St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-31

of Minnesota When Mayor Ames and
Mayor Rice entered. followed by p. II.
Kelly and W. j. Murray. the enthusiasm
knew no bounds, and enthusiastic cheers
were Drolnn I'D until they reached
the speakers stand in the center Of the hall.
! The crowd then rushed pell-mell. aud
scrambled for seats, cheering as they ran.
II was fully twenty minutes before
! the tide began to be checked. Then Orville
| Rinehart, as chairman of the county com
mlttcd called the meeting to order, and
nominated Col. Glenn as chairman. AS he
| called out -'All in favor respond by saying
ave-" the tremendous shout in answer con-
veyed the first impression as to the inmen-
| Sity of the gathering which dawned upon the
audience The colonel explained that ow-
| ing to the lateness of the hour he would be
very brief in his remarks. He wanted only
| to say that he had but few hours before
returned from the Fifth strict and
wanted to predict Democratic majority in
! that stronghold of Republicanism. After the
cheers had died away. the colonel introduced
| MavOr Ames as "MinneSota'S Next Gov
ernor" As the familiar figure OF the popu-
! lar mavor rose before the full view OF the
| people such cheer went up as was never
| before heard in Minneapolis. The scene
that follows fairly beggars description.
| The immense audience fairly screamed it.
| self hoarSe, and the roar that went up from
| II, 900 threats was almost appalling. For
! fully five minutes Mayor Ames stood bow
| ing in response to the grand ovation that
was rendered him.
That he might be better seen, he mounted
| the table and this was a signal for the re-
newal of the thunders or applause.
| QUIET WAS AT LENGTH RESTORED
! n al onh
period OF which was greeted with explO-
| sionS of applause that threatened to raise
| the roof If there is a mayor on God Al
mighty's foot STOOL" said he, who has oc-
CASTOR to be proud, it is Mayor Ames. of
| Minneapolis For weeks L have been vr-
tualy absent from the city making can
vass of the state and have returned to nnd
! that an Immense army of my friends has
grown up in my rear that has been lighting
! the good fight at home" Continuing. he
sad, if he should be exalted to the COVER
nors chair he would feel that his election
was due to the old dinner pah brigade that
was formed ten years ago IN Minneapolis.
He had found that the people OF the state,
| ike the people of Minneapolis, had re-
solved to take charge of the government
and have once more government of, for
and by the people. If elected, he pledged
himself to make it very not for all The
rings. He also stood pledged to do
! all IN his power for the erection OF Sol
dierS' home to do ali he could to alleyi-
ate the sutferingS of the working classes,
and to oblite rate the wrongs against the
| farmers. In closing he explained that he
was very tired. for he had done good deal
OF talking for himself, having no paid at
| tornevs 10 speak for hun as i'll the case OF
| H. hn
vide himself into details and address his
great audience in five sections, feeling that
his voice was inadequate. He then intro
duced
MAYOR RICE, OF ST. PAUL,
as the man who will hereafter represent
the wOrkingmen in congress. Mayor Rice
was rendered magnificent reception. lie
was evidently very h0arSe and found it i'm
possible to MAKE himself heard by any ex-
cept those in his Immediate vicinity. He
| Sa ID he recolIected the scenes of the great
| presidential elections of Buchanan, Pierce,
! Grant and others, but never had he wit
| messed such an enthusiastic and immense
! demonstration as that rendered noble
! hearted Mayor Ames. He regarded it as
prestige OF victory and new departure
that meant good government for the peO-
pie. After speaking few minutes
longer he closed by clasping hands
| with Mayor AmeS and assuring
hm of the warm support of the people Of
st. Paul. Tn spectacle OF he mal ors Of
the Twin Cities side by side called out long
and loud applause Chris Gallagher, the
candidate for county attorney was the next
speaker. and was also greeted with hearty
applause. He compared the candidates OF
The two parties. One was a man. honest
Al,
a ring; one a sold ct. trusted official
whose presence is like ray of sunshine.
the other nOnentity, who, like a doll i'll
glass case. you can look al but not touch.
Mayor Ames had been denounced by the
The paid organs of the Republicans because
he is a poor man.
IS POVERTY A CRIME?
No. Rich indeed is he who lives in the
hearts OF the people He had BEEN ac-
cused of slandering Minneapolis because he
had torn the veil of hypocracy from the
faces of the Republican leaders. The real
ISLANDERS of the city were the editors of the
papers who had invited all the cut-thrOatS
and thieves in the country to come to
Minneapolis for political effect. He also
| advocated the election of Rice for cGn
| grt-S. urging his hearers that they should
see aat tie suit of clothes that has
| represcF I'd them at Washington is
returned . Minneapolis. j. j. McCaffrey,
OF st. Pa, made the closing address. He
gave the assurance that every Democrat in
~. Paul would vote for Ames as well as
| Rice. If Minneapolis would support Rice
a. warmly as st. Paul he and Ames will
both be elected. There were cries Of I'VE
will. We will" and Mayor Ames rising,
gave tile assurance that THIS would be the
case Col. Glenn then dismissed the audi
ence with an appeal that they sluu d devote
| Tuesday to their cOuntrys good by working
at the polls for Ames, Rice and reform.