St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-24
SENATOR HILL SETS FORTH HIs
SENTIMENTS AT COOPER
UNION.
DEMOCRATIC LAW-MAKING.
MORE TINE WILL PROVE Tur.
WISDOM OF TARIFF RE-
FORM.
EVILS OF THE SHERMAN ACT.
Democratic Party Always the
consistent Champion of Per-
sOnal Liberty.

NEW YORK, Oct. Ex-senator Hill
was the central figure in the great
Democratic mass meeting under the
auspices of the state committee.
which was held at Cooper Union to-
night. Frederick R. Coudert acted
as chairman, and with a few COM
pllmentary remarks introduced Sem
atOr HILL
The senator declared that the prin-
ciples Of the Democratic party are so
plain and explicit that they do not
need to be avoided. I'VE have lodged
nothing in the campaign, and we are
attempting to deceive no one. If
we are right we want to win; if we
are wrong we deserve TO be de-
feated." Speaking of the tariff bill
enacted in 1894 by the Democrats.
Senator Hill said: TT has been in
operation only little over one year.
That time has not been ample to
demonstrate its value and useful
ness. 1t is to be regretted that it has
not met the full expectations of its
friends in realizing sufficient rev.
enues to prevent deficiencies. but
this consolation exists that, even if
there must be some deficiencies for a
brief period, there has been no un-
necessary and extravagant taxation
imposed under its provisions Suffi-
cient time has not elapsed to deter
mine accurately whether its reduc-
tions were all wise or justifiab bic, but
it is believed that in the end it will
be proved that they were not unrea-
sonable. 1t is possible that, in anx-
iety to relieve the people from the
enormous tariff taxation, largely pro-
hibitory in its character, imposed un-
der the Mckinley bill, the reductions
were pressed too far, but that fact
has not yet been established
ITS MISCHIEF REMAINS.
As to the Sherman silver law the
speaker said: 1.-The Democratic party
may not always have acted with en-
tire wisdom in regard. TO silver. but
this much can be said, that il was not
responsible for the Sherman silver
law. That law was Republican in its
conception. in its enactment and in its
enforcement. The law had ceased. but
its mischief remains, because there
had been issued under its provisions
$150,00O,O00 of legal tender paper money
with substantially no available assets
with which to redeem it, and which
today is disturbing the treasury and
embarrassing its operations
The senator devoted a considerable
portion of his remarks to what he re-
garded as one Of the principal issues
involved in the campaign, viz, Per
sonal liberty" Personal liberty meant
liberty regulated by law-reasonabIe
law. Continuing, he said in part: The
Democratic party has always been the
consistent champion of personal liber-
ty. 1t Will not change its attitude by
reason of Misrepresentation or the
threats or boasts of puritanism. The
persistent misconstructi ton of the Sun
day provisions of the existing law,
and the difficulties of securing the
same without long and expensive liti-
cation, render some additional legisla-
tion desirable. 1t may be that if the
excise law were enforced alike in all
the municipalities of this state-en-
forced literally, charitably and reason
ably-there would be no necessity for
new legislation.
WHERE IT IS DIFFERENT.
stons of the existing law are not en-
forced in this great metropolis the
same as they are in Brooklyn, in Re-
publican Syracuse, Republican Buff
falo and Republican Rochester, and in
numerous other Republican cities Of
the state. They are not enforced in
the same manner as they are N Repub-
lican Herkimer. from which Senator
Miller halls. Some legislation is there
fore indispensable. The people demand
it, and popular sentiment should be
respected in that regard. Upon this
question the two parties have declared
themselves. We have not said we IA
vor the opening of saloons on Sunday
throughout the state; neither have we
said we are opposed to it. We have
simply declared that the people of each
municipality should be permitted to de-
termine that question for themselves.
This is safe and just and a satisfac-
tory disposition of the question