St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-10
THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
Matters Warming Up Trifle on Both
Sides.
Fourth Yard CIerefand aud Hendricks
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Fourth Yard Ciereiand aud Hendricks
Club.
There was very large and enthusiastic open
air meeting at the corner OF University and Far
rington avenues last night uuder the auspices of
the Fourth ward Cleveland and Hendricks club
That it was stirring and fervid gathering of
men In real earnest and Jealous in the cause
is sufficiently demonstrated by the
fact that the assembly stood for
two full hours under the open canopy OF the
starry sky in a keen and nipping air: but there
Is no doubt that the eloquence and humor and
magnetic force as Jim Blaine would call it of
the speaker did much to warm up the crowd and
make it unmindful for the time of atmospheric
inconvenience. The speeches were unusually
good and some of them very much above the
ordinary stump speaking both in die
ton and thought. The meeting was
opened by l.. A. Normandin, the president
OF the club, who introduced the speakers in
short speech, pledging to work day and night till
Cleveland and Hendricks are in their proper
place, and for the defeat of the "Plumed Knight,
the representative of pandered corruption.
The first speaker introduced was Gen. r. W.
johnson, who prefacci his speech with several
sound reasons why workingmen should vote for
cleveland and Hendricks. His speech was
manly directed to the tariff question, explain
ing concisely and simply the attitude of the two
Parlles on TINS ali important question.
Dr. julius Stockerman, of the FolkszeitUR1,
was next introduced and in the German language
addressed the large crowd He said it was the
nrst time he had the honor of addressing ameet-
ing In this northwestern country and he felt it
an honor and privilege, after which he addressed
nlmset to his countrymen, taking principally
the position that the country generally was de-
slrous of change of administration and
the German element especially de-
sired the change. 1t was not
question so much of person or
party as 1t was for the necessity of placing
men IN office TO clean out the dust and dirt of
corruption necessarily accommodating during so
many years of occupancy of theWhite house byone
party. He also reviewed the record of Blaine
politician, and showed most forcibly that the
people have nothing to hope for in the present
time OF depression if he should get to the White
house, while the record of Cleveland promised
pure and honest administration. He next
touched upon the tariff question, and showed
that a tariff for anything beyond revenue
was pernicious and burden upon a nation.
The Germans he said, throughout the country
were beginning to find out who were their true
friends. While they with the grand old
party it was my good German friend, will you
take glass of beer?' but when the German
vote threatened to go against the party it was
''the beer swilling Dutch tub Of sour krout."
The doctors speech was most telling one, full
of enthusiasm, bristling with good points, hu-
at every hit he made, and when he concluded,
cheer upon cheer for Cleveland and Hendricks
fairly rent the air.
hr. c. K. Dawson was the next speaker. He
commenced by stating that the nominations at
Chicago placed before the public honesty and in
tegrity on one side and corruption and fraud on
the other. He SAID that the people are now
called upon to fight again the great battle of
1876. The speaker gave review of the govern
ment of the country, comparing the seventy-two
years of Democratic rule with the government
under Republican administration. He showed
that the Republicans spent in ten years millions
more than the Democrats had done during sew
enty-t years. not counting the national debt.
The last speaker was G. r. Mckay, whose
speech was just bunch of funny anecdotes,
with lance-like facts for leaves, all bound up in
gay boquet with ribbons of mother wit. His
war record of the ''Plumed Knight was very
funny and effective.
After rousing and true Democratic cheers for
the speakers and for the Democratic nominees,
with herriman for congress- the meeting adj
journed till next Thursday, when, it was an
nounced, Mr.. Merriman will be one of the
speakers.