The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

I economical and legitimate Government l expenditure, which purchases support by appeals to sordidness and greed and
 which continually corrupts the pubic conscience.
 What but infatuation with the visage
 of defeat can explain the subordina tion of these things by Democrats when they | prepare for battle?
 Taboo Double Dealing. "If we are to have rehabilitation and re-alignment of our party in the sense l suggested, it is important that 1t be done meaning. Our people are too much on
 the alert to accept political deliverances they do not understand; and the enthu- siasm of the Democratic rank and file does not thrive on mystery.
 The Democratic harmony of which we hear so much. cannot be effectively con- structed by mathematical rule nor by a formal agreement on the. part of those
 who have been divided, that there shall
 be harmony. It grows up naturally when
 true Democratic principles are plainly are honestly deciared. and when. as a result of these, confidence and enthusi- asm stir the Democratic blood. It was | such harmony as this. growing out of such conditions which with the battle | cry of 'Tilden and Reform gave us the Democratic victory of 1876 against odds great enough to discourage any but harmonious Democracy. and against an opposing force brazen and desperate enough to take from us by downright
 robbery what the voters of the land gave | to us.
 Democratic opportunity as near at hand | but believe we shall reap the fruits of it only by following the line of conduct
 have. indicated. In any event. I have | comforting and abiding faith in the
 indestructability of the party which has | so many times shown it's right to live and | It's power for good. and I am sure the reserve of patriotic Democratic wisdom will at some time declare itself In the rescue of our country and our party. My days of political activity are past and shall not hereafter assume to par | ticipate in party councils. I am ahso- | lutely content with retirement: but I l still have one burning, anxious. political I aspiration. I want to see before l die
 the restoration to perfect health and s,l- premacy of that Democracy whose mis- | sion 1t is to bless the people-a Democ- | racy true to itself, untempted by clamor. | unmoved by the gusts of popular pas
 sion and interrupted by offers of strange alliance-the Democracy of patriotism. 1 the Democracy of safety. the Democracy | of Tfiden, and the Democracy that de-
 serves and wins success"
 | At the point in his speech where MT. l Cleveland announced his absolute retire ment from politics the crowd yelled, NO. no, mo-" Senator David B. Hill. who
 spoke next, was received almost as en- | thusiasticaliy as MT. Cleveland. MT l Bowling. in introducing him said: 'Mr. | Hill Is today the recognized leader of his party in New York State, and under his | guidance and leadership VIC are confident l of victory
 MT. Hilrs Speech.
 MT. Hill. among other things, said: "The signs of the times point unmis- takable to an awakened interest in the promotion of the success of the Demo- iora in nI nf There is especially a deep conviction among | thoughtful people that there is something radically wrong with the fareign policy of the present administration. MT. Hill here referred to the recent speech of MT. Hoar in the Senate upon the Philippine question. He comapared 1t with the address of President Roose- | welt on Decoration Day, in which he de- clared the President "purposely or in advertently confused the well recognized distinctions which exist between the | army and the government and between | all those officials of the government and | the government itself. and assumed to | question the loyalty of those who have | ventured to criticize the cruel acts of a | few officers of the army who. If semi | official reports are correct, have un- doubtedly disgraced the uniform which | they wear"
 President Roosevelt" he continued, l seems to have lost his head when he | forgets that 1t is not a crime in America | to criticize the army, the President or l any other servant or servants of the | people and he needs to be reminded that | loyalty to the government does not con sist in loyalty to individuals or to the policy of those who happen to hold of ficial positions.
 Loyalty to Government
 Loyalty to this government consists in attachment to our free institutions, l but 1t does not consist in ostentatious profession of intense Americanism.' nor | indifference to the preservation or spread | of Republican forms of government every where .nor in suppressing free speech, nor in conquering the free people of other and distant lands who desire to govern themselves. nor in lawfully sending ac- credited representatives of this govern ment abroad, without the consent of the | Senate, to witness the coronation of a | king whose monarchsl government. to | it's shame be it said. has pust succeeded | in crushing the two struggling republics | of South Africa. without one word of pro- test or one effort to save them or one | kind word of sympathy for them in their | unequal struggle, expressed on the part | of this-the greatest republic of the | world"
 Mir. Hill then referred to President | Cleveland s message to congress regard | ing the Venezuelan controversy in 1895, | which he regarded as a direct contrast l to the action of the Roosevelt admins tration in the case of South Africa.
 The ex-Senator then took up the sub feet of Cuba, dealing first with the ad- ministration of General Wood. whom he bitterly arraigned. The use of money flor partisan and lobbying purposes in aid of administrative measures pending before Congress" he declared. served to emphasize the irresponsible and danger ous character of arbitrary military rule anywhere"
 Misconduct of Wood.
 "The history of the country" he con- tinued, does not furnish a more fragrant breach of official duty. as well as of- fcial spropriety. than that presented by the misconduct of Wood, Yet he has neither been arrested nor rebuked nor censured. nor called to account by the administration.
 Discussing the Cuban tariff question, MT. Hill said the present controversy in Congress over that matter seemed to il- lustrate the hypocrisy as well as the unsoundness of the whole Republican po- sition on the subject of tariffs.
 Proceeding on the topic of the protec- five tdri6 he said.