St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-16
The Gilt Edged Quarters Of the Repub-
lican League.
THE DEMOCRATIC SANCTUM.
Documents That Talk to V0ters---Pro.
hibitionists Quite Busy and
Confident.

are three such headquarters in Mime
apOlis, the Democratic, Republican and
Prohlbitionist-four, in fact, for the
Farm and Labor party has bureau,
also; but neither the Democratic nor
Republican establishments represent
the principal or the central committee
headquarters. The first is the inner
sanctum of tie executive committee of
the Democrats and the second is the
headquarters of the Republican state
league, the central committee of the
Republicans having not yet established
its working quarters.
A look into these quarters is of con-
siderable interest and reveals several
important facts.
As it has been longer established, and
is more pretentiouS, take the rooms of
the Republican league. They are on
the third floor of the Tribune building
and are four in number, furnished and
fitted out, presumably. by the monopoly
baronS of the East, in whose interest
the present tariff campaign is being
made. Here the elegant Tom E.
Byrnes, president of the league, and
the versatile James BiXby, its secre-
tary, hold forth in borrowed SplendOr.
Byrnes sits i'll state at an elegant desk,
alonsIde of which is handsome
letter file or cabinet, with its gOr-
geouS gold-lettered apartments. BiXby
has mate at the desk and writes on
endorsed note paper with gold pen.
This is the office. A large working
room adjoining is occupied by dozen
pretty girls, whose selection does credit
to BiXby as a connOiSSeur of beauty, for,
as ByrneS says; they ''are all good look
ers." The other rooms are used for
storage, and for asserting and arrang-
ing the tons of campaign literature,
printed and circulated at enormous eX-
pense by the tariff fostered monopolists
of the East. They are nearly all tariff
documents -ad captandam arguments
arguments for the benefit of labor, and
are being sent broadcast throughout the
state. and beneath the surface of every
one of them is wild wall
from the rich home manufacturer or
owner of coal lands, who sees in the
Democratic party menace to his mill
ions of profit every year. The docu-
mentS sing one song which seems to
say: sob, voter, If you don't stand by
me this time. will soon be able to con-
troll the market and charge you what |
please. Oh, voter, keep out those cheap
foreign goods and help me pile up my
millions" To further carry out the
evil, there are documents bearing the
British flag as the boomer of Democ-
racy, but since the retaliation message,
these have been very sparingl y used.
The pretty girls in the large room
fold and address these documents
ready for transmission over the state.
They are also engaged in making out
lists of Republican voters of the state.
On each stand eighty large books, one
for each county of the state, and in
these the girls are enrolling the Repub-
lican voters (or those who were Repub-
lican), with their occupation and ma
tiOnality. CanvaSSerS are at work
everywhere, and the league organiZa-
ton affords quiet and reliable commu-
nication of any information of value.
If it is reported from any certain sec
ton that class is threatening defec-
ton, at once pressure is brought to bear
to fetch them around again. And SO it
goes.
Who pays for all this?
That is the question.
1t is doubtless the same who is so
largely interested in furthering the pro-
tective system by which these immense
mOnopolies are fostered; the tariff
league system which paid r. S. Horn
for his funny speeches about and over
the state. But it is gorgeous place,
this league headquarters, and is fitted
up in truly Republican luxury. 1t has
done all the work so far, and the
state central committee will have less
to do. This organization has not yet
sent out any of the confidential circu-
lars of James p. Foster, but perhaps
the state central committee will do
that. Perhaps.
Then come the Democratic headquar-
tiers in the Boston block.
1t will be remembered the official
headquarters, where Secretary John
Landberg holds sway, are at st. Paul,
but for convenience sake the executive
committee, which has charge of the
hard work, have established headquar-
tiers on the second floor of the Boston
block, where two rooms are in use.
They are en- suite, the first being sort
of ante room for general use, and the
second being the inner Sanctum, where
the heavy work is done. Arthur n.
Jordan is in charge of the quarters, and
directs the work of mapping out routes,
arranging for speakers, sending out
documents and other work proper to
committee. Tariff speeches in sup
port of the Mills bill, Knute
Nelson's speeches and others are favor
ties. 'Jeffersonian Simplicity obtains
everywhere, with the exception of the
fact that Secretary Jordan is an epicure
in the cigar line, though that is not a
committee expense.
These headquarters are constantly
thronged, and the mail requires nearly
the services of one carrier. The de-
mand for tariff reduction literature is
something wonderful, and equally no
ticeable is the avidity with which this
matter is read by all classes. Nothing
clap-trap or ad captandem is sent out,
and nothing but yigor, enthusiasm and
hard work characterize the doings of the
committee.
The Prohibitionists must not be for
gotten.
In fact. no headquarters presents
scene of greater activity and enthusias-
tic work. They have set their mark at
10000 votes this fall. and if work and
earnestnesS will bring it they will reach
that figure. Their quarters are in the
Wood block, where George f. Wells
presides and works at the same time.
There is no shortage of temperance lit
erature there, and it is going out in
lively shape, too. The Prohibitionists
are better organized than ever before.
have more funds and will be better able
to get out their vote. They are conf
dent Hugh Harrison will go over 1000
votes in Hennepin county.
The Farm and Labor party centers IN
the Northwestern Labor Union Office,
but no regular headquarters has been
established.