St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-15
Hon. Eugene M. Wilson and
Chris Gallagher Talk for
Tariff Reform.
An Ex-Speaker of the Iowa
Legislature Declares for
Cleveland.
Badger State Politicians Make
a Unique Bet on the
Election.
Special to the Globe.

A-nAsADaNAAAF @uAhAisf OObs
night was one of MinnesOta's most beau
tiful Indian summer nights, and long
before z G'clock the streets were lined
with people awaiting the hour for the
opening of the Democratic meetings at
Hills opera house and Union hall. At
Z o'clock the Cleveland club assembled
at their hall and escorted by the Fari-
bault band marched to the Arlington
house, where an informal reception was
held by Messrs. E. NJ. Wilson and Chris
Gallagher. At o'clock the club and
band escorted the speakers to
the opera house and hall. Mr..
Wilson spoke at the opera house
and Mr.. Gallagher at Union hall.
Hon. George w. Batchelder, of this
city, in a few chosen words introduced
Mr.. Wilson TO the large audience assem-
bled iii the opera house. Mr.. Wilson in
his opening remarks paid very hand
some tribute to this city as being the
Athens of the West. The speaker
dwelt at some length upon taxation.
He said that S13O,00.00 had been taken
by taxation from the people and locked
up in the United States treasury. and
as a consequence the business or the
country is stagnated and
STRIKES AND COMMERCIAL FAILURES
are frequent and common. lie dWelt at
some length upon the platforms of the
Democratic and Republican parties and
showed the difference and demonstrated
that the Democratic party was the party
that would reduce the tariff. he read
an extract from a speech by Hon. u. Il.
Cole. and said he enumerated Demo-
cratic principles at that time, but now
did not know where he stood. he gave
him mild rubbing for being on the
committee which reported the Repmbil-
can platform. He said that the Wing
partv enunciated the same ideas
on the tariff that the Repub-
lican party now does, and went down
into the waters of oblivion as the Re
publican party was now going. He
gave a history of the tariff from war
times to the present. Every national
platform had promised to reduce the
tariff, but had failed to do so. Ben Har-
risOn while in congress said that there
should be reduction of the tariff, but
he now stood on a protection platform.
For twenty years they have promised
reduction of the tariff, but 1t has been
been getting higher all the time. The
Republicans are working the wrong
way to reduce the tariff. He took up
the pauper labor question and demon
strated that the manufacturers OF the
East are the ones who are
BRINGING PAUPER LABOR
into the country, and that the tariff has
no bearing on the wages of the working
class. He spoke at some length on the
Mills bill. and showed the advantages
of the bill to the country. He handled
the trusts in a mastery manner, and
showed how they were Sapping the
country aud rObbing the people. He
touched upon the merchant marine, and
showed how under the tariff our ships
have been driven from the ocean and
deprived large number of this branch
of labor. Mr.. Gallagher opened
his speech by saying that this
campaign is business cam
paign, and went on to show that
the Republican party are opposed to
tariff reform. He maintained that the
Eastern manufacturers dictate the
policy of the Republican party which
had sold itself to them. He criticised
at length the Republican party and
platform and kept his audience in roars
of laughter at his comparisons. lie eX-
planned the Democratic party'S position
on the tariff. He scored Patrick Ford,
of the Irish World, for his attempt to
deliver the Irish vote to the Repub-
licans. he showed why the Irish of
the country should vote for Cleveland
rather than Harrison. He
PAID HIS RESPECTS TO BLAINE
for his cOwardice while secretary of
state in not demanding the release of
Irish-American prisoners from English
prisons. He paid glowing tribute to
President Cleveland and scored Harri-
son and Morton for their public rec
ords in relation to the labOring people.
Mr.. DOnnelly came in for share of the
speakers sarcasm for his course III this
campaign. He compared the candi-
dates for governor of the
state and their public records
and qualifications. The speaker
closed by an eloquent appeal for the
soldier candidate for gOvernOr-Eugene
NJ. Wilson. There were delegations
present from WARSAW. Wheatland,
Shieldsville, Kenyon, Erin, Cannon
City, MorristOwn, Mortified and a
special train was run from Waterville.
The music was furnished by the Fari-
bault and Germania bands and Cannon
CITY drum corps. After the meetings
were over a reception was given the
speakers at Union hall.