The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-29
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE FLANK
THE CLIMAX OF THE CHICAGO
PLATFORM,
so SAYS SECRETARY TRACEY.
ONLY ARTICLE IN HIS CREED
BRYAN COULD CARRY OUT
ALONE.
CARNEGIE HALL MASS MEETING
An Enthusiastic Rally Held by the
United Republicans of the EN-
pire State.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-The Repub-
Hcan mass meeting at Carnegie hall
tonight was a great success The gath
er1ng in the immense hall was a rep
resentative and notable one. On the
platform, which was tastefully dec
GRATED. sat, elbow to elbow, RepubH-
cans who for several years have been
at loggerheads on local issues They
apparently forgot past differences to
make the rally for the gubernatoriaI
candidate a success. Besides Frank
). Black, candidate for governor, and
Timothy L. Woodruff, candidate for
lieutenant governor, We're Garrett A..
Hobart vice presidential candidate:
Chairman Hanna, Mr.. PIatt ex-Sen-
ator Gibbs and fully 700 well known
city and state Republicans. Lord Chief
Justice Russell. of England, and a
party OF friends occupied one of the
boxes. Gen. Benz. F. Tracey, ex-see
retary OF the navy, presided, and
opened the meeting with a rousing
speech In the course of 1t he said:
you ask my opinion as to which OF the
Rianks OF the Chicago platform is the worst
a,t ans"er unhesitatingly that it is the plank
mnicn piedges that the federal laws when
resisted by domestic violence. shall not be
enforced, without the consent Of the governor
OF the state. 1t is the worst because II is
liz, lie niost dangerous and most easily accom-
psisneo You cannot change the character
OF the supreme court, nor can you repudiata
me oept OF the nation, without the concur
no1 act ~ OF congress, but it is within the
ment by inaction. .Ae soFerh-
me people read the Chicago platform with
leeilng OF horror akin to that which svant
over the country at the firing on Fort SIM
ser; Ihen party differences were forgotten
aha tne patriotic people Of the Union resolved
shoid M T;1a else might die. the nation
r Snolo I.Ve. Tnen the appeal was to arms to
paeserse the Union. Today the appeal is to
reason, 10 patriotism and to the baIIof to
to s the d1sintegration of the nation and
70 save it from the dishonor of Reputation
For the first time in the history of thi,
uohahtfy, IL mas candidate for the presidennv
s VINO mas declared that if the federal laws
state, he will not without tbe cnnsen4 ~ a .h
governor. interfere. No man can he nresio
on III VI tnis country without first registering
ton and tHas ne VIII support the constitu-
:. i anu faithfully discharge the duties which
~ hIiposes upon him. A pledge made bv
eeaandldate for the presidency in advance' "a
e,1s eiectLon not to enforce the laws of con-
eress without the consent of the eovarDn,
Oh the state, Is a pledge that he will vini ..ta
n d oalh OF office. If he does So violate III
1 t. congress is helpless and the neonie are arc
The destruction that can be 1vror,rt4 -.
ni l and faithless president we alresd1
t Know. For four months following the e ea1s
throno, io ~ tne nation lay helpless and diving
go the neglect OF the executive 10 en-
aolce the laws. Buchanan refused 70 +ei-o
Guy steps to prevent the secession ne the
at I Iaat ssstes: But the 4th of March came
at last, and with it came the frun,ortaI T u
COIN. Buchanan based his refusal ~ ~ In, LII
me ground that he had no cnnstit1 IN, i npon
poMer 70 force the seceeding states INT
tysburg ana doGsrlne was shot to death at Get
IN me chicago platform we have q nov, a.
are n,adoS Wnlcn qualification and secession
erisis lnaoe easy. Fellow citizens a graVer
c-is! never confronted the country than tha
cfis1s which confronts it now n Ioe1 tne
.es the crisis successfully with tha ioO .on We
III teSo under the leadership of McKinIe, ~
ballot. successfully with the
Gen. Tracey then introduced con
sfessHan Black, who was received I1yi+t,
cneers, hand-clapping and hand nIa1-
ing. nile the candidate for envern5,.
" as speaking he was listened to ar
le.lIVeiy, ana when he made a feline
P l,;I Inc immense audience applauded
vigorously. At the conel1Jsion of NJ.
SACKS speech. Gen. Tracey introd,,o 90
candidate Woodruff to the assembsa cee
especially to those who ride The 49,
as one who is well known throuoho1It
the state as the friend of good roads >:
ne was enthusiastically greeted and
Mneh the excitement subsidized the nom
inee TOT lieutenant governor smoke
-, n[leHy- He, too, was rewarded with
1 n1' appiause throughout his speech
ne next speaker was Senator Henry
Capot Lodge, of Massachusetts He
was given warm reception and az
ms speech progressed, he was entb,,-
slastlcally cheered. Senator T,odga
opened with a reference to the c11rra7,t
said: ne
ONCE who speaks of any part Of The ITpitag5
States as the "enemy's country" tn sneeL
OF any portion OF the republic as the ssenemv,s
.oc1iora, Is 10 manifest that evil spirit of
secel0nahsn which was buried by four wears
OF civil war. The revival of that snirit is
aohorrent, and the phrase "eneny's countrv''
IN use everywhere seems more odious. more
monstrous when applied to the citv of New
YORK than anywhere else
Inc senator devoted considerable
Ilme 10 the currency question and re-
1efTed to utterances of the boy orator.
and to the many pearls of speecb
winch he has been strewing along the
railroad lines OF this country" The
purpose OF the silver agitation, he said,
was 10 get votes by making peopIe
peheve that they were going to get
something for nothing and become
r1ch without labor. He added:
- very OLD delusion. You would be
a do TO get dollar under free coinage only
OF some other thing of solid value The DIFF
ference will be that instead of getting a
gooa doiIar, as you get now, you will get one
worth only half as much If Won on to
single dollar standard you will receive for
wages or salaries the same number of dol
lars that you do now, but they will be worth
only half as much.
The senator denounced "the effort to
induce men to vote for the silver candi-
date by raising the cry of the masses
against the classes" It is, he said
as vile an attempt as to endeayor To
rouse sectional feeling. Speaking of the
Democratic convention at Chicago. he
said:
IL recalled to the minds of all thoughtfui oh
servers the scenes which history denicts in
the convention of the reign of terror of Paris.
IL they could not manage the Convention in
orderly, decent American fashion. how can
1t be suppos ed that they can manage a great
government? Look at their state conyen-
tlons: Look at the movement that they kept
up Tor each others retirement Are such
men as these fit to take charge OF the vast
interests and complicated administrations Of
thts great republic?
We have number OF important questions
open in our foreign relations. We shall be
called upon in short tonne to determine
what we shall do in regard to the Nicara-
guam canal We must settle the CONTROVERSY
of the Hawaiian islands. We must stop Can
adian encroachment on cur Alaskan boun-
dairy. We must see to it that the Monroe
doctrine Is guarded and INDICATED every
where. The Cuban question is eliminating
and the day is not far distant when we must
take decisive action to put an end to that
hideous and desolating war. These are deli
cate. difficult and important questions, re-
curing the highest and the widest ard wis
est craftsmanship. Imagine trusting them
for solution to the crew who wrote that
platform and held that convention at Chicago
At the conclusion of Senator Lodges
speech there was another outburst of
applause, at the conclusion Of which
Lauterbach spoke briefly.
the meeting to a close.