Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-06
DAVIDSON HEIRS HILL.
Little Fal1s' Mayor Listens TO
the New York Politician
and Lecturer. ..

duluth, MINI Dec. 1, 1895.
EDITOR TRANSCRIPT:
Invent out last night to hear David
B. Hill In his, lecture on "Liberty'-;
h. had an audience. Of 800 to 400 peo-
pie, and they evidently We're made
up largely of Republicans. for during
the course of his lecture hc said that.
while he differed politically with
WIN. Mckinley he admired the man
because he had the courage OF his
convictions, and was not afraid to
tell the people that he was ~ candl-
date for the presidency. The name
of "McKinleN' brought ont more
real hearty applause than anything
else that was said during Intervening.
He attacked The reform pnrty in New
York city, without mentioning the
place 'Or men. by holding up to rldi-
cule the old Blue laws Of Connecticut,
and he gave the Stuffed Prophet
:, lab und.r'the fifth rib by calling
our attention to the superstition
that clings TO us al through life
nursery rhymes and stories follow
or haunt us while we live-fOr In
stance. at hotels no one will take
room 49, thirteen people will not
sit around the same table. Then
again, judges usually condemn Grim
mails to death on Friday. He said
that when he was governor ut New
York he sent a circular to the judges
throughout the state asking them
to fix some other day than Friday
for hangman's day. and where the
jndg e did not do 80 he granted Il few
days respite to the condemned man,
so that I've would not suffer the death
penalty ON Friday-and in this way
he contributed so far us lie could to
remove any superstition that may
hang over Friday as an unlucky day.
"For,' said he Friday has been a
lucky day for me. was nominated
for lieutenant governor on Friday
and elected; was twice nominated
for governor ON Friday and elected:
and once l received the nomination
for governor ON Wednesday and was
defeated. But" said he "a friend
said to me" Senator it was not be-
cause you secured the nomination
on Wednesday but because you
wanted II third term" The house
cheered and Cleveland's supporters
looked much as you did when told
you my Russian thistle story. Hill
next touched upon the rules Of the
United States senate, saying they
had not been changed since 1906, and
that as at present laid down the
minority members could SO Obstruct
the business as to make 1t impossible
e. accomplish anything for n whole
sesssiOn; that the rules did not allow
of the moving Of the ''previOus ques-
ton" etc.: that during the session
of 1898. on the'repeal OF the so-called
Sherman silver purchasing act. and
the re-enactment Of tariff laws he
favored the changing Of the Senate
rules SO the majority party could
proceed with the business before
them, claiming that the majority
party, fresh from the people, repre-
sent the views of a majority of the
people and ought to have the right
to enact into le WIS their wishes as
expressed in the party pla tform-and
how that the Republicans were in
power he would adhere to what he
had advocated at that time. He
next paid Abraham IincOlp a high
tribute ana then drifted of to. the
Monroe doctrine. giving a history of
the Holy alliance" of the three
European kings, the object of this.
alliance, the ends they sought to
gain, which called forth Monroe's
letter in which the doctrine bearing
his name was given to this holy
trinity" and which he says was
jealousy guarded by our people
from 1923 to 1S66-quot,ng what Sew
ard said to the French about try
ing to insts. tie Maximiian in Mexico.
His lecture was type written and
read by him scarcely taking his eye
from the paper for Il minute. He i'm
presses you like an able lawyer. a
strong advocate, Il man of executive
1, bility. and good force OF character,
of a rather stutliOus and serious dis
position; lacks the humorous vein.
and the story telling faculty to make
him a popular lecturer. In stature
he. is q man about 5 feet inches,
weighs 22O pounds.
Yours truly,
A. D. DAVIDSON,