St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-04
The Hen. Eugene III. Wilson Addresses
Grand Rally at Dania Hall.
CHEERS FOR CLEVELAND.
Ballots That Will Be Cast as Plnmpers
For the Old Ban
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various speakers were all well received,
and made excellent addresses. The
stage was occupied by Hon. Z. NJ. VIII
son, c. Neuman. A. d. Smith, Judge L..
NJ. Rand, Joseph Jepson and others. A.
c. Quist officiated as chairman.
C. Neuman was the first speaker.
1t was we'll TO meet and discuss the po-
litical question of the day. he said, and
he was therefore glad to see so many
present. We should all be careful, he
continued, TO put our ballots where they
will do the most good, and we should
not deposit them in the interest OF
any clique or faction, but for the
best party and the best men,.
We all know that the Democratic
party is the best party for us and for all
good loyal citizens, and especially for
all of our citizens who were born in
foreign countries. The Democratic
party represents the masses, the labor
ing people, and the Republican party
represents the monopolies and the rich
merchant princes. l never could fully
understand how Scandinavian can be-
come Republican when he comes TO this
country, as he knows that party is op-
posed 10 his every interest. l can only
explain it by stating that they enter the
Republican party under misapprehen-
sion. Then, again, | cannot understand
how an American workingman can vote
with the Republican party, when he
knows the men constituting it are
doing all in their power to
keep his wages down and en-
rich themselves as fast as possible at
his expense. Let us all vote the Demo
cratic ticket election day, and show that
we have our eyes opened. Many men
wear 81. and NJ. buttons. Well, in the
old country H. III. means his majesty.
and il means the same in this country
in the guise of the Republican party.
A. d. Smith followed with an elo-
quent address. In olden times, he said,
all the enemies of the Danish nation
prayed, Deliver us from the Danes"
and hope ii will prove this fall that
the Republicans will cry, Deliver US
from the Danes" Mr.. Smith paid a
high tribute to the national candidates,
as men above reproach, and,
in closing. called on all
his hearers TO vote for the state Demo-
cratic ticket. The nominees were all
men who had always been friends OF
the laboring men, and always would be.
The speaker next touched upon local
government. and showed how few Re-
publican Schemers had virtually taken
away the power of self-government
from the laboring men of Minneap-
OILS. Aid. z. NJ. johnson and
deacon" Nettleton, men who could
not be elected TO the Office of dog
catcher, if they come before the people,
are the men who were instrumental IN
dividing up the city into thirteen wards
in an effort to defeat the people
and defraud the workingmen OF
their rights. But we beat them.
and you all know what our DEM
Ocratic council has done for the work
ingmen. The Workingmen elected a
Democratic mayor at the last election
against Hon. g. A. Pillsbury. and we
elected him to carry out a special line of
policy. Then the Republicans created
police commission, not because we
needed one, but because it was desired
to strip the mayor of his powers. This
virtually gave the administration into
the hands of the Republicans for time.
? In closing Mr.. Smith showed how the
municipal court judges had been kept
in Office by the Republican schemers.
Supreme Court Judges Gillian and
Collins, who sanctioned the move. will
have a struggle TO get back again, as
they will have to 90 before the people
to be elected. Our grand jurieS are also
works of art. They are made up ex-
clusiyeiy OF Republicans, and Demo
crat there is as rare as a
white blackbird. The building of
our new court house was also delegated
to Republican commission by few
Republican schemers, instead of being
left in the hands of the county commits
siOners. where it belongs.
Music by the band followed, and then
Hon. Eugene NJ. Wilson was introduced.
Mr.. Wilson was greeted with
burst of applause which lasted sew
eral minutes. Bowling his acknowl-
edgments, he began his address,
He began by paying high compliment
to the Danish people as class. 1t was
not the fault of the Danish people that
they joined the Republican party when
they first came TO this country. 1t was
because they did not fully understand
the policy Of the party, but when they
did understand it they at once left the
Republican party and joined the
Democrats. Mr.. Wilson showed how
the Democratic party had been
the friend of the workingmen and
the foreigner. when the old Know
nothing party insisted that foreigner
should reside here for twenty-one
wears before he could vote. But we
come to you now. continued MIR. Will
son. with new issue. 1t is the interest
of the workingman against the capital
istic monopOlies. The Republican
party promised that when the war
ended the high tariff on all your
necessaries should be removed. They
did remove the tax on certain things, but
il was not on the things wanted or used
by the poor people of this country. The
men who uphold this high tariff are the
men who are using it to further their
own ends in financial way. There is
not manufacturing concern in Mime
apolis. except it be one WOODEN mill,
that is benefited by the present tariff.
Our industries that are not projected
are sending their products all over the
world and the men engaged in max
ing these products get high wages. Can
you say this of the industries which are
protected? You should vote the Demo
cratic ticket for the reason that no work
ingman in the United States is benefited
by the high tariff which the Republican
party is trying 10 keep up. There is a
tariff of 19l cents on wooden blankets.
Now the cost of producing these blank
cts is 81 cents, and the balance goes
down into the pockets of the manHfae-
turers instead of the workingmen.
These men who are always talking pro-
lection are the men who get you to
strike from their factories, and then
bring in cheap pauper labor from Eu-
rope. and pay the men from 80 to IS
cents per day, while You stand by and
see your family starve. The Demo-
cratic people do not want TO hurt the
manufacturing interests of this country,
and will not do it, but we do want
to reduce the immense profits of
some Eof the manufacturers who make
81, 10000 a year, and we can do it. 1t is
our duty to pass laws which are favor
able to the farming element, as our
prosperity here in tins great Northwest