Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-24
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man? and what more can do than to in
vest my money in labor. It was his
pride. If DR.. Ames is elected to con
gress what more can he do than can do?
The speaker then asserted that the only
difference between DR.. Ames and himself
must necessarily be the tariff question.
The only question of Importance which DR.
Ames would be called upon to vote would
be the tariff question. Two things are in
evitable results of tariff for revenue only.
If we support the government upon this
| system we would be obliged to place the
tariff only upon tea and coffee. Here fol-
lowed much relative to the Republican
platform, which favored high tariff for pro-
lection, claiming that if the Democrats
should succeed, it would compel laborers of
America to compete with pauper labor IN
Europe. The speaker had pocket chaek
full of statistics which showed up the diff
ference with the value of labor in this
country and the pauper labor Of Europe.
He paid his devout respects to the ceie-
brated ''Chinese letter" which was onb-
lished in the Congressional Globe and took
upon himself much credit for its compost
ton, just as though it pas really the
fruit of his brain. s.Dr. Ames says
I dids't make that speech,
but did" He had regretted the fast he
had not Incorporated more statistics into
that speech. He gave some time to the
California labor question-in fact he seems
to have sort OF. mania for protecting the
Caiifornians, whereas his recent employees
on the M. & st. L. railroad were compelled
to work seven days IN week and long
days at that for $40 per month. He read
a letter written by Abraham S. Kew
lit to Jay Gould upon the man
ufacture of steel rails. IF there is one
man meaner than another it is the man
who lives upon the work of another,
man who never works nor never intends to,
but uses ali their time in strutting about
trying to breed trouble between the EN-
ploye and the employer" Such one spoke
in this hall few nights since, (proba5Iy
referring to Hon. Edward McDer-
motif. am liberal in my
religious belief, but when I see such crea-
lures going around trying to breed discon
tent am inclined to believe with Emerson,
who thought there was hi. No punish
ment is too great for such creatures. He
was very proud of this great district which
includes three great and fast developing
cities. He, spoke of the
great river and harbor
bill which came from the committee On
commerce, of which committee the speaker
was Jealous member. This bill will do
more for the prosperity of this northwest
than any other bill ever introduced inio
congress. The appropriations are magrii-
cent; $25O,OOO from st. Paul to Des
Moines; $4,000 at Duluth; $4,000 for
the upper river; 100000 for
the great reservoir system.
He spoke of the fact that the New York
press had stamped the bill as a gigantic
steal. He here spoke Of the financial pros
perity of the country. Spoke of the '.mis-
cradle wild cat stock, the shinplasters,"
and credited the Republican party with
having brought the country from old shin
plaster days to the present standing where
the financial condition of the country was
the best of any nation in the world. He
said, I've are going, to gain enough from
the Southern states to more. than
triple the loss made in Ohio.
He spoke of the defeats of
the Union army lin 1854, and how the
great Republican party rallied in 1865.
The band gave another selection, when
HON. O. A. PILLsBURY
was introduced. He returned his thanks
to the voters of the old Sixth ward for the
almost unanimous vote for the senate.
Mr.. Pillsbury made a very easy
and pleasing speech, speaking of
the present wonderful prosperity of the
country. I spoke of visiting Ireland,
Germany, Bohemia and other states, of the !.
women and children compelled to work at
manual labor, in order to maintain the
pomp and show of aristocracy. He spoke
against the proposed political change in
Minnesota. It is necessary that labor
and capital should run with
the greatrst harmony. He predicted
in political change a repetition of the
crisis of '73. He believed in the old adage
of letting well enough alone.
JOHN P. REA
followed. He went directly back for TWEEN
ty-two years, when the Republican party
first took the reins of government. He
conceded very frankly that every citizen
had perfect right to vote just as he
pleased. Suddenly he jumped from TWEEN
ty-two years ago to the present day and
called upon, vehemently, the intelligent
voter to vote for Washburn. His was an
other spread eagl estump speech of the
true old type. His attitudes were quite
striking and at certain crisis was highly
dramatic. He arraigned the Democratic
party, because it claims to be the party of
the laboring men. During Democratic
rule not bill giving the poor man a
homestead right was passed. The
homestead bill was passed against
every Democratic vote except two
in all congress. He recounted the great
mplishments of the grand old Repub-
lican party. He credited that party with
having given liberty to 100000 slaves
and a homestead to every citizen. All the
old dead issues known to political cam
paign, were trotted out in flying colors. In
speaking of /. the Democratic campaign
Mr.. Rea stated that he had been informed
that Dan Voorhees,, of Indiana, was coming
to Minneapolis to speak in favor of the
candidacy of DIR. Ames, and then
reiterated that old and libelous lie told
of Voorhees, during the war, that in
a speech Voorhees, has said ssevery Union
soldier should be taken to blacksmith
shop and have an iron collar put around
their necks branded aLncoln's Hireiings."
He treated the resumption of specie pay
ment. Nearly every sentence throughout
Mr.. Rea's speech was begun very patron
izingly with the old time style, of ''Fellow
citizens. This closed the meeting.