Daily globe., 1878-11-01

kaLneIeo 1IOm tne record OF cIlme. men WOrK-
ing hard, day in and day out, hadn't time to
commit crime. Such as thes.e had no such
charge as adultery laid up against them. (Ap-
plause.) This class were never indicted for
embezzlement, or was he ever accused of any
other abuse of confidence and trust. Gap
plause) Within the hearing of the speakers
voice, in the United States district court, a
State treasurer of Minnesota had been arraigned
for stealing $19s, ,000 Did he belong to
the Democratic party7 (Applause.) Who
ever heard in our community of
poor hard working man stealing even SO much
as five cents from his employer. Was it a
Democrat who went out of town SO suddenly
and mysteriously few days ago? Qaugh-
ter.)
Because the Democrats were corrupt
This unwarranted assumption was sickening,
and one which not only fred the speaker with
indignation, but, being Democrat, made him
mad. He could take up the local ticket and go
through it from top to bottom, and defy any
one to point to one act of any candidates. life,
either public or private. which was not
honorable. All were fellow citizens, neighbors
and even friends Of members of the opposing
party. They were known, and men in the.
| community esteemed, yet to defeat
them, their characters being free from
any just cause of aspersion, prejudice,
| scandal, calumny and lies were resorted to.
God alone could save such a party, ad. pting
such villainous means to defeat their .op-
ponents. To all just and honest men, such a
course Of conduct should be motive to induce
| them to vote for the very men SO foully
maligned. To illustrate, attention was invited
| to malicious, malevolent and lying slander,
published in the Dispatch, relative to the con-
| duct of James King, candidate tor sheriff on
| the Democratic ticket. He was charged with
| indecent, and even ruffanly haste in assuming
the office OF sheriff, when appointed by the
board of county commissioners. This was
busily circulated to cause his defeat. His
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| not believe this malicious lie; and defamation
| OF Sheriff King had been circulated by his OPP
ponent. 1t was fair stand up fight between
| them, and resort of such low, vulgar means
to secure success marked the party using
| them as indeed despicable. 81 am a Domocrat,
| and apt TO be vulgar, you know, Of course.
| (Laughter.) Such conduct makes me indig-
| nantly mad True manhood revolts at such
baseness. If a man were seen on the street be-
| set and beaten, common humanity would die.
| tate that his brutal assailant be pulled off. In
this case similar vindication was demanded.
1 am personally responsible for what I say, and
| am ready both to prove it and maintain it on all
and every occasion. The whole statement, as
given In the Dispatch, regarding Sheriff Kings
taking possession of the Office, is lie. He at
tended the funeral in charge of platoon of
police. The meeting of county commissioners
was held after, and not before or during the
| funeral. was present at the meeting, in the
abseuce of the county attorney, by request,
and advised then, as I think it right now, tho
| appointment of a sheriff. King was appointed.
Word reached us that Coroner Stein, who held
| the Office, thought he should not surrender
Mr. Dawson, Sheriff King, myself and others
in company went to Coroner Stein the keys
| were turned over and possession was taken. At
the time Mrs. Becht was at her daughters. She
returned there from the funeral. I was the
| messenger who went to Mr.. Benz, who was in
charge for Major Becht, and told him as had
/ fol me hvS hat fbo /7,NoJT;
portion Of the jail acas at Mrs. Becht's disposal
as long as she REQUIRED 1T. Furthermore Sheriff
King allowed and turned over the proceeds of
one weeks board Of prisoners to
estate, after he (King) had
taken possession Of The office" Immense ap-
plause.) man running for office may be
fool, but he isn't necessarily a convict. The
speaker further exemplifed this scandal phase
of elections by reference to the malignant at
| tack upon @. s. Uline, but he left office not
owing a cent. (Applause)
Mr. Lee Davis was declared to be the best
| auditor that ever stuck pen in an ink bottle in
the county of Ramsey. He was better posted
| than any man in the county on all tax matters.
The present rate OF low taxation was more due
| to him than any other man in the county.
| Judge o. O'Gorman had earned the title of the
Just Judge" Yet these men were styled ring.
| This cry was heralded by men who elected all
the defaulting county treasurers within a
radius comprising the whole State. He had
defended some of them-and tuey had paid
him we'll, as they ought to have done for de-
Tending Republican. They had elected them,
they had been dishonest, but he knew OF no
| instance where the parties who had put them in
office had punished them from Grants secre-
| tary of war down to any one of the many de-
fanltlng county treasurers. (Applause.)
The speaker bowed his Acknowledgements and
sat down amid q tremendous outburst of ap-
plause.
AIr. Brisbin was again loudly called for. He
again declined to speak, but introduced the
hon. Leonard B. Hodges. saying he was an old
campaigner, an unconquered and unconqer-
able Democrat. (Cheers.)
MR.. HODGES REMARKS.
Mr. Hodges began by referring to Republi-
can rule, the extent Of years over which it had
reached. Then he mentioned the first utter
ance of complaint that arose in the land. That
swelled, and now the complaint was universal.
The voice of compliant sWelled from the throat
OF the laboring class. The capital and class
legislation OF the Republican party had laid
too heavy - burden upon the
working WORKING, men: From time to time
the land, until the workingman had seen his
modest property tumble and crumble about
him. Yet the rich were richer. He charged
the Republican party with the deplorable con-
dition of affairs. They had been in power,
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betrayed every trust imposed in them. They
had robbed the people, formed rings TO deprive
the people of their substance. The wheat ring
OF Minnesota was such. Every paper that pal
Lated the great wrong, every man that sus-
tanned it, was he Democrat? The Republic
Of the State. had arrayed itself against
the interests of the people. They had made a
| great blunder; and they had taken a bigger
contract than they could fill. The speaker re-
viewed at length the unholy Vaccinations OF
the wheat ring, and such logic as used in grad
Ing W wheat could not be made to go down with
$4,000 farmers. He illustrated the prostration
OF tho people in the grasp OF capitalists by the
story of the boy who told his father to grin and
bear the bite of the bull dog which had hold of
his nose, as it would be the making of the pup.
He thought it time for the people to strangie
the u whole litter OF pups, which had them in
their money grasp.
Mr. Hodges declaimed against all monopolies,
and because he opposed them the walls of wrath
had been poured out upon his devoted head
His speech was similar to his mastery address
to the Fourth ward voters and com manded the
closest attention of his hearers. "i
MR. BANNING SAYS FEW WORDS.
Mr. Banning was called ou and took occasion
to say Mr.. Window had wilfully, through ig-
norance or design, falsifed the record as to the
law issuing treasury notes. Mr.. Banning de-
clared the issue constitutional, and that the
supreme court of the United States had de-
clared Congress to be the sole Judge Of the me-
cessity. and that it was empowered to act, un-
mindful whether at peace or war.
The meeting adjourned with three cheers for
Donnelly and all the candidates. to meet at the
polls.
SWINDLER.
He Claims to be a M. d. from Deadwood,