Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-03
MINNEAPOLIS DEMOCRACY
IN OVATION OF ORAT0RY LIST
EVENING.

An Enthusiastic Rally of the South Minue-
apOlis Ames Club-POwes full Addresses
of Hon. j. S. Root of Iowa, John w. Will
lis of st. Paul, Hon. Weed Munroe and
Others.
A meeting of the South Minneapolis
Ames club was held in Peterson's hall,
which was completely filled last evening,
with President Mathew Walsh in the
chair.
ED. A. STEVENS
was.the first speaker. He made a short
address, explaining an interview with
George X. Shaw relative to accepting
Shaws proposition to print any commani-
c ltion which DR.. Ames Or any friend of his
may put his name to. Mr.. Stevens asked
him if he would publish his exposure of
the sale of the st. Louis railroad. Mr..
Shaw refused, stating that the less said
about that matter the better for Washburn.
Mr.. Stevens then stated that at the
time Washburn failed he was owing large
number of workingmen, and that a large
proportion of those workingmen were only
paid a certain per cent, on the dollar.
Many waited after having been promised
to receive their pay in full, until they were
disheartened and sold their claims at what
they could get. Months afterward the few
who had not sold their time checks at
from thirty to fifty cents on
dollar were paid in full,
but others remained unpaid and are still
unpaid.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Stevens ad-
dress Brooks Brigade band played lively
air, when
HON. J. S. ROOT, OF IOWA,
was introduced amid applause. He was
gratifed to see the large gathering of en-
thusiastic citizens, which argues much for
what expects to be accomplished
on Tuesday next. It is the
drifts and tendencies OF the party
with which We are leagued is in favor of
strong government. Taking the country
through it is the tendency of the Repub-
lican party to invade the personal rights
| and liberties of the private citizen; under
the shadow of the Republican party in
| Kansas and Iowa the homes OF tie private
| citizens are invaded and the law
| is SO fixed that they cannot if
they choose have mug of beer
upon their tables. In Kansas woman suf-
frage has been engraf.ei i, a. enc of the
planks of the party, and soon tobacco will
be taken up, and for this 1 say it is party
which cannot be trusted. 1t is looking to-
wards a government with magistrate
elected for life. This is the great princi-
pie of Alex. Hamilton. In the convention
in which Alex. Hamilton advocated
this principle sat two gentlemen,
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison,
who had signed the declaration of indie
pendence, who believed in a government
for the people and by the people. The
only safeguard is to not let any member
or candidate of that party escape from
defeat on next Tuesday. If they are elect
they will be obliged to go into the legis-
lature pledged to deprive the citizens of
their personal rights and liberties. The
entire claim made by the Republican
organs for the support of the people of
Minneapolis is founded upon the
veriest fallacies. He had attended a
Republican meeting where the first words
of speaker were that they had fought the
battles of the Union and crushed the rebel
lion. The speaker had sup
posed that Democrats and
Republicans had gone shoulder to
shoulder, side by side, suffered the perils
and privations of the war together. But
| if it is this war record for which the Re-
pubhcans claim your votes, then certainly
Washburn and Window have no claim
upon your franchise. They were during
| the war valiant and brave members of the
home guards.
From 1860 to 1873 the Republicans had
control of the country. In 1873 a fnan-
cial crash swept throughout the land. At
that time and following, hundreds OF
thousands of men went tramping through
| the land seeking employment. Now this
is not my claim but it is theirs. They,
the Republicans, claim all the credit of
| the financial success of the coun-
try. Then they are respon-
sible for this terrible fnan-
| cial crash for only during the time men
toned did they have control of the finances
of the country. In 1874 the Democrats
gained the control of the finances of the
nation, then prosperity began. When re-
sumption was made the Demo-
Gratis had control of the financial
affairs of the country and have
continued in control. According
to the position taken by Washburn and
Window, the Republican party is response
BILE for the financial crash of 1873. and to
| the Democrats is due the credit of the
present great prosperity of the nation, be-
| cause it is now in the control of the Dem
ocratic party. The Republican speakers
| will get up in their meetings and
read long statistical reports of
| the largely increased acreage
which now is under cultivation over those
| of 1860. Now, as matter of fact more is
to the credit of the self-binder than to all
| the Republican and Democratic parties.
Politics have absolutely nothing to do with
it. The speaker then spoke on the tarG
question, showing up the fallacies of high
tariff, showing that it has nothing whatever
to do with the price of wages. Window him
self says it should be revised and changed;
that it should be taken off the necessaries
| and placed upon the luxuries that it bore
heavily upon the laboring men. All the
leading Republicans take the same posi-
| ton. The speaker read an extract from
WINDOWS speech delivered at Spring Val
ley, wherein he declared himself in favor
of reduction of the tariff. The speaker
then turned to the editorial columns of the
Tribune and read: The Democratic party
favors reduction of the tariff, and there
| fore is an enemy to the poor man." Mr..