St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-27
The Little Giant of the Demo-
cratic Third Sounds the
Keynote.
HIS POSITION WELL STATED,
And His Opponent Asked to
Define Himself on the
Issues.
t.CFORM THE U. S. SENATE
Is the Aim OF the Democratic
Farty--A Mastery Ad-
dress.
EFORM THE U. S. SENATE

Congressman Halls speech delivered
before the convention at South 81. Paul
yesterday struck a popular chord. and
will be the text book of the present
campaign IN the Third district. He
spoke as follows:
am not justified in assuming that the
honor which you have ava n conferred
upon me is personal IN character. or due
10 any pre-cminent merit which l might
be supposed TO possess. Ii would be
gratifying indeed If | could tfatter my
self with any such delusiOn. But |
know that the slalwart Democracy of
the Third district doesn't meet IN con-
vemtion 10 burn incense at the shrine of
any individual. 1t worships no Idol.
and il tolcrairs no master.
| realize that the significance of this
denomination lies in the single fact that
| had The good luck 10 be of the Demo-
cratic majority of the historic Fifty
third cuI.-reSS.
You have seen the cause for which we
have SO lOng contended at last triumph
AMI, you have seen the confederated
trusts and combines. created by the
protective system, dlslntegrated and
beaten. YOU have seen MckinleyiSm
rolled in the dust. 'Dleeding at every
vein, falling
Like Lucifer
Never 10 rise again."
You indorse the men who did these
things, and l happened 10 be among
them. YOu see. therefore, how little
there is in this denomination TO please
my vanity, or increase my self-e steem.
And yet | am
Deeply Grateful to You
Fr- A. z --
ability l have faithfully and industri-
ously endeavored to discharge the du-
ties uf the great trust you committed to
me. Ii is some satisfaction and some
compensation to know that my efforts
have been appreciated by, and meet the
approval of those whom | have tried to
serve.
Every political campaign necessarily
centers around one great single issue.
1t is upon II question that parties
divide and voters align themselves. 1t
is best that it should always be So. For
that brings the question equally before
the sovereign people with all the force
and directncss of a referendum.
When the old Republican party fought
against slavery it made that the only is-
sue of its campaign. 1t concentrated
the attention OF The people upon that
single question, and by so doing settled
1t fore The campaign OF 1860 was,
in my Judgment. IN ideal campaign, be-
cause ii raised. settled, and forever re-
moved a great question IN American
politics 10y the direct vote of the people.
The great issue in this campaign, the
only one which can be settled by the
people in November next, is the tariff
question. The victory OF '92 was the
hrSt and Il great step towards that set.
tleuCnt. IL has resulted in the
Repeal of the Mckinley law and
the substitution vi the uwest tariff
and the largest free list we have had at
any time in the last thirty-lhree years.
But, as slavery continued to battle for
existence. even alter the election of
Lincoin, so protection still struggles for
resurrection in spite of its crushing
defeat in 1892. What Apron ttox was
to The Shareholder this congressional
election OF 1884 will be to the projections
Isl. Ii the Democratic party is now
successful, its victory will be the
Quietus-the eud-all of the tariff Ques.
ton.
End of McKinleyfsm.
No party, i'll our generation at least,
Will ever again dare to GENE before the
American people as the advocate OF the
SYSTEM OF granting to favored individ-
ualS ana to particular interests special
privileges OF taxing the people for their
W profit. The stage will be cleared,
and some new question will come into
prominence, to be, i'll its turn, likewise
settled and give place to a successor.
Profoundly impressed with these
views, 1t seems TO me but fair to the
people whose votes will decide the
pending issue. that every candidate for
their s%utfrages should, not merely in the
platltudes and generalities of q plat
form plank, but clearly and %unequivo-
cally, declare his position upon the most
salient points of that question.
My views upon the tariff are well
known to the people OF this district. |
am an ultimate but not all instantane-
eous free trader. l AN in favor Of re-
ducing the tariff to the basis where
every duty levied upon imports shall be
a tax tor the support of the government
only, and never IA tribute for the profit
of any monopoly. ] would reach this