St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-01
The .GREAT" PARADE
Which Proves TO Have Brought Ont
Less than 200 Voters as Torch
Bearers.
The Usual Kind Of Twaddle Served Up In
Sherman Hall

At O'Clock yesterday afternoon the hnsl Re-
publican blowout in procession Of all the Blaine
clubs from the young men down 10 the eO0ns
commenced 10 gather on upper Wabashaw street
and at 80 with q torpedo IRE in frout and three
bands showed up with about $50 torches, fully
one half carried by boys. and twenty cheap
painted transparencies. leo Scandinsvianswithout
headlights. in the grand march down Wabashaw
street. From this point in the exnberanee OF
patriotism they marched for an hour and half
about town. and when they again reached Wsba-
shaw street and passed sherman hall they num-
bered 2S7 all told and nine coons, out Of which
the boys being subtracted not over $50 voters
were left. sherman hall was packed al An early
hour, there being quite sprinkling Of ladies il
the audience, but Il was approaching O'Clock
before the exercises were led OF by President
Geo. C. Squires, Of the Young Mems club. who
referring 10 his pocket almanac, announced IL
was only three days 10 election and introduced
Hon. Albert Scheffsr TO the audience. After
some very complimentary illusions 70 Wm. Win
dom and Prof. Tousley and bis late grand cam
paign over the state with the
-. Paul Jobbers Union, he very handsomely
ate crow In favor Of Giifllan for congress. 10
whom be gave M the nomination by the aid OF
one deserter from Fletcher. He did this for the
unity Of the party, which was 20 be maintained
At all costs. The band very appropriately led of
AZ the close OF his remarks with John Brown
Uu4l lies luOll4GrluE IN UaLk.
President Squires then very nattiiy called up
Prof. TOusley, Of Minneapolis, who had been
away from America. aud found II better than
when be went abroad. notwithstanding several
Democrats had lived right along in it. He com
meneed stalking out big claims for the night
ey expressing his pleasure in speak
| ing for the first time % the
wealth and education OF ST. Paul. with a
population OF 10000 THE most uproarious
/ applause Of the EVENING"
His speech was about up to the standard OF a
country school teacher and we do not burden our
columns with an abstract
President Sqnires swelled up ike blow fish
on the Ohio election and introduced Billy Win
dom fresh from the battle fields there with the
smoke curling about his gun. Billy commenced
with serving the young Republicans with a
sumptuous dish Of taffy probably remembering
how the old fellows went back on him in Mime
sofa in 1859. They were the strength OF the
4 party in the campaign and were everywhere on
i our side. II they kept their hands clean and
muscles developed they would bear up the ark
Of the covenant OF the Republican party IN the
future. he then grew witty and wanted
/ the Democratic motto prepared aud
10 read "Reform Cleveland and Hendricks" He
claimed that the Democrats left bat fifteen
] cents in the treasury under Buchanan, and then
| went on to show how deity Republican party
/ officials had managed the funds of the govern
ment since, so that Democratic investigating
/ or ferret out single steal, although he had the
/ grace 10 admit there were some bad men in t.
Hendricks claimed there was now S4OO. OOO, OOO
dead money in the treasury, which II divided up
would give each voter in the country S. apiece.
/ The ex-secretary then proceeded 10 white Hen
bricks statement until he showed by actual
/ figures land who knows better
than BLY, that all this money
in the treasury Is not only fictitious
wealth, but that the government had contracted
claims that instead OF leaving fifteen cents in II
would take S2i3, 200, 900 more than Is now lying
in the treasury II the governments paid its honesi
debts, and this aside from the government wal
/ debt.
That the times were now hard, he admitted
bat II was not due to the Republican party, bui
/ 70 overproduetiOn OF food and over-manufacturC
OF goods, though be failed TO explain why the
banks Rugged their capital and surplus so close
in this connection, and why rates Of Interest
/ were held 20 high even upon gift-edged paper
] Blaine was 80 pure be knew personally that h
would not attempt 20 defend his character, Will,
/ Cleveland be confessed Ee didn't know anythin.
about, but gave him the treaeherous thrust OF al
assassin after this acknowledgment showing
/ how guileiess he was in mis- first assertion Tn,
meeting closed with three cheers for the candi
dates, proposed by Capt. Burger.