St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-03
ASSURING A VICTORY
Cleveland and Campbell Push
ing the Enemy in Rhode
Island.
Closing Of a Hot Camp align
Made Memorable by Pop
ular Leaders.
Mr.. Cleveland Honored by an
Ovation and the Closest
Attention.
Speeches That Have the True
Ring on Matters Of Liv-
ing Interest.

Pr evidence, r. l., April 2.-The po-
litical temperature of Rhode Island is
at fever heat tonight. Both parties pro-
fess confidence. There have been rallies
in every hall available and unlimited
enthusiasm. The Democratic campaign
reached its climax today i'll eX-President
Cleveland's speech and reception. Mr..
Cleveland was greeted on his arrival
with demonstration as Providence has
seldom given any man.
Half an hour before his train was due
the station and streets leading to the
opera house were crowded with thou
sands of people, and the number did
not diminish, although the train was
over an hour late. The engine drew
up below the station and the eX-presi-
dent alighted with eX-Secretary of the
Navy Whitney, ex-Gov. Campbell. of
Ohio, and Congressman Oscar Lapham.
John A. Mccall, of New York, and Mr..
Evans, of Philadelphia, friends of ex-
Gov. Campbell, were also of the party.
They were unable to escape the
crowd. however, which closed around
the carriages and shouted and cheered
| for Cleveland. The party WAS driven
rapidly to the opera house through a
mass of people W no blocked the streets
and followed them. Tie opera house
was packed shortly after 8 o'clock, and
all the state candidates and almost all
| the leading Democrats in the state were
| OH the platform.
Several short speeches were made be-
fore eX-preSident Cleveland arrived.
Congressman William McAdoO, of New
Jersey, was speaking when Mr.. Cleve-
land came i'll, and his entrance was
| signal for burst of enthusiastic cheer
ing. After silence had been secured
Hon. T. w. G. Wardell, of Bristol, can
didate for governor, presented Mr..
| Cleveland as the next president, at
waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies
in the boxes. The eX-president spoke
in part as follows:
After expressing confidence that the Dem
| ocracy would be victorious in the coming
election Mr.. Cleveland addressed himself to
the tariff: Large and bright upon your ban
| ners are, emblazo1ed the words tariff re-
form the shibboleth of true Democracy
and the test of Loyalty to the peoples cause.
| Those who believe in tariff reform for the
substantial good it will bring to the
multitude who are neglected when
selfish greed is in the ascendancy;
those who believe that the legiti-
mate motive of our government is to
equal and exact Justice to all our people,
and gran; especial privileges to nUne those
who believe that nation Boosting that its
| foundation is i'll honesty and conscience
cannot afford to discard moral sentiment.
| and those who would save our institutions
| from the undermining decay of sordidness
and selishness. can hardly excuse them
| selves II they fail to join us in the crusade
we nave undertaken. Certainly our sincerity
cannot be questioned We have never low
| cred our standard. 1t surely was not policy
nor eXpediency that induced us defantly to
| carry the banner of tariff reform as we went
forth to meet u well organized and desper-
| atelY determined army i'll the disastrous field
of 1888. At
The Waterloo Of 1890
tariff reform had it's yindication, and prin-
ciple and steadfast devotion to American
fairness and good faith gloriously triumphed
over plausible stiffness aud attempted pop
ular deception. The Democratic party still
| champions the cause which defeat could not
| induce it to surrender which no success
short of complete accom- pliShmeut can tempt
! 1t to neglect. Mr.. Cleveland then reviewed
the record of the Republican party, and de-
clared that the object of that party was to de-
feat entirely any reform whatever in the
| tariff.
AS to the result Of the Mckinley BILL Mr..
| Cleveland asserted that plenty of mills and
factories had been closed and thousands of
etits promised from the measure and its ad-
| vantage TO the people who really need relief
| were not apparent. Reciprocity he char
| acteriZed as lamely lmping in the direction
| of freer commercial exchanges. "Our op-
| ponents," he said in summing up, must i'll
| the coming national canvass settle accounts
| with us on the issue of tariff reform. 1t will
| not do for them to say to us that this is an
| old and determined contention. The ten
| commandments are thousands of years old,
| but they and the doctrine of tariff reform
| will be taught and preached until mankind
and the Republican party shall heed the in
| junction, Thou shalt not steal. -
He Had 'Em Pat
Mr.. Cleveland spoke half an hour in
| loud and clear tone, and was listened to
| with close attention, each paragraph
being greeted with round of applause.
His first referenct to tariff reform was
| the signal for burst of cheers. There
was another when, referring to the
same subject, he said: "Whe have
never lowered our Standard" and a
voice shouted, land never will" In
| the next five minutes he was inter
| rupted again and again with applause
and cheering. The audience was
evidently thoroughly in sympathy
with the speaker throughout
his discussion of the tariff,
and wit and sarcasm appearing here
anu Uh6r6 mCC instant ana nearly re-
spouse in laughter and clapping. The
speakers comparison of tariff reform
with the Commandments called forth
applause and cheers which lasted fully
a minute, and was renewed again and
again. At the close of his speech he
was greeted with prolonged cheering.
Ex-Gov. James E. Campbell. of Ohio,
followed, and said the college text
books supported his statement that the
average rate per cent under the
first tariff in the country was
81. He quoted some statements
from Blaine's Twenty Years in
Congress-" and from a speech of Gar
fields in the house of representatives,
to the effect that the period from 1850
to 1880 was one of prosperity, as he had
been criticised for declaring that Blaine
had made such statement.
His Blood Boiled
when he heard the Democratic eandi-
date for lieutenant governor describe
the outrages upon foreign-b born citizens,
and he denounced as infamous that
form of government founded on any
thing less than manhood. He had said
he did not see how foreign-b bern
citizen or poor man could vote
the Republican ticket in Rhode Island, 4
and, quoting from paper, continued: /
This is the reply: There are few
really poor men in Rhode Island. There
are in the savings banks of the state
Sl75 for every man, woman and child
there Some of you would be glad to
know in which particular bank yours
is Ineyer heard a ReDublican sneaker