St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-17
CAMP FIRESOF THE DEMOCRACY
Grand Meeting of the Fourth Ward
Cleveland and Hendricks
Club.
ainging Speeches by Crooks, Brisbin, John
son, 0ppenheim, Stackman, J.
J. Egan.

The Democracy of the Fourth ward had a
rousing meeting last evening at the corner
of University and Harrington avenues. The
crowd was large and the speakers were con-
tinually and loudly applauded all the way
through. The Democracy do not see any,
thing in the returns of the Ohio election that
is calculated to cause Encouragement. On
the contrary, much to encourage them This
was very apparent at the meeting referred to.
The Democrats know that Ohio is a Repub-
lican state and the very fact that the pre-
tended Republican majority has dwindled
down to a few thousand, is satisfactory evil
dcnce to all that the Republicans carried the
state only by the ''skin of their teeth" when
they should have carried it by much larger
majority. 1t was this feeling
that pervaded the large crowd
that assembled on the corner of University
and Harrington avenues last evening. 1t
was one of the most wide awake meetings
ever held in st. Paul Among the promi-
nent men on the platform were: Col. Crooks
Gen. johnson, j. B. Olivier, Hon. P. H.
Kelly, Ansel Oppenheim and John B. Bris
bin. The principal speech was made by Hon.
John B. Brisbin, and it was a terrible one in
denunciation Of the fraud and
rascality of Mr.. Blaine and the whole
Republican party. Col. Crooks, Gen. John
son, j. j. Egan, Ansel Oppenheim and DIR.
Stackemann all joined in the speaking. Be
fore the meeting closed George Mtsch Jr.,
and James O'Brien, candidates for sheriff
and auditor, were called before the crowd
and made to show themselves to the multi
.ude that had assembled around the stand.
The meeting was live, vigorous and enthu-
siastic one from the beginning to the end
thereof. 1t was called to order by Mr.. Nor
mandin, the president of the Cleveland and
Hendricks club of the ward.
COL. CROOKS
was the first speaker introduced. His re-
marks were brief and to the point. He ex
pressed his pleasure at seeing such large
audience in attendance, and especially at
seeing so many ladies there. This showed
that the ladies weree keenly alive to the in
terest of good government He stated that
the Republican reports received Tuesday night
about large Republican majority in OHIO were
false. A dispatch had been received in St.
Paul, from the best authority in Ohio stating
that the Republicans had carried
the state by a very small majority.
The Republicans. he said had not
carried that state by %, 900 nor anything
like it. Blaine went to Ohio and visited the
small election districts and begging around
for votes, but he did not get them. The Re
publicans are beaten. Ohio is a manufac-
turing state and Blaine went there and
talked protection and he has
failed. lie did not succeed but
failed thoroughly. We in Minnesota
have one pa,C to perform in this contest and
we must Go our duty. Blaine can address
his sophistries to the people in Ohio on pro-
lection, but how will he talk down in Iowa
which is not a manufacturing state! He will
not try it. The Democratic party does not
believe in sumptuary laws. We will not al
low anybody to dictate to us what we shall
eat or drink. We want our personal liberty,
and we WI have it. We
stand by the constitution and laws. We
wunt the rights of the people maintained.
Our personal hborty is the dearest thing we
have and we caunot afford TO let it slip from
our grasp. He spoke strongly against the
course of Mr.. Blaine in Ohio and did not re-
gard il as at all dignih I'd for a presidential
candidate to go about among the people aud
personally solicit votes.
HON. ]. b. BRIsEIN
on being introduced, called for three cheers
for the Democratic party of Ohio, which was
given with a vim. after which he declared
that the Democracy of that state had done
its duty. When Blaine went through Ohio
he went into the manufacturing districts and
yesterday morning the papers announced the
state had gone from $4,000 to 80, 900
majority for Blaine, but the yoemanrv have
been heard from since and this majority is
reduced to 5000 or 49, 900. New York now
responds with 10000 marching men in
Brooklyn in favor OF Cleveland and Hen
bricks. The yeomsnry is being heard from
and they have determined that this govern
ment shall not again be given over to the
party of protection that robs the people CON
tinualy TO support our grown manufacture
ing monoposts. The question of this cam
pngn is shall the people be robbed to sus-
tain these wealthy monopoists. Mr.. Bris-
Din then showed his BEARERS that for all the
clothes the people wear they are compelled
70 pay heavy Guty simply and solely to
swell the income of the mOnOp
olists Of New England, On
this point he went through
briefly Blaine's protective tariff record and
demonstrated its injustice and outrage upon
the people. He also argued that Massa-
chussetts had stood still in population and
railroad building while Illinois had quad
ruplcd in both. Mr.. Brsbine then roasted
Mr. Blaine in regard to the Muiligan letters,
and denounced him as and
untruthful and false man. His
letters over his own signature
show this to be So The speaker also reviewed
Mr. lot, - i,,
Eued that all through his course in congress
Blaine was everlastingly aud uuvaryingly on
the side of these wealthy manufactures and
railroad corporations. He found for his
interests to be there Blaine is a thrifty and
inscriptions man. He goes where it pays
best for him 10 go, aud stays as long as there
is anything To stay for
Mr.. Brisbin then gave scath-
ing review of Mr.. Blaine. He described
his cowardly and cringing efforts to get pos
session oil the Mulligan letters, and described
how he begged for them in tue most abject
manner. These letters gave Blaine sun
stroke while in congress, and now they say
he has got Brghts disease. He hoped that
If Blaine should be elected he would not die
aud thus leave Logan president, for OF all
the surprising things the Almighty had done
he could not understand why He should allow
Il fool TO be created.
Mr.. Brisbin then reviewed the manner in
which Blaine was nominated in the couven-
ton, the attempt TO bind Curtis and other
Republicans to support the nomination. or
the Irish detection he said all he could hear
of was that one Kelly aud one other little
fellow named Mccarthy. These two fellows
were all, that anybody knows Of.
and what do they amount TO.
MIR. Brisbin then poured ridicuie
upon the Republican party for its claim that