St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-18
A Very Creditable Street Pa
pade Initiates the Even
ing's Exercises.
Humop That Takes the Place
of Argument in the Great
Mans Talk.
East Side Democrats Have an
Enthusiastic Meeting at
Tobin'S Rink.

as it furnished amusement for 5000 or
1000 politically misguided individuals.
and gave one or two bands an opportun-
ity OF earning little money. The pa
rade was quite an imposing one and set
the Republicans wild with delight. The
various Republican clubs of the city were
all in line and each member carried
over his right shoulder a small Ameri-
can flag, which was frantically waved
now and then. The procession marched
through many of the business streets,
and considerable enthusiasm was
aroused. Armory hall, where the meet
ing was held, was draped with flags,
while at the upper end, against the
west wall, were small pictures of
Harrison and Morton and large
pictures of Blaine and Logan,
the whole being surmounted by a large
United States flag. The speakers stand
was on the south side of the hall, and
was handsomely draped. AT the back of
the stage was large flag, which formed
canopy over the heads of the
gentlemen on the platform. The
audience, and it was large
one, was made up mainly of we'll
known Republicans, with fair sprink-
ling of ladies. But few laboring men
were present, however. and those who
were went to hear what the speaker
had to say in regard to the
Republican party's love for them.
A member of the Old Soldiers Harrison
and Morton club acted as usher. The
stage was occupied by Master of Cere-
monies w. ID. Washburn, Hon. Mahlon
Chance, of New York. Ed Davenport,
Tim Byrnes, III. G.. o. Morrison, W. II.
EuctiC Cnnnraccnap Horn Of Mich
igan and others. The meeting was
called to order at O'clock by Gen. w.
D. Washburn. 1--WE are to fire
the first gun for Repuolcanism
in Minneapolis and Minnesota
this evening, and from this
audience it seems to me that we are to
speak at the election with no uncertain
voice." He then introduced Hon. r. G
Horr, of Michigan, who was greeted
with the widest kind of applause. 81
propose to talk over the issues with you
in my rough, blunt way" said he, sand
propose to do it in Republican way,
for l am Republican. l never have
voted a Democratic ticket yet. and
never will. wanted to see Alger NOM
mated at the national convention, but
the convention overruled me, and still |
am satisfied. The speaker next took up
the platform of the Republican party
and piece by piece held it up and
showed how beautiful a one it was. He
taffied the Republicans in unlimited
quantities. and spent some time
in roasting President Cleveland
for not going into eXtacieS
when slavery in Brazil was abolished.
Next Mr.. Horr made vigorous attack
on the Democratic party, alleging that
it did not allow free ballot and a fair
count, while the Republican party did.
1t was only the Democrats who ever did
anything wrong. Republicans were too
noble and too pure minded to do any
thing bad. The Republican party, con-
tinued the speaker, is in favor of build
world later on. Now for the tariff
question = When Cleveland was
nominated all the English papers
were wild with joy. but
they did not like it when Harrison
was nominated, which shows con-
clusively that if Cleveland is elected it
will be good thing for England. The
speaker here cut in and slashed at
England for her treatment of ''poor Ire
land, whose people were starving" be-
cause of England's injustice. 81 be-
lieve in protecting the industries of this
country" said the speaker, ''for the
reason that / want America to make
everything under the sun, and keep
her wOrkingmen with genius at home.
The speaker insisted that under pro-
tective system the laboring men got
better wages than they could get under
a free trade system. Under protective
system all goods were bound to become
cheaper, as when articles were pro-
duced in this country competit; n began,
and competition is what cheapenS
things. This line of reasoning the
speaker dwelt upon at some length,
and caused considerable laughter.
more by his peculiar pronunciation and
funny walk than by anything else. He
had great plea for the labOring mems
votes, holding that the Republican
party was the only party which did
them any good. He rather capped the
climax when he asked:
''DO you suppose the Lord would have
given you such a wonderful water
power as you have here in Minneapolis
had He supposed the state was going
Democratic?"
Mr.. Horr finally turned his attention to
President Cleveland'S position on the
soldier question. and talked for quar-
ter of an hour to the old soldiers, in
which he soft-soaped them until even
the air was fairly slippery. They had
been sadly abused by President Cleve-
land, whose heart was not in the right
place. Mr.. Horr, himself, however. a
Republican. was great friend of the
old soldiers. and during all his public
life had done nothing but to secure
pensions for men who had been in
jured in the war. This statement was
made by the funny orator himself.
though The speaker touched upon how
the Republican party favored the Pro-
hibitioniStS in every way. even going
so far as to declare itself in favor of
sobriety. He made the statement that
all the Prohibitionlsts wanted to weaken
the Republican party, and that was
greeted with chorus of "Now
''Nor "That's not sol" and the like
that fairly lifted him off his feet.
The tenor of the speakers remarks all
the way through was in lauding the Re-
publican party and denouncing the
Democratic party. which he stated was
the embodiment of all that was vile and
wicked. In concluding his address he
paid high compliment to Candidates
Harrison and Morton, whom he charac-
teriZed as good. clean men, and men
who would win: No man was Harri-
sons equal in anything, while Morton
was eXcelled by none. The meeting
closed with three cheers for the Repub-
lican party and the candidates.
EAST SIDE DEMOCRATS