The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-09-20
SENATOR HILL SPEAKS.
OPENS CAMPAIGN IN BROOKLYN
WITH MASTEkLY DEFENSE
FOR DEMOCRACY.
Defines Clearly the Democratic Policy
on the Tartn-Great Cheers of
Enth ~


this city to night. The academy of mu-
sic could not accommodate the crowd
that rushed to secure good positions
from which to take in every action of
Senator David B. Hill in the delivery of
an address that has been awaited anx-
iousy by all democrats. At 7 o'clock
the doors of the big theatre were
opened and 5000 people were crush
ing their way into the academy. The
house was filled inside of three minutes
and at the end of five minutes
every available epace OF standing IVuM
was occupied. There was one long hour
to wait before the Senator, and Congress
man G. B p Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
and the entertaining committee, made
their appearance. They were greeted
with cheers, which lasted while they
walked down to the stage and took their
seats. The dying cheers were strength
ened when the enthusiastic audience
caught sight of Hugh Mclaughlin, the
leader of Brookly's democratic forces, as
he entered private box at the right OF
the stage. When the applause ceased,
chairman Thomas E. Pearsall of the
campaign committee. The most striking
sentence delivered by him in his short
address was the following: democrats
everywhere in the State of New York are
at peace among themselves and never
more thoroughly united than at this
hour. Let all democrats join in making
the ma aority for Cleveland and Steven
son the largest ever given in the county
of Kings" Mr.. Ptalstll introduced as
chairman of the evening William j
Combs. MIR. Combs said that the
first speaker of the evening need
ed no more introduction thar
the phrase che is democrat.
Cries of "Hill, Hill," here greeted hin
and he sat down while New York's sen
ator arose and stood with smiling fea
lures as the audience showered applaus
upon him. The senator's voice was low
and calm as he begun but he graduall
warmed up and before minute hat
passed he had uttered phrase that car
ried wild applause with it. This wa
| when he said that before the democrati
national convention at Chicago he was
democrat, and was demOcra
) still He said that he spoke as a demo
, crat to democrats.
The Senator spoke substantially as fol
!. lows:
g 81 am reminded of the fact that in th
edifice upon a memorable occasion /
y 1853 had the honor of expressing to th
intrepid democracy of Kings county tn
sentiment L am democrat, and undt
the existing political situation know {
y no more appropriate place or present
than here to declare that was demo
crat before the Chicago convention, an
| am democrat still. The National demt
cratic convention of 1892 has passed int
history with its record, it's trump
:. and it disappointments.T The wisdom OF !
= action is not now to be questioned.
n, decision will be accepted with loyal a
:. quiescencc by every true and patriot
~ democrat. From this time forward il
I'd perative duties are imposed upon L
to fractional appeals should now cease, Il
is spirit of resentment should be abando
ol ed, state pride should he subordinate
- !, to the general good, real or fanci,
IS grievances should be dismissed, person
IS ambitions should be sacrificed and i
o. dividual disappointments should be fc
an gotten in this great emergency which d
mands from us all the exhibition of
DIS widespread and lofty patriotism.
IA Permit me to repeat what had t
Of honor of expressing to the Tammany s
g. ciety on the fourth of July last, befo
the echoes of our National convent
= had scarcely died away, as follow
o Our course at the present time is pla
on In the approaching struggle the demo
se racy of New York should put so
'e- front to the common enemy. Loyalty
I'M cardinal democratic principles and
ar n' regularly nominated candidates is
on supreme duty of the hour l reiters
these sentiments now. We are enterl
upon the twenty seventh President
. election since the organization of {
government. The good citizen W
is desirous of discharging
full duty in this crisis, acco
ing to his conscience and his jul
ment, uninfluenced by selfish conside
IN tions, will discover two great parties
on rayed against each other, struggling
the control of the government and
pealing to the people for their sutfrag
- If were asked to deny the one fun
y mental difference between the two I
: ties 1 should state that one believes il
: strict construction of the Federal C
BILE stitution and the other in loose q
my One party believes that the general Q
ernment's powers should be conf
to those which are specitic
granted, and that nothing
be done under the general welfa
md clause except the exercise of those fu
ini tions which are Incidental and necess
to the carrying out of the expires
powers; while the other believes that
der that clause the powers of Cong
1ar are substantially unrestricted, and
No lted only by It's wise discretion.
cad radical diversity of views cannot wei
reconciled; it cannot be wholly deci
by the courts as it involves the 81
= more than the letter of the constitut
and in the end it must be determi
are are largely as matter of policy by the
o'' pie themselves in their sovereign Ca
ity. Starting out with different view
{, the constitution, the two parties n
inn rally have enunciated different theori'
@ government, especially upon the all
portant subject of federal taxat
- A division upon the tariff ques
o Sc was inevitable The tariff quest
lex concisely stated, what is the
a. a. ton of the two parties upon
lie % question: | desire to state
mo- fairly. That the republican P
- advocates that the government has a