St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-29

the financial distress to the Democratic
party and the so-called mistakes of
Cleveland, but in this connection it was
a noticeable fact that the Ohio states
man assiduously refrained from allud-
ing to his own glaring mistakes.
He spoke substantially as follows:
He said:
My Fellow Citizens: l do not know
wnat | can say more than express my
thanks TO the cadets of the state univer-
sity and to the Republican club of the
state university for their kindness and
courtesy to me In getting out this frosty
morning 10 bid me welcome TO this great
Northwestern state, and to this great
Northwestern city. L am, of course. not
expected to talk politics to the students
of the university, for the university has
no politics, and our course of study. of
course. is quite non-partiSan. But we
| are glad to have the students not
| only of the University of Minnesota.
| but of all the colleges and univer.
| ties in the country-to have them with
| us in this great work in which the Re-
| publican party is engaged. and we are
| quite willing to stake the future of this
| great party upon the Judgment of the
educated men of the United States.
am glad to see the young men of Min
nesota, as | see the young men of other
| states, taking part in the political
| campaigns and all interest in the settle
ment of political questions. 1t is to the
young men all parties must look. Young
| men can do much indeed There is
| nothing the young men cannot do with
| industry and honesty and perseverance; ;
: and the young men of this generation
have splendid examples of what the
young men of the early times Of our
history did for the country. l recall as
l stand before these university boys
J | recall the fact that Alexander Hamil-
ton was but twenty-Seven years of age
when he went into the cabinet of the
first president of the United States to
be the secretary of the treasury and
| preside over that great portfolio.
! "And | remember also that to him and
to his splendid work we are indebted
for the industrial and financial policies
which we enjoy in this country today. L
recall another historical instance-that
Thomas Jefferson, the youngest of all
| his associates. was invited to draft the
Declaration of Independence, the great
keynote of freedom, that great iEstru-
ment which, while it was iD advance of
the thought Of the great body of the peo-
pie, yet stirred feeling for independ-
ence and liberty that gave to us and to
mankind the freeSt and best nation on
the face of Gods earth.
"And it is that nation, young men of
the university; it is that nation, men of
Minnesota; it is that nation, men of the
Northwest, that is in your keeping to be
preserved and advanced to its highest
glory and its highest destiny. We have
got everything in '94 that we had In '92,
except prosperity. see you like some
allusion to politics. The past year has
been one of compulsory education. Ey-
erybOdy has been to school, and while
there has been no tuition to pay the
general result has been a very eXpen-
sive one to the people. We have got the
same men; we have got the same
money; we have got the same machin-
cry that we had in 1872, but we have got
a new management. We have got the
same push and the same perseverance
the same splendid manufacturing
plants, but we have got new manager
! and new engineer, and the engineer
has not had any experience since before
the war,
! why. they were in the habit Of say
ing, my fellow citizens, that it did not
make much difference which party wal
: in power In this country, and good
many people voting the Democratic
/ ticket had voted somebody else's Neke,