The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-25


anew lpak The principles Of jefferson, lack
son and Of Polk shall be the principles 81 the
democratic party now as they have been in
the past, and as sure as day succeeds night
II Will return to power and restore the gov
eminent to the constitutional moorings from
which 1t has been wrested by such mal-legis-
lation as that which is being forced upon US
today.
Mr. McMillin's speech was very well
received by his Democratic colleagues.
who applauded him frequently. MIR.
Dingley challenged Mr. McMiIlin s
statement that the pending measure
gave to the refiner of sugar a differ
ertial Of more than one-eighth of a
cent per pound Mr.. McMilIin gave
an elaborate calculation in support of
his statements. Mr.. Dingley repudiat-
ed the calculations, contending that
they were based on the superstition
that one hundred pounds of raw sugar
testing 80 degrees polariscope would
produce 100 pounds of refined sugar.
Mr.. McMillin spoke about an hour
and half. and when he concluded
was warmly congratulated.
GROSVENOR, OF OHIO.
Mr.. Grosvenor Rep., o. was then
recognized. The Republicans gave
him a cordial reception.
Mr.. Grosvenor began by referring to
the necessity of speedy action in the
the ground relating, as he expressed
it, to the bankruptcy of the treasury,
the enormous expenditures in excess of
the receipts of the government, with
the undersirability of borrowing mon
ey in time of peace to carry on the
government. He continued, in part:
We are here to execute the peoples de-
mands. The demand of the intelligent for a
protective tariff s. stem comes not from par
tisan utterances, but from the men OF all
parties and from every section OF the cOun-
try. The fruit grower of California, robDed
and ruined by the Wilson bill. cries loudly
to Republicans for assistance, and from Ala
bama and Georgia. and conspicuously from
Louis ana, comes the earnest demand tor
the passage Of this bill.
1t has been the purpose of the ways and
means committee to present measure mere
that would bring first an abundance or mon
ey in the treasury ana second the employ
ment Of the labor of the country. We want
to go back TO 1892. We want TO see whac
we have not seen since then, cOntented la
borers, we'll fed families We believe we
have accomplished it. We have provided
in the bill for the expenditure in he United
States ultimately more than $500 CO0,005 per
annum TO the labOrers of the country above
that which has been derived heretofore. We
believe that the farmer on the mighty farms
OF the West and everywhere will be benefited
by this bill.
The policy Of this bill has and is and will
be. if it should pass into law, to give to the
labor that degree Of employment in the Unit
ed States which will cause to be expended in
this country every dollar that is expended
for such products of the soil. the mine, the
shop and the factory that we can produce
in the United States on equal terms with
the foreign produC eT.
In this hour the Republican party is called
upon by voices that sound out of all the
memories of the past. and sound out Of all
the teach .ngs Of today, to stand by the prin-
ciples of its party and give to the country
this enactment; give TO the country this
nOla * 0T1r 6urT OIlT al
vantage, my Republican friends, to parUci-
pate in this great battle. Do not be misled
by the attacks o. the enemies Of this law
stand together; stand for the prime pies Of
your party. and in the coming years it will
be said of you "this man and his party
brought the country out Of the wilderness
OF Democratic ruin and depression ana
brought it across the Jordan of discord and
trouble, and brought it into the promised
land Of prosperity and happiness.
GENERAL SPARRING.
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Grosvenor referred to Mr. McMillin's
statement that Mr.. Mckinley had been
overwhelmed with defeat after the pas
sage of the bill which bore his name. 1t
was true. he said that Mr.. Mckinley
had been defeated for reelection. but
in a gerrymandered district. normally
Democratic by $500 majority: and with
all the power of the Democracy at
work against him, with such speakers
as David B. Hill, then a Democrat
on the stump, he was barely beaten
by 400. The next year he was elected
governor by a plurality of $4,000 and
last fall had carried the state by $4,000.
the largest majority ever given in Ohio
in a presidential year
Mr.. Bell Pop. COLI, interrupted Mr..
GrOsVenor to call his attention to the
fact that during the last campaign
Republican orators in his section had
said that disaster had Immediately
followed Mr.. CleVeland's election IN
1892, and that the great revival would
begin Immediately the country was as
sured of McKinley's election.
They were right" continued Mr..
Grosvenor. Disaster began the day
after Cleveland was elected. The re
vival began the day after Mckinley
was elected. Since that day there has
been added to value of real and person
al property Of our citizens a sum equal
to a hundred thousand times the
amount of the national debt"
oh" cried the Democrats, as they
jeered this response, while Mr.. Bell
pointed out that for two months after
the election the commercial agencies
each week reported the general dis
appointment that there had been no
revival of trade, but instead reported
the greatest line of failures in the his
tory Of the country.
Mr. Grosvenor replied that it was
matter Of wonder that there had not
been ten failures to every one which
occurred. Failures were the result OF
a long series of misfortunes.
Mr.. Ogden Dem, La) asked Mr.
GrOsvenOr to correct his figures as to
the business revival, saying they eX-
ceeded all bounds. Mr.. Grosvenor
laughingly admitted that perhaps in
his enthusiasm he had oVershot the
mark, but he insisted that the revival
had increased the value of property
at least 100 times the amount of the
national debt.
Mr.. Grosvenor subsequently created
much amusement by challenging the
Democrats to offer either the Wilson
bill, as it passed the house. or the
present law as a substitute for the
pending bill.
The Wilson bill could not secure
five votes on that side of the house. ,"
said he, and not ten of you would
dare to vote for the present law and
go back and look your constituents in
the face. The bill confessedly wrecked
the country, but, thank God, it also
wrecked the Democratic party"
In a glowing peroration, ne said the
Democratic party would sit on the
Stygian shore and read it's record by
the red light of hell while every prin-
ciple upon which the republic was
founded would continue to shine in
the bright diadem of the Republican
party.
Mr. Walker (RcD.. Mass) closed the
debate for the day session in a vigor-
Gus defense of the benefits of protec-
ton. He charged that the Democratic
speeches were made to befog their con-
stituents oh said he. "if / could
only drill some truths into your heads
If / could only open them, put in few