Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-04


Root of ow.-Col. Glenn Explains.
The announcement that Gen. Bragg was
to address the Democrats OF Minneapolis
last evening was sufficient to draw to the
Opera house large and Intelligent au-
dIence. Before the hour for opening the
large auditorium was crowded to over
flowing Every available inch of space
was occupied. Hundreds who came late
were unable to gain admission. Miss Nc
Allister's orchestra furnished the music, as
the leading Democrats of the city took
seats on the stage.
Upon the stage were seated Hon. Eugene Will
son, Col. N. W. Glenn, C. NJ. Foote, Hon. w.
W. McNalr, A: T. Ankeney. Judge Atwater,
Root, Captain J. Gilmur, Hon. Matt Wahl.
Ed A. Stevens Chas. Hoag, W. H. Donahue.
h. L. Nelson, A. H. Brandt. H. p Herring. i
w. Lawrence, Weed Munroe, John Ankeney, J.
H. Evehardt. Alderman Holscher, D. B. John
son, Hon. SeagFave Smith, j. Fl. Rolf. Fred.
Chalmers, Joshua Williams, Z. .McDer,nott. c.
Harlow, Oryille Rineha-t and others,
Hhe meeting was called to order by Hon.
Eugene NJ. Wilson, who introduced
GEN. BRAGG,
OF Wisconsin, as the commander of the old
'lronsides Brigade" and one of the lead
ing Democrats of the Northwest. The gen.
eral is an excellent speaker, and as be ar
raigned the Republican party for its cor
ruption during the years it has held the
reins OF the government, he elected the
applause of the intelligent audience.
He spoke against the rings,
against bossisms of the old
Republican party. The spoils system
was also given its full share of attention.
He spoke of the death of Garfield. It was
the result of squabble for spoils.
When the spolis systems are brought to
that point, as we have seen, it is full time
for the people who are not politicians to
rise up and say that We must have
change.
Jay Hubbell and his per cent. assess
ment was brought up. He thought that
perhaps Jay Hubbell was not entirely to
blame for the corruption fund raised
through this per cent, assessment sys-
tenn, and to show upon what he based the
opinion, Gen. Bragg read long
list of whilom politicians who control
the actions of Jay Hnbbell, and strange to
say one of those men was William D
Washburn. Then William D. Washburn is
much more to blame than Jay Hubbell for
the per cent assessment for the purpose of
raising a corruption fund, the object of
which is to control the ballot-bo
throughout the country. 1t would be very
strange if W. D. Washburn would not in
sist that large per csat of that
corruption fund be expendnd in cor
rupting the ballot-box in this district.
Gen. Bragg said he had been called a
free trader. He was free to say that he
was revenue tariff man. When you see
certain men amass a fortune in two or
three years, fortunes of millions of dollars,
you are led to ask: where does that
money come from?" That money comes
from the laboring men, who are stripped
to contribute to the wealth of the manu-
facturers and spectators, and it is all
accomplished through legislation. This
they call prosperity. But
the prosperity of the country
is not incidental to the tariff, but the result
of the honest and intelligent industry of
the laboring man, and to the industri-
Gus tillers of the soil.
Gen. Bragg proceeded at some length,
making telling points upon the tariff and
its inconsistencies and absurdities. He
closed his speech by calling upon his hear
ers to vindicate and establish their man.
hood by casting their honest and unbought
vote for Mayor Ames on Tuesday, and re-
pudiare the boss of Jay Hubbell and his
gang. AS he took his seat he was greeted
by applause.
The orchestra then rendered selection,
,bo,, fho III,
HON. J. S. ROOT, OF IOWA.
who made one of his excellent addresses.
He gave his reasons for being Democrat.
He had been life long and outspoken
Democrat. and his faith and trust in the
party remained steadfast and unbroken.
1t devolves upon you to at least choose one
congressman. He had only met DR.. Ames
on one occasion, and then on last Sunday
and only for a moment. am stranger
in this city, but the moment 1 saw Mayor
Ames, I plainly saw that nature had
stamped upon his brow. "a gentleman"
Applause. The Democrats will gain
three congressman in Iowa, and congress
man would be gained in Indiana, New
York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Our
next will be Democratic congress, and if
this great Fourth district of Minnesota
wants a voice i'll congress. how foolish it
would be to send Republican. Should
you elect Washburn it would be necessary
that he bore certificate from the clerk to
show that he had been a member. He
would not have the slightest influence
there. He called upon the Democrats, and
Republicans as well, not to throw away
their vote on Tuesday but to cast it for
DR.. Ames who would be able to accom-
plish something in the interests of his
constituency.
HON. EUGENE H. WILSON
was the next speaker, and, as matter of
course, his was an eloquent effort. He ad-
vocated earnestly the claims which DIR.
Ames has for the votes of the. people of
Minneapolis, and then turned his attention
to W. D. Washburn. Mr.. Wilson exposed
the trickery of Washburn relative to his
Minneapolis & St. Louis railway fnancier-
ing. He spoke of the vast sums of money
being expended in the present campaign
by the Republicans and said, 1--WE have
taken up as our choice d.. Ames,a poor man.
and without campaign fund farther