The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-21

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-David B. Hill
addressed a great Democratic mass
meeting in the Academy of Music,
Brooklyn, tonight. The hall was pack
ed and the enthusiasm Of the people
was extraordinary When the former
governor stepped to the front Of the
stage, the cheering was deafening and
the women in the boxes and all over
the house waved their handkerchiefs.
The applause was continued for several
minutes and 1t was renewed again
and again. AS soon as the speaker
could be heard, he opened his discourse
upon the political issues of the hour
Mr. Hill said:
The paramount issue in the present cam
paign Is that of honest government. There
are no war issues, called, to divide or dis
turb the people. The achievements of the
war with Spain belong not to any political
praty, but to the common people. This point
is incontestible, but if there is any attempt
to Inject a partisan spirit into the results of
the war, we need not fear comparison with
our opponents. We may recall the plain
facts of history.
You remember the cold and unsympathetc
message of President Mckinley in December
last, opposing Cuban Intervention of any
kind, exaggerating the difficulties in the way,
and unnecessarily reminding congress and
the people of our neutral obligations. You
have not forgotten the attitude of Senator
Hanna, the Warwick Of the present admin
istration, as we'll as the head of It's fnan-
cial syndicate-fresh from his senatorial tr.-
umph at Columbus purchased by brb -ry and
corruption, who sent to the president in an
swer to his congratulatory telegram, the
famous, or rather infamous, message: God
reigns and the Republican party still lives, -
and who, with tears in his eyes, was pleading
at Washington for peace a. any price and
lamenting the threatened disturbance of the
business interests of the country by so 'un-
necessary a war"
Neither need 1 remind you Of the di c
predictions and lamentations Of ether Re-
publicans high in the councils of the party
who, in those momentous days, were seeking
to stem the tide of popular enthusiasm which
was sweeping over the land, and stating that
their party was being dragged in,o a un-
holy war by their unscrupuIous opponents.
IN AT THE FEAST.
BLG now that this "cruel war" is over
and America has easily triumphed on both
sea and land, and the American flag proudly
floats over our new-acquired territory-never
as 1t is fondly hoped, to be lowered again
these postwar patriots, who never lifted
Lnelr voices IN Dena-I OF CUBAN liberty Wher
that cause was in dire distress and needed
friends came forward and with unabasheG
haste. not simply to notice. but to claim
all the glories Of the war. All their orators
from Dr. Depew down TO the village oracle
are perambu,ating the state, fighting ovel
again the few battles of the war, giving viviC
descriptions of the engagements they never
witnessed, and detailing warlike events tha
never occurred, telling of vague and imagi
nary issues, rather than confronting those
which really exist.
1t is said that the president must be sus
tained This is a silly plea at this stag,
Of events The conflict has ceased no armed
forces confront us anywhere, and we ar
virtually debating our own terms of peace
No dangers confront the country, excep
those which may be occasioned by our owl
selhshness or incapacity, and under such cir
cumstances appeals to our patriotism to sus
tain an adverse administration with whicl
we do not agree, must be regarded as un
warrantabe and childish.
During the continuance of the struggle tn
appeal pertinent and was most patriot
ically answered. Democrats WED with Re
publicans in the endeavor to give the ad