St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-05

yenSon, Democratic nominee for vice
president. who came at the invitation
Of the Watterson club, and spoke both
to great concourSe OF people at
LeiderkranZ hall and to a smaller
gathering at the Watterson club house,
where he was given reception, and
whtre Mr.. WatterSon, in spite of
his recent severe illness, of which he
showed decided traces, also spoke.
Flags and bunting shone everywhere.
The city was i'll holiday attire and in
holiday spirits. The Watterson club
house was gorgeous with decorations by
day and ablaZe with illuminations by
night. Hon. John Young Brown, gov
ernor of Kentucky, presided over the
great mass meeting and introduced
Gen. Stevenson to the immense au-
dlence. lie was greeted with
TumultOus Enthusiasm.
Among other things he said:
Mr.. President. Ladies and Gentlemen: l
accept with pleasure the invitation of your
committee to be present at the dedication of
the hail 10 the use of the Watterson club.
The hearty greeting accorded me by this
dience-as well as the courteous terms in
which you, sir, have been pleased to present
me-have touched me deeply. l am a
since my footsteps were turned toward the
magnificent state that stretches nortward
to the lakes have not weakened the cords
which bind me to the old commonwealth.
The memory of our pioneer ancestry, of the
privations and sutferinGs endured, of the OBJ
stacles overcome. of the perils encountered
10y the men and women who made possible
what our eyes now behOid-iS the heritage of
all Kentuckians. | glory with you in the
history and traditions which for hundred
years have made kentucky SO potent coll
stituent in our Federal Union.
MIR. Stevenson then named many dis
tinguiShed 1llinolSans who had been
born in Misunderstanding Edwards,
Cook, Stewart, Logan, Browning,
Dickey, Walker and otherS-and COIL
tinued:
But these are not all. Illinois is debtor to
Kentucky for one more illustrous than those
have named. Great as lawyer, with mar
yelous power as an advocate, the peer OF the
mightiest III debate. wise as great occasions
demanded wisdom, the fame of Abraham
Lincoln is not confined to the state of his
birth nor of his adoption. but is the heritage
OF all people. Mr.. President, this is
a Ngasteriui NOur
in the history of this metropolis and of this
commonwealth. Tonight you formally ded-
icate the Watterson club house. This mag
nifcent audience has gathered to witness no
idle ceremony. Who can forecast how far
reaching in its consequences may be the
am tonight has honored itself by the name
well known i'll all the states of this Union.
Wherever in this broad land men Of brains,
men who have the courage of their convic-
uons, manly men, the leaders of men, are
known and honored, Watterson is house
hold word.
MIR. Stevenson then reviewed his ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Watterson, which
began before the war. From this he re-
verted to the war itself, the termination
of the conflict and the period of recon-
struction. He then continued:
II would serve no wise purpose to revive
the memories of this era, but for the reason
tnat we are now confronted by the startling
fact that the party i'll power stands pledged
TO the re-enactment of this force bill. His
tory would but repeat itself. The evils that
would follow the evils now threatened
would find their counterpart only in those
which make up so shameful a part of the
reconstruction period.
In view of what have mentioned. and the
further fact that with such powerful auxil-
1ares as Northern enterprise and Northern
capital, the South stands upon the threshold
OF a material development unknown to this
generaton-can it be possible that the Amer
lean people will not consent that the hands
be turned back upon the dial and the
era of misrule. of outrage and of violence
again be inaugurated. With the years will
come new problems for solution. Grave prob
ems, the outgrowth of an advancing clviliZa-
lion; problems which pertain 10 social gov
eminent ana munlclpal administrations
which pertain. it may be. to diplomacy and
to war-aye. which take hold of the very
foundations of the social FABRIC. Let us
trust that in all the coming years from the
hall dedicated tonight there will spring and
infuedce and power ever for the right
ever for the defense of the unfortunate and
of the oppressed. ever for that which is no.
bic and pure at the hearlhstone and in the
council, ever for the maintenance, at what
ever cost, of our Democratic Institutions
and the perpetuity of the American republic
Speeches were made by Hon. j. Proc
tor Knott. / Oh. James A. Mckenzie
Hon. Boyd Winchester and Hon. Albert
s. Willis and others. After the adjourn