St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-09
COL. GLENN,s SPEECH,

And EEow 81 Has Been WiifuiiE
perverted BY HE Republican
Press.
An admirable instance is being afforded,
ust at this time. OF the petty mlSrepre-
entati0n by the Republican press for par
isan political ends. The glaring injustice
and Intentional mjuStice-Of this repre-
,ensible work is ShCwn in the case OF the
.ecent speeeh delivered in the Sixth ward
" Col. Glenn. At large meeting held
here the question of personal politics arose
md Col. Glenn referred to the persist
INT attacks made upon Mayor Ames, and
,lso TO the fact that the grand jury had
been mace a political engine OF perSecu-
ion. His language paraphrased, would
nave been: I'VE are ali human and liable
20 err but let him that is without sin
among YOU east the first stone" Sultlng
his Speech 10 the audience, Col. Glenn used
more homely language. but the idea was
exactly as above. lie wanted to know how
many OF the political PecksnittS VINO are
2ssauIting the character OF Dr. AmeS
could search their inmoSt souls and say they
we're without sin. The Republican re-
oOrterS who were there reported portions OF
he speech. but carefully omitted those parts
which carried the explanation with them.
In other words, they conveyed what tney
Knew would be wrongful impression ana
hen made their own falSehood the oasis
If an attack. For instance, these papers
made Mr.. Glenn say, when asked by the
grand Jury if he had been at certain places,
that they knew id well he had;" but
.hey omitted to add the remainder OF the
sentence, because you, and you, and you, d"
pointing TO members of the jury. were
there with me-" Summing up what Col.
Glenn said what he meant and what was
conveyed TO the audience, it was simply
this:
oThey cry out at the personal character of
Dr.. AmeS but let him who is without sin
amCng you cast the first stone. If you who
hear me are perfect saints yourselves; If you
are Angels OF light all but the wings, don't
Fote for DIR. Ames, because he is nothing but
Z man. great-hearteG, generous man.
1t was no part, however, of the Repub-
lican plan to present this correctly, but. on
The contrary, it was perverted to suit their
own ideas and was then made the basis of
an editorial attack in every Republican
paper of this vicinity. A prominent Irish
man Yesterday came into the GLOBE office
with COPY of St. Paul Catholic paper,
which makes the same attack. using this
speech as reported by Republican daily.
You see, said he, THAT Bishop ireland
mas been misled by that report. Bishop
Ireland undoubtedly wrote this editorial and
I want TO put myself on record as saying,
lisapprove OF it and of the use now being
made of it. Much as l honor and respect
Bishop Ireland, he is a Republican and cannot
be considered a political fountain-head for
ais church. 1 heard Glenn's speech and
know it was not correctly reported. L know
DR.. Ames and know that whether ne likes his
glass of beer as well as A. r. McGill does his
glass of wine-they are about equal in that
respect-he is done rank injustice in such
matters. There is no paper no matter by
whom edited, which can turn the Irish
Catholics against Ames and the Democratic
DartV'