St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-26
The First Meeting of the Cam
paign Held Last Even
ing.
Short Addresses by Gen. Johnson
Hon. M. Doran and
Others.
Mr.. Doran Disposes of the Talk About Irish
Blaine Men.
Dennis Ryan President of the Club, with
Strong List of Aids.

Attorney Egan, who made short address.
He said the Democracy, as of old, met for
the purpose of representing all classes; the
Democratic party was essentially q. party for
the people; it was not one man party; it
was based on the principles as taught by
Thomas Jefferson; the party was for the
rich and the poor, the high. and the low;
it was not a Gould or Vanderbilt party; it
represented the grand principles on which
the government was founded, and it was the
party on whose banners success and victory
would perch this fall. [Cheers.]
Mr.. Egan then nominated Gen. r. w.
Johnson as temporary chairman. Carried
amid applause.
/ On taking the chair Gen. johnson said
"Fellow Democrats, let us all stand up and
give three cheers for Cleveland and Hen
drieks,'' and the cheers were given with an
ardor that meant business.
After the cheers had been given, Ger.
johnson said that they were present to ar
range to carry Minnesota for Clevelafd if
they could. He then thanked the meeting
for the honor conferred, and he said that in
view of the fact that he had been the frst
Cleveland man in the state, it might be
! proper for him to preside as chairman of the
club. Gen. Johnson then referred to pre-
diction by him made In a ommunication to
the GLOBE in October, 1882, in
which he predicted at the time
Cleveland was nominated for governor
of New York that he would not only be
elected governor, but that he would be the
next president Of the United States. Gen.
johnson then compared the records of Cleve-
land and Blaine, showing that while the
former was poor man paying taxes on only
$1,000 worth of property, Blaine was rolling
in wealth and opulence.
After returning his thanks he called on
the meeting to elect secretary, and Mr.. j.
G. Donnelly was elected for the position.
On motion of Judge Egan the following
were appointed as committee on perman-
ent organization: j. J. Egan, John W. Willis
W. j. O'Connor, w. P. Murray and w. J.
McClung.
Pending the report of the committee, Mr..
Oppenheim called on the Hon. P. Fl. Ra-
hilly, Of Wabashaw, for speech. He made
a short address, saying that If the rank and
file of the party worked as hard as he had
worked in talking to his,barvest.h In
the past few weeks lie had no doubt of Cleve-
lands election. [Applause.l The speaker
made short but earnest address, and he
predicted Democratic success,
Senator Simmons, of Little Falls, was then
called on for speech. In responding he
said he had been Democrat all his life, as
had his father before him. Applause.
He then called attention to his experince
with the carpet bag district Of the south; his
first vote had been cast in Louisiana, and he
had never been given as full an opportunity
TO vote as in Minnesota. He spoke of the
infamous and tyrann nical rule Of the Repub-
lican party, and he predicted the election of
Cleveland and Hendricks; he thought Ohio
was almost certain to go Democratic, while
there was hope for Wisconsin and the black
est of all states, Iowa. He believed that
next fall all would have occasion to rejoice
as Cleveland would be the next president.
| Applause.
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
Mr.. Willis, from the committee on perma-
nent organizations, then submitted the fol-
lowing report:
The committee on permanent organization
beg leave to make the following report:
They recommend the gentlemen herein
after named for election as officers of the
Central Cleveland and Hendricks club of
St. Paul, Minnesota.
OFFICERS.
President, Dennis Ryan; vice presidents,
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Hardenberg, Gen. R. w. Johnson, George
Mitsch.
Recording secretary, JOS NJ. Pottgieser.
Corresponding secretary, o. F. Day.
Treasurer, NJ. j. O'Connor.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
First ward, Charles s. Cummings, W. A.
Turner.
Second ward, Frank NJ. Jacobs, Edmund
Rice, Jr.
Third ward. Henry H. Fuller, Louis
| Fischer, Jr.
Fourth ward. William o. Robertson, Chas.
H. Manship.
Fifth ward, Charles W. Spiel, Edward A.
Whitaker.
Sixth ward, William Berlandi, Robert
Hare.
On motion of Col. Shelly the report was
unanimously adopted.
On taking the platform Mr.. Ryan was
greeted with applause, and on motion OF Mr..
Willis three hearty cheers were given in his
honor.
| Mr. Ryan invited the vice presidents to
seats on the platform, and he assured the
meeting that he would do all in his power to
further the objects Of the club, and he e1-
tended thanks for. the honor conferred.
HON. NJ. DoRAN.
Hon. Michael Doran was then called for
In responding he gave the meeting an idea
of what the Minnesota delegation had done
in Chicago; the delegates had been pledged
to no candidate, except Mr.. Tilden.
When he withdrew they did their
best to ascertain the sentiments
of the best people in the convention as TO the
most available candidate; Mr.. Cleveland's
friends and enemies were both there; many
of the allegations against him we're proven
not to be true; among other things it was
said that be had vetoed a liberty of con-
science bin providing for clerical visitations
TO prisons; this was proven a falsehood, as
no such bill came to him to sign Other
charges against him were found to be ground
less, and the delegation came to the conelu-
sion that If nominated he could
be supported by every man in the party.
Referring TO the charge that Cleveland was
an enemy to the Irish and laboring classes
he said that his position was exactly the re-
verse Even Mr.. John Kelly, than whom no
better man lived, was not unfriendly to
Cleveland: all he had said was that he didn't
believe he could unite the party. In refer
ring to the charge that Cleveland was not
friend to the Irish Mr.. Doran challenged any