Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-23
Thousands Of People Assemble in
Brooklyn to Hear the Great
Statesman.
The Ticket, Cleveland and Steven
son, Used as a Tremendous
Climax.
Urges Democrats to Maintain
Party Loyalty-M Mckinley
Bill Scored.

New York, Sept. 19-There was q
great outpouring of democrats i'll
Brooklyn tonight. The academy of
music could hardly accommodate the
crowd that tried to get in. The prin
cipal speaker of the night was Senator
David B. Hill, who was greeted with
tremendous applause. His speech was
listened to attentively on the whole,
though broken by frequent bursts of
cheering. The interest toward the close
of the address was great, the speaker
not having once mentioned the name
of Cleveland, in each instance referring
to the ex-president as 'he." When, af-
ter one grand phrase of deepest mean-
irg, he cloSced with the words "Cleve-
land and Stevenson the audience arose
en- maSse and Cheered him to the echo,
recognizing the ingenious climax to
his address.
Senator Hill said in substance:
81 am reminded of the fact that it
was in this edifice in 1885 l had the
honor of expressing the sentiment,
4 am 4 democrat and under the exist
ing political situation | do not know Il
more appropriate place or presence
than here to declare l was democrat
before the Chicago convention and L
am q democrat still.
'"The national democratic convention
has passed into history. 1t was court
of last resort and it's decision will be
accepted with loyal acquescence by
recognizes the necessity of party or
ganiZation and dicipline. From this
time forward IN imperative duty is
imposed upon u.s. fractional appeals
should now cease, the spirit of resent
ment should be abandoned, state pride
be subordinated to the general good,
real or fancied grievances be dismissed,
personal ambitions be sacrificed and in
dividual disappointmcnts be forgotten.
in IN" great emergency which d.'lnhn -
from US all an exhibition of widespread
and lofty party enheatieS.
Permit me to repeat what | had the
honor of expressing to the Tammlny
society on the fourth of July last be-
fore the echoes of our national conveu-
ton had died away. Our course at the
present time is plain. In approaching
the struggle the democracy of New
York should present IL solid front to
the common enemy Loyalty to the
cardinal democratic principle and the
regularly nominated candidates is the
supreme duty Of the hour. | rciterate
these sentiments now"
Senator Hill reviewed the history Of
the two parties and said: "The re-
publican party advocates the doctrine
that the government has constitutional
as well as moral right to impose Il
tariff or duties for the purpose of en-
couraging the building up of private
industries by the imposition of duties
sufficiently large to prevent foreign
competition, irrespective of the needs
of the treasury; while the democratic
party believes that the government
! has only the right to impose the duties
necessary to raise Il sufficient revenue
to support the government economical
ly administered. This is the present
issue squarely stated. The democratic
national platform gives forth no I'M
certain sound upon this subject, and
correctly states the true position of
the party. We always insisted that
! there is no warrant in the constitution
for the imposition of tariff duties to
aid private industries; but whether
such a tariff is constitutional or not OF
whether it is practicable to have the
question properly raised, the system it.
self is vicious in the extreme, unjust to
the people and contrary to the spirit
of our free institutions.
1.-The republican protection is i'm
posed upon the people by fraud, false
pretense and gross abuse Of the tax
! ing power, and with careful examina-
ton of the matter I'll fair-minded men
will arrive at the conclusion that the
democratic party was right when it de
clared that taxation for private pur-
poses is unconstitutional
I'm so far as the tariff is necessary to
meet the necessities of the government
it may be imposed, and any other ben
eft which may be legitimately derived
from its imposition may and does neces-
sarly accompany it. If the burdens
imposed would operate to prevent for
eign competition, the benefit is indirect
and unobjectionable
president Harrison in his ingenious
letter of acceptance, endeavors to place
our party in a false attitude by calling
attention to the fact that while our
platform of 1884 and readopted in 1888
contained an express plank upon the
question of equalization of wages, it
was omitted in 1892, and asserts that
we changed our position. There has
been no change. 1t is not always prac-
ticable to place in a platform the de-
tails of proposed legislation. The plat
forms of 1884 and 1883 are elaborate
and lengthy, and it was desirable to
simplify them. The general principles
were stated in 1892 rather than partic-
ulars, as in 1884. There is no conflict
between them; there is no necessity for
the repetition of that plank, as the
party's position is evidenced by the
Mills BILL