St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-04
THE MAYORS BEST.
"A. "A. Ames Defines His Own and
Democracy's Position,

Democracy's Position.
AS a man who has many times led us
to victory and is the hero of hundred
campaigns" Mayor Ames was intro
duced and was given a good reception,
the cheering continuing for some time.
"This Introduction" he said, is
sufficient to introduce any man
into society. 1 do stand before before you
as battles Scared veteran in the battle
ior the people. l have had some victO-
ries with the people behind me. | have
had defeats; but they are nothing to
good man. Applause and laughter
But we are here, tonight, for differ
ent purpose than to talk of personal
matters. We are here to ratify the
nomination of the next president of the
United States, Grover Cleveland, and the
vice president, Allen G.. Thurman.
[Applause.l We all dislike to go into
matter where we think we will be
whipped worse than Cardiff was, but
we go in to-day confident of victory.
L went into fight two years ago when
everybody expected a defeat, but |
came out the victor, though counted
out. Applause.
Warming up to his subject the mayor
launched into eulogium of Cleveland
and traced his history up from sheriff to
president. ''He was a cOmmOner," he
said, land that was the worst crime in
the category of Republican maledic-
tons. He was of the people, and those
blue-bloodS despise him, but the De-
mocracy, and by the Democracy
l mean the people, stood by
him, and he was triumphantly
elected. The commoner issue failed.
They tried the bloody shirt issue, and [
want you to bear in mind that [ take no
bloody shirt in mine, for | fought awhile
myself. 1t was not the Goulds, the
Washburns and the Langdons who did
the fighting, but it is they who are do
who fought the battles of the nation.
The Seventh Minnesota regiment. of
which | was member, was more than
half Democrats. Let us bury the
bloody shirt, and throw ashes upon it,
for it smells. l see that G. w. johnson
has telegraphed Gen. Harrison that
Minnesota is good for 10000 majority
for him. Who authorized Col johnson
to talk? | can say something about
this majority-Itook some part in it two
years ago. [Appiause.] C. w. johnson
is good man, and has held office for
years, but he never comes up for an
office in Minneapolis, where he lives.
Lets fight clearly and clearly. Let's
do away with this damnable maligning.
Public records are public property, and
let us settle the matter on this line.
Fight out the issues. They say the
principal one is the tariff. Some of the
Republican papers say they have never
heard me on the tariff, but now they
will hear Doc Ames on the tariff. Tar
if is money raised, partly for the
support of the government and the rest
for the tariff officers. 1t was such re-
sponSibility that it built up two hundred
thousand officeholderS, and the Repub-
licans had them all. A man can make
knife for IS cents at profit, but he
gets a tariff of 80 cents and
puts up his price to 45 cents,
and pockets the difference. Who pays
this? 1t is the consumer, and that means
the people. Bear that in mind, that the
people pay the tariff and the manufac-
turers rOcket it. Where is our great
merchant marine that once whitened
countries where a prohibitory tariff
has not driven out competition and
to whom are open the markets of
the world. Applause. | saw the eff
fects of tariff in the East. At New
port, the resort of the rich, the most
magnificent homes and equipages in the
world / saw the same in the suburbs
of New York. Who owns them? The
Goulds and the Lorillards, whose
great fortunes were built up
by the protective tariff. But the
laboring people, who made the fortunes,
are as poor as they were in 1861. l
don't propose to attack Gen. Harrison,
because L believe him to be a soldier
and a gentleman. But what was his
political record? He was silk-stock-
headed cOmmoners who know what the
people want. He said the workingmen
should get so much a day and
so many meals. What is his Chinese
record? drowned in applause.] l have
been on the Pacific coast and | know
the curse these pig-tailed foreigners are
to this country. l hear the labor people
are to put up their own ticket. If they
do, l don't care, and success 90
with them; but they are wrong,
for Democracy has always been
their friend and they dare not
raise their hand against it. The DEM
ocratS of this city have always legis-
lated for the interest of labor, and they
have made eight hours a days work,
just as it is in the government service.
IL lIS ldDOl pSOplc pun a biChtb III lllC
field, it will not defeat us, but we want
these labor boys with us. Applause
There are many issues in this campaign
for us at home. The management of
this state is rotten to the core, and the
records should be aired. At some future
time hope to be instrumental in giving
the subject part of the attention it de-
serves" [Applausel.
Mr.. De Lacy, of the Deshon opera
company, sang sweetheart" very beau
tifully. and received salvo of applause
and an encore.
Mayor Ames then reappeared and
said: ''There has been talk of a local
rupture in the Democracy, that may i'm
peril success. / desire to say, and |
hope my maligners are here to hear me,
that | have no enmities that could in
jure the party. l am but an humble
follower of Democracy and no man
shall be able to say l carried any per-
sonal warfare as against the good of
Democracy" Amid the applause, Col.
M. w. Glenn appeared on the stage and
took his seat with smile.
INSPIRED ORATORY.
Senator Castle Makes Magnifi-