St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-04

country. This continued raising of the
tariff was in direct violation OF the
solemn pledges of the Republican party
TO the country"
The speaker then quotes Judge
Gresham'S letter in substantiation OF
his statement. Continuing. he said:
This is the deliberate testimony of
gentleman who received the indorse-
ment and support of the Republican
party OF Illinois four years ago in the
Republican national convention for
president of the United States. The
American people have discovered that
it is not higher tariff duties that the
country needs, but higher statesman
ship, higher civilization, higher moral
ity.
II appeal to the moral and religious
sentiment of the country to condemn at
the ballot box next Tuesday the stu
pendous legislative bribery couched IN
the Mckinley bill-the offer of over
s., 900, 10000 year to the producers Of
the country to induce them to vote the
Republican ticket"
In the Peoples Hands.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Springer's
address he introduced Adlai +. Steven
son, who was greeted with much ap-
PiauoO 10 LlC duNduCCu " LliC opCnhCi .
desk. He spoke substantially as fol-
lows:
ut is wisely provided in the federal
constitution that once every four years
the supreme power of this country shall
be returned to the people. 1t is now i'll
their hands. The administration OF
Grover Cleveland cheers was pure and
honest. During his term of office no
additional burdens were laid upon the
people for the benefits OF the monop-
OliSt and railroad corporations. We
have now had three and half years OF
Republican rule, and the question is,
where shall the money come from TO
run the government? And this condi-
tion of things is due to the workings of
the Mckinley bill.
1.-The Democratic party realizes that
sufficient money must be collected from
import duties to pay the expenses OF the
government; but when more than that
is collected. it is no less robbery be-
cause it is done under the name Of legiS-
lation. The constitution says that when
you have collected sufficient sum OF
money to run the expenses OF the gov
ernment you have no right to touch an
other dollar of any mans money to
make few men wealthy"
L he speaker then referred briefly to
the history of the low tariff period OF
1S46, and then resumed:
The average increase of tariff taxes
during the early years OF the war was 81
per cent After the conclusion OF the
war, tariff
Taxes Were Increased
to At per cent. Then the people declared
that the time had come to repeal the
war tariff. The Republican party was
pledged to remedy this evil and kept its
which sent the tariff higher yet.
They tell you that this is for the
benefit of the laboring man. They claim
that vote for the Republican party
meant good bucket OF bread and beef,
but how many months was it before
they taxed the poor bucket that held the
bread and beef? The Republican
party has claimed that high tariff
meant high wages, now let me ask you
whether your wages have gone up. as
that tariff has sailed skyward" Loud
cries of mo, No."l
Then passing from the tariff to the
force bill. the speaker said:
"The Republicans have said that the
force bill is dead issue. | do not trust
them Oh that. That bill proposes to
grant the power to federal supervisors
to declare!your state officers at elections;
they invade the sanctity of your homes,
ana if you refuse TO answer their queS-
tions you are liable to Imprisonment.
This bill was aimed at the South, but
holds good throughout the country, and
put in effect it calls forth 300, 600 federal
supervisors to oversee the casting of
your ballot. These are some of the
issues upon which you are to pass next
Tuesday. and | ask nobody to stand
with us for the sake of party. Let him
stand by his own home and fireside,
and he must be with US. He cannot be
against u.s."
Several local politicians also spoke.