New-York tribune., 1894-09-26

sion of ammo, al when Senator Hill abused the
Administration of President HARRISON s., w eI e
referred to the "Rcpublicdn pane OF 1888 III III
was a slight outward show Of satisfaction. Inc
senator by repeated references showed 'hdt ne
real lied that the tide OF public feeling was SMeePs
ing strongly against his party he SPVnr VI
ne confident boasts Of the Republicans. ana aiso
told what the Democrats would do II defeated az
the polls. The plea FOR conciliator! uea."yn' m zen,
OF the factions I'm the party was narAeu ds sis-
nihcant The mention of Cleveland name "aS
greeted with long cheering, which was kept up
bv the Shepard Democracy ol bTooh!;h' w.
Faircbild .Cuckoos" OF New-York and the New
Democracy Of Albany County virtually none
of the regular delegates took part In It,
SENATOR HILLS SPEECH
Senator Hill spoke follows:
The unterrlned Democracy OF the Empire STATE
assemble here to-day undlsmayGI az -, ~" nrr pa
mature boasts and assumed confidence Oh our au-
We are NOT uraccustomed to their annual and
moss-coverei game of political blun ~ ~aInouSn ond
newed this year with extraordinary Nehehe"oe anu
If vain boastlngs alone could bring victory thelr
battle is indeed before 1t Is actualIy com, pm
menced; bu, We beg remind them that mere , nas
not been campaign IN ihs state dGrihf '',t Asi as
and ptember that they had carried IT.. when IN
truth and in fact, during mat whole pello & ~a ham
ners on the first Tuesday Of November in each
year We win our victories on cer,,on % halls
The unexpected victory Of our opponents ln last l9
has turned her hradS ana rera ' thn fact That
the total vote poed was nearly three hundred
thousand short Of the du S9'f aid OF not W anticipate
and which their surprised ana astu'e IIhita ~ ~,
next day after election hnmoT1msh Strength
With a united Democracy ana iui! vo'e .aew w. IN IN
is still Democratic state ana II we nce Are in the he
Gnr onnonents hv the vigorous beating Of bogus
nolticai tom-toms and the insistence upon petN
and misleading local issues seek TO or 1vir wh"b
adj during their recent FOUR years conA''I
Of The Federal Government. the people however
Administration whcn in that Inflated year of 1880
saddIed the country wiDi unwlse and vicious lesis-
dangeret Iom jts finances and augmented its public
burdens The people remember that ,he prori ~
RenublIcan Craftsmanship against the enactment
Of which every Democrat IN C9hhgrtsS h,s,ness I'm
terests OF the country based upon no just or SOUND
principle OF finance covering ,Is ~
single rather that a brretanc standard and weak
enng National credit at nome ana enanci, nc' panlc
OF 1898 was Republican panic-Repsnlicann IN us
sTdTDn nTsTG" larS@y ndnccd by the results then
isng and impending OF tnai KenunSba b no H." or
which il only unfortunately inherited from H'
predecessors.
CLAIMS THE SHERMAN LAW REPEAL"
TIE people recollcct that II was under National
Democratic Administration that the sherman law
was Tepca.ci, not a. lToWp'.A ~ '"'' vs.
sired II +. true bu, reverihee.s uncondl'ionay
pealcI within eight months ai'er our "-N'"' wv
Ne promised the people in our chicago p;a:form,
that th.s statute which was eating oii the Nth;T oi
our nn1ne an S S pPs pPrdSsc s'Ss was r4smc 4 despite
the adverse predictions of our aHveiShrl.s, -, -.
last relic 0f posi-h,..um partisan ief's ION huvw
as the Federal Election Jaw. which lnVat'l - 80
pied Federal ohira.s. involved ne 'Sp ~
f,.s1 ftur rs-4a
for the prevention Of frlrdn.en, pFree' ANi ,s
promotion % pure elections a. tn'y were ''N''''"'
point nv en- tns 5I or Years with he isir
exscuiIon OF thc.e powerful laws yet With patriotic
& 4eSeas nSeyi fS herein .%Sordna
Ing temporary selfish Interests 70 The puhc goo soJSd
Whit, NE fir, year ol our administration. ana al
the ensuing Cougressiona. elections ih' tp.c'tC,s
yclrs o. state elections conducted as they of riFAt
ought to be- without Ftiyra, In,e,'tt.nrr, M .,rar ,
sha!s or other obnoxious Federal agent. 9r in,'Fn
mentaiitIcs but win STAT eihcia- sslec'es OF
iaws and usasts ~ eyempanca'ion - ne pr.nci4l"
S6ci1ns Of h9ne of M ,hc " s.2ercsy OF the Fas :.
recognized by our faihers ron ne IA On % b ir
the Repuhlican.. although a minority parry owing
to our own divisions acc.den,Aiy gDlan,n ccn,,I c,,
~ the country. We rejoice mat Wth Dem icfatF
Xa,Io,,, aseenteutS the country consistently rt-
Naio'.o ,b enn.n rne,hois the sound principles and
cCpbarec'rzcd the ,ariier ana better days Of the r..
'T"I, The enactment Of the Mckinney Tarn law was
the eliminating atrocity of Republican r"ckIsssn'ss
I'm legislation: measure 20 extreme 50 sehsh 80
mnretsonable tina. hazard nothing In asserting that
conservative anl fair-mnded Iiepun.cah. sy,ry
where regretted the party exgences which seemed t.
demand It's passage. II WAS tnH very p'fssh'nC'ioh
OF proicct!onism run md Ihro",hs on a. az
ruses II was tho inauguraion 81 huge scheme OF
overnmana parsanshp YIN rr'se At. ehness ,Ig ~ In
tercs's. Puphc ., ~ ,,iI,d,s1 aesrar
dizentnt II was n exempllhcation OF the vicious
pro,scton ''for Projections sake alone" as ex-
poundci by opponents. ana wen frustrated the
,ybjch soon followed In the elections ot
1899 and reiterated in ls9c the natura! ana leait
sr,y mae wbTcS had basey .rendcrcd to the mcr
ca within rs Soo "a or h aRa Frees sad se Sarfi sS
"f tsxati5n which only justified for the purposes
Of a Py6Im sna 70 h Grant taf oS
doctrine cherished by our fathers ihal the lcgisa-
ton o. be ns srcae gooi or the number was
wholly Ignored spurned ana rfpuliaiel
TARIFF PROMISES.
We pro,niaed the people that II intrustcd with
power this vicious. un-American and Objectionable
law should be repealed. and We rejoice to-day In
the fulnlment OF that pledge.
The Mckinley Jaw has gone where the wooIbinc
twlneth." gore to stay, never to be rc-enactcd
again by any political party, 1t IL true that there
was a vexatious ana unfortunate delay which we
regretted occas!oned In part by the antiquated
rules OF the Senate which tolerated unlimited de
inherited ard which by reason Of slender
iority we seemed unable to change. but which. |
trust In the near future viii be abrosated; but
the fact should be remembered that the recor!
shows that we occupied less time. by some months.
in rcpcaling the law. than our opponents took In
enacting II In 1880
The depression disturbance In business which
necessarily accompanies any general tariff revision
was of course. be regretted. but | call the at
tention Of the country TO the fact not generally
understood that. no matter which political party
had won in 1892 there would have been tar.n
revision-nccessary and inevitably so-bccause the
Nc iulcV law had broken down. naI collapsed.
and had proved utterly Inadequate TO meet the
cessities OF the Government and 10 furnish its
qured revenues. The Mckinley tarln duties had
been placed high to he largely prohibltory In
their effect, and the necessary revenues were not
forthcoming. and upon the advent of the present
National Administration 10 power we were con-
fronted with Il virtually bankrupt Treasury. and
the deficit daily increasing.
During the last year Of President Iarrison's
Administration TIE treasury was constantly en-