St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-29
RoCuEsTEK,s BIG MEETING.
DIR. Amex Made an eloquent Address
and Was Enthusias ticaIiy He.
cTiVed.

DIR. Amex Made an a. log ucnt Address
and Was Enthusiastically Re-
crived.
Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,, Oct. 2S.-An enormous as
semblage greeted Mayor Ames at the
Palace opera house tonight The city was
brilliantly Illuminated and DR.. Ames was
escorted to the opera house by the largest
procession ever seen in Rochester, except
the one after Cleveland's election. The
audience was composed of the elite OF
Rochester, both ladies and gentlemen. and
all were wildly enthusiastic. The meeting
was called to order by John Everstine,
chairman of the Democratic county central
committee, who nominated DR.. Mayo for
chairman. DR.. Mayo gracefully introduced
the various speakers, commencing with
Next Governor Ames. DR.. Anes was re-
ceved with wild enthusiasm by the audi
ence and said:
Ladies and Fellow Citizens: My heart is al
most too full tonight to express to the peo-
pie OF Rochester my thanks for this magnif-
cent reception. /; is necessary in any free
country that political parties should exist
and that the minority should keep close
watch on the majority. l desire to call your
attention to the two late conventions in St.
Paul.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
represented the minority and had not been In
power for over twenty years. They nomi-
mated me by reclamation unsolicited. The
nomination sought me, not l the nomination.
What did the Republican convention, or
rather the rlngsters. do? I believe both par
ties are compo 'ed of honest men, but it cam
not be denied that there are rings. The Demo-
cratic party was as rotten before the war as
the Repu bl.can party is now. No party can
remain in power for years without becoming
corrupt. Let US now return TO the Repu bill
can convention. 1t WAS composed of three
factions who were following three leaders,
who mad run all over the state for months to
OBTAIN their nominations. There was q cat
and dog fight in that convention and though
the farmers did their best, the Pillsbury,
Langdou and Fletcher ring capturel the con-
venlion and McGill was nominated by dis
reputable means. l have been in the canvass
four weeks, and l have
FLUNG MUD AT NO MAN.
would rather lose the Office than do so.
Mr.. Gibbs and Mr.. Gilman were knocked out
in that convention so quickly that it made
their heads swim. When l was calleG in to
make my speech in acceptance OF the nom
iuat,on I asked the chairman if platform
had been adopted. Finding they had adopted
none / insisted on the adoption OF three
blanks, one of which was to care for the vet
for them? L have seen them begging their
bread in the streets in Minneapolis. The Re-
publican party calls on the federal govern
ment to care for them in order to Shift the
responsibility from their shoulders. L have
seen these old soldiers inhabitants of aims
houses. called on the Democratic party to
do what the Republican party failed to do
and they did it. l called on this convention
to do Justice to the laboring class, and this
has been treated as high treason by the Re-
publican press of this state. l firmly believe
that the organized labor of this country asks
little beyond simple justice. BIZ the way.
what did the ringsterS of the Republican
party do for the laboring classes! They
answered by adopting labor plank chiefly
composed OF perhaps
The doctor then paid his respects in gall
ing language to
THE PILLSBURY WHEAT RING
and the railway monop0lies. He then went
on to say that none of these three questions
to which he had adverted had ever been
touched upon by the Republican ringsters
till they were forced to it by the DemOc-
racy. Il have the whole subsidized Re-
publican press led by the Pioneer Press.
which has never told the truth for fifteen
years, abusing me. But this little man
AmeS from Minneapolis told them he would
warm it to the wheat ring. and from the
picnic he has been engaged in for the last
three weeks, he's inclined to think he has
done it. The ring has placed in the field
eighty speakers, each of whom has been
paid $50 to 500 a speech. so you see L have
made it pretty lively for the G. o. p" He
then handled the states prison ring, the
wheat ring and the Hon. William Window
without gloves. He then gave Pillsbury
A SHAKING UP
on his record as mayor which would have
ratified that gentleman if he could have
heard it. He said he did not blame Mr..
Pillsbury for corruption, but his eight or
ten deputies. He showed up the methods
OF the late grand jury of Hennepin county
and fully satisfied his hearers as to the
| nature OF the transactions of that body.
DR.. Ames then SAID: 1T must be plain to
you that am fighting the same old ring
that have been fighting in Minneapolis fol
years. ANY man in the state would have
been afraid to face the combination OF
ringsters." His speech was continually in
terrupted by wild applause and at the close
wnen he eulOgized tine w0rkngmen the
audience was seized with an almost mad
enthusiasm. After the conclusion of Dr..
| AmeS' speech the Hon. c. G. Wilson. of
| this city, one of the leading lawyers of the
state, made an eloquent address on the
tariff question and warmly eulogized
| Thomas Wilson and DR.. Ames. The
speech was well received. and the audience
dispersed with nine times nine for Ames
and the Democratic ticket.
WILSON AT KAsSON.
4 Ratfling Speech by the Demo.
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