St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-24
New York's Governop-Senator
Opens the Campaign at
Poughkeepsie.
In Caustic Words He Shows
the Weakness of Flowers
Opponents.
The Tariff Issue to Be Kept at
the Front--MeRinley in
Iowa.
Nebraska Republicans Have a
Funny Idea--Beating a
Tariff.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, Sept. 23.-
Gov. Hill made two speeches in this
city to-day. He arrived here with his
private secretary and Col. McEwan at
4 p. m, and was driven to the grounds
of the Duchess County Agricultural
society, where he delivered au agricult-
ural address before 10000 people.
From 5 to Z o'clock the gov
ernor was rendered a reception at
he residence of Chief Justice Barnard,
of the supreme court, which was at
tended by about 200 of the city politI-
CLANS sand professional men and was
the most brilliant social event Pough-
keepsie has known for long time.
Then the governor was driven to the
Duchess club, where he was serenaded.
AT O'Clock he mounted an impro-
vised platform in front of the club
house and spoke to the large crowd
which had gathered there. He said, in
opening. that he would not open the
campaign by set speech, as he had
originally intended, but styled his
two" He said: 1.-THE Democratic
party enters the campaign with
feelings of confidence in the
result. New York is Democratic
state. Let me call your attention to the
fact that III state issues the party has
lost the state but once in nine or ten
years. The Democratic party has no
new issues to set. We stated where we
were Ill 1884 and in 1883. In 1855 we set
the
Flag of Tariff Reform
upon our shoulders, and there we shall
carry 1t OH to victory. If the Republic
ans are tired of the issue they can
abandon it.; we shall carry it to the
end" The speaker denounced the Nc
Kinley tariff law, which, he said, was
framed to take money from the people
and to aid mOnopolies, and which, while
it has not ruined the country, has not
benefited it.
1T has not raised wages and the
country Is made to suffer from over tax
alton under this very measure. The
Democratic party believes the place for
the surplus to be in the pockets of the
people, not in the government treasury,
The Republicans said year ago that
we could not secure control of the leg
lslature. The result was Democratic
legislature OH joint ballot which gave
the lowest tax levy in thirty-six years.
and gave also the shortest legislative
session in seventeen years."
:. The governor condemned the Repub-
lean senate for not passing the bill to
redistrict the state after the last census.
He pronounced the Republican plat
form on high license ''delusion and
snare" While the platform declared
in favor of local option, both houses Of
the legislature failed two years
ago to pass the bill in accord
ance with their platform. The
Democrats believe that all revenues,
whether called taxes or excise fees,
should belong to the locality where col
lected, and should not go to the state to
be distributed among counties having
no license. He charged New York's
loss of the worlds fair to the interfer-
ence of faction in the Republican SEN
ate with the appointment of the commits
sion by Mayor Grant, of New York city.
The chief conspirators were L. G.
Platt and his candidate for governor, j.
SlOat Fassett, and the candidate can
not escape the responsibility of his act"
The names of Flower and Sheehan
were vociferously applauded when
mentioned by the governor. AT the
conclusion of his speech Gov. Hill left
for Albany.