Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-20

ioSioeue AdttueW VdlSn was elected
chairman. He opened by making short
but pointed address in which he stated the
objects Of the meeting.
The chairman then read the following
preamble, which was adopted:
SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AMEs CLUB.
This organization shall be known as the
South Minneapolis Ames club.
1t shall have for its objects:
First-The holding of Democratic mass
meetings during the present political cam
paign.
Second-The election of Dr.A.A.Amest to
congress, and the entire Democratic legis-
lative and county ticket.
The officers of this club shall be presi-
dent, five vice presidents, secretary and
treasurer, which officers shall fern board
of managers.
OFFICERS.
Matthew Walsh was elected president by
reclamation. He acknowledged the COM
pliment, stating that nothing would give
him more pleasure than by doing all that
was within his power for the election of his
the entire Democratic ticket.
The board of officers were then elected
as follows:
Vice Presidents-John Landberg, Hans
0. Peterson, A. II. Mitchell, Jose ph Hol-
scher, Phillip Hartman.
Secretary Lally.
Treasurer-Jacob Martin.
HON. A. A. AMES
being called for stepped to the front
and addressed the meeting. He began by
rendering his thanks for the compliment
in organizing the club which they had
seen fit to name after him. He was graft
fed, and satisfied that the people would
hereafter decide who should hold
the reins of the government. He
believed in the intelligent voting
rf the workingmen. He meant by work
ingmen people who earn their bread by
their hands Or heads. He believed in vox
populi vox Del. He proposed to deal in
plain Anglo-Saxon language. The work
ingmen of Minneapolis will no longer
permit any one Or party of men to make
up slate to which they should stand and
by which they must vote.
The speaker then treated the Ohio VIC
tory. He said that the people of Ohio had
in their might abolished machine politics.
The Republicans of the country are driven
to taking up with schemes and issues
from the fact that the most honest and il
telligent elements of the Repub-
ican party are DESERVING them and going
over to the Democrats.
He predicted that New York and Penn
sylvania would go Democratic by an over
whelming majority. The New York Tri-
bune, the leading and most influential pa
per IN all New York, had predicted the
downfall of the Republican party, and
advises all honest Republicans to aid in its
overthrow. 1t spoke eloquently
and argumentatively against
the dishonest machine politics of the Re-
publican party.
Under the leadership of Abraham Lin
coin the Republican party had become a
strong and powerful party, and well it
might. The success of that party was
from the same reasons which prompts the
success of the Democratic party to-day.
The sympathy of the nation welled out
towards it.
The speaker then readsa number of clip
pings from the Republican press of the
country, starting out by reading clip
ping from the Pioneer Press and stated
that it was an excellent counterpart of ar
ticles published by other papers through
out the country:
1t was money which had kept the Repub-
lican party in power. The speaker had no
money. When elected to the Office of
mayor it was the workingmen who paid
the legitimate expenses of the campaign,
at from 81 to So man.
The Republican party RON system of
assessments.
Referring to the Tribune as a dirty, ly-
ing sheet, the audience sent up
shout which made the hall ring.
Throughout his address the enthusiasm
was tumultuous.
DIR. Ames again referred to w. D. Wash
burns reply to the speakers challenge to
meet him upon the platform in joint de-
bate, and read extracts from the Washburn
letter.
He said that Charley johnson knew that
Washburn dare not stand upon the platform
and answer the questions he proposed to
ask him, and Charley johnson is greater
political general than Washburn ever was
or will be.
Washburn has held two terms in con-
gress but never has reported a word to his
constituency-yes,a "Chinese letter." That
is all he ever did in congress. and the
speaker doubted if he ever wrote it. And
the subsidized press now tells the people
that Washburn is the peoples friend.
will tell you what kind of friend he is.
He paid his men on the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad S45 per month. won
der if it did not break their backs carry
ing it home to their families.
These men found they could not live on
$45 per month and support families and
struck for higher wages. The result was
that the freight traffic on that road was
stopped. The millers could not get their
wheat. They sent Edward McDermott to
Mr.. Washburn and asked him to
accede to the demands of the
the strikers so that they might get their
wheat. Washburn replied laconically ssNo."
Mr.. McDermott then said: sWe will nav
your men three months wages if you viii
permit them to go to work. But still
Washburn replied: 'sNo; there is a great
principle at stake" That great principle
was keeping down the workingman. That
is the manner in which Washburn has be-
friended the working1nen, cheers The
speaker then gave some vary ;ntarae+;,,-.