Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-04
The Splendid Meeting ut saltwater
Saturday Night.
GEN. sIBLEY'S lNCtSIvE SPEECH.
He Reviews the Political Situation in a
Mastery Manner.
OTHER SPEECHES OF THE EvGN'G
Albert Schefter and James Smith, Jr.
Eloquently Advocate the
Democratic Cause.
MODEL POLITICAL DEMONSTRATE
Which Should be Followed With SINH
lar Meetings Throughout
the State.

lar Meetings Throughout
the State.
SrILIwATER, October 3.-The Democratic
meeting of Saturday night was in every re-
spect encouraging to the Democracy Of th'
district as well IS creditable to tie wide
awake and hospitable people of Saltwater
Ou arrival of the White Bear train at G:35
p. N, the speakers and friends accompany
ing them from ST. Paul, were received at the
depot by tie officers of the Hancock and En-
glish cl25 of Saltwater, accompanied by The
Stillws.. Cornet baud. Among those wait
ing at "a depot 10 receive the party were
Hon. T. w. Durant and Hon. j. N Castle
of Still Sc ater, Hon. VIM. Fowler, of Lang
don, and Hon. James Middleton, OF Wood.
bury. The guests in carriages were escorted
to the Sawyer house, where all but tbe speak
ers of the evening were entertained by mem
bers of the club, while the speakers, Gen
Sibley, Hon. Alter, Scheffer and Hon. James
Smith, Jr., were driven to the residence OF
Hon. Isaac Staples where, In the absence OF
Dir. Staples, thew were entertained by Mrs.
Staples and other members of the family
About 7:30 the visitors at the Sawyer house
were taken in carriages 10 the Staples resi-
dence, whence they and the speakers wer5
escorted 20 the Opera house by the club and
band.
At the Oper. house an audience filling The
hall to its utmost capacity, had assembled
The appearance of the speakers was tho sig
nal for generous and enthusiastic applause,
which followed the speakers and officers OF
the club to their seats upon the stage. The
party seated, President Durant, of the Han
cock and English club, called the meeting to
order,and called for the reading of the report
cf the last regular meeting, ii response to
which the secretary, Mr.. Lehlnicke, read the
minutes, showing the membership at the
last meeting to have been 345, and that new
names had been secured during the week
Gggre9ating ITO, making to
tsI of 455. The committee
appointed ct The previous weekly meeting to
report ,he names Of vice presidents Of the
club then reported the following names, and
the report wes adopted without q dissenting
voice:
Baytown-Ambrose Secrest.
bullwater-J. }. CARTS.
O0eSa--Joseph LeiiZ
Cottage GrUve-Ii. s. Metlicke
Lakeland-Ferdinand Durnfelt.
DenmArE-JOhn Burton.
Newport-Giles H. Fowler
Afton-Gus. Staggerman.
GrGnt-Wm. Rutherford.
Marine-John Ward
FOrest-Lewis Shields.
Woodbury-James Middleton.
There being no further routine business
President Durant introduced the first speak
er of the evening, Gen. II. Ii. Sibley, the
nominee of the Democratic party for Con
gress, from the Third Congressional dis
trict, saying in substance:
PRESIDENT DURANT.
GENTLEMEN: The Democratic nominee for
Congress, has beer acitiEen of the Territory and
State of Minnesota for nearly forty-fve years
he has represented the State three terms in
Congress, he was member of the constitution
al convention, that shaped in great measure
our present prosperity as a commonwealth
The votes of our citizens placed him at the
head of our State government, his services as d
member of the legislature have been of that
marked character, becoming his repution as q
statesman, and have now the pleasure of in
Producing to you Gen. Fl. II. Sibley.
REMARKS OF GEN. SHELLEY.
The appearance of Gen. Sibley was the
signal for most enthusiastic applause, at the
conclusion of which he said:
shall address you briefly, for / have not
made political speech for many yearg. II
WAS neither by my connivance nor knowl.
etge that / have been9placed in the field as
the Democratic candidate for Congress.
Many years since L retired from active par
ticipation III politics, and numbers of nv
personal friends in both parties have ex-
pressed their surprise that have consented
to undergo the excitement and labor Incl
dent to q canvass of this kind. 1t is with a
view to frank explanation Of the reasons
for my course that l first come among my
old st. Croix friends. l call you emphaticaI-
ly, my friends. for | can never forget that
when was candidate for Congress from
the Territory, and elected for three success.
siye terms, the ST. Croix valley invariably
gave me heavy ma jority. | have no cause
to believe that tee people ever complained
that was not true to their interests while 1
was their delegate in the National Congress.
will now mention the considerations
which have prompted me to leave the quiet
of my home at the call of the Democracy.
First, that call was q unanimous one by the
man, although not partisan, have ALWAYS
held that no citizen has right to decline
an unsought and unsolicited nomination fol
any office in the gift of the people. Second
ly, regard the present as a grave crisis in
public affairs, and if my name can be of any
use or Importance. as my party believe it to
be, in determining the issue be-
tween the two great political organi
cations of the country, now to be tried
before the people, 1t is my duty to submit
1t is nv sincere conviction that the election
Sof James A. Garfield to the Presidency
would involve momentous consequences Il
the republic, and should be regarded as
calamity. Not that l am such an alarmist
as to apprehend that, under ordinary cir
cumstances, the preponderance of one politi
cal party or another is fraueht with danger
to our free institutions. The present aspec
of affairs is, however, anomalous, and wist
to call your attention particularly to it, as i
appears to me. The Republican nationa
convention, which assembled in Chicago moi
long since, after a long strife, and many sue
cessive ballots, nominated Mr.. Garfield as
compromise candidate. He was not amona
the prominent chiefs of his party, and wa!
only chosen by combination of the anti
Grant forces when all hope of uniting upon
Blaine or Sherman had been abandoned n:
impracticable. OF Mr.. Gsrfeld's personal
record will not speak before 1 close. You
will all recolIect that three hundred and siz
delegates, under the leadership of Senators
Conkling, Logan and Cameron, adhered tc
Grant throughout. The sacred traditions o.
the country against a third term were
laughed to soorn by this large fraction, which
only needed thirty additional delegates tc
accomplish the nomination of the ex Presi
dent.
Too narrow was the escape of the natior
from having forced upon it by unscrupulous
aud determined pariisaas, the candidacy OF
en- individual who had already filled the ex