St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
ON M'KlNLEY'S TRAIL.
Gov. David B. Hill Gives the
Protege Of Monopolists
a Twist.
The Tariff Supplies Corrup-
tion Funds for Its Au-
thor's Campaign.
By the Sweating Process This
Tribute Is Exacted From
the Poor.
Let Mckinley Get His Votes
From Those He Has
Served.


Hill. OF New York, arrived here at $50
p. N. to-day. He was met at station a
few miles below the city by reception
committee, headed by Mayor Blake, of
Canton. A large throng greeted his ap-
pearance as he alIgnted from the train
here. He went Immediately to District
Attorney Welty's house, whose guest he
will be until tomorrow, when he leaves
to speak at Wooster, in this congress
siOnal district. A torchlight parade of
Democratic clubs took place tonight,
bout 1,5OO men being in line. An
old skating rink accommodating 1000
people, in which the mass meeting was
held tonight, was filled to Overlooking,
and as many more people were trying
to obtain entrance to the hall when the
governor was introduced by Chairman
Welty. Gov. Hill was vigorously ap-
plauded as he stepped to the front of
the stage at 9 p. m. and made speech,
of which the following is an abstract:
IAN important political campaign is
that upon which our country has en-
tered. No more important has
been held within generation.
The contest is not merely
between men or parties, and
not only between governmental
policies. The question presented to our
voters is not whether the next house of
representatives will be Republican or
Democratic, but whether the nature of
our federal government is
To BE Radically Modified,
and the integrity of our institutions sue
cessfuliy threatened. The great issue
is the record of the Republican party in
its brief control Of congress. No party
has more recklessly defied precedents,
more flagrantly disregarded principles,
more boastfully overturned traditions,
more seriously invaded private rights,
more arbitrarily encroached upon pre-
negatives OF states. or more tyrannically
used power of partisan majority. The
animating motive of its acts seems TO
have been only the perpetuatiOn of its
OWN power. 1t has cared nothing for
the constitution, nothing for the
treasury, nothing for the people. Its
chief desire has been to get such firm
grip or control OF government that for
generations to come it's politicians may
feed upon he spOils of power. To
accomplish this the party has increased
tives by arbitrarily ejecting Democrats
from their seats; has stolen
representation of one state in
the senate; has admitted to
the Union states whose only claim to
admission is that they will swell Re-
publican majorities; has denied repre-
Sentation to Democratic territories much
better qualified for statehood in point of
population and resources; has ignored
the rights OF majority by the tyran-
nical methods and ruling of the speaker
of the house: has squandered the treas
ury surplus by eXtravagant appropria-
tions 10 conciliate particular interests;
has enacted tariff bill which
Will supply Corruption Funds
for election: has conducted a census,
denounced everywhere as worthless and
manipulated for counting the Republi-
can populations up ana the Democratic
populations down; and has threatened
the enactment of force bill which will
put an end to state authority in the GER
tlficatiOn OF federal elections and make
congress not representative of the peo-
pie, but the creature of whatever men
federal officials may choose to count in.
This is the record that confronts people,
and upon which they are asked to pass
Judgment. This is the record for an in
dorsement OF which the leaders OF the
Republican party are now stumping the
country. Long practice in hypocrisy
has enabled them to disguise partisan
ship in patriotic language, but their ap-
peal after all is one of cupidity and
selfishness. Frightened by disapproval
which their headstrong and revolution
ary course has aroused in their own
party, they are endeavoring to bolster
up their shaky position by appeals to
sectionalism and party pride. No effort
will be spared to retain their political
control. If our institutions are to
be preserved pure and intact,
every patriotic citizen must do his
duty i'll rebuking this grasping and
ttyrannical political ollgarchy. When
the present congress convened in De-
cember last the Republicans had ma
jority of three in the house of represen-
tatIves, which was soon increased to
eight by the admission of the represent
tativeS of new states. Notwithstanding
this majority it was difficult for the
party in control to retain a quorum
present. and the leaders immediately
Took Arbitrary Measures
to carry odt policy previously agreed
upon. namely. to oust enough Demo-
Gratis and seat enough Republicans to
give good working majority. Eighteen
contested election cases were submitted
TO the committee OH elections, all but
one brought by Republicans, and that
one by man who afterwards acted
with the Republicans on condition of
his being seated. In order to facilitate
the process of counting Democrats oat
and Republicans in, no rules were
adopted for the space of three months.
and then only when the loud protest of
the country made it unpolItic to outrage
public sentiment longer. The
house proceedings were conducted
on what the speaker called general
parliamentary law, but what in fact
was his own arbitrary will. Sacredest
parliamentary rights guaranteed to the
during a century of govern
ment were ignored. With the brute
force of a majority, and without anv
show OF reason. nine Democratic con-
gressmen, bearing official credentials
from their states that they were legally |
and properly elected, were turned out |
to make room for Republicans. Here il |
the list OF martyrs to Republican tyr
amy:
Pendleton. OF West Virginia, elected bv |
plurality of 100; Jackson, of West Virginia |
elected by a plurality of %: Compton. OF |
Virginia. elected py plurality of 1Si; Wise |
OF virginia, elected by plurality of 361; |
rality of s46; Yenable, of Virginia. elected |
by a plurality of 642; Gaze, of Arkansas
elected by plurality of I,348: Elliott, OF |
South Carolina, elected by a plurality of |
$40; Turpln. OF Alabama, elected by a
plurality of Is, 153.
-Four other Democratic members.
whose pluralities were 8. 6O10, 79o and |
s.4ls rasp ectiuety, are awaiting decapi- !