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

pNA . IOl w VI Ne
On the corner of University and Earring
| ton avenues a stand was erected yesterday.
1t was gaily decorated with evergreens and
from each corner this stars and stripes floated
on the breezes.
Last evening, at o'clock, J. 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 a 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 filled
up the street.
| A few minutes after O'Clock, ]. A. Nor
mandin, the organizer OF the proposed club,
arose to his feet, and was greeted with
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
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
10000 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 Vice-President-Jas. Dolan;
Second Observation-Disclosures o. Cornell;
Secretary-Gus Hopping;
Treasurer. w. H. 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 ad-
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 workin gmen.
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
a manufacturing the various articles protected
do not aversge so cents per day throughout
the year. When such gentlemen as Carl
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 g
man succeed George Washington as presi-
dent of the United Statesl MOI TCheers |
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
r vor, but with little success. He has shown
himself the enemy of the Irishman by refus-
c ing to intercede for the Irish-American sus-
poets imprisoned in England The
t 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 is
L the toilers who should see that their rights
are protected well the capitalists Even
j, Spain can openly insult us because the Re-
,. pubicans have made such small appropria-
. tons for the navy that the United States has
: not 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
n 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 a few Democratic votes
>. and thus defeat the party. But he can not
8 do I'll [Cries of "No, no."l The Union
Pacific railway owes the American govern
s ment $3.50, 900, 900. When the question o.
a making the road pay this debt to the govern
$ ment came before the senate James G.
q Blaine was among the thirteen senators who
s refused to vote for the payment of the sum
Blaine is a skulker and not fit to be presi
;, dent, and believe with my whole hear
[. that Grover Cleveland and Thoma:
J, A. Hendricks will be our next presi
/, dent and vice president. Prolonged
e cheers.) We have nominated o. c. Merri
man as candidate for congress in this dis
trict. He is 4 sound Democrat, friend o
the workingman. l hope all good Demo
Gratis will use their influence to elect him
;, Cheers, and cries of 'we WILL am GLAD
= to see your club organized hope you viii
meet regularly, get torches, parade through
the streets and march on to victory.
o At the close of Mr.. Willis address, thre,
J. hearty cheers were proposed and given fo
Z, Cleveland aud Hendricks, honesty and Mr.
"a Willis.
r, The president Of the club, Mr.. Normandin
then came to the front and made a mos
It earnest appeal in behalf of honest govern
ment and the rights of the workingman. II,
Il pointed out in most scsthing terms tn,
dishonesty, the trickery, the eowardice, anC
the general go-as-you-p leaseness o
), the man whom the Republican party wish I,