St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-26
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legislation"
Gov. Flower next introduced Senator
David b. Hill. At the mention Of the
ex-governor's name there was another
great outburst of cheers. The name of
Hill! HillH' was shouted time after
time. 1t spread TO the street, and was
taken up by the multitude, and only
died away when the people became ex-
hausted. The senator awaited patiently
for the restoration of order, and then
began his speech. MIR. Hill said in
part:
This occasion is the first time 1 have
had the honor of addressing the Dem
ocracy of New York in this ancient and
honored temple of Democracy. | am
not unmindful of the fact that the
Democrats of Tammany Hall were
among my staun chest supporters during
all that period from the memorable
contest of 1858, in the senatorial
election of 1891. and to the last occasion
when the Democracy of the Empire
state honored me with their confidence
at Albany and Chicago. Today
The Great Reliance
of intelligent political observers for the
success of our national candidates in
this state is upon the immense majority
which is expected to be rolled up in this
city under the auspices of the magnifi-
cent organization of Tammany Hall.
which in recent years has known no
| such word as defeat, and to which all
eyes are now turned and upon whom
our hopes are centered.
Those who, because of personal dis
appointments. or because candidates Of
their particular choice have not been
inc tod
pOrary defeat of their party, usually
live to regret their action, and to realize
how difficult it is for that party to re-
gain the ground that has been unwlSely
and foolishly lost. believe in a healthy,
strong and vigorous partisanShip. This
| does not mean the manifestation of a
narrow, hide-bound or selfish spirit"
MIR. Hill then turned his attention to
the tariff and made an exhaustive argu-
| ment against the constitutionality of
Republican protection. He continued: {:
81 suggest to our opponents that their
bill should declare upon its face some
thing like this: Whereas. no more rev.
enue than is
Already Provided For
is now needed for the support Of the
government, but it is desirable that cer-
tain private industries of the country
should be encouraged and protected at
| public expense, therefore, under the
! taxing power vested in congress, the
| following duties are hereby imposed for
the purpose of atfordlng the encourage
ment and protection desired.
''Such recital would fairly raise the
precise question at issue between the
| two parties, and its determination
would place one or the other OF them
| in the wrong. viii our Republican
| friends accept my proposition? As
matters now stand we realize that we
are discussing an abstrac5 question
| incapable at this time of proper
! presentation or judicial determination.
1t possibly has no practical value SO
| long as our opponents Shirk a fair pre-
Sentation of it. But the Democratic party
| believes, and always has believed, that
Republican protection, as it is eX-
pounded by its advocates and
exemplified in the details of
its measures although artfully
| concealed from their tacel, to be in
| violation of the spirit, if not the letter,
of the constitution as it now stands-and
| it frankly avOws its sentiments in its
platform"
The Democratic Position.
He then discussed the views of Madi-
son and Jackson, and said of the Demo
| cratic position:
1--WE have not advocated and do not
advocate free trade. because the gov
ernnment needs revenues for its sup
port; and rather than to resort to direct
| taxation to secure them we favor duties
upon imports as the best and easiest
method of obtaining those revenues.
'We denounce Republican protection as
fraud, as robbery of a great majority
of the American people for the benefit
of few is the vigorous but truthful
language of the Democratic national
platform.
ut will be observed that it is Repub-