St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-17

obo liIICl NdlS.
Quoting line from the sentiment ac-
companyiDg the toast, Judge Rea said
he could understand the expression.
"Our bruised arms hung up for monu-
ments." He had seen the MANNED OIL
the battle field, land hoped that time will
smooth out the wrinkles in the bruised
arms that are hung up as monuments to
patriotism. He declared his service in
the war with Democrats enabled him to
deny the existence of any division of
soldiers on party lines, and to assert
that tine pension question was never
drawn into the arena of politics until
1878. and it had no place there then.
Before that the man in charge of pen-
sions was fair and just.
He declared that he voted for his con-
victions in voting for Grover Cleveland.
When the soldier was fighting for his
cOuntry-for liberty-he was OH plane
far above politics. Continuing, Judge
Rea said:
There was no feeling of partisanship
between Gems. Grant and Hancock or
between Gen. Thomas and Gen. Stead
man. There was no politics in the army
among the soldiers who fought.
was Republican then, and very
ardent one. l wanted to crush out
slavery.
In the midst of the campaign of 1860,
Douglass was not opposed to the inaug-
uratlon of Abraham Lincoln, in case
of his election. but declared that he
would be inaugurated if elected" At
tention WAS called to the TACT that Lin
coin did not receive the majority of
votes. Frank p. Blair and Andrew
johnson were Republicans in the war,
but they were Democrats after. Andrew
u. Curtin. of Pennsylvania, led troops
| III the war, but he has been a Democrat
over twenty years.
IF it had not been for my vanity
would have voted for Cleveland the
first time. know from his own lips
that Cleveland is in favor of pensioning
the wounded soldiers. The men who
drag pensions into the arena of politics
are the men who would drag the church
| into it,"
One hundred and sixty millions, an
immense sum, Is annually devoted to
pensions. Every man oh that roll who
is not entitled to lie there shameS his
| record as a citizen.
| No man who was soldier thirty years
ago Is prohibited from voting for the
measures he believes in. If don't be-
lieVe in tariff of S14 ton OIL iron
when 81 is the only difference in the
cost of production. have right to vote
against it.
The first man who introduced the
service pension bill was a Democrat.
have the first Confederate soldier to find
who opposes paying pensions to the
Union soldier.
l am not in favor of erecting the
American flag to protect a half dozen
men i'll looting the government out of
100000 bounty Oh sugar.
know Grover Cleveland loves the
American flag.
We may divide on economic ques-
tons, but let us leave the pension ques-
ton alone. A long list of prominent
men in the army were named who,
while they opposed the Republican adj
miniStration, yet OIL questions that af-
fected patriotism and saving the coun-
try's honor, were for the country first.
Judge Rea declared that the question of
pensions was never drawn in politics
by any man who loves his country. In
a well-ronnded period the speaker con-
cluded by saying: 1.-The man who is
now at the head of the pension depart
ment would rather lose his right hand
than do anything against giving pen
sions to the deserving. l also know
that the man who put him there would
not allow him to remain there ii he
felt otherwise"
| F. W. VI. CUTCHEON.
Hon. T. w. NJ. Cutcheon, chairman
of the state committee, responded to
the toast The Young Democracy"
He spoke of Two schools OF people in
politics. One believing that wrongs
and ills should not be permitted to grow
up in the country. The young DEM
| Ocracy believe in ehallen ging those
things that lead to bad ends and oper-
ate against the rights and interests of
the pie. 1t is asked why we have
| turned from the party of our fathers
to the party of the masses? 1t IS be-
cause we believe in the Democratic
party, and are not in favor of the OPP
posing theories of class favoriteism and
protection. The people have declared
against the Republican protection
fraud. The young Democracy is not
alone in demanding that the sham of
| protection should be stricken down.
| With US are the old and the middle-
aged Democracy. We are also opposed
to the so-called Democratic protection
"There are Democrats in the state of
Minnesota who will never consent that
the flag of anarchism shall find place
in the Democratic party" He declared
| that sit is not worth while for the
Democrats TO bubble on civil service
reform, but we don't want an evasion
of the civil service reform by keeping
spoilsmen in office. We see smoke over
the battlefield of the past, but il we
press forward we will be victorious
again. The order should be, Fix bayo-
nets, present arms. forward-charge."
| j, ADAM BEDE.
| j. Adam Bede responded to The toast
sour Lusty Infants" Mr.. Bede is a
| humorous spe aker, and entertained the
audience with good-humored illusions
and remarks. and illustrative incidents.
He thought that, while Democrats
might be seduced by the opposite party
at times. yet they are coming under
the home roof with repentance. HIS
| points against protection and the
aiding of so-called infant industries
| caused laughter and applause. He
made strong point by speaking of the
Duluth people advertising that they
hold the commerce of the world in their
hands and at the same time asking
congress to pass bill to allow them to
preserve Duluth by protecting its ores,
which are declared TO be the best
ores of the world. Mr.. Bede
declared that this course of the Duluth
people relative to the tariff was as in
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