St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-30
st. John, Mckinley and War
ner Address MultitudeS
at Monona Lake.
The Cold Water Orator Ar
raigns the Liquor and
Tariff Systems.
Demoeracy's Champion Gets
in Ringing Blows for the
Peoples Rights,
And Gov. Mckinley Labors in
a Long Speech to Glorify
His Bill.


John of Kansas, Gov. mckinney of Ohio,
and W. c. Warner of the New York
Tariff Reform club. delivered addresses
at the MoEona Lake assembly today.
Henry WatterSon, who was announced
as one of the speakers, was taken i'll at
Chicago and could not be present. MIR.
st. john addressed hundreds of Prohi-
bitionists in the morning. He said:
In 1868, when under Democratic and
Republican rule our government went
into partnership with the liquor traffic,
the amount of Intoxicating liquors con-
sumed eQuaed but 2 59-l00 gallons per
capita of the population. From that
time until 1891, under the fostering care
of these two old parties, the consump-
tion continued to grow until it now
equals Is 57-100 gallons for each man,
woman and child in the United States.
The question l PROFOUND to you
Democrats and Republicans is
this: How long will it take to
get rid of this home and
soul-destroying evil at rhis rate? At
the close of 1889 we found in this nation
17l,369 retail liquor houses. At the
close of 1890 the number had grown to
240, 77. In other words we find that the
liquor traffic has grown more rapidly
than during any other three years.
Over a Billion Blown In.
Over the connters of these 240.797
Democratic and Republican liquor
houses was expended in 1891 the sum
of S1,507. 100000. Did you ever think
what that means Let us pnt it in sill
yer dollars; and by the way. i'll view of
the fact that we have heard so much
about silver lately, it may not be out of
place to declare, now and here, that l
am in favor of free coinage of silver.
Applause. Let us put this enormous
waste over the liquor counters into sill
yer dollars.
Load 1900 pounds into a wagon and
start it westward, and when it has gone
100 feet load up another wagon with
1900 pounds and keep the procession
moving. each wagon occupying lU0 feet.
and when we have loaded the last 1000
pounds of these silver dollars spent
over the liquor counters of the nation
in 1891, we will have a procession $50
miles long. This expenditure over the
liquor counter would more than pay off
the national deb, in single year.
For thirty years, whenever these two
old parties said anything about the tar
IF. they have claimed to be for some
kind of tariff. | take the position that
the whole tariff system is wrong in
principle, because it levieS its burdens
OE what we consume instead Of what
we possess. thus making the day labor
er contribute as much to support the
government as we impose upon a mill
ionaire.
ARObber System.
ApU cNctap that doas that robharv
Fifteen or twenty men control today
all the means we have for reaching the
markets of the world ,and our merchant
marine has been practically driven from
.he high seas, carrying in 1889 1.l64, 600
tons less than we carried in 1860, with
less than half the population we have
today. While the farmers compose
over fifty per cent of the popula-
ton. they owned of the wealth
of ths country in 1850 five
eighthS; in 1860. less than one-half; in
1870, a little over one-third; in 1880.
little over one-fourth; in 1890, less than
one-fifth, and still the farmer is con-
soled with the blessed assurance that he
is ''prOtected."
Under this system capital takes SIG
net income from a ton of steel. while
the gross receipts of labor are but S1.57,
and In the face of these facts the
laborer'S wages are reduced % per cent,
with a demand that his contract
terminate in January, instead of July.
And because he refuses to submit to
this deduction and sign contract that
would enable capital to turn himself,
wife and children into the mid-Winter
storm, capital confrOnts him with an
army of hired Pinkertons; and when he
defends his Interests he is called a mur-
derer. In this country, where we have
government to protect every interest,
it should he made treason to organize
private army to intimidate even the
bumblest citizen in our land. Loud
applause.
Warmers Plain Talk.
Mr.. Warner the defender of the DEM
ocratic faith, followed in two hours
speech, listened to with the deepest in
terest by the crowd. which extended
even beyond the range of his strong
voice. In brief, lie said that tariff re-
form is the greatest issue of the dav. Ii
means equal rights 10 all, special privi-
legeS to EOne. The question is asked
said he, what may be done to lift the
burdens from the shoulders of toll?
Whether we can tax country
into prosperity? When you lay down
the money necessary to support the city,
town or country institutions it is raised
in proportion to the financial valuation
of the property in the district, but when
you raise the millions of money to sup
port the government of the United
States it is not raised. it cannot be
raised. in proportion to the value of
property.
The study of the age has been to raise
the necessary money for carrying Oh the
government without burdening the peo-
pie. You can rob the people of mill
ions, and they will never know that
they have been robbed. But do not
think that the farmers are SO ignorant
OF these questions now as they were
four years ago, and
A S;upendOus Kick
Is going to be made next November.
Now let US see how the two parties are
treating this topic. The Democrats
proposed to put this tax on the things
used by the wealthy and take it off
those used by the poor, and approximate
justice as nearly as possible. The
speaker then drew a word picture
OF store, supposing that the
tariff tax for each article was placed
above the articles on large riacards.
On one side were the Injuries of life.
On the Other Tie articles used by the
poor. Now. what we've the Democrats
icing to do? They proposed to take
The signs bearing small figures above
thee. luxuries and put them above the