St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-24

| puFSueu IN accepting tue nomination. III
| also Is characteristic of the gentleman; one
heading reads: 1.-THE mayors withdrawal.
| George A. Pillsbury again declines a nomi-
nation. No. gentlemen, he would not take
! the nomination He considered that IL would
be dishonest 10 do so, but further on you will
notice that he reports through his proxy that
ne would accept IL IL were unanimous. But
was IL unanimous? No. il was a most doubt
ful majority upon which he received the
| nomination, as you will notice by reading the
| vote taken. In fact il was not n majority,
but minority. / would not accept a minor
ity nomination (applause). Mine has been,
THANK HEAVEN,
and nv friends a unanimous nomination. ]
will confess. if II be nee essary, that since the
4 present canvas opened have been n candi-
| cate at an earnest solicitation. / have been
in the hands of my friends, so TO speak.
| There has eeen no possible question where II
| stands, and you did not have TO send a COM
mittee TO importune me. And right here
wish TO make a statement in all fairness and
| friendliness: Had my opponent for this nom
ination secured the nomination / wish 10
| assure you that would have pulled my coat
| OF and worked for him as hard as l will work
| Tor myself. would have taken the platform
and YOU all know what / mean. When my
esteemed friend and fellow Democrat. the
Hon. Henry Q. Morse. was a candidate for
alderman happened TO be resident of his
ward. from the moment the polls opened on
| NlCCliOh lneg clOoeu L slOOu dl
| post and L contributed my mite
towards his splendid victory against a
| popular Republican. Had Henry Morse re-
| ceived the Democratic nomination for mayor,
will say as have already said during the
present campaign, he would have made an
admirable mayor, and he would have done
/ credits TO the Office of chief executive to the
| great city OF Minneapolis. Had he received
the nomination, he would have been elected.
1t is truly exhilarating TO look at this mag
niticent audience. Every corner in the
/ room is packed. This is q result 10
which / have not personally contributed.
| In other words it is not what have done.
| Voice, But what you will do Yes,
think you are right. / will do something,
| and il will not displease you If get the elec-
ton. I propose 10 be frank with you. The
| stigma has been hurled at me not a few times
| during my political career that have been
| placed in nomination or in office by the din
ner-pail brigade, and L don't deny the
| truthfulncss OF il, either. OGces have been
| handed me by the horny hands OF
| the honest toilers, and 10 them / wish TO re-
turn my sincerest thanks. If you support
me this time it will not be for financial con-
| siderations. It will be because you think It
| is right. This will be campaign of money
| against against hrains," interrupted the
| audience / will qualify that my friends.
for don't claim that I have more brains
than Mr.. Pillsbury has. can best illustrate
| my feelings by saying that / wish that
| Mayor Pillsbury and could 20 10 New York
| city and remain until after the election. and
that the people could exercise their franchise
| unintiuenced by any financial inducements.
lCheers.l would like TO have the citizens OF
Minneapolis vote as they please. / wish there
| was no such factor In politics as money. But
| the time is near at hand when
ORGANIZED LABOR
| viii be the most potential factor in politics
| lt VIII rule as against millions OF dollars If
necessary. Then, such men as the Republi-
! cans nominate would not hold Office. Voice.
''You are rightr'l / viii. during the cam
! paign, challenge Mr.Pillsbury whom esteem
a gentleman i'm every sense of the word. but
| with whom / differ most materially upon
questions of municipal Administrations TO meet
me on the platform In every ward in the city
| and discuss questions OF municipal govern
! ment. / would like 10 debate the problem OF
| administrative policy before the people. We
| both have records in this respect Mayor
| Pillsbury has two years record in Office and
have two te ms, aggregating three years.
| charged up 40 me. Let them be placed in
| comparison. Yes, two years ago / had a
/ record, but he had blind pig. Laughter.
do not contend that my record was beyond
| fault-iinding. l am human and therefore
/ prone to commit errors, but my experience /
contend viii
SERVE As A PROFIT
/ to me can now see where 1 was wrong in
| certain things could not see then. These
| errors will not be committed again. Expert
| ence is a dear teacher. have been taught
| by experience. Permit me to say, how
| ever, that the errors / did commit
were errors OF Judgment and not errors
| in heart. did not mean TO make any mis-
| takes. During this campaign l will arraign
| Mayor Pilsbury upon his record. and IL
| can demonstrate TO the salts faction of the
blunders, I propose to compel him 10
| take down, or IN other words, 10
acknowledge them. The cry has
| been a reformation OF two years
That was the campaign motto two years ago
| what has been the result! Have we in reality
| had reform? Let US see; the first more was
TO establish a dead line, which for common
| decency's sake has been called
| patrol limits. What are they?
| Simply that people outside the
! dead line must not sell glass OF beer. The
| poor man who eked out a bare existence by
selling Il few glasses of beer must quit, but
| has the dead-line ordinance been enforcedY
/ In some particulars il has. / stand ready 10
prove that the little dealers who had the
moral courage TO support me two years ago
were prosecuted until they have
BECOME PAUPERs,
and that the druggists and boarding-house
keepers, who supported Pillsbury, have been
allowed to sell liquor unmoested. l am pro-
| nouncedly in favor of good order and in
| favor of law-abiding city. No
| SrrlCl
or more exemplary order has been maintained
| than when under my control 1t is said that
| DR.. Ames is in favor Of wlde-open policy.
! Well, If there has ever been a wide-open pol
/ icy in Minneapolis we have one now. Could il
the more wide open? The above Is a mistake
l am not in favor of awide-open government.
You will agree with me that maintained
the strictest discipline in the police depart
/ ment. Applausel. We had no blind pigs in
my time. We have any amount of them
now. ] viii confne myself TO facts. There
| is more liquor sold every day
| OUTSIDE OF PATROL LIMITS
| than there was sold in the same territory dur
| ing my administration. / stand ready 10
prove my assertions. This dead line ordi-
| nance is only another eXemplifcation of the
| hypocrisy of the present administration
! Mr.. Pillsbury and every man on the police
fragrant violations of the ordinance. They
! know that blind pigs flourish in everv ward
| where they are prescribed. II, during this
| canvass Mayor Pillsbury desires evidence, /
stand ready TO adduce it. have been ac-
! cused by David BlakeleY and other stinkers
OF his class of being everything that is vile.
| but who is he? You may read his record vet.
i wish TO say you older citizens. as well 70
| you newcomers. that have resided in Min
neapolis for thirty-four years. My record f.
! open TO you all. came here long ago. You
know NY record If you do not you
can find IL. Ny record in the
army / viii throw up against theirs, and nv
record as a citizen or Office holder will not
| suffer by comparison. In thanking you for
| THE HIGH HONOR
you have conferred upon me, let me
! say that / am glad OF an oppor-
tunity TO vindicate myself. The last
| campaign was money against my rec
| ord, and my record was misrepresented
have never laid up anything against those
who failed TO support me before. / realize
| the temptations money possesses. / know.
Furthermore of the promises made to saloon
keepers, the promises to Prohibitionists and