St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-04
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
DR.. Collins, attorney EUstis and O'DonOra,i
RossG the Speakers.

DR.. Collins, attorney E0stis and O'DOnOrdn
RossG the Speakers.
Last night Republican rally or ''hlow OUT
was held in Schaefer's hall, South Minneapolis,
with O'Donovan Rosa, Jr., Col. Hooker, At
torney Eustis and ''Thundering Gordon as the
orators and who spoke in the order named. DR..
Collins, the defeated candidate for coroner, intro
duced the speakers to the assemblage, and ii
be safely set down fact that the orations fell
as fat as pancake and evoked no enthusiasm
from the working men who were apparently at
tracted more through curiosity to see the son of
the Irish rebel and dynamiter than to hear Re-
publican eloquence. He dilated at great length
and IN an uninteresting manner on the benefits
of the protective tariff and had the modification
of beholdng the audience s'grow smaller by de-
grees and beautifully less'' before he was half
through. The only thing that elected cheers
was when he referred to the evils inflicted on
ireland by British legislation and when he de-
scribed the American dudes and Anglo
maniacs and mentioned Puck. the New York Her
aid, Ha1per's Weekly and other papers which have
been the enemies of the Irish people and are now
advocating the election of Grover Cleveland.
His ideas on free trade and the protective tariff
were so crude and immatured that large num-
Der left the hall, and DR.. Collins was obliged to
request in anything but pleasant manner, that
there be less noise in order to hear the speaker.
The speaker attributed the Irish famine of 1S47
to the destruction of Irish manufactures by
British free trade and said, free trade if carried
on in this country as in England would bring about
low wages, and that meant scanty living, hard
times and starvation. OF course he did not says
that we have hard times and low wages at the
present time under high protective tariff and
when there is a surplus of revenue in the treas
ury. He referred TO the imprisonment of War
ren Costello and Meaney by the British govern
ment in 1867, and gave Blaine the credit of
etfectng their release by starting an agitation
which resulted il compelling England 10 recog-
nize the dignity OF American citizenship. That
was strange news to the crowd and only the
orators and few roorbacks seated in front of
the platform indulged in applauding the ''plumed
knight for something he never accomplished.
Another strange assertion made by'Rossa was that
in 1869 the Democratic party swallo we'd up ell the
Know Aothings. As campaign orator the son
OF the Irish invincibe proved himself complete
failure, and some wondered why young Rosa is
not good Democrat like his father
Col. Hooker next made his bow, and said he
would only speak for few moments, but instead
OF that he occupied half an hour in telling
stories Of boy and a calf OF Pat and Biddy and
OF GrimshGws coon. The boys laughed heartily
in listening to the facetous colonel.
Attorney Eustis, of Maine, said he was ac-
quainted with Blaine, and Jim was a fine fellow
who would make fine president if elected. He
said the country was twice blessed under the
Republican administration. On the seaboard we
! had protective tariff andin the west we had free
trade in absolute perfection, and there was no
| tariff between city and city, while, il
travelling in Europe, if you
wanted to visit Vienna you were
obliged to pay two cents toll for the privilege OF
| visiting that city. There were no monopolies in
the country. The thing was absurd Why, the
price of steel rails was now only SIG per ton,
whereas few years ago the price was $50 The
price Of wheat is only sxty-fve cents per busheI
| now, owing to a superabundance of crop, but
wait till Minneapolis had half million of in
habitants and wheat will be worth more than
that, for 1t be consumed
| here instead Of shipping it to
| foreign markets. Bismarck may rule
| Germany, Gladstone might legislate for England
| but give him James g. Blaine for president and
and then would come prosperity and happiness
] He desired that every one should vote the Repub-
lican congressional ticket. There was a little
friction, he admitted, in the party regarding Gil
fllan but it was only necessary to use little oil
and all would be well. All Minneapolitans were
interested in getting postoilice, and there was
no sending Democrat to congress 70 obtain
| any appropriation for that building.
The intelligent workingmen present were
thoroughly amused in listening TO the superficial
and silly talk of Attorney Eusts, and as soon as
| he got through they made a break for the door
! and did not wait to hear what ''Thunderng Cor
| don" had TO say, That stentorian orator ONLY
! said he was present to help the Republican party
and so the meeting came to IN end II was an
| utter fzzle.