St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-04
AROUSED BY HILL.
New York's Senator Addresses
Two Monster Meetings of
Democrats.
CIeveland's Administration EuIo-
gized and Tariff SOphis-
tries Riddled.

SYRIA cUsE, N. Y, Nov. 3.-Decidedly
the largest audience of the campaign
was addressed by Senator Hill at the
Alhambra rink this evening. Nearly
5000 crowded into the big hall and the
senator's passage through the street
was like big ovation, and when
he assembled the stage lie wag greeted
with prolonged cheers. After a
brief reference to the magnitude of his
audience the senator addressed himself
to the tariff question. which he described
as the most important issue that has
been brought forward for settlement
since the war;
The government had no right to take
money out of one mans pocket to put it
in another's. 1t had no right to rob the
poor in order to help the rich, and to do
so violated the constitution. The Demo
cratic party had made this dec
lartion in its platform, and upon
the declaration, as upon the
platform in it's entirety, the
Democracy had squarely taken its
stand. The government mad no powers
except those expressly conferred by the
constitution. There was no question
that the supreme court of the United
States, even constituted as it was today,
would decide against the constitution
ality of any act of congress providing
in express terms for protective duties in
the interest of private enterprises.
Passing from the question of conStitu-
tionality, the senator devoted his atten-
ton to what he called the injustice of
the tariff to conSun ers. The Mckinley
bill had been condo mned by the people
once. he said, and lie was sure they
would condemn it again. The country
was prosperous today, not because OF it,
but in spite of it. The Repub-
licanS say that under it the wages of
Workingmen have been Increased, but
he had yet to find the workingman who
had been thus benefited, though he had
made diligent search for him in many
places. Wages were higher here than
abroad, and the senator rejoiced in the
fact. 1T was because, i'll the first place,
the American Workingmen were more
skillful and more intelligent, and an-
other reason was to be found in the
strength of the labor organizations.
II want to ask YOU" said he "whO is
it that is trying to break down the labor
organizations nOW"
"Chauncey DepeW," shouted some
body in the audience.
"That's right" said the senator. 81
ali tso much of a gentleman to dispute
YOU"
Speaking of the Mills bill, Mr.. Hill de-
fed Gov. Mckinley or anybody else to
single out an article on which there was
not duty enough to make up the differ
ence between wages here and abroad
He then proceeded to disSect the law of
1899, making many of the articles
placed on the free list the subject Of
ridicule, and endeaVored to show gen
orally that the act made discrImina-
ton between the rich and the Door, to
the great disadvantage of the latter.
Discussing the force bill, the senator
said it was Infamous legislation, the
idea being to provide a means where
by the honest vote OF the South would
be inundated under the protection OF
federal authority.
The senator closed with words of
praise for Cleveland's administration,
and with an earnest appeal to his audi
ence to do their utmost to Secnre the
success of the Democratic ticket at the
polls next Tuesday.
At Canandaigua, n. Y, Senator Hill
addressed an immense meeting this
afternoon. His reception was very en-
opened with Il humorous allusion TO the
rainy weather. He said: fk
In spite of the rain shall talk TO
you for a while, and [ tell you it's bet
ter kind of rain than the reign of the
Republican, party. 1t was not such a
long time ago that we used to hear so
much about the Tammany tiger from
the Republicans. Now it is all wild cat.
They are always going around
with a great fear on their Shout
ders. The possibility of something
or other that we Democratic may do dis
turbs them to the uttermost. Iremem-
Der in 1884 they travelled about with
long faces, crying that if the Demo
cratic party got the presidency the
country would wither up under a sue
cession of fearful calamitieS.
First it was the Southern war debt
that would be paid. Slavery would be
established. Federal sanctity would
be violated. We would be at war with
all foreign countries. Our indus
tries would be destroyed. These
were only few of the things they said,
but now have their predictions come to
naught. Instead of all that woe we had
one of the best administrations of gov
eminent in the history of the country"
Cleueand'S administration Mr.. Hill
eulogized in the highest degree. 1t was
dignitied, clean, honest and pure.