The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-16
HILL IN MISSISSIPPI.
He Talks About the Tariff and
Silver.
BUT IS EXTREMELY GINGERLY
In His Handling Of Topics on Which the
People Would Really Like to Know
His views-He Denounces the Fifty
first Congress.

JACKSON, Miss, March 16.-At o'clock
yesterday the Legislature met in joint
session in the hall of the House, with
Lieutenant Governor Evans and Speaker
Street as joint presiding officers. The
galleries and lobbies were crowded to the
utmost and loud cheers greeted Senator
Hill as he entered the hall with Governor
Stone.
Governor Stone, in introducing Senator
Hill, said that the Senator had come here
undisguised as a representative OF the
great National Democracy. (Applause.)
The Governor spoke of the Senator as
man endowed with every requirement
and accomplishment necessary to make
him n great leader of parties and OF men;
a man who had already been
Crowned With Civic Laurels.
auch as few men OF his years had ever
worn.
"An Unborn Democrat" continued the
governor, che has ever been true to his
party and faithful to every trust reposed
IN him. As governor Of New York he has
forever cndeared himself to the people OF
Mississippi and OF the United States and
TO the lovers OF truth and justice every
erywhere, by his determined and out
spoken opposition to the attempted un-
warranted usurpation of the liberties OF
American freemcn, the infamous force
bill. (Cheers.) He has proved himself
safe and successful party leader and
Democrats who remain in touch with him
can never be political wanderers"
In conclusion the governor said 1t was
his privilege and pleasure TO introduce
the Hon. David b. Hill. prolonged ap-
plause.)
Senator HilI's Speech
was in substance as follows: am tempt
ed to remark that from this vast crowd
present today, Mr.. Reed, who was once
Speaker OF the House of Representatives,
but is not now (applause) would have no
difficulty in counting quorum of the
Legislature, daughter and applause.l
/ am deeply sensible how rare your be-
stowal has been OF that distinguished
honor, which with open pride come
hither to receive at your hands and to ac-
knowledge with gratitude.
What statesman OF our great republic,
the most venerable, the most renewed
among the living or the dead in the very
towering of his fame, would not have
made haste and travelled long for the
gathering of such leaf to bind with all
his laurels. (Applsuse.)
There is good reason at all times for
An Exchange OF Thought
between the people of a states, banded
together for life, to ensure one another's
liberty in the pursuit Of happiness. But
there is excellent reason at the present
time for such an interchange betw
men whose political philosophy and prac-
t;cal politics alike are summed UP in pre-
m IL 40 hene-
fit of the times to come, the great Demo-
cratic faith and tradition.
The ground upon which the Demo-
Gratis OF New York have taken their stand
is the whole Democratic faith and tradi-
tion, not some corner: not some splinter
of it merely.
This is the ground upon which would
fain see the Democrats of Mississippi
with all Dem nocrats of the North, South
East and West, unite and take their
stand in the approaching contest. ZAP
plause).
The Coming Victory
will close a chapter OF history, will doom
TO final disintegration degraded party
and viii " HI fix the direction Of our political
progress for some decades in the century
to come. In the Democratic party's un-
ion lies greater strength than all its en-
emies combined can ever finally subvert.
(Applause.
The Democratic party is stronger than
any man or Sc tot mon. No man is ever in
dispensable to its success. (Renewcd ap-
plause.)
For it's strength ia with the people. II
invites to its membership, to its control,
ell who uphold the whole Democratic
faith and tradition and apply them to
the peoples needs. Let us confer upon
this shall we adapt and apply our prac-
tical politics to tho upholding and the
triumph of the old Democratic faith and
tradition.
Senator Hill attacked the Mckinley
tariff law and the Sherman silver act. He
urged the people TO
Unto With the Democratic Party
to repeat their verdict on the wrong do
ings of the Republican Congress and upon
the execetive who endorsed them all.
(Applause.)
At the conclusion of tho speech there
was loud applause.
Resolutions were adopted thanking Sem
stor Hill for his address, paying him q
high tribute Us Democrat, and bidding
him Godspeed in lis noble, manly en-
deavor to rescue the government from
the control OF the Republican party.
Senator Hill and party returned to the
executive mansion. The Senator after
wards addressed an enthusiastic crowd id
front of the mansion and shook hands
with several hundred people.
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