St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-02

IdIIU IDS tii clitilN VI TIC OlU SoiuiSA,
but as All old soldier say he was not.
done the same as he has done. l want
to warn You against the roorbachs to
be sprung. Two years ago you elected
me governor of this state and the Re-
publicans cheated me out of it. How
did they do it? | will tell you.
L was done by the riot two
years ago. The Republicans hired
a private detective force of Chicago, at
a cost of $500 to come here and start the
riot two years ago. This $500 was paid
to Pinkerton's detectives, who started
the riot on the night of the Republican
parade. "a voice from the audience
And still you call the Republican party
an honest one.) | call the party honest,
but the leaders dishonest, and
for this reason tell You to be careful OF
| roorbach. On the night of the riot
kilograms telling of the riot were sent
all over the state long before the
trouble began. Now don't ask me who
sent these dispatches, for if you do, L
will tell you. 1t was Charles Pills
If the Republicans tell you
that Edmund Rice is dead, don't
believe it, hut if they tell you that the
English minister at Washington has
gone home, You can believe that. Mayor
Ames has turned his attention to the
act of the Legislature which took the
power of the mayor away from him, and
stated that home rule had been taken
from Minneapolis, as thoroughly as it
had been from Ireland" He roasted
the "coones." majors and other
titled men i'll Minneapolis, and spoke
somewhat sarcastically of their
right to tell the old soldiers how they
should vote. They never heard a gun
GO Off except that they were in the rear
of it, said he, aud when they tell old
soldiers how to vote it strikes me as
somewhat ridiculous" Here the mayor
took drink of water and remarked:
Il like the Prohibition party, and you
see am drinking some of their stuff"
Another thing like about the Dem
ocratic party" continued the mayor, lis
that it has placed ladies in nomination
for public Office. | refer to the lady
candidate for school director. l believe
that public Office is public trust. and
any man who violates this trust should
be sent TO the penitentiary. Now, here
is Edmund Rice, who has served
in congress, and comes back
10 us with q good, clean
record. If you do as you ought you will
return him to Washington. In closing
/ want to say just one word more. You
have heard of the reunion of the blue
and the gray, and want to tell you that
| have learned to love all the men on
the other side who fought for princi-
pie, The Republicans are now
waving the bloody shirt and look
astonished when l tell them | am
supporting the Hon. P. B. Wins
ton for mayor. He has accepted
defeat, and has sworn allegiance to the
government. He stands the peer OF
any man in Minneapolis, and | will
mayors chair. Capt. Babb is not the
man Minneapolis wants as mayor of
Minneapolis. Now. will introduce to
YOU Miss Eva Mcdonald, the product
of Democracy. Miss Mcdonald was
greeted with wild cheering.
"My position is a somewhat novel
one" said she, ''fOr never before in the
history of this city has woman been
permitted to take the stand in a rolit-
ical meeting. | want to speak to you
about our public schools. We have a
school system here of which we we'll
NAV be proud All have an equal
chance in them. whether they be
white or black. The ladies are
peculiarly interested i'll this question,
for it has been found that women sue
coed as teachers much better than men.
The teachers in our public schools need
the sympathy of the people of this city,
and the ladies of Minneapolis have
placed on the school board persons who
will see that the teachers are given aid
in their work"
The speakers address was greeted
with prolonged applause.
E. NJ. Wilson was introduced as the
''neXt governor of Minnesota" The
applause which greeted him was simply
deafening. IF there was any question
about Democratic success" said he,
''the demonstration of tonight has set
tied tina matter. This house is filled,
and so is the street. 1t has been most
gratifying event to alp Democrats"
Mr.. Wilson referred to Miss Melon
aid. and declared that her election
was just as much assured as though the
votes had been deposited i'll the ballot
box. THE people," continued the
speaker, '.are coming over to the Demo
cratic party by the thousand, for the
masses see that the Republican party is
Democratic party says: Reduce the
tax on the poor while the Repub-
lican party says No. we will take
the tax off of whisky aud tobacco, and
keep it on the neceSsaries used by the
poor people of this county, The men
who are weeping over the poor men.
and declaring that under revised tariff
the workingmen will have to compete
with the pauper labor of Europe, are
the very men who are bringing Euro
pean laborers here to compete with
the American workingmen." Mr..
Wilson made a pleasing address upon
the tariff, and showed in way which
could not be disputed how the masses
had to pay it instead of the rich men
and the mOnopollstic corporations,
which paid the laborers from SO cents
to $3.50 per day. 'We don't ask
son, but we must emphatically
ask fair trade. The Republicans
tell you that if you reduce the tariff a
particle you will ruin the American in
dustries. The men who tell you this
are the men who are continually bring
ing pauper labor here to take the places
of American workmen." Mr.. Wilson re-
ferred to Ignatius Donnelly as first
class political acrobat. as a man
who changed his politics about
as often as fashionable
woman changed her hired girl.
He showed how the sage's politics had
changed time and time again, and
brought down the house at every turn.
Mr.. Wilson took up the statement that
he had been friend of monopolieS, and
showed in a way that could not be dis
puted that he had in 80 cases out of 100
been retained as the lawyer against the
railway corporations. He also gave
Hon. William Merriam gentle turning
over for his views on the tariff.
The Republican speakers were hauled
over the Goals for making the statement
that it was only the Republicans
who had taken any part in
the putting down of the Rebellion.