The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-05
IN SPITE or EXTREME HEAT,
A MASTERLY EXPOSITION or Tur5
ISSUES OF THE PRESENT
CAMPAIGN
HE STANDS FOR SOUND MONEY
And Shows the Reasons WIN Ha
LIS Opposed to Bryan and Free
Coinage.

AcAa ti4S attention or perhaps 700 DeO.
pie at Market hall last evening for twd
long, perspiring hours.
1t was hot enough on the outside
but in the big hall it was sultry
enough to bake clans Now and then
lew boys, sized zephyrs stole in
through the open windows, but theJ
were obliterated long before thav
reached the center Of The hall. Nothing
would have suited that crowd bettel
than a repetition Of Monday night'E
miniature cyclone.
A less logical and convincing sreald
er than Senator Davis could not havs
neld the crowd so long. But he smoke
Tor two hours, and his address was re-.
plete with convincing argument. prees5
nant statistics and absorbing factsl
Unlike the average political speaker
Senator Davis does not deal in sar5
casm and bandinage in a stunu
speech. He leaves all that to Towna
and the rest, and confines himself III
facts, which when sifted through and
dlssected stand firm in the search 1iehs
OF investigation, when shafts Of sarI
casm would not even cast a shadow. I
The audience was decidedly enthusfL
astic, considering the fact that everv
stamp Of the foot brought out a fred
and unlimited coinage of perspiration4
Senator Davis was cheered to the echd
time after time, and once or twice
when silver t'rooters'' attempted RI
disturb the meeting they were either
hoWled down or queiled by a dignft
fed uplifting of the speakers right
hand. There were on the stage with
the speaker Hon. Moses E. Clamp. Wha
acted as chairman; Capt Henry Cas-,
tie, Judge Start, James j. Hill, DaE
Reese, ex-Corporation Attorney Pike.
Edward Rogers, r. NJ. Newport, Thes
odore Schurmeier, George Squires. All
bert Scheffer, P. H. Kelly, Senator E,
IL. Ozmun Attorney General H. w
Childs, E. W. Peet and many others.
Mr.. Clapp made pretty little speech
himself in which he said that the sona
OF a recent campaign had been, "We
must take the tax off the poor man's
shirt" A bill was passed for that
purpose, with the result that the shirt
itself has nearly been taken from the
4aborer. Bryan says that the laboring
man must not be given a crown OF
thorns. You will find that the crown
will be borne the lighter when we have
more confidence in the nation, mora
credit, and fair remuneration for
honest labor Let US go forth in all
the panoply of truth and scatter broad
cast the seeds of honest thought and
purpose, that we may win this greatest
Of all political battles." Mr.. Clapp
then introduced Senator Davis, giving
him endless praise for his courage and
patriotism In the senate at different
times when the nation was in need OF
cool headed and fearless men. BoWing
his thanks for the compliment, Senator
Davis proceeded with his address
Senator Davis briefly referred to the
momentous nature Of the present crisis
in the nations political history and
said he spoke as a Republican, and I'M
behalf of the nation, of state and con-
gressional tickets Of that party. He
then said:
The American people are going to determine
the questions which are submitted to their
consideration by the platforms of the vari-
Gus parties. They will listen to argument
on all Sides and will weigh every considera-
tion well. Let us look back Of the surface
of this campaign, back Of the outside indca-
tons and glittering generalities of things,
and see just exactly where we stand what
menaces us, and what we ought to guard
against; for things have had a wondrous
change within the last year. In former pres
1dential elections where the two great par
ties arrayed themselves against each other
upon issues of contention which were a gen-
Grafton old, well understood and well te-
fined, the American people knew that which,
ever party prevailed the great securities of
government, the great foundations Of pros
perity, the obligations of contract which bind
man to man, the currency itself were safe
and would not be threatened.
1t is not SO today. For the first time since
1860 we are required to guard the very founda-
tions and bulwarks Of national stability. and
commercial honesty. The Democratic party
which met at Chicago in convention in July
suffered wonderful change. The old ora
cles and guides were rudely turned aside It
was occupied and Economically possessed by
a spirit which has not raised its head in any
political convention for thirty years. If there
was any one thing which the men who went
out to defend this country thought that they
had entirely obliterated, it was the maIign
doctrine Of state rights which was the inn
petuS of the greatest rebellion which ever
reared it's head against civilized govern
ment. Low and behold in that convention,
from the state Of South Carolina, as OF yore
you find the declaration Of the same state
rights, In the same spirit as in the ancient
time, and in Connection which must appeal
to the resentment and repugnance Of every
liberty-loving man. am not a political adj
mirer Of Grover Cleveland, but If there was
any one act Of his that will remain star
bright forever, it was his action, when COM
mercial intercourse was cut off by rioters in
Chicago and he evoked the strong arm OF
the United States to restore law and or
der in this country. applause and cheers.)
This act is covertly denounced in the Chi
cago PLATFORM. More than that If there Is
anything upon which the stability Of any gov
ernment depends, 1t is the courts, where men
from political concerns and DO
litical ambitions, holding the scales Of JUS
tice even between parties, decide for their
fellow citizens what the law is. And for
more than ono hundred years the supreme
court Of the United States has sat in that
exalted position, midway In the capitol Of the
nation between the senate and the house OF
representatives, typical of their capacity to
restrain either, and it has done more to con-
duct this government to the high plane which
it occupies. l was going to say, than all the
statesmen which this country has ever pro-
strikes at that court. If there was another,
thing which the veterans of the last war
thought they had achieved it was the oblit-
Grafton Of all sectionalism. The whole couns'
try was to be a unity. But In these later
days, we see the solid South coming up to
the banks OF the Ohio and the Missouri as be-
fore the war q sectional demand upon an
before the rebellion. And now my fellow
with the pitehfork Of Tillman stir
ring up the doctrine Of state rights with the
bomb of Altgeld in the denunciation Of our
courts and Of President Cleveland thrown
under the very fabric Of our government
they have chosen to put forward as issue
which touches more Immediately
the cupidity and the honesty Of men, and
which contains more disinteresting Influences
to our prosperity than all the other causes
that I have mentioned. The Democratic conf
vention has joined the Populst party in
bonds Of unholy wedlock upon the demand
that the United States shall take position
upon the currency which believe IL fraught
with more disaster to this country than the
greatest foreign war could possibly bring
about. (Applause.) n
A correct understanding OF the question Is.
always the first step toward the solution OF
the CONTROVERSY. The question is not. whether