Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-16
HILL FOR I.:....J l..0hEY.
Says the Democratic Party Is Committed to That Principle.
GREBNBA,GsA ARE NATIONAL DEBTS
The Senator Says That the President May Have Made Mistakes. but That He Is Not the Party -Bimetallism and Constitutions al Money.


 Have Made Mistakes, but That He Is Not
 the Party-B Bimetallism and C Constitutions
 al Money.
 ALBANY, March 16.-United States Sen atOr Hill made tho first political speech hero on state issues since his campaign of last fall. The occasion was the dinner of the Mills club and Senator Hill, Senator Cantor, Assen;blyman Foley and Judge Hcrrick were the special guests at the Fort Orange club to celebrate the birthday of Andrew Jackson. During long eulogy on Jack son. Senator Hill said:
 Jackson was the conspicuous champion of hard money. The Democratic party believes that the government has no con stitutional right to make anything except gold and silver legal tender for the pay ment of debts. Nothing else can be mon- ey. There Slay be paper currency, used for convenience and used bs common con sent, redeemahle in coin. but that is not the money intended by the constitution.
 "The Democratic position Is that the greenback currency is n debt against the government and should be gradually re- deemed, paid off and eliminated. The greenback hassno intrinsic value. It has not bcen coined by tho government. It is a debt, and n debt cannot itself be legal tender for the payment of another debt. These arc elementary principles about which there should be no substantial dis pute. especially among Democrats.
 There arc those, however, protesting our faith in some portions of the country who need to be reminded that tho Demo- cratic party is not a greonback party-a pa- per money party-and never has been ; but, on tho contrary, especially since Jack sons time, has been a consistent hard money party. a bimetallic party tho party faYoring constitutional money, and no other. "
 Arraigned State Republicans.
 Here Senator Hill launched forth into q seycre arrai ignmcnt of state Republicans and denounced tho recent legislation at Albany, especially tho power of removal bills, and continued
 "Gentlemen of tho Mills club, friends of revenue reform, Democrats all, let LIS not be discouraged by the present outlook, Tho Democratic party has passed through darker days than theso and emerged from them stronger and moro vigorous than ever before.
 "The president may havo mado mis- takes but he is not tho party.
 "CongrcSS has unquoStiOnably made mistakes. but it is not the party. There have been too many factions disputing for supremacy, but they are not the party.
 "Thc Democratic party consists of Il majority ot the American people who be lieve in Democratic principles of govern ment who care little for offices and pat ronage, but desire honest administration and good government everywhere; who ia yor state rights; who believe in lcgislntior to subserve the greatest good for the great est number and not to advance the inter eSts of few at tho expense of the many who arc opposed to summary removals oi officials (except for just cause duly ascer taincdl before the expiration of their torms fixed by law; who are opposed to tempo rary expcdicnts by legislation or othcrwls, designed only to secure political advan tage at the expense of fairness. docenc, and consistency. These arc the people, the plain people Of the country-who con stitutc tho Democratic party. and this i! an cpitone of its cardinal doctrines.
 ''Such principles and such party vii | survive merely temporary disasters, occa stoned largely by recurring period 0 hard times, for which no party was roall! responsible '