St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-03
THE GREAT HEART FIRED.
Republicans Ratify by Roasting the
Democrats.
COLONIES AND CoLoRED MEN
Instruct the Party on the Tariff
Downing the South and Free
Trade.


7:3O o'clock last evening as the Repub-
llcans were gathering to formally ratify
the nomination. of Harrison and Morton.
A member of the committee rushed over
to squelch it, but just as he arrived the
band switched off in the medley. and
the strains of Hold the Fort"
pealed out. The rain was fall
ing gently On the outside and
made the interior of the hall
seem all the more close and fetid, and
the Republicans, to the number 800 or
400, who assembled within really de-
serve credit for their courage and en-
durance. Considering everything, the
occasion of the meeting and the
weather, it was large audience, and
showed the fact that the Republicans
are bent Oh putting on bold front and
making a desperate effort to save the
local Offices.
proScenium boxes were the portraits,
respectively, of Blaine and Logan, in
heroic size, while perched above them
and very small were the portraits of
Harrison and Morton. A flag was
draped under the prOScenium arch. and
above were three notices: "Protection
to American Industries" protection
and Equal Rights to ALP and "Protec-
ton to American Labor" They were
read by an audience that well filled
the floor and was made up al
most entirely of the kid:glove
element of the party, with four ladies
brethren. On the platform were the Re-
publican county officials, the orator of
the evening, II. G. o. Morrison, presi-
dents of Republican clubs and other dis
tinguiShed citizens. The air was so hot
and crinkly that it was difficult from the
hall to see the rear of the stage, and be-
fore they had been in there ten minutes
nearly every spectator had jerked off
his coat and was vigorously tanning
with his hat.
After the band had played potpourri
of patriotic melodies, Ed j. Davenport,
chairman Of the county committee,
called the meeting to order and pre-
sented Col. w. S. King as chairman.
'Old Thaumaturgus" was in sa-
tirical vein and remarked that he
was not going to bore the
crowd and abuse the committee
by making speech about Harrison.
There was very fair cheer when he
mentioned Harrison's name, but when
he incidentally remarked that Jim
Blaine's health was all right, cheer
ten times more enthusiastic went up.
and showed where the affections of the
crowd were. He then looked at men,
Orandum in his hand and was ready for
business.
A COLORED EXPOUNDER.
Rev. l.. II. Reynolds. the well-known
colored clergyman, was introduced as; a
live issue of the late war. 1t gave him
great pleasure to address the meeting,
he said, for in the enthusiasm of those
present he could see a great victory
next fall. 1--WE all feel" he continued,
that we are now safe in our
homes and by our fresides. 1t is
and enthuse every heart and
the last four years we have been living
under a Democratic administration, and
the results or this administration have
opened our eyes so we will never elect a
Democratic president again. There is
a great difference between the plat
forms Of the two great parties. The Re-
publicanS propose to protect American
labor and the Democrats propose to let
il foreign cheap labor without
limit. | have often wondered why you
have never paid any attention to the in
1ollOuo ClCStloil III tu6 SOulI,
but when Harrison was nominated |
could see that your indignation had
reached the boiling point, and that
when November came you would see
that every vote was counted. The
speaker said that the major
ity of Republicans had hoped
James q. Blaine would have been
nominated, but as long as he had not
they would all turn in and elect Harri-
son. The meeting cheered wildly when
Blaine's name was mentioned. The
speaker paid a high compliment to Har-
rison, whom he characterized as per-
feet type of manhood. All the colored
voters of Minneapolis, he said, would do
all in their power to elect him.
A letter was read from R. G. Evans
stating that previous engagement had
prevented him from being present.
CALLED HIM AN INGERsoLL.
Col. w. G. Plummer, of Dakota, was
greeted with the widest kind of
cheering. He wanted to be called down,
he said, after he had talked half an
hour, and with this preliminary remark
he began his speech. He did
not know anything about the
tariff, he said, and he did
not think that many men did, although
some claimed to know all about it.
Most men who believed in free trade
were the men who rolled up their trous-
announced by telegraph that it was
raining in London. The other men
who preach free trade are the col
lege professors who draw a
comfortable salary for so doing.
Now, free trade would be death to all
our Industries. l know, for l have lived
under both free trade and protection,
and l don't know how lived at all UNI
der the free trade system. 1t was hard
pulling then, will confess, and l don't
want any more of it. [ allude to Great
Britain as your enemy, not with arms
and war, but in commercial way. If
any man will take the trouble to read
back on English history he will
find that our forefathers fought for the
identical principles which the Republic
can party is now fighting for. The
Democratic party has always kicked
against every good measure ever intro
duced into this country, and my only
wonder is that the Democrats don't
move to some other country, where they
can have free trade to their hearts
content. When we have come down
anywhere near free trade in this coun-
try we have become nearly bankrupt.
The Democrats want free trade in it's
worst form, which means our total and
complete ruin. Under the free trade
system the English workingman has
never eaten white bread, so you can see
that Liverpool does not control the price
of your Northwestern wheat, as nv
Democratic friends will tell you. Here in
this county where there is protection the
workingmen own their own homes.
but in England. where there is free
trade, the workingmen do not, they
can not get money enough to purchase
any. After all the Irishman has suf-
fered from British rule it makes me