St. Paul daily globe., 1884-10-31
Some Good Reasons Why DON
nelly Should be Elected
as Congressman.
A Call From Mower County to Cut
Off the Patronage of the
Pioneer Press.
Grand Republican Fizzle at Montevideo--.
The Tired Party---J ohnson at
Northfeld.
The Tired Party Have Kind of Rally.

occurred last evening, and In many respects
was regarded by the participants as a grand
affair. 1t demonstrated to certainty what
had heretofore been only surmise, that the
avowed supporters of our congressman, Maj.
Strait, are few and shy. In the procession
were 110 torches, besides those carried by the
band, of which number sixty-two were car
ried by boys from twelve, to eighteen years
old. Speaking of music, the procession of
last evening also demonstrated that for q
noise and stimulus for enthusiasm crowd
of boys with torches will discount the best
efforts of the best trained musicians. In the
procession were the following transparances: :
IA solid north for j. G. b" ga solid south
for Cleveland;" "American labor must be
protected;" Cleveland for hangman no go
for president"
AS said before, the procession was con-
spicuous for the small number of voters and
the large number of boys, but the hall where
the speaking took place was filed
though largely by the good Democratic voters
and the patriotic boy. Another noticeable
feature of the parade was that there was not
a single transparency for Maj. Strait.
The meeting in the hall was called to order
by Mr.. De Kay; who introduced the Hon.
Frank Bass, of Red Wing. Mr.. Bass spoke
for several minutes, and said in substance
that the parade and enthusiasm of this even
ing reminded him of similar parades in the
years gone by, when the Republican party
was engaged in putting down the Demo
cratic war Che did not mention the fact that
there were more Democratic soldiers engaged
in putting down this Democratic war than
Republican, for the destruction of this gov
ernment, and struggling for the maintain
ance of the same principles for which they
are struggling in this campaign. That the
Democratic party had enslaved labor while
the Republican eunobled it. That James G.
Blaine was the peer of any living statesman,
the representative of the American con
science, while Grover Cleveland was fit
representative of the Democratic party,
man without convictions on any
public measure, etc. Mr.. Bass at
tempted to faunt the red shirt but
his effort in this direction was conspicu-
GUS failure. He evidently lacks those dra-
matte qualities so conspicuous in Mr.. Blaine,
and which make him an interesting speaker
and actor, but dangerous and unreliable
public official. The remarks of Mr.. Bass
were free from personal abuse, modest, tame,
lacking in interest or value, inasmuch as
the issues of the day were not discussed, and
his remarks on the dead issues were equally
dead; the facts have become part of the
written history of the country and his efforts
to rehash them in partisan spirit, to show
them to an intelligent audience through a
colored glass, was received without interest.
When Senator Window was introduced he
was greeted with enthusiasm by all parties,
as the Democrats of Minnesota have reason
to be proud of her distinguished statesman,
who has shown himself possessed of too much
wisdom and craftsmanship to be appreciated
by the Republican party. They have little
use for statesmen. In these latter days the
senator is unfortunate in not having been
born to appear the stage with the Sum-
ncrs, the Lincolns, and patriots whom all
parties honor and respect, though not agree
ing with them upon all public measures.
Senator WindOm's remarks on the finance
were Interesting, but not intended to inhu-
ence voters, inasmuch as every one acknowl-
edges that our present system OF finance (the
joint products Of the giant iutelects of the
Democratic and Republican parties in the
dark DAYS when the latter party was com posed
OF statesmen the peers of those in the Demo
cratic party, and when the former stood
shoulder to shoulder TO shoulder with the lat
ter on all public measures in saving the
country from the danger which threatened IT.
is the best eyer devised (and when the silver
dollar has been made to contain a dollars
worth of silver and brought to par with gold
y .solx.
statesman hopes to improve. The remarks
of the orator on the tariff were of similar
nature TO those on finance. After enumera-
ting the various industries that have been
developed since the war, and reciting the
well known story of the uupar-
alleled growth of the country,
all of which he attributed to
TIE Republican tariff system instead of to the
stimulus which the war had given to the. va
rious industries; when we were compelled
from necessity TO extend our manufactures
to supply the sudden, rmous demands of
the war which could not 0e had abroad:
were further encouraged by our expanded
currency, aud furthered by the patronage of
the government and waste of the war and
protected by the practical blockade which the
war afforded. He did not dwell upon the
effect Of PROTECTION to Labor as protected
10y the Republican tariff by which about one
third or more of the cast of articles consumed
by the laborer is 4 tax wrung from his scanty
earning to pay this same tariff which pro-
tects % him and which does not go to the
government, for tariff which protects home
manufactures does so by keeping out OF the
/ market and when goods are not imported
| the government derives uorevenue, but which
enables the manufactures to increase the
! price of their goods TO the amount OF the
4 duty, by which have been built up in this
1 country the most selfish, rich, graspng and
1 grinding monopOlies in the world, who are
/ using their wealth, wrung from the laboriug
men in the country, TO corrupt
/ their legislatures, and courts, and
! to further oppress the people. He said
! nothing OF the effect of Republican tariff,
I which by its artificial stimulus has forced
capital into channels where it was not
/ needed, and bolstered up industries not vet
demanded by the country, and encouraged
an over production in industries. which, in
/ short, has brought about an artificial instead
I of natural condition of trade and com
merce. He did not tell US that this system
bad drawn tens of thousands of men from
/ the natural avocatious and cailiDgs of nor
NAL state of affairs to labor in these factories
] that were bolstered up by special laws until
they had become wealthy and had increased
their products beyond the demands Of trade;
( when these tens of thousands of laborers
beye been thrown out Of employment or re
duced TO half time, while the favored manu-
facturers are working of their surplus pro-
/ ducts. These and many similar effects Of
I the tariff the senator did nat mention aud
I many of the effects that be did assign to the
+ tariff, as wise statesman as he is would as
/ sign to other causes. But nobody was hurt
( by listening to the senator, aud everybody
was entertained, and inasmuch as the Dem