The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04

delegates began to arrive yesterday
and they have been pouring in on every
road that comes into the city since that
time. All the morning they gathered
In the lobbfes of the hotels where the
curbstone orators shouted and roared
with enthusiastic energy explaining the
money question and .the true signifi-
canoe Of 16 to II Then there were
bands of music Of every sort and de-
scription from the baokwoods and the
cities, playing patriotic airs.
1t was about 1890 o'clock in the fore
noon, when the delegates and visitors
began to assemble at the auditorium
where the convention was held. and
1t was almost an hour later when
President G. F. Black called the meet
ing to order. About 500 delegates were
present. and the hall was well filed
with visitors. Whens the blessing Of
the Deity had been invoked. the Jeffer-
son Glee club of several hundred voices
sang the national anthem America,
in which the audience Joined. When
the applause following the singing of
the anthem had died away President
Black delivered his quadrennial ad-
dress. Mr.. Black declared that the
cause which the Democratic party was
supporting was that sof no class. no
section, but of the people as a whole.
1t was the cause of all classes from all
parts of the country. He then entered
into discussion of the money question
and concluded by den6uncing Mark
Hanna and the monied power Mr..
Black was frequently interrupted by
applause. When he had finished. he
introduced Vice President Stevenson.
who said:
sTEvENsON's ADDRESS.
The gravity of the issues involved in the
pending political struggle cannot be over
estimated Their supreme Importance to the
masses of our people cannot be measured by
words This is not mere contest as to
men. The real issue cannot be obscured. In
an hour SO fraught with deep concern to all
OF the people, appeal should be had to judg-
ment, not to passion nake no question as
to TO the honest convictions Of those who give
their support to the ticket nominated at the
indianapolis convention. The fact remains
however that the contest for the presidency
rests solely between Bryan and Mckinley It
cannot be claimed that any other candidate
has q semblance of chance for success or
vote.
For what then do the real candidates for the
presidency stand? Will the public interests
best be subserved by the success of the
Democratic party. or by the return of its
membered that during the. thirty-two years
Immediately preceding the inauguration of
President Cleveland thers was no single mo-
ment that the Democratic party controlled
the presidency and both houses of congress;
never moment that 1t could place a single
law upon the statute books. For all of the
legislation during that period, which has
brought in It's train financial disaster mo
nopolies' and trusts" the Republican party
is alone responsible. During this period the
monetary policy of the founders of our gov
ernment was abandoned and silver demone-
uzed. The said results to all kinds of BUST
ness, to all conditions OF men that have fol-
lowed the decentralization act Of 1873 have
never been, will never be, adequately told
Something of the evils that have followed
In its train can be found in the enforced idle
ness OF those who va.n1y seek employment
in the wrecked fortunes Of men once pros
porous in business and in the deplorabIe
condition of the finances Of the nation
sut we are told that the real issue-that
the monetary but the tariff quesIon The
nomination at ST. Louis Of the distinguished
author OF the last Republican tariff law en-
pnaslZes the determination of our opnorenfs
when, in the full tide OF power. to re-enact
the Mckinley law and restore to our statute
books the most unjust, the most odious tariff
tory.
Believing as / do that gold and SILVER fnd
equal recognition in the Constitution of the
United States; that by their joint use In
erecting exchanges and psrfecting the other
functions OF money, we have prospered in
the past; and that the evil days now be-
fallen us are In no small measure the re-
suit OF the demonidzat:en OF silver, have no
hesitation In mainta.nins party allegiance
and casting my vote for Bryan and Sewall.
the nominees OF the Democratic convention
l deeply regret that many Of those with
whom have been asscesa sed IN former con-
tests, now oppose the elsc tom OF the candi-
dates. nominated in accordance with the time
honored- method and ukxges of the Demo-
cratic party Without tsfextiSrsng their ssn
cerlfy, the inquiry Ii significant; what IL