St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-19

great many things. He boasts about the pas
sage of the French spoils claims. but he does
not tell us that these claims had been resist
ed sixty years, and that the Fifty-frst con-
gress. i'll its desire 10 loot the treasury. was
the first in -three-quarters of n century to rec
ognize them. He does not tell us that the
boosted Mckinley bill was dictated by the
manufacturers. Mr.. Wilson charged Oh the
floor of the house, and no one deEied
him, when the tariff schedules
were being prepared. men representing
a certain interest were given the schedules in
blank. They filled them up and the commit
tee reported. The Mckinley dill was the ex-
preston of the wishes of the plutocrats of
this country of their desire to rob the people
of the country. MIR. Reed did not tell us,
either, that the only thing that gave the Me-
Kinley bill place or character in the country
was the claim that it was enacted for the
benefit of the laboring men, the poor men, the
men who wanted employment. That has been
the mainstay of protection in this country
for a quarter of a cenfury-to give men EN-
ployment. They told us that the Mckinley
bill would raise wages on the one hand and
lower the cost of production on the other.
Mr.. Reed forgets to tell us that there has
been a continued drop in wages all along the
line Ill consequence of the Mckinley bill. and
that. since its passage, the country. in one
strikes and LABOR troubles. brought
about almost solely by the reductions
IN the wages Of the workmen.. Hundreds of
men, women and children have been driven
~ N'ShA OAA 4l "a tAAi' 20
Dor unrest, the direst result of the Mckinley
blli-but Mr.. Reed says nothing about this.
He does not,1n his review of the Fifty-second
congress, mention the fact that an eightihOur
law has been passed for the benefit of the la
boring men employed by government. l was
on the special committee hat drafted that
BIZ ana II gave me great pleasure 10 do so. 1t
there is one class more than another entitled
to the favorable consideration of the law
makers OF The country it is the men who
earn their daily bread by the
sweat of Their Brow.
LOUD applausel. Of all others. this class of
men will receive my special attention Re
newed applause.1 To again refer to Mr..
make a point against the Fifty-second con-
greSs by stating that its expenditures are
more than those OF the first session of the
Flfty-first congress. but Mr.. Reid forgets to
legacy for the Fifty-second congress. con-
tracts amounting to Sl5l.U00 900, for which
money had to be found. 1t is in this way the
expenditures of the present congress have
been piled up, and Mr.. Reed conveniently
ignores it: A clear and careful view of the
political horizon reveals the fact that we
are in pretty good fighting trim this
year. Loud applause. The outlook IN
reassuring for the Democratic party. Wis
consin is as surely Democratic today as Ken
lucky. [ApplauseI Nebraska, South and
North DAKOTA are uncertain quantities, and
'GS SpuD'SaH> w IiOt piu HiSH VI me SlalS
of Minnesota. Loud applause. l would
at this time especially congratulate the Dem
ocratic party of the state of Minnesota on
their nominee for governor. Loud
applaure. There is a time ana tide
in the affairs of political life as there is a
time and tide in the affairs of men, when it
desirable to make a change. We have been
running old men-those good old men-we
have been running the old battle scared vet
GRAMS, who, through the long years of the
past, when hope turned its back on the party,
have Kept the banner of Democracy floating
to the breeze: but we have reached a time, as
Massachusetts has done. when the young
men must come to the front TO
march on to victory. [Applause.] Mr..
Lawler has remarked that when Grover
Cleveland attended his Inauguration the 18th
of March. 1888, among the congressman to
greet him would be Il Democratic congress
l want to say that l shall be there loud ap-
plauSel, and that | shall
Stand by the Side
of the youngest, brightest, brainest Demo
Gratis of Minnesota, GOV. Daniel w. LAWYER.
LLound and continued applause.1 l will
introduce him to President Cleveland US
the young governor of Minnesota, fit to
stand with and compared with the gallant
young Russell, Of Massachusetts. lftenewed
applause. | predict that by the nominal
ton OF such men as Mr.. LaWler. a man whose
birthright and inheritance are among us,
whose whole lie is inherently associated
with our interests, with everything that is
dear TO us, Will quickly relieve itself of the
incubus of the Republican party lap
p'ausel. OF the state of Minnesota let me say,
give US Grover Cleveland and Dan LAWYER
and we can beat the world. Loud and con-
tinued cheers.