The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04

! of his arraignment we hereby enumerate
The surrender of the federal taxing power
| TO the agents Of special privilege.
! "A VOCATION Of the assurances to the peo-
! pc that International bimetallism would be
| secured.
The fostering of trusts and monopoies
Wlltul extravaganza in the expenditure of
the public revenue.
Hypocrf:ical denunciation of the federal
| revenue act Of the year 1894 for the alleged
reason that it yielded insufficient returns (the
deficit hereunder being due to the reversal Of
many judicial decisions sustaining the validity
or an income taxi. and for enacting into law
mat monumental deficit producer, the Ding
! ley bill.
False and delusive promises of prosperity
uttered to carry the election Of the year 1896.
ana not only still unrealized. but impossi-
| bic of realization under Republican ascend
ency.
The robbery of the farmer and the crush
ing. of our merchant marine through tariff
| legislation
The maintenance OF a system under which
the manufacturers of the United States are
enabled TO obtain from domestic consum-
ers higher price than from foreign consum-
ers of American factory products.
The molding of federal legislation so as
to produce conditions under which the cotton
mills of the country have largely suspended
operations, general wages have been extern
| slvey reduced, labor is still to a great ex-
! tent out OF employment, the operation of the
coal mines has been attended by oppression of
the laoorer. and the foreclosure OF mortgages
has risen to gigantic proportions while plu-
tocracy has reveled In the enjoyment OF IN
Seyenteenth-We hold the Union veterans
OF the Civil war in ever increasing honor
and demand that all statutes enacted for their
benefit shall be faithfully, honorably and
cordially carried into execution.
Eighteenth-We rejoice in the conclusion
OF the recent war for the liberation of Cuba
and in the glorious achievements OF our army
and navy therein accomplished. The regular
! army and navy, and. ALSO the soldiers Of
the volunteer army have exhibited. heroism.
fortitude, persistent energy and enthusiasm
| that have excited the admiration of all ma
| lions and have entitled the survivors OF the
war to the profound gratitude of every true
American Ample provision should be made
| for the promotion of their comfort and in
dependence. The widows and orphans of SOL
! diers slain in conflict peTshing by dis
ease should receive the paternal care of the
| republic.
We regret that during the recent conflict
/ the horrors incident to a state of war have
been vastly augmented hundreds Of lives
| needlessly lost by disease and that brave SOL
! diers have been tortured with hardship when
| III from wounds or disease, all Of these ca
| lamitles being due to neglect and ineffi-
! cheney in the management of the federal war
department, and constituting a foul blot
| upon the record OF the administration.
| To the support Of these principles we pledge
! our utmost eXertions and we invite the CO.
operation Of all citizens without regard to
! hitherto maintained,
john H. Ives nominated Judge VIII
lis in speech that was frequently in
terrupted by applause
Henry OConnor, of Ramsey, nom
mated E. J. Schumacher. Of st. Paul.
| but the nomination was not seconded
and the nomination of Judge Willis
was seconded by F. L. McGhee and
D. Cornell. Of Ramsey, and Me A.
Nelson, OF Washington. The nomina-
tlon was made unanimous by rising
vote.
Judge Willis was escorted to the plat
form, and accepted the nomination in
a speech which in ri fOli
remarks were frequently broken by
applause, and he was given a. noisy
and hearty welcome:
WILLIS ADDRESS.
This day the Democracy of the Fourth
congressional district of Minnesota declare
anew their creed political and present a can
didate for the suffreges of the people.
The nomination unanimously rendered by
an assemblies Of American free men and
accompanied by the most cordial expression
or confidence and good will, constitutes a
compliment and imposes trust. For the
compliment, / beg you to accept an assur-
9nce OF profound gratitude. accept the trust
It's acceptance tmpresses me with a keen
sense of the responsibility which l thereby
assume. l am a Democrat l revere the
memory and accept the teachings OF Thomas
JeHerson. l rejoice in the achievements o9
Andrew jackson. / am proud to be arrayed
IN the indomitable legion that with unsur-
passed enthusiasm. feryid zeal aud sturdy
j. Bryan. '--ip u william
The fathers Of the republic left to their
descendants and successors heritage and
an inspiration. The heritage was vast It has
been eXtenSed by conquest and nv nurch o.
until 1t has become an imperial domain
Scarce quarter OF century elapsed before
Americans in the revolutionary struggles, was
peopled by the same race which had tri-
umphed over Great Britain. The welfare OF
the United States and their PEOPLE was threat
Of obi naYof dor min
by the Kingdom OF Spain. The mouth Of the
Mlsslsslppl rivera great highway of COM
meFce-was in the hands Of foreign power.
This condition proved to be iHtolerabe The
cesslon OF Spanish territory to the French
empire and the willingness Of the great Ma
poleon to transfer that territory to the gov
eminent Of the United States gave to Thomas
Jefferson the opportunity for extending the
boundaries of the Union. That Cpportunily
was not neglected. The Louisiana purchase
gave to the area Of the United States an ac
QUESTION which has been divided into more
than ten great states, which have been added
to the federal league and have become pros
lean war-a conflict fought under Democra tic
auspices-was the addition to our domain OF
the district comprehending the states Of Cal
ffornia, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, and the ter
ritories Of Arizona and New Mexico The
wise decision of Democratic president and
Democratic congress admitted the great
state of Texas to an equal position in the
Union. The later Gadsden purchase, during
the administration Of Franklin Pierce, still
further Wldened the area over which our ma
tional ensign-Old Glory-was destined to
float in honor. All of the acquisitions of
territory gained prior to the present year,
with the exception Of Alaska, have occurred
at the instance and under the direction of
the Democratic party. All Of the districts
thus acquired have been rapidly settled by
people Of races and nationalities practically
identical with the original settlers of the
British colonies, and the American race is
rapidly becoming homogeneous, subject to
the same tendencies Of thought and action,
and inspired by the same ideas. The policy
of territorial acquisition hitherto pursued has
been calculated to secure for our own race
the highest vantage ground of civilization
and to give an opportunity for social devel-
opment and for intellectual and material
progress such as can only be secured in a
land OF liberty and under the benignant in
fuence of free institutions Our experience
in attempting to control, civilize and hold
commercial intercourse with the Indian races
and our experience in attempting to adapt to
institutions Of self-government the enamel
consider we'll before we adopt the policy
which shall extend our political institutions
over distant colonies and attempt to control
and civilize vast hordes of barbarians.
According to the primal theory Of Amer
lean politics, the government was not en-
dowed with the power CT duty of creating
opportunity, but was bound to guard, for the
common benefit, the existent and latent op-
portUnities which labor and capital might
utilize for the advancement Of civilization
and for the ameliOration or social and econo-
mic conditions. Equality in regard to all
the opportunities of life was the card
principle of Amerlcanism. The philo oph-r
of Monticello, with patriotic zeal and sage
dertook to make certain specific employ
ments OF labor and capital artihcia,ly proflta-
BILE, natural equality would be impaired end
privileged class inevitably created. AS the
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