St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-03
MAYOR PILLSBURY.
His Only Campaign Efforts Meets
with Cheers for Ames.


The hall was literally packed by the greedy
flour Recipients and large number of the
Ames followers who had been led by curl
osity to 90 into the hall. The latter now
and then shouted ''Ames" to the consterna-
ton of the ultras, but il was agreed by the
mniOns of Pillsburyism that nothing could
be done to prevent the cutlery. and it was
taken quite graciously by the Republican
speakers. Once in a while the Am s
enthusiasm. which was so effervesceut
as to be sometimes beyond control
often took full possession of the meeting.
At one time it was pitiful to see his honor.
the mayor. standing dumbfOunded on a
table on the platform listening TO the tn
mutt which knew no bounds. Cheers for
DIR. Ames rent the air, and even Frank
Davis. than whom no more brave Republi-
can ever faced an audience, shook in his
boots. The mayors efforts were char
acteIistic. He is not public
speaker, and frankly acknowledges
it. Cons equently he had no more effect on
the gathering than Whit of cigar smoke
has upon the city hall building which enters
with such moment into the municipal cam
paign. A band of music relieved the mo-
notony of oratory and plethoric billings
gate that the speakers were prone 10 fall
into, and the band was shown due respect
by the hosts assembled. Mr.. Haugan pre-
scented and introduced Mayor Pills
bury, who was received with APP
plause and shouts. ''Hurrah for DR.. Amesr'
The cheers for DR.. Ames were entirely too
hearty to meet with his honor's approba-
ton, and the dispenser of flour Ito the
poor of the Sixth ward looked woefully
sour. Indeed he looked as though he
wished he had never vacillated and had
sturdily refused to the end to accept the
nomination rendered him by the assumed
keepers in trust of all gifts in the power of
the Republican party. He looked as though
his heart was in his throat. He is a good
hearted old gentleman and deserving of
considerable sympathy.
The mayors Introductory remarks were in
terrupted by shouts of ''sit down." but the
mayor displayed not little nerve and good
nature in ignoring the Ames enthusiasm.
Il want to say / am not here to answer
the challenge sent by Mayor Ames." Mr..
Pillsbury referred to DR.. Ames' speech as
an inaugural address," but what his
honor really meant was probably accepta-
ton speech. He
WAS AGAIN INTERRUPTED
by shouts of ''rats'' and "Ames." Contin-
many misstatements. Many charges had been
made some are true and some are false, he
alleged. He wanted to brand all allega-
tons regarding jobs and steals as false, and
challenged any man to furnish proof. The
mayor was in high dudgeon over the multi
farious charges he had TO face daily and he
reviewed the charges of corruption and
steals laid at the door of the members of
the city council. He said it had been his
pleasure the last six years to be connected
with the city council or the Office of chief
executive. and from this intimacy with the
same he knew the charges to
be false from beginning to end.
He referred particularly to the Cutter steal
regarding the city hall and the workhouSe
job. and challenged the opposition 10 furn-
ish proof. Verify his honor could not have
read yesterdays GLOBE or he would have
read some glazing facts that would have
paralyzed his attempts to purify the corrupt
city council. Fumigation would have had
no noticeable effect. He then reviewed
the way in which the city hall
building had been repaired. AS a matter
of economy. the council had paid $50, 900
to repair the building. which might have
been built anew from the ground up for
about the same paid to S. G. Cutter for do
ing the repairing. The mayor alleged
that Cutter had nothing to do with
the work further than to supervise
it, but he had not the audacity
nor temerity to even claim
that it was not the men in Aid. Cutters
direct employ who did the work, and that
all the accounts were not kept on Aid.
Cutters private business, together with
Aid. Cutters contract work for the year,
nor did the mayor, in his excitement, re-
member to deny that Aid. Cutter received
the money expended i'm repairing the city
hall. However. his honor, in his display
of oratory, did remember to call the roll
of the city council, pausing with
each name as he read it, to say that he lis
an old citizen" or IAN honest man." In
this he generously threw down all party
lines and paid as glowing eulogies, if such
they can be denominated, to the few Demo-
cratic members of the council. Then i'm a
voice (he did his utmost to make ii sound
like voice of thunder. but the test of years
had badly shattered it) of weakness he
cried, Dare any ma say these are thieves?
The mayor said there had been no contract
awarded, but that the work had been done
! by the day (S1.50 day was what the men
got and 50 to SO was what Cutter received. J
The mayor paid his respects to the poor
house Job, and said Aid. Sly had had
| charge of its construction. He put the
| colossal load on Aid. Sly's shoulders.
At this juncture Mayor Pillsbury ar
raigned DR.. Ames on his Blooming
ton speech, and he misquoted the
doctor most barefacedly. AS he proceeded
the cry of rats was so loud that the
speaker had to hold his peace until quietude
again reigned. Then he called upon DIR.
Ames to pick out thief in the lot,
and Aid. Haugan, who stood by his
honor's right side smiled cOmplacently,
and with evident self-consciousness,
when DR.. Ames took charge of the Of
fice." resumed Mr.. Pillsbury. ''he says he
found the police force i'm shamefully bad
condition. They were the same men, ex-
cept six, that he had appointed previously"
The mayor referred to the law regarding
ISSUING LICENSES,
and said that Mayor Ames must have
] signed all licenses when the money had
been paid by the applicants, He said he had
sworn to fulfill the requirements of the
law and had consequently signed licenses
himself when he disliked to. He alleged
that DR.. Ames had called all members OF
the water board sharks and alleged that
half of them had been appointed by the
doctor. DR.. Ames has also frequently re-
ferred to promises made by the speaker to
saloonkeepers. Mayor Pillsbury denied
ever having made promise of any kind to
any man. He had never said If the sa-
| loOnkeepers would vote for him
they would not be interferred with. Dr.
Ames had said that there had been, since
| the patrol limits had been established, more
! liquor sold outside the dead line than ha:
been sold in the same territory under Dr.
Ames. Mr.. Pillsbury scorned the idea a.
absurd, saying the city had now fifty-twC
/ less saloons than then. Here a man i'm the
audience shouted that the blinC
| Y,ice had done the hncinaS,