The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-08

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. THE Re-
publican campaign in Minnesota was
opened tonight at the Lyceum theater
and Senator g. X. Davis delivered the
principal address.
AT the outset the speaker voiced his
sorrow at not being able to be with
the people Of the state during the cam
paiGn. 1t was the first one since 1856
that he had not taken an active part,
but his duty called him elsewhere, and
his speech for the evening WAS the only
one he could give. He wished he could
meet all the voters Of the state face to
face, in order that he might show them
what the Republican party had done
for the nation in the nineteen months
1t had been in power, after taking 1t
in q wounded and fainung condition,
from the hands of the opposition pr
ty. Continuing he said:
I do not wish to dwell too harshly upon
the deeds Of those wno oppose us. Tney
have earned our respect individually BY their
conduct in our recent need, for OF every
party men responded ike heroes to the call
TO arms, and fer that must remember
thom kindly as brothers and friends: Yet we
cannot forget that by the Democratic policy
labor vas living in enforced dleness in q
land Of peace and plenty. When in that
state the Republican party took the wheel and
from that limo on the light OF better times
began TO dawn, until today We live in the
midst &C prosperity, and the dogmas OF the
election viii show il, but d feeting and
ephemerai shadow before
viii not dwell upon the 1G to l craze.
That has been decided. It's standard-bearer
no other could have done; Il was argued at
its best, siyen lis very choicest dressing, and
was submitted 10 the people. The American
people have a quick and quiet way Of dis
posing OF such matters, and they disposed of
that one It is gone and past forever, gone
10 its grave unwept, urhorOred and unsung,
and to my mind it will never be resurrected.
TARIFF ISSUE.
Mr.. Davis then brancaod of into a discus
slcn os the tariff issue. He said:
Let me show you q few figures about our
exchange Of fabrics with other countriee
For the year ending June. 1897. our exports
were $l,r0, CO0 900 and our imports S764 $50 =
OQQ. In 1898 our exports wCre 81 200 coo, Coo
and our imports S6l6, O00. an excess of ex-
ports over imports Of 1928 6l0 600, but the
greatest food for thought lies in the great
opening OF trade with the Chinese Orient
have some figures from PUGET sound which
! wired for. l find that for the year pass
the South has shipped by our Northern roads
raw cotton TO the amount Of Il, 024, 205 pounds
that they have shipped 9711 tons of manu-
fac.ured iron and p 81 tons of rails. Here
are statistics which could net be secured q
few years age, because none such existed.
Here is something which brings it nearer
home TO you in Minnesota Those peop,o
are beginning to use -four instead Of rice and
in the a2-Ee period there has been shipped
from Puget sound and Portland G. 400 tons
CT manufactured -four, which, as I figure it.
is $50 GtJ barrels, or the equivalent Of 5000 :
coo bushels of wheat. There is a new fed
opening Gradually the Chinese Orient, with
It's population Of one-quarter CT the globe, has
been opened to trade and Russia Franco
England and all the rest are after its COM
Inercia. interests, and perhaps imperial But
by right america has the first cal there
There is but enc ocean between Us and that
orient, while between it and Europe there
are two. We VIII lG@s something to say
about HAT
SILENT AS TO PHILIPPINES.
My present position will not admit of my
airing my views upon our present position in
the Pacific. I Will say this, however, that
this government will secure from the sltua-
ton whatever American honor American
commerce and American philanthropy de-
mand. CTerrifc applause) War is a terri
Die thing, fellow citizens but in this short
est and most successful war ever waved
there has been much to crafty It has
wiped out as in day that hateful line along
the Potomac and the Ohio the gray has dis
appeared in the blue, Ike the passing storm.
IS 1t merges into the canopy of the azure
sky, and like the shower so have the tears
dried up, until all this land is clasped IN ON
fond and everlasting embrace
After the meeting there was a reception
to the senator at the West hotel, at which
hundreds shook his hand and thanked him
lor MS noble work in the trouble with Spain