St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-26
Grand Ratification Of the Vet
ePan Democratic Lead
er'S Election.
A Day Of Ovation to the Sena.
tor-Elect From Early
Dawn to Dusk.
Eloquent and Patriotic Tpib-
ute From Colonel C.
H. Jones.
The West the Natural Build.
ing Ground for Demo- :
cratic Principles.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 25.-The
election of Gen. Palmer to the United
States senate was ratified in this city to-
day in celebration, which for crowds
and enthusiasm has had no parallel
since the election of Grover Cleveland.
Indeed the celebration was not confined
to illinois, for the Democracy of Mis-
souri,, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio,
Kentucky and Michigan participated in
the jubilee, either by personal repre-
sentation or words of cheer. 1t was
day ofoVation to Gen.Palmer from dawn
to dusk, and tonight fireworks are blaz-
ing. After dinner the marching clubs
escorted the speakers to the state house,
where the speaking took place, The
president of the day, Speaker Crafts,
received an ovation when he appeared
on the stand. He made a brief speech
in which he referred to the struggle
just closed, eulogized Palmer and the
101, adding that the election of Palmer
is a harbinger Of future victories, which
will place Illinois among Democratic
states. As Senator Palmer was seen to
appear on the stand
Tremendous gprOar Began.
The senator spoke briefly, expressing
his pride and gratitude at his reception.
Gen. John c. Black, who was the next
speaker, in concluding his eulogy of
Gen. Palmer, said: II say to you that
whether content with the great honor
you nave just given him, or whether the
people of the United States, believing
he represents the truth and justice and
wise policy, shall call him to other and
more exalted stations; wherever he
stands your Democratic sena-
tor will be equal to the
burdens you shall lay upon him."
Col. c. II. Jones, editor of the ST. Louis
Republic, followed. His allusion to the
growing political power of the West
were received with cheers and wheu he
finally crowned his peroration by warn
ing to the East, tnat hereafter New
York and the South are not to dictate
presidential nominations, but that the
great Northwest proposes to assert her
sovereignty, the vast audience went
Wild with enthusiasm.
Doom of the Caucus.
"Fellow Democrats, including ladies
and MesSrS. Moore and COckrell," said
Col. Jones, ION this auspiciOus occasion.
Missouri, which has grown accustomed
to Democratic victories, is proud to
shake hands with Illinois across the
Mississippi. When the announcement
went forth that the hard fought battle
was won and that Gen. Palmer had be-
come Senator Palmer, the uprOar of
jubilatiOn res0unded from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and from the lakes
to the gulf. Wherever there was
nnn1n0rat
Democrats in the United States just
now, there was asrejoicing heart and
pair of shouting lungs. The first great
result of your victory is that you re-
store to public life man worthy of the
best days of the republic, a man whose
nobility of character, integrity of soul,
lOftiness of purpose and patriotic de-
votiOn to duty give force and virilitv to
that elOquence which makes him the
Demosthenes of the peoples cause.
John NJ. Palmer in the United States
gratitude which this union OF
states owes to Illinois for
statesmen and leaders is piled to mount
ainous heighths. But it is no merely
personal or local victory that we COM
memorate to day. 1t is the triumph of
great principle fought and won on the
1t carries with it the doom of the eau
Gus action method of choosing United
States senators. 1t means the end of
such scandals as that enacted last week
at Sacramento. Cal, where the votes of
legislative cattle were bought in the
senatorial shambleS at the regular
market price Of S2,GOO each; and
of that infamY at Concord, where the
voice of New Hampshire was throttled.
1t means that the United States senate
shall cease to be club of millionaires,
the members of which regard their
desks as breastworkS behind which they
rise, gun in hand, to defend the per-
sonal or corporate privileges whose
Doodle bought them. 1t means that
hereafter in Illinois, and in the other
states of the Union. the people shall
choose and control their representatives
in congress, whether those rep
resentatives sit in the senate or
the house wing of the capitol at
Washington. Prolonged applause.l The
victory we celebrate carries with it still.
larger consequences. AS a result of it
the Western states will no longer be
looked upon as the baggage train of the
great political army joined in battle on
the Eastern frontier of the country
enthusiastic applauseI; they are al
ready marching to the front with Illi-
nois at the head of the column. The
state OF Douglass and Lincoln and
Palmer has ceased to be
PredestIned Republican Annex.
1t must be fought for in battle of
giants, and there is no Republican in
sight now OH either side of the Allie
ghenies big enough to win it. II make
this prediction: That as goes Illinois in
1892 so goes the Union, and if it goes
Democratic, that will be the end of the
hOary superstition that the only ave-
nue. to Democratic victory in presi-
dental elections is through a combina-
lion between the South and New
York with New York ALWAYS
in the lead. The agricultural
west is the natural breeding ground for.
Democratic principles, and until Dem
ocracy is rooted deep In Western soil
it will not attain the bloom and fruitage
of permanent control of the Union. To
the men who have won this victory and
made these far-reachIng results possi-
Bile, tender my tribute of homage.
They deserve well of the republic.
Their fidelity has given new signifi-
cance to party loyalty, and the glorious
triumph they won through stead
fast, answering, unyielding de-
termination to do right has
strengthened the morale of the Demo-
cratic party throughout the land.
Where one weak or corrupt man meaut
defeat. not one man In the glorious 101,
or of the noble two, was found weak or
corrupt, and upon them Democrats