Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-24
SPREAD-EAGLEISM.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 81. 1882.
SPREAD-EAGLEISM.
The First Guns Manipulated by the Re-
publican Boomers Brought out in Pc err
sons Hall-Washburn, Pillsbury, Rea s.
Co., We're Out.
The first Republican rally of the cam
paign was held in Peterson's hall in South
Minneapolis last evening. Sidwell's band
furnished the music while Washburn, Rea,
Hicks & Co., furnished the ''brains." Aid.
Haugan was elected chairman
and Mr.. Jamison secretary.
F. F. Davis opened the ball. He had
much to say of the history of the Demo
cratic party, of the tariff question and the
like, but as whole it was nothing more nor
less than the old, old stereotyped Republi-
can stump speech, with an abundance of
characteristic spreadeagleism, so to speak.
To show, probably, that Washburn did
have something to do in congress during
his two terms, he stated that every member
of congress who sits upon the floor must
have his certain influence, because ne con-
trolls one vote. He had nothing to say
against DR.. Ames personally. He only
spoke of him as standing upon the Demo-
cratic platform, which had a plank in IA
vor of a tariff for revenue only. He had
much to say about the courage and moral
stamina of the Republican party. Every
thing which was in the interest of the
common people had been ACCOMPLISHED by
Republican congress. He dwelt at
length upon the resumption of specie pay
ment. The resumption had been made un
der Democratic sneers that it could not be
done. He mentioned the four per cent.
bonds of the United States, as being sold
in Europe at premium, and that issue is
all the work of the Republican party.
The Republican party has been obliged
to fight the Democrats step by
step in accomplishing all fnan-
cial movements which have brought the
country to her present excellent standing
throughout the world. Democratic sue
cess means total destruction of the pres
emit specie system and flooding the coun-
try from Maine to California with worth
less paper. The speaker persisted through
out his effort in speaking of Washburn as
General despite the fact that it is known
to every man in Minneapolis that he is no
more entitled to the title which is only the
title of the soldier-that which the physi-
cal courage of Washburn would never ad-
NIT, and that he was dubbed" general be-
cause, while his brave and noble competi-
~ 10 %boh o%%1oGo11c Of tho cnufh M
his country's call, Gen." Washburn got a
general" and hied himself away to the
the hostilities in the south had entirely
safety, and withal, goodly sum of money
or pine lands, as the case may have
been-for his valor.
At the close of his address the band
played a selection and then
"GEN." ". D. wASHBURN
was introduced. He said it had
not been his purpose to make any
speeches. in the present campaign, and
here he repeated almost word for word
the letter he had written DR.. Ames declin-
ing meeting him on the stump. He said
his main object, however, was that he did
not wish to be drawn into a personal defa-
nation. He had readssthe addresses made
by DR.. Ames, and he had failed to read one
thing which was of any interest to any
one in the district nothing but
personal abuse of himself. DR.. Ames and
Mr.. Gleun had arraigned him for bill for
the consolidation of the Indian reserva
{ho oEor
cried out he had been brought into dis
grace. He held in his hand the identical
bill introduced by him in Feb
ruary. He then explained the White
earth Indian reservation was the only
reservation of the several which are
scattered about the state. which is of any
value for agricultural pur poses. The OBJ
iect of the bill was to take the Indians
from the lumber reg .ons of the state,
where they are tror BILE ,ome to lumbermen,
and to take them to the White Earth reser-
walton and then s'let them root hog or die"
'sDr. Ames is as ignorant OF the contents
Of this bill as he is of geography" His
great scheme was to sell the vacated reser-
vations in the pine land districts and then
give the proceeds to the poor Indians.
Here Washburn very nearly quoted Geo. K.
0QIW ; 0uOIb LII q 1CCOAAp "ASAOAS a. sAAS
Ereninq Journal. He evidently felt very
bad, because it was suspected that he was
endeavoring to make a big steal. He said
if he had wanted to steal the lands he
would have naturally endeavored to
have had them sold in one lump. He
spoke of his amendment which he had in
troduced in congress, providing that only
ten per cent. of the amount coCld be sold
in any one year. He did not know that
there was such thing in existence as a
pine land ring. With the exception of six
or eight fortys, he had not bought single
acre of pine land in eighteen years. he
thought he had 'sput his foot on the whole
/ thing" as he stated it, by making the
above statement. He said he was
LABORING MAN.
Few men in the audience had worked as
| hard as he had. He had employed many
thousands of laborers, and he defied sim
| gle man to state that he had ever, in sim
gle instance, treated his employees with in
justice. He had paid every cent