The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-12

any repuphcaA v,n les. Neither oo we propose to perm, " old issus ss rlready entirely disposed to engross our att tention.
 T do not intend ;. hresh old straw. | but desire simply u suggest that the democrats had fairly carried the state in 1891 by 47,000 majority, and no legal bubble. no technicalities and no harsh constructions of judicial orders should have been permitted to deprive them of under such circumstances the domi- nant party was fairly entitled, and whether any law was strained or not" MT. Hill proceeded to denounce the l apportionment plan adopted by the constitutional convention as an iniqui- tous scheme to rob and disfranchise the democrats of the state.
 He declared that the success of the scheme meant the loss of New York for ever to the democratic party. He ap- pealed to his party friends to arouse to the danger which confronted them in this matter and laying aside prejudices and disappointments and preferences. unite to preserve the life of their party now seriously imperilled. MT. Hill then condemned "that un-American spirit which is insidiously fastening itself up- on portions of our communities which seeks to set up religious test as one of the qualifications for public offices" 1 He claimed that the sympathy for this intolerant spirit had found much sup port in republican circles. He regarded l ho ha lioa state convention refused to incorporate any provision In It's platform condemn ing such an un-American policy of in tolerance. Mir. Hill denied that the democratic party was justly responsi- ble for the hard times through which the country had just passed.
 l The financial panic of last year and the succeeding harG times, he argued, were the results of republican legisla- tion enacted during MT. Harrison's ad- ministration-the Sherman silver bill and the Mckinley tariff act. The ma tion for time was virtually bankrupt because the available funds had been used to carry out the provisions of the sherman law, and the Mckinley bill failed to produce the required revenues | With these two obnoxious statutes re- pealed, he said, the country was now entering upon better times. Wrat the country needed now was industrial peace. Any attempt to repeal the ex- isting law and to substitute the McKin. ley law in its place would disturb the business interests of the country and re- store the hard times.
 | A fair trial of the existing. tariff law before a general revision was attempt ed was the wise and safe policy. MT. Hill reviewed the tariff legislation, cov- ering many points brought out in his speech before the democratic state convention. He said that the record of his party upon free raw materials was sufficient to entitle 1t to the suffrages l Of the people. The price of wool was now higher, because since it had been made free there had been an increasing l demand for wool on the part of the manufacturers. Referring to the na- tional administration Mr. Hill said: President Cleveland's administration in all of its departments comments it. self to the warm admiration of all peo- pie. It has been honest, consistent and | conscientious. He deserves the confi- dence of the people. Therefore you should remember that one of the issues this fall in this state is the approval CT | disapproval of MT. Cleveland's admin istration, and give it the endorsement and approval which its wise acts entitle it to- Not one of us regret the splendid | vote we gave MT. Cleveland in 1892" MT. Hill declare his position on a number of state issues and said: 'T believe in honest government in nation, state, city and town, and have no sym pathy with fraud or corruption any, where. pledge my best efforts to up- root rascality wherever it may exist in our state and to punish the offenders wherever found. If the nomination which have reluctantly accepted shall be ratified by the people I shall as- sume the office under no obligation to any ring, machine, cabal or political clique and free from any entangling al- liance and with the sole desire to dis- charge my duty to the whole people according to the best of my ability. To my party friends have only to say that the past differences shall be forgot
 
 ten and that all Interests, all sections and all~factions shall be treated fairly and alike.
 In conclusion he said: 1T regret that certain estlnable gentlemen in New York and Brooklyn have announced their unwillingness to give me their support at the election and express a desire to advocate a third ticket, Ide- plore such action, not on account of any injustice or result to myself per- sonally, but for the democratic cause which their unwise action tends to im- peril. They know that this nomination was not of my seeking and that sought in every honorable way to be relieved from the burdens and responsibilities which it's acceptance imposed, but found it impossible. With no words of oen- sure or complaint leave them to dis charge their duty to their country and their party according to their consci- entiOus convictions"
 JOHN [. S1ODDARD.
 His Fifteenth Lectu 6 Sfason Begun at the