St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-24
WALKERS WARM WORDS.
An Expose of the Gigantic Pine Land
Steals by Republican Officials.
Clubs Organizing I'm Every Direction
pertinent Political NoIes.

John Campbell, in calling the meeting of
Nov. 2 Minnesota is to have Democratic
governor. The first speaker was Col.
PlatJ B. Walker He said that for twenty
six years this state of Minnesota
had been made grand not by the mOnOpO-
list money sharks, bond holders, but
by the labOrers. For twenty-siX years the
working men have been placed i'll bondage
by the Republican party. For twenty-six
years a lot of men have controlled the
deStineS of the state of Minnesota. For
twenty-siX years every successive canvass
has paved its pathway with broken
promises made by the Republican party.
Millions of labOrers are toiling, and but
few have reaped the benefits. Twenty-siX
years ago the Republicans received control
of this fair domain, now made grand
empire. and what that heritage to-day is
worth, at very mild guess, is 500, 600. 600,
and who owns it? It has been placed
in the possession of the Republican party as
a sacred trust. And what has been done
with the heritage that belonged to our chill
dren, the heritage of children unborn? 1t
is now in the possession OF Republican
officeholders. There is no man who has the
effrontery to stand up here and dispute my
assertion. Millions of dollars set apart by
the federal government for the education
of our children have been stolen under Re-
publican manipulations. Under Republic
can misrule we have deeds entrenched be-
hind statutes such as never disgraced
statutes of a civilized country. Every man
who has stood by the Republicans and is
an officeholder is to-day worth from
$500, 600 to $1,000. 600. Going back to
PINE LANDS,
I will say the Walker family has vast
fund of information upon this subject
Since l have lived here the state has been
cheated out of s25, 900, 900 in pine lands.
1t has gone into bank accounts, into mills,
into bonanza farms, and into schemes to
defeat Doc Ames 1t has gone into va
riety of purposes, but not to our children
who have been robbed 1t is now neces-
sary that we get possession of the
books and expose their gigantic frauds.
There will be shaking up of the dry bones
when they hand over to the Democracy the
books of Minnesota. and when these office
holders are dead their robberies will blacken
their tombstones which mark the spot of
their carcaSSeS. | am desperately in earnest
in this business. The time has come when
the books ought to be overhauled, and by
the grace of God we will do it on the I'd of
November. These men who have so long
posed as statesmen, as patriots, will be
glad to find other parts. MOneyfwithout
stint is being used against US, and the vilest
filth poured upon the man who heads the
state ticket man whom l learned to love
over twenty years ago."
Col. Walker treated ably and understand
ingly the important labor question and the
tariff, and closed in an earnest appeal in
behalf of
MAYOR RICE,
the mention of whose name broughta round
of applause.
Matt Walsh was next introduced. and
spoke briefly and pointedly. He believed
that the stigma started by a preacher. so
well known, Rum, Romanism and Rebel
lion," called the three RS" had as much
to do with the election of Grover Cleveland
as all other circumstances had, and that an
attack had been made in our own city, and
the claim had been made that the bog-trot-
tiers of Ireland would try to place Dr.. Ames
in the gubernatorial chair, he felt sure that
the circumstance would prove a potent fac
tor in placing our beloved mayor at the
head of our state.