St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-08

urday evening will carry to his till the hard
earned wages of the week. Here and there
let it be, there are few cripples, or con-
sumptives who by opening beer shop will
make living otherwise difficult to be OBJ
tanned. Are we, for the sake of a few such,
to permit whole horde of vampires! Is 1t
true that no other means of support can be
found for them. The poor mani Yes, have
sympathy for the poor man. Seek him out
in Easements and garrets, whittier drink has
driven him; listen to the shrieks of woe from
his wife and children and take pity upon
him. Seek him out in jail, in aims house,
in the gutter; seek out his boy among va
grants and thieves, his daughter o, heavens
1t is too often the case-in dcns of infamy
all this the fruit of intemperance, and pity
IS much as you will the poor man. pity
him from the depths of my heart, and it is in
his behalf that appeal this evening to my
fellow citizens
The remedy is in our own hands. We are
the legislators, we the vote, not they who are
seated in city, or state council halls. Let US
elect men to do our bidding. Heretofore
the whisky men held the reins of power;
their representatives bowed before their man
dates. The day after the st. Paul council
meeting in January, in which eight alder
men voted for low license, and four only for
high license so-called-the paltry fee of $3.50
one of the former was accosted by tenn
perance man and asked why he voted against
the proposed ordinance. His reply was,
''What have temperance men done for me!''
From his standpoint he was right; his duty,
he fancied, was to represent those who had put
him in office, and he remembered the scores
of saloons that mustered their minions in
his behalf Others had voted for him on
election day; the ward caucus had already
cffectually enthroned him in office. Fol-
once, the citizens of st. Paul must wrest the
city government from the malign influences
of party primaries, and as citizens say by
whom they shall be represented. The
ward caucus is the curse of the re-
public: it should forever be abolished
let it be this time at least
effectually eXtinguished. AS citizens unite
to put men, in nomination for the city coun-
Gil who are pledged to high license measure
$500 at least, and whose past record and vel
known character assure US that their prom
ises will be sacredly kept. OF course other
qualifications for the high Office they must
also have-ftness to legislate for the best in.
terests of our metropolis, and to do her honor
by their intelligence and their moral integ
rity. The ward caucuses, we are aware, are
usually very scrupulous in their requirement:
on those points l do not say that party
tickets will not be put up in opposition tC
yours; we will, however, in that case, have il
made plain to us what the word party ordin-
arily means. l have nothing to say against
party allegiance in itself. But I do believe
and l do proclaim that far above party allegi
ance should be the veal of the common.
wealth, the cause of virtue and justice.
Two neighboring cities, Minneapolis and
Saltwater have given noble examples. 1t is
now the opportunity for st. Paul to speak. II
is not the mere question of high license that
is before US; it is freedom from Bacchanalian
rule; it is freedom from lawlessness 1T is the
triumph of order and civic virtue. Stately
buildings, continual lines of railroad, a
prosperous commerce, a population soon tC
be reckoned by the hundreds of thousands
will not suffice for a great and a durable city.
Righteousness more than wealth and mate
rial prosperity makes for glory and for hap
piness. There is much at stake in the pres
ent contest; the whole state will receive from
its capital city inspiration and courage, and
before another year will have gone by, Mime
sofa, let us hope, will have added its name tc
the roll of states in which the liquor traffic i:
under sure and effective bond.
Upon the conclusion of Bishop Ireland't
address, he was greeted with hearty rount
of applause.