St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-16

Quieted, Gov. Stone arose and intro
duced Senator Hill in speech Teplete
with warm praise for his services to the
Democratic party, while governor of
New York.
''He comes to u.s." Gov. Stone said,
"undisguised as a representative of the
great national Democratic party-a man
endowed with every requirement and
accomplishment necessary to make
him great leader of parties and of
men; a man who has already been
crowned with civic laurels such
as few men of his years have
ever worn; man who, SO far as his
own state is concerned, has filled the
measure of public honor. The isms
and schisms which threaten disruption
of the great Democratic party of today
find no place in his political creed, and
those who follow his lead will find
themselves moving steadily on in the
ranks of and abreast with the great con-
sentative Democracy"
Banded Sovereignty.
After the applause had subsidized,
Senator Hill spoke as follows: l am
your bestowal has been of that distin-
guished honor which, with open pride,
/ come hither to receive at your hands
and to acknowledge with gratitude. The
old world has had its cordial embaSs
les from sovereign state to sovereign
state. In this new world. where the
people rule, shall we not brighten every
tie that links our Democratic den9mina-
tons, municipalities and powers in the
banded sovereignty of an imperishable
union? will trust your wbite-haired
veterans familiar with public cares; l
will trust the youngest man who treads
for the first time these halls and is
burning to hurl his heart into the serv
ice of the state, to know what thankful
ness l shall ever feel, gentlemen of the
state of Mississippi, to have been for an
hour the focus of that reciprocal good
will which l owe to the favor and re-
turn to you on behalf of the state of
New York.
There is good reason at all times for
Interchange of thought between the
people of fortY-four states. banded to-
gether for life to insure one anotheI's
liberty in the pursuit of happiness. But
there is excellent reason at the present
time for such interchange between men
whose political philosophy and practical
politics alike are summed up in the pre-
serving for our own benefit, and the
benefit of times to come, the great Dem
Ocratic faith and tradition. The ground
upon which Democrats of the state of
New York have taken their stand is the
Whole Democratic Faith
and tradition, not some corner of it, not
some splinter of it merely, but the
whole. This is the ground upon which
] would see united the Democrats of
the state of Mississippi with all Demo-
Gratis of the North and West. Like the
victory of Jefferson, this contest, this
victory, will close chapter of history,
will doom to final disintegration a de-
graded party and will fix the direction
ofour political progress for some dec
AIDES in the century to come. In the
union of the Democratic party lies
greater strength than all its enemies
combined can ever finally subyert.
1t survives every disaster; it
is the great and most effic-
lent organ of the peoples
power. The Democratic party is
stronger than any man or set Of men.
No man is ever indispensable to its sue
cess, for its strength is with the people.
Therefore it is large, tolerant, liberal,
progressive. 1t invites to its member
ship, to its control, all men who will
uphold the Democratic faith and ira
dltlon ana apply them TO the peoples
needs.
Continuing, Mr.. Hill urged a close
adherence and strict construction of
the constitution Of the United States,
which he said was ''the standing mar
vel in the history of civilized men,"
The powers which it grants are few and
specified, and it concentrates and CEN
tralizes those few. After century of
storm and stress. it remains almost
wholly unruptured and has emerged
Nnimpaired from the
TorsiOn of Our War.
1t is III spite of transgressionS, not by
help of them that we still live. we have
not profited by them; we have survived
them. 1t is the old abridgement and
limitations of the functions Of govern
ment to its own proper business, des-
pite transgressions; it is the distribu-
ton and evolution of its powers, despite
ursurpations; it is the prohibition of
state powers; it is the declaration of
str } rights; it Is the reservation and
surrender of the res idue to the States,