St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-29
the auditorium and was received with
loud continued applause. He was in

the auditorium and was received with
loud continued applause. He was in
troduced by the chairman. and said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con-
vention: You have had the goodness to place
me in nomination for the high Office of gov
ernor. with unanimity aud under circum-
stances seldom the lot of any candidate. For
/ am grateful beyond measure, and APP
preciate ii all the more because of
the high character and great worth
of the gentlemen whose names have been
associated with mine as candidates, and L
appreciate it, too. from the fact that we are
confronted with vigilanI and persistent foes
contemplating an active and aggressive cam
paign.
sary, aside from its sinuous history and its
heterogeneous makeup, has taken but few
issues with U.s. and all of them except one
were feigued issues.
A member OF congress is member of the
legislative department of the federal govern
ment and in voting for such an official the
citizen exercises federal right and performs
federal duty. a nd any encroachment upon
this right and duty on the part OF the peo-
pie or authorities of state is a dis
turbance of federal not state election
To deny the right of the federal government
to maintain ana protect the purity and in
tegrity OF the federal ballot is to deny the
supremacy of the federal government within
the scope Of the functions given it
by the constitution. If federal govern
ment cannot regulate and control
federal election 1t is an abject political non
entity-at the complete mercy CT the several
states. Viewed in this highland our federal
constitution affords no other-the second par
graph of the Democratic platform, in view
of the fact that the Republican party Is not
seeking to control state elections, sets up a
man of straw, or unconsciously as if from
force of habit reiterates
The Doctrine Of Secession.
Touching the coinage and Use of the silver
dollar, the Democratic party in its platform
is equally hating and ambiguous. IL declares
in favor of an honest silver dollar but i'll the
same breath it denounces the coinage
act of 1S9O-the very law under
which the integrity of the silver
dollar is maintained under the exist
ing disparity of intrinsic value between the
two metals. This Is like telling the culprit
We will give you Your life, put will place you
In a cell where there isn't breath of air.
1t IS only on the matter of the tariff that
the Democratic platform is clear and candid
The very momentum OF its candidate i'm
pelied the party for once to be candid.
We are plainly told that tariff that sayors
OF protection, that tariff other than reye-
nue. tax, is wholly unconstitutional both as Il
matter OF right and as matter of good poll
cy. The issue presented is not whether any
particular tariff law is or is not unreasona-
ele in the degree of protection that II affords,
but whether a tariff law for any other pur-
pose than mere revenue is at all justifable.
On this issue The Republican platform is as
Clear and explicit as that of the Democracy.
We not only announce that We are in favor
of protection but we clearly define the SUBJ
jects aud the degree of the protection we
justify. This is not the time nor the occa-
sion for the discussion of the merits
of free trade or protection. 1t is suf-
f1cent TO now say that he who believes in
protective tariff at all cannot well doubt or
question the rules OF protective legislation
prescribed i'll our national platform. Such,
i'll brief, are the feIgned and real issues be-
tween us and our oldtime adversaries.
The Peoples Party.
But we are confronted with another party,
lately rechristened the Peoples party, who.
while they agree with the Democracy on the
tariff issue-that bridge over which 1t was
fondiy hoped that fusion might be
reached-raise or suggest other issues.
some OF which are visionary and
utopian III character. aud involve Organic
or revolutionary changes in our system
OF government. Many of the leaders of this
party are men who have in some way ex-
hausted themselves in one or both of the OLD
parties; and in the platforms, preambles and
resolves which they have now made for their
followers. as rules of action, they have
taken strange and novel grounds. Their
first aim seems to have been to
make their followers believe that the
capital of the weather. classes is nothing
but plunder-plunder ruthlessly wrenched
from those who are poorer. In other words,
that the poor are poor because they have
been robbed. and the rich are rich because
they have robbed some one Their next
aim is to impress upon their followers
that this govern ment of ours-state and
nationals the most corrupt and UNI
just government on the face of the earth,
bad can be. In proof of this quote You a
sentence from the Omaha platform, as fol-
lows: We have witnessed for more than
a. quarter of a century the struggle of the
er and plumber, while grevious wrongs
have been inflicted upon a suffering peo-
pie" When we reflect that during this pc
Rod nearly every American citizen has been
member of one or the other of these great
parties, it seems strange to be told that the
i American people have for a quarter Of a cen.
tury been engaged in a grand harl kari of
self-destruction.
The Chief Prerequisites
for the reforms planned by these leaders,
seem to be hatred or capital and hatred of
our system of government.
And what are the chief remedies prescribed
for the ills complained Of? In brief. these
three: Government ownership of all rail-
roads-as though nothing could be regulated
or controlled unless owned - unlimited
free coinage of silver - thereby I'M
der the existing disparity of value
between the two metals paying the owners
of silver bullion 100 cents in coin for 70 cents
in silver and last but not least the federal
government must turn pawnbroker and set
up great national pawnshop under the
so-called sub-treaSury scheme. Thus
railroads. buys all the silver bullion
at big premium, and does the biggest
and most unreasonable pewnbroker bust
ness known. then, and not till then. has this
ton, and preserved by Lincoln-that degree
of perfection contemplated by these new
apostles Of reform. This is not the time
nor the place to consider these
remedies and reforms in detail. l
take them up one by one and discuss them in
detail, for believe that when the great mass
of the Peoples party-who know are hon
est and wish well of the republic-come to
consider these matters calmly aud deliberate
~, come to understand them fully, and realize
what a great working capital the government
will need, to embark in SO many new bust
of to abstain us from doubtful or question
able methods of vernment
Personal Word.
Aud now, kindly permit few words per-
sonai to myself. You of the old Fifth dis
tr1ct-now the Sixth and Seventh-know my
merits and shortcomings, and you in the
other parts Of the state not so we'll ac-
quainted with me, l. hope to meet during
the progress of the campaign and
to become as intimate with you as
with the the people OF the. the old Fifth"
pledges to any one by you. the represent
atives OF the Republican party of this state,
and it will De my highest and dearest am
bition in case the people ratify your choice
to make you all an honest, upright and fear
less executive worthy of trust and confidence
of all the people of our great state
In conclusion desire to say that I hear
you have adopted a resolution endorsing
Senator c. K. Davis, and pledging him your
support. That resolution meets with nv
hearty support, ana / trust you will give him
the same loyal support know you will give
ome.