St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-24
ANES INDORsED.
DonnelIy,s Manipulation in the In
terest of McGiIl and Pillsbury
Sorry Failure.


DonneIIy's Manipulation in the I'm
terest of McGiIl and Pillsbury a
Sorry Failure.
The Knights of Labor and Farmers al
lance men. and all other citizens who
wanted to, met in WOrkingmen'S hall in
the afternoon, being called to order about 3
o'clock by President Harroun of the ST.
Paul Trades and Labor assembly. This
was citizens mass meeting Frank Cas-
serly, of ST. Paul, was made chairman and
Thomas c. HOdgSon. of Grant county, sec
rotary. \ motion, with several amend
mentS, was carried, limiting the time of
each speaker to five minutes. unless by
unanimous consent he was allowed longer
time, and a resolution by j. f. Cronan
was adopted, prohibiting any gentleman
from speaking on any one question more
than once, unless by unanimous consent he
was allowed to talk twice. The object of
this was apparent. 1t was to prevent any
tedious oratOry from Objectionable persons.
A motion that the meeting indOrSe Hon.
A. AmeS. of Minneapolis. for governor,
presented by J. A. johnson. of st. Paul.
was favOrably received by about four tfths
of those present. but G.. A. Lafayette, of
st. Paul, opposed it without giving any rea-
son. He substantiated his objection by
predicting that: I'VE are not the state Of
Minnesota, and A. Il. McGill will be
elected. Put that in your pipe and smoke
| it," He was loudly Kissed. and requested
! from several quarters to sit down unless he
| had some thing more than prophecies to
make. Thomas A. LuteS. OF Minneapolis,
stood up for DR.. Ames as
! the ''best friend the wOrkingman
had" aud he characterized McGill as the
candidate of the millerS' and railroad rings.
He was confident the candidate Endorsed by
the farming and laboring men would be
elected. Mr. Marann also praised the
merits of DIR. Ames. Mr.. Lafayette wanted
to know what DR.. AmeS had ever DONE
Mr.. Marann. John Lamb, Minneapolis
Knight of Labor. and a member of the
committee of thirty. and c. l.. Locke, of
Minneapolis. answered him in succession.
Mr. Lamb said DR.. AmeS had closed the
barber shops when the union wanted that
DONE and Mr.. Locke declared that instead
of DR.. Ames ever bowling the knee to the
bosses, as had been done by municipal au-
thoritieS elsewhere, he had refused to grant
the wish of Thomas Lowry to bring out a
force of police against the
STREET CAR DRIVERS
50 as to compel them to go back to work on
| Mr.. LOwry's conditions. Otto ShOeberg.
Faribault farmer, said he regarded DR..
AmeS as the true friend OF the farmer and
laborer, and for one he was going to vote
for him.
State Lecturer Thomas G. Hodgson. of
the Farmers alliance, devoted much of his
time to the inconsistency of the working
men. ''Once you defeated him and elected
Il.
turned and elected him. You defeated him
once by over seven thousand majority and
now you want to go to work for him" -
He attacked DR.. Ames' moral character
and protested against such man being
elected governor" Three men applauded
him. When his five minutes expired. he
was still giving out his personal objections,
and the chairman cut him short Ignatius
Donnelly got up and requested that the
gentleman be heard for five minutes longer,
but the universal opposition that met this
prevented that privilege being granted.
John Diamond, of Mankato, treasurer of
the Farmers alliance, declared his posi-
ton firmly. He said:
| If | had no other cause to vote for DR..
Ames it would be because the Pillsburys are
| at the head of the Republican party and A.
| r. McGill We farmers want protection, and
! yet we have to go down on our knees to these
| men and the Republican party for half a
bushel of wheat that is our own. Who is
leading the Republican party, if you please?
| [ understand that Pillsbury is to be the cap
| tain of the hosts. Pillsbury must be pro-
| tected while we farmers have to surrender
If We want protection we must support DR..
Ames. [Cheers.
l.. A. NOrmandin. of ST. Paul, expressed
sentiments strongly in favor of DR.. Ames.
He said:
Long before the Democratic state cOnven-
ton had been held DR.. Ames had been thought
of by the laboring men. In that convention
/ the Farmers alliance, Knights of Labor.
Democrats, every one were represented. /
! have been a Democrat since 1856, and as l
I worked for the election of Cleveland Hem
bricks and Merriman with 1,500 men of our
! Democratic club, so pledge myself to work
day and night until DR.. Ames is elected goY-
ernor. Loud applause.
Mr. Robinson-The nomination of Mr.. Nc
Gill came from the railroads. We want a
| friend like DIR. Ames, who is a friend of the
| railroad workingmen, and he is the man we
intend to stand by. Loud cheers and APP
plause.
! Vice President Charles Canning, of the
Farmers Allianee-Mr. Chairman,
am farmer by profession. The
Farmers alliance was the first organization
in the state to start the remedy
for the grievances of the workingmen. Yes
terday the Republican party met in conven-
| ton and declared that 1t was no longer the