The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-14

ss sorssn From portion ct
the spirit of "peece. commerce and hon
e; sst friendship With q, q az m nations. entang-
echoed and fs-eehoed down the corridors s; taas
GendsSip IN both countries F RsadiH ans
TONS address relating to foreign asi reis-
tionS and It will promote good will ~
tween these two Nations.
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
Suffer me In bringing these remarks to
q close to indulge thH hope that the
Democratic party W Ha,S act IN its nationa
what Is due to the commercial interests
of our country that the resources Of our
soil may be brought more and more un-
der the command 5 Of our people, that
labor in every department may have an
increasing and not g. iesseninE reward,
that our merchant. flag may be restored
with honor not less iiiusrrious than that
fighting ships. that the inventive genius
OF the land shall be prolific of good to
the millions and not merely to the mill
of self-reliance and sGorning all gov
ernmental paternalism, shall assert him.
self. that the credit Of The nation shall
be- be unt ar and as an the past, lib
1t Is Indispensable that the commerce Of
our country be rooted, as 1t was, in JUS
tice, famed by the winds of liberty, kept
purged clean from the parasites Of mo-
nopoly and watered continually by the
sweat Of free individual enterprise and
competition. care not by which party
the evils that have, suggested shall be
remedied or prevented, prefer that the
party in power shall do SO, because 1t
would hasten the remedy for these grow
Ing evils and an ounce Of prevention
ty in power fails to answer the call Of
the people in these respects, 1t, will be
but a little while when they will be re-
placed PLACED by the party whose Sc, history dis,
nearer sympathy and touch with the
struggling masses. ~.
word to the Democracy and 1 have
finished. - Let not the mere selfish
thought of probable or possible party
success absorb your time and thought,
instead of the desire to prevent evils that
may may threaten our country. Remember
tive form of government of the party
in opposition is a noble and lofty one
The organized exercise Of an intelligent
of liberty. but good government. Let
this function be performed impassion-
ately. and faithfully for the purpose of
watching over the acts of omission or
commission Of the party in power. If
the evils become dangerous and oppres-
sive such as the habitual violation of
the principle Of home rule by the ma
tional or state government; fostering of
y
taxing power or the relief Of their fran
chise values from the fair contribution
to the support Of government; the de-
struction or impairment Of our water
ways at the instance of railroads; tho
extravagant or corrupt waste of public
funds; or incompetencyISan radicalism,
then the demand for Change will be so
imperative that unity will reign supreme
among the rank ands file of our party.
At the conclusion s of Justice Van
Wyck's speech many persons left the
hall
Justice Van Wycks reference to
trusts the estate canals and '.the in
ACCESSIBILITY of an alliancstwith Great Bri-
tain seemed to attract more attention
than anything else he said. and these ut.
terances were applauded with much show
Of spirit. [1s
John B. stanchfields responding to
Thomas Jefferson" had much difficulty
in making himself heard.