St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-23
the purpose of getting service upon him. 1t
is understood that an attempt was also made
to arrest Griffin, without success
READY FOR THE FRAY.
The Fourth Ward Democrats Hold a
R0using Meeting and Pre-
mare for Work.

from each corner tbs stars and stripes noated
on the breezes.
Last evening, at S o'clock, ]. A. Norman
din, j. w. Willis and others filed on the
stand and occupied the seats set apart for
the speakers and others interested in organ
izing Fourth Ward Cleveland and Hen
bricks club. The torches hanging at the
front of the stand reflected rudy glare on
the large audience of gentlemen which filed
up the street.
A few minutes after O'Clock, j. A. Nor
mandin, the organizer OF the proposed club,
arose to his feet and was greeted with a
perfect storm of applause. He said the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to organize Cleve-
land and Hendricks club, and work hard to
elevate two honest men to the two highest
offices in the power of the American people
to bestow. He set forth the necessity of
work and perfect unity in order to defeat the
jobbers the Republicans are trying to palm
off on the country, and wished to see the
roll OF the club include Americans, English
men, Germans, Frenchmen, Irishmen,
Scotchmen. and all other nationalities. He
was very much pleased to see so large a
crowd in attendance, as it showed that the
people of this beautiful capital city of Min
nesota intended to work for honesty and re-
form in our national government. He in
tended to work to have 500 names enrolled
as members of this club, and hoped to see
10, 600 more Cleveland and Hendricks clubs
organized in Minnesota for the campaign.
AS soon as the cheers and tumult which
was occasioned by Mr.. Normandin's few re-
marks had subsidized, the following officers
were unanimously elected for the new club:
President-Joseph A. Normandin;
First ice-President-Jas. Dolan;
Second Vice-President-Patr o. Council;
Secretary-Gus Hopping;
Treasurer-F. w. II. Geldermann.
The name of each Of the officers was re-
| ceived with uproarious applause, and
throughout the meeting it was plainly appar-
ent that never before were the citizens so
earnest in wishing to overthrow the party
which for twenty years has reeked in corrup-
ton, thievery and petty trickery.
President Normandin then introduced
John w. Willis, Esq, to the audience in a
few appropriate remarks.
Mr.. Willis was pleased to see so large an at
tendance at this meeting because it shows that
! the people of st. Paul take an interest in
having good government and an honest adj
ministration. He pointed out that the Re-
! publican administration is responsible for
the present depression in all classes of trade
and the low wages paid TO the workingmen.
Americans are not luxurious, as all the
money in the savings banks and other things
show, and neither are they lazy. They are,
however, the most highly taxed people in the
world. The Republicans say the protective
tariff increases the wages of the working
men. This is not so, as the condition OF
wages will show. The last census shows that
| the wages of the workingmen employed In
manufacturing the various articles protected
do not aversge so cents per day throughout
the year. When such gentlemen as Car
Schurz, George William Curtis, and hume
rous other noted opponents of Repub
lican principles refuse to support
James G. Blaine there must be something
wrong. There is something wrong with
him, and the people are finding it out He
has violated all the trusts reposed in him
during all his Office holding. Should such @
man succeed George Washington as presi-
dent of the United States! Mo- Cheers.
He has prostituted his office for gain, been
connected with all sorts of jobberies, and he
will be showed under by honest Democratic
votes in November. [Cheers.] One feature
of this campaign has been the protests OF
love for the Irish by Republicans Blaine
has been trying in every way to get their IA
vor, but with little success. He has shown
himself the enemy of the Irishman by refus-
ing to intercede for the Irish American sus.
poets imprisoned in England The
true Irishmen of this country
would as soon drink dish
of skunk soup as vote for James G. Blaine.
! [Cheers and laughter This is a working
mans fight and the workingman should be
most interested in seeing the right hands al
the helm. All the wealth of the country
comes from labor and all the taxes are ulti-
mately paid by the workingman. Thus it il
the toilers who should see that their rights
are protected as well as the capitalists. Even
tSpain can openly insult us because the Re
| publicans have made such small appropria-
tons for the navy that the United States has
not a decent maL-of-war afoat. Under the
Republican administration the shipbuildine
industry in this country has died out. A
large per cent. of our commerce and the for
eign mails are carried ON British ships, and
the men who once had employment at ship
building have nothing to do. The Democrats
intend to have the ship building industry re-
vived, and have the American flag wave in
! all ports. Cheers. Two faced Ben Butler
loaded down with plumber, has come into
this campaign in the interest Of Blaine. He
thinks he can catch few Democratic votes
and thus defeat the party. But he can moi
do It! [Cries of ''No, no.'l The Union
Pacific railway owes the American govern
ment $3.50, 600, 900. When the question Of
making the road pay this debt to the govern
ment came before the senate James G.
Blaine was among the thirteen senators who
refused to vote for the payment of the sum
Blaine is a skulker and not ct to be presi
dent, and believe with any whole hear
that Grover Cleveland and Thoma:
A. Hendricks viii be our next presi
dent and vice president Prolonged
cheers.) We have nominated o. c. Merri
man as candidate for congress in this dis
trict. He is sound Democrat, friend o.
the woridngman. l hope all good Demo
Gratis will use their influence to elect him
CHEERS, and cries of ''we WILL 1 am GLAD
to see your club organized. hope you viii
meet regularly, get torches, parade through
the streets and march on to victory.
At the close of Mr.. Willis address, three
hearty cheers were proposed and given fol-
Cleveland and Hendricks, honesty and Mr.
Willis.
The president OF the club, Mr.. Norman din,
then came to the front aud made mos
earnest appeal in behalf of honest govern
ment and the rights of the workingman HI
pointed out in most scathing terms tn,
dishonesty, the trickery, the cowardice, anC
the general go-as-you-pleaseness O
the man whom the Republican party wish t.
elevate to the presidency. He said that
! Blaine was not man enough to take an
stand on the temperance question, and az /
is well known that he is prohibitionist the
Germans everywhere intend to refuse Z