St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-26
OVATION FOR HILL.
The Senator Made Chairman-Ho
Endorses Cleveland,

| state Democratic convention to noml-
nate candidates for governor. lieutenant
| governor and court of appeals Judge
was called to order here today by Sem
ator Murphy, chairman of the stale
| committee. He named David B. Hill as
| temporary chairman.
| Mayor Gilroy, of New York, and Hon.
| Daniel l.. Wood, OF Erie, escorted Sen
ator Hill TO the front of the platform,
and then occurred a remarkable scene.
The vast body of delegates stood on
chairs. waving handkerchiefs and yell
ing themselves hoarse as from different
corners of the auditorium came de-
mandS of three cheers for HILL" Pan
demonlum reigned for at least five min
utes. Senator Hill stood pale and mo-
ti0nleSS. one hand resting on the table,
until the applause had subsidized, and
| then, az 20, began to speak, partially
eXtempore and partially from notes.
He said:
The unterrified Democracy of the
| Empire state assemble here today, uu-
diSmayed at the premature boasts and
assumed confidence OF our adversaries.
We are not unaccustomed to their
annual and mOSs-cOyered game of
| political bluff, although renewed this
| year with extraordinary vehemence and
| unbluShing etfrontery.
Ii vain boasts alone could bring vic
tory, their battle is indeed won before it
is actually begun; but we beg to remind
| them that there has not been a campaign
! III this state during the past twelve
| years when they did not assume. in
| August and September, that they had
| carried it. while in truth and in fact
| during that whole period, with single
exception. victory has perched upon
our banners on the first Tuesday of
| November in each year. We win our
victories on election days and not ty
! eXuberant braggadOcio in convention
| halls.
The unexpected victory OF our op-
| pOnents last fall has turned their heads,
| and rendered them arrogant and Upin-
| donated. They fail to recall the fact
| that the total vote polled was nearly
| 100000 short of the full vote of the state.
victory which they themselves did not
anticipate. and which their surprised
ahd astute leaders the next day after
| election humorouSly attributed to Di-
! vine Providence and not 10 Republican
| strength.
With united battery and united
vote, New York is
Still a Democratic State.
and, if we are true to ourselves. will
this year resume her place in the Den-
| Ocratlc column.
ing Of bogus political tOm-toms and the
| insistence upon petty and misleading
local issues. seek to divert the public
attention from the unenyiable rec
ord which they made during
their recent four years control
of the federal government. The peo-
pie. however. have not forgotten the
| fact that it was a Republican adminis-
| tratiOn which. in the ill-tated year of
1890 saddled the country with unwise
and vicious legislation, which has since
| crippled its prosperity, endangered Its
| finance aud augmented its public bur.
| dens.
People remember that the Sherman
| bullion purchase law was the product
| of Republican craftsmanship, against
the enactment of which every Democrat
III congress voted. 1t should be borne
in mind that the financial panic was
Republican panic, i'll its inception, con-
tlnuance and disastrous effects.
1t was under national Democratic
administration that the Sherman and
federal election laws were repealed.
| Within the first year Of our administra-,
tlon, and at the ensuing congressional
election, the spectacle will be witnessed
for the first tine in twenty.four years
OF state elections conducted as they
| should be without federal interfer-
ence, dictation or intimidation.
| The enactment of the Mckinley tariff
| law was the eliminating atrocity of
Republican reckleSsness in legislation.
1t was the very personitication of
ProtectionIsm Run Mad.
| 1t was the Inauguration of a huge
| scheme of governmental partnership
| with private business interests. The
reaction which followed in the elections
| of the fall of 1890 and was reiterated in
| the elections OF 1892 was the natural
and legitimate expression of the popular
| Indignation at the party which had
| basely surrendered to the mercenaries
in its own ranks. and had bartered away
the public good for selfish greed. We
| promised the people that if intrusted
| with power. this vicious, un-American
and Objectionable law should be re-
| pealed, and we rejoice today in the full
! tIlment Of that pledge. The Mckinley
| law has gone where the woodblne
| twineth, gone to stay, never to be re-
enacted again by any political party.
| Without retractng single word
which | uttered IN the senate in crit
icism of the measure while engaged in
the effort to perfect il and render it
| dCCCptdUiCs IiON tIdl IL HIS U66n
| passed and become law it must be
considered as whole; treated largely
as a party measure and contrasted with
the Mckinley law. Unintiuenced by any
personal disappontlnentS Or any pride
OF opinion. L may be permitted to speak
| of the measure as it IS-nothing eXtenu-
ated nor set down aught in malice. OF
its strictly tariff features it may
truthfully be urged that tits vast i'm.
provement over the Mckinley law, and
will clearly demonstrate its superiority
as time rolls on and the business IN this
country shall adjust itself to its
provisions. II recognizes, in part
at least. the Democratic doctrine
of raw materials. 1t may be safely as
serted that the new law will not
cripple or embarrass single industry
in the land, nor throw out of employ-
ment single wOrklneman, nor uaduly
stimulate production on the one
hand, nor exorbitant interpretations on
the other. Fellow Democrats of the
Empire state and of the country, the
duty of the hour is not harsh criticisms
of Democratic leaders or Democratic
measures, not mutual recriminations
nor conflicting counsels, but it is time
for conciliation. for unity of purpose,
for ag ggressive action.
The control Of both legislative de-
partments of the government is at stake
in the coming election. lnter-party
strife must now cease and our attacks
must be reserved for the foes who are
against us. Democratic national and
state administrations must alike be 10y.
ally supported