St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-28

New York, pennsylvania. Ohio and
Rhod Island, and spoke OF the disaf-
lection of sugar planters in Louisiana.
taking occasion to claim that the Re
publican party had always protected
and guarded the interests of the South.
President Cleveland's letter to Con-
gresham CatchingS containing an eX-
hortation TO those who have fought for
tariff reform to continue the struggle,
was read and commented on.
How blithely, said Gov. Mckinley, he
Sounds the Note Of Battle;
how confidently he again calls to arms
every enemy to Il industrial system.
and challenges to open warfare the
r.endS of American prosperity and
American labor. How scornfully he
characterizes as traitors in his party
every friend, however hesitating, both
in congress and out. of the cause of
American protection. Nor does he
stand alone in this unpatriotic position.
The Democracy of Ohio fully sustain
him in their state platform. The presi-
dent OF this convention, too, Hon. Frank
ii. Hurd, boldly proclaimed that war OF
our industrial system and working peo-
pie had only just begun. What will jul
verdict be here in Ohio? A Democratic
victory means further and longer steps
In the direction of free trade-deeper
cuts and more deadly blows upon our
Industrial life.
A Republican victory, a Republican
house of representatives. means that
during the closing half of Mr.. Cleve-
protective system will be unable to sue
cesStully wage further warfare upon
the prosperity of the country. On which
side Will you yOte-fOr more war or less
war?
If it be true that a revival of business
and general prosperity are to follow tine
new law, as is claimed by our political
Anniversaries. and which we hope may be
fully realized, then why should they
Interfere with the glad prospect by still
further changes i'll tariff schedules or
renewed agitation of the subject?
After most bitterly denouncing the
Dill they have Just passed, Democratic
leaders and press console themselves by
declaring that the new law. after all, is
better than the act OF 1890. Better for
whom? Better for what? Where has
it given hope? Whose factories will it
set to work? 1t has improved NJ Amer
leah interests whatever, unless it be the
sugar and whisky trusts. IL will not
start a single new factory at home. 1t
will not light a solitary new fire at home.
1t will not increase the demand Tor
labor at home. Whatever hope il brings
is to the alien and the stranger. What
ever industry it QuicKens is beyond the
seas; it is not located beneath our flag,
and yields it no allegiance or support.
Better than the law of 1890! A law
under the operation of which every man
in this country was employed at good
wages, every factory was running at its
full capacity, and the consumer was
securing the nectssaries of life cheaper
than he had ever received them before.
Does any thoughtful nan believe that
the law OF 1894 will ever restore these
happy conditions here in the United
StaSes? How many Industries in the
United States paying the wages paid in
1872? Tell me, wOrkingmcn of Ohio,
how many of you are IDLE now who had
~remunerative employment in 1892, and
how many of you, fortunate enough to
have employment now, have escaped a
reduction of your wages? And what
are your prospects for the future if you
continue to vote the Democratic ticket
and sustain the tariff policy of the party
now In power? These are all practical
questions. which every w%orkiugman can
best answer for himself.
Regarding Coinage.
Passing to the subject of the cur
rency, Gov. Mckinley said:
The Democratic party has been in
control of every branch OF the govern
ment since the 4th day of March, 1898.
Its legislative branch has been in SEES
sion more than twelve months, yet 1t
has given us no silver legislation what
ever. except to strike down the Sher-
man law at its special session called for
that purpose, and in response to the
urgent recommendation of a Democratic
president. Having disposed of 'the Re-
publican makeshift." as they denOini-
mated the Sherman law, they were
[ going to give silver an honorable place
IN the coinage OF the country. Nothing
has been heard of this since. Nothing
will be heard Of 1t in the present con-
greSs. Nothing can come of it, SO long
as Mr.. Cleveland is president of the
United States. for it is we'll understood
that he will veto any free coinage bill.
Yet the Ohio Democratic convention
went through the idle ceremony of de.
claring for the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver at a ratio OF 16 to l mot.
however, without serious opposition).
Knowing that it meant nothing and
could mean nothing, aud that it binds
nobody at all, not even the delegates
| present.
Senator Brice. at the head of the Ohio
Democracy, himself in attendance upon
the convention, made swift to denounce
that plank in the platform after he had
crossed the Ohio line, and openly an
nounces that he is not bound by it,
unless he can he permitted to construe
1t as he pleases. 1t is mere pretense. 1t
is all attempt to raise a false issue. Ii
Is another effort at deception.
The era when Democratic promises
avail has gone by. The period of their
fulfllment is at hand. The Democratic
congress can no longer offer the excuse
that the Republican party stands in the
way. Nothing can stand in the way of
the Democratic party executing the will
of thai party. But free and unlimited
coinage of silver is not the crystallized
will of the Democratic party and it will
not be. The party that has struck silver
dow and given it the severest blow it
ever had cannot be relied upon to give
that metal honorable treatment.
In the evening there was a display of
fireworks. Addresses were made by
Hon. ID. d. Woodmansie, of Cincinnati.
president of the Ohio Republican
league; Hon. Samuel Taylor, secretary
OF state; Judge ii. Doyle. of Toledo;
Hon. Charles Foster, ex-secretary of
the treasury, and Hon. w. Poe, State
auditor.
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