St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-08

erful Speech, in Which He
Outlines Democracy and Com
mends Its Financial, Tariff and
Other Poiicies-The Party of
Our Form Of Government.
The Democratic Club of Rams ey
County was handsomely entertained
last night by an eloquent address by
Judge Flandrau. Although he said it
was his purpose to merely talk and not
make set speech, yet the address was
probably one of the best efforts at a
political speech that Judge Flandrau
ever delivered. He spoke nearly two
hours and was often greeted with APP
plause. The club room was well filed.
and the closest attention given to the
address. John E. Hearn. president of
the club, in introducing the orator OF
the evening, spoke of his distinguished
career in the state and said that his eX-
ample was worthy of emulation by all
others in political matters.
Judge Flandrau commended the club
on its efforts to promote Democratic in
terests at this time, when there is 10
campaign on hand. He alluded to the
fact that on the Sd of last month he had
celebrated the fortieth anniversary of
his arrival in Ramsey county, and his
having helped to fight the battles OF
Democracy many times since coming
here. He said that while not knowing
much about city politics. yet he ought
to know why he is Democrat, and
proceeded to give some of the rea-
SONS, which he characterized as
strong ones. The position was
taken that the very form of
government needs Democrats to per-
petuate it. The Democratic party is the
successor of those who in the begin
ming opposed strong form of govern
ment with centralized power. and it
wants power diffused over the whole
country. lie declared that if the power
once becomes centralized the govern
ment as now constituted would go
down. The man who talks against
states rights was denominated an ig-
noramus, for it is in the local govern
ment that the rights of the people are
preserved. The state governments eantdo
anything not prohibited by the state coli
stitutIon, while, on the other hand, the
national government can do nothing I'M
| less it reads the federal constitution
| and sees that it has the power to SO do.
! The distinction was shown between the
| rights reserved to the people in the
several states and those conceded to the
general government by the federal con-
stitution. The force bill was spoken of
| as being designed not TO give the people
the right to choose their congressman,
bat to secure the election of Republican
congressman in the South. The repeal
of the force bill means to instill the
principle OF '.mind your own business.
Judge Fiandrau declared that he had
no purpose of discussing the tariff,
but proceeded to illustrate the position
of Democracy on that subject. He de-
| clared that the day has passed when we
| are no longer able to do our own manu-
/ featuring. We have grown beyond a
1 mere agricultural coyntry. The day
| has passed when a line of trade Or bust
| ness should be selected out and protect
ed by tariff larger than is necessary to
provide a remedy, because it is we'll
| known that the American nation today
LEADS THE WORLD,
| and we can sell cutlery in Manchester
now. And it is SO with every other
thing, because we are the most ingen-
ious people in the world. We lead in
shipbuilding and in many other lines of
manufacture.
The Democrats are in favor of raising
1 the revenue needful to run the govern
| ment chiefly by imposing duties on i'm
| portations. This is the easiest way to
raise the funds to operate the govern
ment. When we impose heavy tariff.
| other countries retaliate by taxing us
out Of their country, and the conse
quence is that the price Of products is
raised to the consumer. Our new tariff
bill is based on the theory that raw ma
teriaIs should be admitted on lower
duty.
| The laboring men are the ones who
need the benefits of legislation. "OId
Money Bags can take care of himself
without legislation. The Nc Kinley
tariff has not been operative long, and
under it we have had the most stringent
times in my recollection. We have the
right to infer that the Mckinley tart Fl
is largely responsible for the hard
times. Legislation may have some
thing to do towards making times pros.
porous if it is directed into the proper
channel.
The law is so bad now that ships
can't be built in this country. That is
an effect of bad legislation.
The Democrats have always been or
THE RIGHT SIDE
of the money question. We are com
mercial nation: we deal with all the
nations, of the world and should have {
currency good enough to trade with al
the world. We are borrowing nation
and must have stable currency tina
will not depreciate, but will be as gooC
in one country as the other. The silver
purchase law was alluded to as being {
prognostlcator of evil. We could no
put the silver in circulation, but pileC
it up until it became evident that the
time would come when we would have
no gold and nothing but silver. and oul
credit was being impaired. The Demo
cratic party repealed the purchase
clause of the silver act and since thai
times have grown better. Gold Is pre-
vented from going to premium as Ii
did during the war, when we had q
voluminous paper currency. 1he point
was made by Judge Flandrau That infia.
ton of the currency does not make
prosperous times, or have as much to
do in it as sound currency, and he
commended the currency policy of the
Democracy. The course of President
Cleveland was commended. and he was
alluded to as man who has never
made mistake.
Atthe conclusion of Judge Flandrau's
address he was heartily applauded.
Then Thomas j. McDermott made a
short speech, in which he said that what
| Gladstone has been to Great Britain
Judge Flandrau has been to the state of
| Minnesota. His motion to make Judge