St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
THE MAN WITH THE MUSTACHE.

Won are not the candidate or creature I the
wheat ring. This speech was delivered at
st. Peter. your nominal residence, and it
must have been received by the people who
know YOU so we'll with about as much
credence as it was read by those further re-
moved, but who, judging from your career
as an "official pauper, feeding for the best
part of his life at the public crib" know
YOU equally well. st. Peter is suggestive
name. | trust my good friend, DIR. Bart
lett, kept a sharp eye on his bOarders at
that other public institution hard by, for L
can easily ma@ne the yells of derision with
which even tlEse unfortunates would have
received your utterances! Not creature
of the wheat ringl DR.. Bartlett's bOarderS,
on hearing this would have said: why.
the man must take us for lunatics" You
know how very sensitive the insane are,
McGill, on the subject of their men
tai powers. l have taken some
pains to inquire into the probable
contract entered into between that Little
Faded Flower" or your agent. and the
wheat and railroad contortionistS, and It
seems that while no bonds have been sealed,
signed and delivered, you are nevertheless
as firmly bound,
HAND, FOOT AND CONSCIENCE,
as if you were circled by the hoops that
bind Pillsbury's other 'Best~
The farmers and laboring men of Mime
sofa, the real source of progress of any
state, are being told by your purchased ora
tors that you are the incarnation of the
savior and preServer of their interests.
These same plausible takers are primed
also with a choice array of adjectiyeS born
of cart, and trotted out on all occasions,
proper and improper, to tickle the soldiers
fancy. In the estimation of sensible peO-
pie the war ceased in 1865; If we are to be-
lieve your orators it is still being Waged,
and everything that prejudice, cant, hy-
pocrisy. and even bigOtry, can sug-
gest to fan the flame of partisan
Misrepresentation is brought to bear to con-
vince your gaping hearers that the soldier
looks in vain outside the Republican ranks
for solid and substantial recognition. Now,
as impOlitic as it may appear, l am one or
those who contend that the mere fact of
man having been a soldier in the war does
not entitle him at this time to any more
privileges in life or any better showing than
any respectable citizen. The Grand Army
of the Republic does not contain all the
LOYALTY, VIRTUE AND CAPACITY
in this country by any means. And l say
this advisedly. as one who served in the
field in active service between 1865. and
am. nevertheless. from conviction Demo
crat. You would not, surely, have the
temerity to question my loyalty, and yet l
have been told by G. A. r. men that had
no business to be other than a Republican!
| am unable to stomach cant, McGill, and
that is one reason why L cannot, by my
vote, indOrSe the sentiments you represent.
l do not believe in Capitalization of
capital, and l cannot, therefore, in
dorSe your masters by voting
for you. L do not approve OF
monopoly, and / cannot indorSe it by aid
ing to put you in position to increase the
mOnopolies which are daily becoming more
threatening in this state. You declare you
are not the creature of the Pillsburys ct al.
Would you dare, at this time, TO make
a move without first receiving your
instructions from them? Have you, since
your nomination. made a move that has
not first received their o. X? Not directly.
perhaps but we all know. don't we. Nc
Gill, how easy it is to absorb" the wishes
of the bOssl
Ireverted above to the ex-soldiers, and
for fear my position regarding the &. A. L.
may be misunderstood L desire to say that
SO far as understand the motives and rea-
sons for the organization, they are not such
as to stamp the organization an absolute
NECESSITY OF OUR EXISTENCE,
perhaps, but they do no harm to any one.
1t has been limited to me on more than one
occasion that | would have no difficulty in
joining if l wished to do sO." That. |
take it, is an indirect invitation. l have
known certain people in differents parts
who. to my certain knowledge, were the
most notorious SkulkS. gOpher-hOle seekers
and Shirks in time of action, and who are
now the lOudest takers and the most blood
thirsty veterans, notwithstanding the fact
that the war has been over
more than twenty years. Pondering
these things, and many other
unpleasant features, has invariably made me
sick at my stomach whenever the subject of
the G. A. Il. has been brought to my notice.
Now this is not intended to be a sweeping
Indictment by any means, for there are
some G. A. r. men whose mOdesty now is
eQualed only by their brave deeds in other
days. But on the d. q. McGill, do you
know OF any patriots Of the present who re-
Semble the lOud-mOuthed braves | have en-
deavOred to depict? This would not apply
to you. We all know your war record, and
that your courage was never called in queS-
ton. You had a leave of absence or some
thing for year or two, if my memory serves
met
Acting under orders from your employers
-PilSbury, ct al.-you will doubtless take
frequent occasion to inform an anxious
world that you represent in your person tne
TRUEsT FRIEND TO LABOR.
When did you acquire any practical
knowledge of labor or the necessities of the
laboring man? From your superiors in Of
fetal position? From the leaders of your
party? From personal effort? Well, your
superiors look upon Iaboring men as so
many units. so many pieces OF machinery
necessary only as agents in building up for
tunes for the few. The leaders of your
party care no more for the working man
than-welI, than you do. have yet to
learn that you have ever given any
personal efforts to labor On the
other hand, does not Your competitor
present, in his life and example, the very
highest testimonials of his solid friendship
for the labOler? For years he has given
his time and his valuable professional
knowledge to the poor and to the laborer,
without money and without price. Whose
voice has been lOudeSt in demanding Justice
for the labOrer, yours or that of your COM
petitor? Did you ever raise your voice in
behalf OF the oppressed? Is it not true, on
the other hand, that the best part of your
life has been spent among the political arts
tocrats of the state, as an office holder and
imbibing all the professional office-holders
contempt for those who are obliged to work
for a living?
A NEW ELEMENT.
There is an element in the voting pOpula-
ton of Minnesota which has arisen in the
past five years, OF rather let me say instead
of arisen, has matured. This constitutes
an army of young voters. who, as yet not
hardened by contact with the rasping per-
plexities of life and moved by their best
impulses. are Democrats from choice and
Democrats emphatically this year with
leader like DR.. Ames, whose pres
ence and whose personality inspires
enthusiasm. They see that the
principles of Democracy, i. e., the greatest
good to the greatest number, is principle
instinct with the very noblest sentiments
that can animate the possesSor of the right
of suffrage And that's why there will be
Snph Dleasinp majority of Democratic