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


At this juncture Dr.. Ames was introduced
by Charles Ebert and the cheering was
deafening. Three as lusty cheers as ever
went up from strong Democratic throats
made the welkin ring. Col. Glenn thought
an introduction was unnecessary, but it
gave him unqualified pleasure to have the
honor OF introducing to the convention the
next mayor of Minneapolis.
When DR.. AmeS stepped upon the plat
form the cheering was perfectly deafening.
AS soon as the audience could be controlled
DR.. Ames said:
Gentlemen of the convention and fellow
citizens, 1 have just been apprised of the
fact that you have seen fit TO place me in
domination for mayor. 1t does me more
honor than ] deserve, perhaps, but my posi-
tion in politics and my record are famil-
lar to you tonight. / understand
/ have been called upon by the
Democracy of the great city TO accept a nom-
ination for the highest Office in your gift. /
accept the situation with gratitude towards
you, and in so doing allow me to assure you
that by accepting the nomination i
mean fight in the literal sense. You
will find that under no circumstances
will L back down. (Cheers.) Some
people refuse TO become candidates
because of certain circumstances while
others refuse to become candidates because
they do not want TO fight certain candidates
who will be nominated by the opposition
party. ] am of neither class, gentlemen; /
accept the nomination because I am Demo
crat and because it has been rendered me by
a Democratic convention as a Democrat. /
will say again
MEAN FIGHT.
This sea of faces and this excitement nearly
paralyzes me. Gentlemen, / am particularly
gratifled at the uuanimity of the voice, COM
ing to me as it does, l DO not nor would 1 ac-
"a 81
Republicans nominate any man, no matter
who, would accept the Democratic nomina-
ton and in accepting il l would mean fight.
Should men of the ilk OF Gar
field or Grant be the candidate
of the other party, (but they are dead,
and good men were they. 1 would take up
the Democratic cause without fear. 1 would
stand and fight Gentlemen i don't think
ought to make a speech. Indeed i am too
fun for utterance, to use q common phrase,
but let me, in a modest way, call attention 10
another convention which was held to-day
lvoice-they nominated an old womanl. Per-
haps, but friend of mine. Now have in
my pocket the evening paper. mean TO do
a little plain talking. i mean to show 10 you
the method of running a Republican
campaign. In last nights journal, a malig-
nant and mendacious sheet, edited by that
renegade from everything that is decent,
David Blakey [yellsl, said in an editorial:
''Dr. Ames will receive a nomination at the
hands OF the lower strata of his party
Loud hisses. Gentlemen, do you all under
stand what he means by the lower
strata? Cries, mo-. Well, then,
1 will tell you; he calls you
mudsills, are you such? No, mean TO hurl
this dirty lie back into David Blakeley's teeth
before this campaign ends. Cheers and
shouts Good" / am the nominee OF the
higher strata. and if David Blakeley or any
one else says you compose the lower strata be
is a dirty liar L would infinitely prefer to
associate with such as have chosen men as
their standard than with the people he
associates with. L feel, furthermore,
that you have conferred on men tonight
an honor immeasureably greater than Blake
ley ever received in his life Voice in the gal
lery, ''or ever wiIl"l. You are right, and in
this connection am going to make one re-
quest or you. Shout from Sixth warder:
boycott the Journal You took the words
out of my mouth. 1 call upon every free
citizen. who has right TO do as he pleases, to
boycott the contemplate sheet, and that Is
not all.
BOYCOTT EVERY BUSINESS MAN
who advertises in it also. Shouts-''we
will, from the floor and from the galleries.
Mr.. Pillsbury and myself are warm and
personal friends.
Voice-"Is ii because he is an old woman?"
Prolonged laughter. Gentlemen, 1 pro-
test that 1 made no allusion to his gar
ments. He has again been pitted against.
Minneapolis now has the candidates of the
two political parties squarely in the field.