
nanIS :. Knit and inyigorated. Never
o,, ~ oe said of any country so trulv as of
denepds tue permanency of its institutions
in 49,. and economy AS imnortanr factors
ooo,n9l n lcan life. find no fault with the
annoranulat1on anerdl. of wealth. and am glad to see
ward d,iu enterprlse receive their fair re-
its NJ. blit believe that our government in
flie t,a tatural integrity is exactly suited to n
r. 's sal al ana economical peoples: and believe
hon ~ ts safest In the hands or those who have
citiIa in maue strong and self-reiant in their
,rocuAeiisllp. by self-denial and bv the sur
Ioundlngs of an enforced economy, Thrift
ahu careful watchfnlness of expenditura
g alnong the people tend to secure thrifty
government: 80 .i and cheap and careful living
vi TIE part OF individuals ought to enforce
economy in the public expenditures When.
tnere1ore men in high places of trust.
charged with the responsibility of making
anu executing our laws, not only condemn.
but lappantly
DerIde Cheapness and Economy
within the homes of our people. and when
the eXnendtures OF the government are
reckless and wasteful. we NAV he sure that
something is wrong with MS and that n CON
dition exists which calls for a vigorous and
reseutful defense of Americanism. bv every
man worthy to be called an American citi-
zen. Upon the question of cheanness and
economy. whether it relates to-ind1vidI,als or
to the operations of the government. the
Democratic party. true to its creed and ira
ditions. win unalterahly remain attached to
our plain and frugal people. They are es-
peciallv entitled to the watchfnl care and
protection of their government: and when
they are borne down with burdens greater
than they can bear. and are made the objects
OF scorn by hard taskmasters. we will not
leave their side. As the great German re-
former. insisting upon his religious convic-
tons, III the presence of his sccusers ex-
claimed: Il can do nought else. Here
l stand. God help me- SO. however
cheapness and the poor and frugal men and
women of our land. we will stand forth in
defense of their simnle Americanism def
antiy proclaimng: I'VE can do nought else.
Here we stand" Thus when The question is
raised whether our people shall have The
necessar1es of life at a cheaper rate we are
not ashamed to confess ourselves ''in full
sympathy with the demand for. cheaper
coats:' and we are not disturbed bv the hint
tsnQRpCSarifv fn
cheaper man or woman under the coats''
When the promoter of party measure which
lnvades every home in the land with higher
prices declares that .cheap and nasty 90 TO-
gether and this whole system of cheap things
is badge of poverty; for cheaD merchan-
disc means cheap men and cheap men mean
cheap countrv," we Indignantly repudiata
such an INTERPRETATION of American senti-
ment And when another one. hiph in party
councils. who has become notorious as the ad-
Vocate of acontrivance 10 perpetuate partisan
supremacy ny outrageous Interference with
the suffrage, announces that 1.-THE cry for
cheapness is un-American:'' we scornfuI1y
reply that his speech does not indicate the
slightest conception of true Americanism.
will not refer to other utterances of like i'm
port from similar sources I content myself
with recalling the most prominent and sig
nlneant The wonder is that these things
were addressed by Americans TO Americans.
Mnat was the occasion of these conderlna-
tlons of cheapness. and what had honest
American men and women done. or what
were they likely to do that they should be
threatened with the epithets "cheap."
nasty" and '.un-Americanl' 1t is hard to
sneak patiently as we answer these aues.
tions. Step by step vast number of our
people had been led on, following blindly in
the path of party. They had been filed with
hate and sectional prejudice; they had been
cajoled with misrepresentations and false
promises; they had been
Corrupted With Money
and by appeals to their selfishness. All these
things led up to their final betrayal to satisfy
the demands of those who had supplied the
fund for their corruption. This betrayal was
palpable: and it was impossible to deny or
conceal the fact that the pretended relief
rendered to the people in fulfillment of a
promise TO tighten the burdens of their life.
made by the party intrusted with the gov
ernnent, was but scheme to pay the debts
incurred by the purchase. of patry success,
while it further increased the impoverish-
ment of the masses. The people were at last
aroused and demanded an explanation.
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