St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-21
WORKING FOR A VETO
From Mayor Smith Of the
Three-Cent Fare Or
dinance.
Laboring Men Assemble to
Protest Against the Coun-
cil'S Action.
Alderman Fischer Lays the
Law Down to His Con-
stituentS.
President Bickel May Have to
Settle a Perplexing
Problem.

"Workingmen who believe in an hon.
est city government were yesterday
evening invited by the Trades and
Labor Assembly of st. Paul to meet at
the north side of the market house ito
enter protest against the suspicious
action of the city council in repeating
the three-cent clause in the charter of
the Cable Street Railway company, and
granting franchise for line on Sey
enth street east from Wabasha without
transfer tickets" The meeting was
called for s O'Clock, but at that hour
only 100 people had arrived, and it was
fully thirty minutes before there were
any perceptible signs Of meeting. j.
f. Gronin, who had the management
OF the gathering, then made his APP
pearance, and with assistance pro-
ceeded to construct an eXtempo-
riZed platform. Calcium lights were
soon spluttering, and the small
crowd began to swell to something like
the proportions of mass meeting"
1t was essentially a working class gath
ering, and considerable enthusiasm was
manifested throughout the proceedings.
81. T. SlOIilI CttllCti tilC
stating that any one creating disturb
ance would at once be taken care of by
the police in attendance. He proceeded
to read the handbill calling the meet
ing. which, in addition to the quota
tons already made from it, stated, with
reference to the Scent clause: ''There
is but one way to prevent this outrage
from passing beyond the power of the
people, and that is by mass meeting
so large that it will make the knaves
who have Matched the scheme tremble,
sending stern protest to the mayor
and urging him to veto the measure
Saturday, the day on which it is to be-
come
A LAW, UNLESS VETOED.
''In the face OF such protest and the
veto of the mayor the council will not
pass it over his head. 1t was claimed
that the people wanted the repeal of
this clause, but where is the petition of
the people making such demand? Let
us show them that this is false" Mr..
Cr0nin maintained that the language in
which this handbill was couched was
not at all too strong, as had been as
serted. Said he: Il believe the lam
guage is warranted. and there is moth
ing wrong in the expressions contained
in that handbill. People have right
W cApIcoS tHtHhStlNSS OI uutSbiOiIS
which concern their future welfare, and
ii lies with ourselves to prohibit the re-
peal of this Scent clause"
A. Evans, representing the teams
terS' association, and, quoting from the
Declaration of Govern
mentS are necessity among men, de-
riving their power from the consent of
the gOverned''-said: ''Have the city
council the consent of the working peo-
pie in what they have done?" Continu-
ing to use his arguments according to
the Declaration of Independence, the
speaker remarked lit was the duty of
the people to abolish them"
Joseph O'Grady, of the carpenters
union. the next speaker, had not come
to make a speech, but ''tO protest
against the outrage perpetrated upon
the working classes by our modern city
council" Mr.. O'Grady had got thus
far in his Grafton when there were
angry cries of Speak up" I'VE can't
hear YOU" and "Order." The speaker,
complying, argued there was nothing to
justify the council in repeating the 3
cent clause, and declared: The action
of some of our city councillors has been
uSpiciOuS-SuSpiciOn is the milGeSt
form we can speak OF it." This was
greeted with loud laughter and
Mr.. O'Grady continued: ga few
weeks ago when the question came up
it was tie vote. AT the last meeting
of the council we see the result. What
would any sane or thinking man at
tribute the charge to? Some people say
there was Doodle in it. We won't say
there. was or there was not, but it looks
very suspicious"
Loud laughter greeted this sentiment,
and the speaker shortly descended the
platform amid loud cheers.
Alderman Fischer followed. being
warmly applauded and greeted with
said: ''Fellow workmen-You are
almost at fault yourselves that you do not
get what you ask for i'll the council.
You will hold to two parties in spite of
everything that has been said in urging
you to become independent men. What
did you do at the last election? Did
you show your independence as
you should have done? Voice: No,
sir.O No; L don't think you did. You
had three men on your ticket,
and merely elected me. l try to
do what little there is in my
power, but my power is not great, be-
cause l have too much opposition to
contend against. A certain alderman
said to me whe l spoke in the council
about the workingmen, "Oh. we are not
here to legislate for the workingmen."
Voice, "Connell.") That is true. If
the man once becomes your enemy why
do you elect him? Cut loose from
parties; become Independent men, and
that is the only way you can do any
thing for yourselves. Great pressure
was brought to bear upon the aldermen
to grant an ordinance for the cable line
along Seventh street and repeal the g.
cent clause, but one alderman said he
voted for it because had certain
amount of
PROPERTY ON SEVENTH STREET.
Workingmen should make their or
| CARNATIONS more of success. These
| fellowS-the real estate men-form
unions and make their unions a
success. You form unions and make
| it failure, and it is all because
| you do not put your heads together and
| study the matter and make men of your
selves. First cut yourselves loose from
party and vote for your men. / was
going to say to hell with party but |
do not want to be so vulgar. Laughter
Until you do that you never will be
able to accomplish your objects"
z. Kershaw said: 1.-The Republican
members of the council have deceived
! the workingmen. They made pledges
that they would stick by the people. and
not by the monopolists; but | claim
that the old party before them did more
good for US, because they put in the g.
cent clause, and the present council
goes IN and repeals it. There were four
men out of seventeen who dared stand
by the people. So l say the sooner
Democracy, with its treachery and
falsehood, and Republicanism. with its
monopoly, were done away with the bet
! ter it would be for us all.'
J. E. johnson said the repeal OF the g.
cent clause entaiied an expenditure of
i to tho ,.-l,,l-i