St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-19
LOCAL POLITICS.
A High Old Republican Ward
Meeting Last Night.
The Audience Cheered for Cleveland
and Disguised the Oil Inspector.
Boundaries of the Various Voting Precincts
in the City.
The French Democratic Club and the At
tempted French Republican Club.

tempted French Republican Club
4 Republican Meeting With a Democratic
audience.
The Republicans of the Fourth ward held
an open-air meeting to hurrah over the Ohio
election. at the corner of University and
Western avenues last night. As hurrah
meeting it. was a grand success The en-
thusiasm of the audience was unbounded
In fact, we do not remember to have ever
attended rally where the applause was so
spontaneous, frequent and hearty. The
gathering was thoroughly happy and glad of
an opportunity to allow its joy to overflow
over the result in Ohio-and West Virginia.
10 make a long story short, the crowd was
about as unanimously Democratic as could
be found in central Georgia, and what cheer
ing it had to launch on the evening Zephyrs
was for Cleveland and Hendricks. The
speakers of the occasion were surprised at
this rank growth of Democracy, and chagrined
at its numerous manifestations of hopeful
ness in the future of its leaders. There were
probably not twenty Republicans in the
crowd, and the major part of these were Re-
publicans because they are drawing a salary
from the United States or the state of Min
nesota. The speakers were United States
Steamboat Inspector Mark D. Flower, Assis-
tant Secretary of State A. F. Nordin, State
Oil Inspector Henry \. Castle and Mail Car
rier Hoffman. This array of oratorical talent
had SO stronga federal flavor that the risibles
of the audience went capering at once and
kept it up throughout the meeting.
Steamboat Inspector Flower opened the
meeting by saying that as the president was
absent on account Of illness, he
had been invited to preside. He
said Ohio, doubtful state, had
given the Republican ticket rousing ma
jority. "a voice-At $25 apiece Now,
he said, we will start off tonight by giving
three cheers for Blaine and Logan. IA
painful pause. A voice-Three cheers for
Cleveland and Hendricks. A rousing re
sponse. Mr., Flower then introduced As
sistant Secretary of State Nordin.
The latter came to the front of the plat
form and asked in the Norsk tongue if there
were any Scandinavians present, but there
was no response. Three cheers were given
for Cleveland and Hendricks. Mr.. Nordin
then proceeded. Said he: We come here as
the friend of the laboring man. A voice
To be boosted into office by them. We are
supporting man who has been
friend of the laboring man
for twenty years-James G. Blaine. A roar
of laughter followed by three cheers for
Cleveland and Hendricks, and request that
the Mulligan letters be read. Mr.. Blaine
has always been foremost in the fight to give
the laboring man the highest possible wages.
A voicc-Hc paid laborers dollar day on
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always favored protection to labor. IA voice
In your mind. WHO put Italian cheap labor
into the Hooking Valley mines!l
Mr.. NOrdiu failed to answer any of these
questions, about which the crowd seemed to
be very anxious to know something, but in
stead got angry, said some cuss words and
assumed a belligcrent attitude. The crowd
smiled out loud, and gave three cheers for
Cleveland and Hendricks, and then Mr..
Nordin looked weary and left the scene.
State Oil Inspector Castle then came to the
front and undertook TO spill some of the
Oleaginous on the troubled waters Three
cheers for Cleveland and Hendricks greeted
him. He began: Some one has said there
were more Democrats than Republicans in
the late war. That is true. All on the
Confederate side were Democrats and prob
ably nearly half on the Union side were
DtIuOCTdiS, DuL lney nau returned To Jnelr
homes Republicans. Most of them are Re
publicans to-day. Now, we have just won a
great victory in Ohio. A voice-It cost a
million dollars. This presages a grand tri-
umph in the nation. | am certain James
q. Blaine will he our next president "a
voice-Give the dude the Mulligan letters to
read. want to say to all the soldiers pres
ent that it is the duty of every soldier to cast
his vote for John a. Logan. THE crowd,
jeeringly, how are YOU $4,000 majority in
Minnesota. Mr. Castle said he didn't want
to make a speech any how. He hoped the
Democrats would have a good nights rest,
and Withdrew.
Mail Carrier Hoffman, dressed in post
Office uniform except as to coat, then APP
pearcd to speak for the Germans. lie said
the little GLOBE had said the Ohio Germans
would desert the Republican ticket, but they
had stood firm. Some one here asked Mr..
Hoffman to tie knot in his neck, at which
he became angry aud shook his fist in very
threatening manner. He was then piled
with all sorts of questions, among them
where's your mail pouch land "What's the
postoflicc got to do with politcsE" Finding
the audience net disposed TO listen TO his
speech h. got behind the curtain
Mr.. Flower then asked for three cheers for
Blaine and Logan, the crowd gave three
cheers for Cleveland and Hendricks and the
ratification meeting came to an end.