The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-26
Tells New York Democrats Re-
publieans Are Bluffing.
PRAISES THE AAvsmeYsR LAW.
Gov. Mckinley aud Gen. Harrison
Open the Indiana Campaign.
the BAvemeyer >ssar schedaie--Ex-
President Contrasts Republican Pros
perity aud Democratic stasaaston.


dldaies for governor, lieutenant governor
and judge of the court Of appeals was
called 10 order here today BY senator Mar
/ ply. chairman Of the state committee.
lie named David b. Hui as temporary
chairman.
Hon. Daniel l. Wood. of Erie, escorted
Senator Hln TO the platform. and then oc-
+ CURED remarkable scene. The vast body
of delegates stoed on chairs. waving hand
kerehleis aud yelling themselves hoarse. as
from different corners Of the audience
came demands of "Three cheers for Hill. =
Pandemonium relgned for at least i've
minutes. Mr. Hill stood pale and notion
less until the audience had subsided. and
then. at I0;2o hegan 10 speak. partially ex-
temnoraneoasly and partly from notes
lie said:
The unterrifed Democracy of the En-
pIre state assemble here today unllsmayed
by the premature boasts and assumed con-
tlience of our adyersaries. We are not un-
accustomed 10 their annual and moscow
cred game OF political bluii. renewed this
/ year with extraordinary vehemence and
unhiushing etironteTy. Ii VAN boasts
alone could bring victory their battle Is in
/ deed won before il is actually commenced,
| but We beg TO remind them that there has
not been campaign ia this state during
{ the past twelve years when they did not
assume in August and September that
I they had carried IL. when in truth during
that whole period, with a single exception,
! victory has perehed on our banners
/ on the first Tuesday after the ligst Monday
/ in November OF each year. We win our
/ victories on election days, aud not by ex-
/ pressions of hrayado in convention halls.
/ The unexpected victory of our opponents
| last fali has turned their heads and rem
/ dered them arrogant and oplnionate. They
/ ia,l 10 recall the fact that the total vote
/ polied was nearly 500. coo short OF the full
vo q OF The state. giving them a victory
which they themselves did not anticipate.
| and which their surprised and astute
| leaders, the next day after election, humor-
/ ously attributed 10 divine providence and
| not TO Republican strength. With n
| united battery and united vote New
/ York is still Democratic and If we are
/ true 20 ourselves she will this year resume
/ her place In the Democratic column. Our
/ opponents. by vigorously beatIng bogus
| political tom-tom and insisting on petty
/ misleading local issues, seek 20 divert the
| public attention from tho unenyiable rec
/ ord they made during the recent four
/ wears OF their control OF the Federal gov
/ eminent The people, however. have not
/ forgotten that 1t was a Republican admin
| istration which. in that ill-tated year lsg0.
saddied the country with the nnwiSe and
| Vicious legislation which has since Grip
| pied its prosperity. endangered its finances
/ and augmented its public burden.
''The people remember that the Sher-
man silver bullion purchase iaw was the
| product of Republican statesmansh,p,
| against the enactment OF which every
Democrat In congress voted. 1t should be
/ borne in mind that the financial panic
| was Republican panic in Its inception,
/ continuance and disastrous effects. Ii
was under a national Democratic admins
| tration that tho Sherman and Federal
| election LAWS were repealed. and in the
| first year of our administration and in
ensuing congressional elections the spec
tacle VIII be witnessed. for the first time
/ in twenty-iour years, of state elections
| conducted as they ought 10 be, without
Federal interference, dictation or intimt-
datiou.
'The enactment OF the Mckinley tariff
was the eliminating atrocity OF Repnn-
iican reekiessness ia legislation. lt is the
very personifcation oi protectlonlsm run
mad. 1t was the inauguration Of huge
scheme OF governmental partnership with
private business interests. The reaction
which followed Ia the elections In the fail
OF 1850. and which sas reiterated in the
elections OF isJ2, was the natural and
legitimate expression OF popular indigna-
ton at the party which had baselY sur.
rendered TO mercenaries within its own
ranks and had baFterad away the public
good tor selfish greed. We promised the
people that II intrusted With
poser, this vicious, un-American and
Objectionable law should be repealed. aud
rejoice today in the fulniIment OF that
pledge. The Mckinley law has gone
where the woed3ine twineth. gone TO stay,
never 20 be re-enacted again by any pollti-
cal party. Without retractlng a single
word which / have uttered In the senate
in criticism Of measure while engaged ia
the effort To perfect and render it more
acceptable now that Il has been passed
aud become Law II mast be considered as
a whole and largely as party measure
and conlrasted with the Nc hiniey law.
Unin nhueaccd by any personal dis
appointment or auy pride OF
opinion may be permitted TO
speak OF the measure rs IL is-nothIng
extenuAte. nor set down aarht in mslace.
OF its strictly tarln features 10 may truth
fully be urged that Ii Is vast improve.
nent over the Mckinley law, and IL viii
clearly demonstrate It's superiority IS time
rolls on aud the business of thls country
shall adjust itself to its provisions. Ii
recognizes, ia part at least, the Democratic
doctrine Of free raw materials IL may he
safeiy asserted that the new Law will not
cripple nor embarrass a single industry in
the land nor throw out of employment a
single workingmaE. nor nnduly stimulate
oveFpr0ducfion on tie one hand nor ox-
orhitaat importAtions on ths other.
'Feilow Democrats OF the Empire state
Of tue country. the duty Of this hour is not
rAsh criticism Of Democratic ieadefs or
Democratic measures; NOT Mutual recrinl-
nations nor conflicting councils. bat u -
a time for consultation, for unity of pur-
pose. for an aggressive campaign. The
/ control OF both the legislative departments
/ al the government Ts AZ stake in the CON-
ing election. Intcr-party strife must now
cease and our attacks bs reserved for the
/ foes wao already ara forming faeIF lines Of
battle against as. Democratic national
/ And state administrations alike must De
/ loyalty supported
-sThe administration cf Mr.. Cleveland
has been economical, pninstsgIus and pa
/ trloIe. The various departments Of the
I national Governments have been conducted
/ wsth success. and ~. Democrats party As
/ a whole 10 entitled 70 the cuui4dsnee Of the
mass of the people. Ni4oSe interests h en-
1 desxaYs faithfully TO serve. he a1niiass-
I tFation Of Our state govern n4fnt under
I Democratic auspices has merste4 ths rab-
I lie confidence. We have gwen 20 the state
I aase lAxs, Ne haze reformed abuses; es
have aided the cause Of labor, ard ws heys
I eontglbats1 largely - she grestaeHs, pros.
xseFitg and welfare 81 oar grand old CON-.
1 mon Hessth.
I ssThs Democratic party stsnds in tbi.
s stat rs il has ever stood. Tor that religion.
{ lgkertv xAlch Is guaranteed by eur consti
/ tuslsn. and must arra!gn the Republican
/ party Tor IFS covers sympathy sstl anf
| encouragement 81 ths proseFiptsYe sBIri
! saica asssmpss 20 set Up religious Ess