Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-21

The third, or Prohibition party, OF this,
The Fourth congressional district of Min
nesota, made its first public demonstra-
ton in this city at the old court house last
evening.
At O'Clock Mr.. Satterlee, in behalf of
the Genital prohibition committee, called
the meeting to order, and nominated
DIR. D. G. Wright, lase of De-
troit, Mich, a distinguished temperance
worker, for chairman. In accepting |
the chair, Mr.. Wright said the time had
come when the people had to throttle rum, |
or rum would throttle the people. Moraa
suasion had been tried Tor years. during
which time hundreds of thousands OF
drunkards hal sunk into blackened and
dishonored graves. The time for temporiz-
ing with the evil hasrpassed. Temperance
was a living principle, and it must be in
corporated into a party organization just
the same as were'the principles of the two
old parties, and wSlen this was done, the
temperance people would sweep Ghs eoun-
try. Mr.. Wright concluded his remarks
by introducing :
re- G. W. EMERY,
of Minnea polls, who spoke substantially
as follows:
3TO BE RIGHT IS BETTER TEAM TO -BEiA
RULER
is a tritely accepted maxim; bat, looking
out on the mighty seething, surging mass
of humanity we find confronting this &C
knowledged truth, the struggle by avarice
and falsehood, of error, to become ruler
and occupy high position, regardless of
right on prsnciple.
To-day throughout the length and hreadth
of this nation the contest is pressed under
many sguises ard names. Capital ct times
seems arrayed against labor and labor
against.capital, high tariff against'iow tar
if, vice versa; North against South and
South against North; railroads against ag-
riculturiets and agricultuTists against
railroads.
Yea, even sawdust may become an i'm
mense bone of contention and threaten
the peace and quiet of t,co great'cities.
Any thoughtful man must see, if he in
vestigates these subjects with >candor for a
few me0ents. that they areuehtireIy of a
local character, many of them self-adju just
ing and governed only by local circum-
stances and equitable reciprocity. For ex-
ample, 1T may be of great advantage to
the New England and Eastern N manufacture
ing states, that high tariff be enforced.
while tethe South and West low TIA riff NAV
appear to be the best. There may be g
time when high tariff is Absolutely necse
sary and again the time surely comes, when
free trade may be most conducive to the
interests of the people.
"The wise statesman representing yOr
of the northwest may bring ferth measu re:
and soundly advocate them, which may b,
consideredsoppressive to those people o.
other portions, and while they may appe "a
to us just the things we want, yet the o,p
Posite may appear to the residents of N, ~
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia end 9th 9
parts of the country and we must see su cl
measures ,quashed, until they maybe ma,
to appear for 1.-THE greatest geoG Of t -
greatest numbers, and SO our represent a
tives in congress- are there, to watch o. 1
interests and oppose and prevent (as far .
in them LEY sectional legislation. Now il
these facts consists the division.ahindi
ual parties, both Republican and Dem
ocratic The Republi. AN party Of
Minnesota does not on every meas
ure agree with the Republican
party of Massachusetts, and. as aolsssrvei
in the last important apprt ,pziation bill
which was of such benefit an d necessity t.
us. How divided were both the parties
and yet strong enough in thei division II
override tie veto of our Repu GGear, pres
ident.
Neither does the Democratic Glact-iaze'
$ssf these different sections and st; rtes aagzs
&sy better than their opponents Now =
these propositions are true, you ask anss
She use of the party? Ianswer 70 mi
fye .crystallize and teach great fun damsu
tai principles, and lead ah'
masses to higher la1a
OF intelligence, comfort ana civilian ION
and every body of men banded toee, ha
to oppose monopoly or expressions of a. !!
Kind or 70 suggest measures lessenins
pect to NEST opposition and win their way
by argument. agitation and sometimes.the
sword, and having faithfully and success
fully obtained an object, they must, ike
Alexander, either find fresh fields to CON.
quor, or weep and die.
'sWe come to you to suggest that the
time has how arrived, when both the
old political parties in almost every state
in the Union have passed their meridian
of usefulness and are rapidly approaching
their sunset and night; when the Republi- |
can (the now dominant) party has ceased |
TO be party of principle and has been
turned into pandemonium, wherein may
be found all manner of political hucksters
and place-seekers, without a definable |
principle, and with an array of plighted |
and broken pledges, which ought to, and is
ringing the death knell of the tricksters
and political mountebanks Herewith con-
nected.
':We come to ask you to join with us, as
party, in our efforts to produce condi-
tons which will be more benefcient to the |