St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-21

WILL HANG HIMSELF.

Another Rub at an Opponent of
WOrkingmen's Political Clubs
Organization OF the Central
Committees.
81 believe we had better let Emile
Constant die natural death. Give him
rope enough and he'll hang himself"
So said Delegate Casserly at a meet
ing of the central committee of the St.
Paul Workingmen's Independent Polit-
ical organization last evening, held in
the senate chamber of the capitol. The
remark was called forth by the follow
ing resolution, introduced by Delegate
Harrity:
Resolved, by the central cOmmitteesOf
the Workingmen's Independent P0liti-
cal organization, That we are unalter-
ably opposed to all organizations that
tend to socialism OF anarchiSm in any
form.
The resolution was withdrawn.
The central committee, composed of
delegations of three, appointed at club
meetings held in the various wards, as
sembled to the number of twenty
last evening.
THERE WAS ONE oBJECToR.
On call of the roll, the delegates,
with the exception of Mr.. Egan of the
Second ward, stated that the
fed the declaration of principles
as laid down by the organization. Mr..
Eagan stated that at meetings held in
his ward the word independent in the
name of the organization was objected
to. This word doesn't give US room
enough to work on" he said. "There
are no chains on the Second ward"
AT this point Delegate Reed, of the
Tenth ward, gained the floor, and in eX-
cited tones delivered himself of the fol-
lowing harangue: LAS delegate from
the Tenth ward allow me to speak. /
see right away there is misunder-
standing. They stand Oh the word in
DEPENDENT Our club, for one, won't
allow any man to become member who
has ever dabbled in the political ring.
I've been a Republican all my life
up to the time | Joined the Labor party,
and I'll stick to the Labor party till | go
down to my grave. Some one remarked,
You're not agOing to support the old
sore heads? Put your shoulder to the
wheel and let Us wear it down to the
bone. Let Us root out the old parties
from stem TO gudgeon.
81 understood said Second ward
delegate, that we were going to get up
labor organization and demand certain
rights from the other parties. There
are three classes of laboring men: the
honest working man, the saloon man,
and the man who is led to the ballot box
by the last one who catches him.
SANGUlNE OF TIE FUTURE.
Delegate Reed his side whiskers
bristIing with emotion, at this juncture
took hold again. ''We're going to win
all round as they did in Brainerd and
Winona," he said "The good book
says the man that earns his bread by
country. The gate is hoisted and we're
going right plumb through. Amt they
afraid, these officehOlders? Why,
they're trembling in their boots till you
can hear the pegs shake in them"
The chair called Mr.. Reed down
in the midst of burst of eloquence.
Mr.. Egan, from the Second ward, said:
''The last gentleman don't understand
our organization. We don't want to
elect mayor and seventeen coupcil-
Men. This is no independent party.
We only wish fair representation.
S4et this organization make demand Oh
both parties in favor of the working
{nen. We must not try to start any new
party"
A delegate from the Tenth ward
broke in at this point, saying: II
thought this was an independent party.
If this organization is formed simply to
ratify the candidates of other parties,
then have no business here"
He was called to order and the plat
form of principles read for his enlight-
eminent. This seemed to satisfy him,
and he remained thrOuphOut tha meet
ing.
The report of the ward delegates was
then, on motion, accepted
The permanent organization of the
central committee was then perfected
by -electing r. B. Rice president and
Joseph Heating secretary.
The executive committee, compo sed
of one delegate from each ward, will
meet next Tuesday evening and make
further arrangements.