Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-25
VOX POPULI.
THE MEETING OF THE CENTRAL
A1IES CLUB.

Hon. Eugene NJ. Wilson,, Charles Nice.
Reeve, David b. johnson and Others on
the Issues.
The second meeting of the Central
at No. 10 South Washington avenue last
evening, with President McDermott in the
chair.
The hall was filled with the members of
the club.
HON. EUGENE M. WILSON
made the opening address and as a matter
of course it was a good one. He reviewed
the manner of conducting Republican
campaigns by assessing the Office holders
to defray the expenses. When these things
are mentioned the central committee who
levies the assessments reply 20, it is moth
ing obligatory; it is a voluntary matter"
To show whether this be true or not, Mr..
Wilson cited many instances where Office
holders who had failed to pay these assess
ments and failed to make answer to the
letters which they had received, notifying
them of the assessments made had
speedily been called upon to send
in their designations. The speaker paid
his respects to Hubbell and Dorsey in no
complimentary words. The star route
swindle was also shown up in its true
colors. The speaker, from depicting the
depredations of the star reuter- followed
up the vein and showed up the manne of
the trial and the failing of the jury to
agree.
In speaking of local politics he stated
that the men who run the Republican
machine politics can be counted up on a
mans fingers. He liked Washburn per-
sonally, but every man who knows him per-
sonally can but conclude hat he was not
naturally cut out for a congressman. He
was selected by the machine politicians
not because he was fitted for the office, not
because he had brains, but because he had
a barrel and was willing to knock out the
head and ''let'er roll.'' That is why the
machine politicians of the Minneapolis
Republicans rally around Washburn. Why
does a man spend $4,000 for the privilege
of going to congress to draw a salary of
$4,000. DR.. Ames is a poor man. He has
only what his services will bring him in
administering to the sick. We did not
nominate him because he was a poor man,
but We want now to know if a poor
man can be elected to congress. That is
the great political issue of this campaign.
Then the question is whether a man who
is willing to spend money, thousands of
dollars for his election, will get more than
will an honest, upright man who has no
money. DR.. Ames has a strong hold in
the hearts of the people of Minneapolis.
No matter whether the patient had money
or not, DR.. Ames has always just SO
promptly attended them professionally.
The personal attacks made upon him by
the corrupt newspapers which are laboring
for campaign money, fall harmless.
Throughout all the attacks made upon him
by the newspapers, not one of them nave
dared-and they nave said everything
which they dare-they have not accused
DIR. Ames with a single dishonest act in Of
flee. The great fault they find with him
is that he is not digniied, that he smiles
upon and shakes hands with the poor man.
Mr.. Wilson made a graphic comparison Of
the two candidates from an intellectual
standpoint. Washburn, who has spent
two terms in congress- has cut no import
figure. His has been the position Of the
merest mediocre. He never has
welded any influence whatever.
He then showed up the manner in which
the Heather Chinee letter had been writ
ten, read, printed in the Congressional
Globe (for pay sent to the Charley John
sons of the district for circulation, ETC.,
etc.
The fitness of DR.. Ames for filling the
Office as representative was fully shown
up by the speaker and Washburn was
scored for not daring to meet DR.. Ames
upon the platform. In speaking of the
tariff question he presented sound, logical
arguments to show that the state m ents
made by the Republican organs that a low
tariff was injurious to high wages, was one
of the most unreasonable and absurd fall
lacies ever brought out. While the Journal
and the Tribune, of this city, are bowling
for a high tariff, all the lead
ing, sensible Republican papers of
laboring for pure Democratic principles
upon the tariff question. He closed by as
suring his hearers that if DIR. Ames is cleo
ted, and he thought it looked very much
as though he would be, that there would
be no star route business perpetrated.
oHAs. Nc c. REEVE
was next introduced. He related hui
morously how he had in looking
for the Ames club accidentally
stumbled into the prohibition camp in
Harrison hall. He then humorously re-
lated Washburn's career in the halls of
congress-. A very handsome tribute was
paid to DR.. Ames. The speaker had known
him a number of years, and he knew him
to be an honest, straightforward and capa-
BILE man. Mr.. Reeve was followed by
DAVID b. OHNsON
who delivered one of his characteristic aud
pointed speeches. He arraigned the
Pioneer Press and denounced the
bossism of the Republican party.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Johnson's
remarks, Mr.. Donahue introduced
as the next speaker Hon. Ed McDermott,
who referred to the vile attack by W. D.
Washburn On him the preceding night and
said, Il, as any other citizen has a right to
do, took the liberty of taxing to task some
of the actions of Washburn, and he turns
about and tells that 1 do nothing but walk
about the streets trying to excite discord
between the employer and his men, and
when he says that he lies.
He went on and gave some interesting facts
regarding the great amount of work and
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