St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-03

sage. as afterwards heard he had been
pledged to high license. But the peO-
pie at the time did not mind the ques-
tion one way or the other, and he was
showed under to the tune of $500 ma
jority out of total vote of 10000.
[Cheers.] Now, then, say, if it is nee
essarY to say anything else, say right
here that Merriam, as man, is
PERSONALLY AND POLITICALLY DIS
HONEST.
[Lound and long-continued cheers. EIf
that is libel want you to arrest me
and l will prove it. Renewed cheers
l say man is personally dishonest
when it is necessary to go to the courts
to decide the difference between your
property and his property. Mr.. Schef-
fer here recouuted the action at law
brought against Mr.. Merriam by j. K.
Humphrey, who charged him with SELL
ing some $1,000 worth of worthless
mining steck. Proceeding, he said:
"Now, then, my friends, when it is
necessary for the cJurtS to decide be-
tween two citizens who should own the
property. is that safe kind of a man
one of those who make this evil neces-
sary-iS he safe man to run the great
ship of state? [ ask this of my Repub-
lcan friends. [Lond cries: No, nop]
Mr.. Scheffer referred to the efforts to
secure the support of the Farmers
alliance by the promise of office in the
event of MIR. Merriam's election, and
then reverted to the Doodle business at
the late convention.
II say that delegate from neigh
boring county, whom l will produce
whenever you wish, was shown check
the day of the conventional check on
off sthnra
my friend, we want you and your dele
cation to vote for Merriam. Here's a
check. Tell me how much l shall
fill it for and it is yours The
young man said: 4 am Scheffer
man; don't want your check and
refused the bribe. Th2t same delegate
appeared on the floor of the convention
afterward, and some one elbOWed him
and said: "Here, my good friend, there
is money in this. We want you and
your friends to vote for Merriam. He
is going to get there anyway. How
much do you want?" He said: 81 am
a Scheffer delegate, and want
NONE OF YOUR MONEY"
TCheers.] l wish they had all been like
that man" [Laughter.l MI. Scheffer
gave instances of delegates from Cook
county, Otter Tail county and others
WllO WtIC OuSICO SliHIldl btlDCS3 tiiit
spoke of Mr. Merriam saying that he
would spend $4,000 to carry the eau
cuSes of Ramsey county.
IL may say my appearance this even
ing has nothing whatever to do with
MIR. Gilman or any conspiracy between
him or anybody else. l will, however,
say this of Gov. McGill. The day after
the convention he met Mr. Merriam
on the street. Merriam said:
We'll. it's all over now, and
we will be all right once more
McGill shook his head and said: ut
will not be all right, Mr.. Merriam. You
bought your nomination. 1t will never
be all right Mr.. Merriam replied:
Never mind; you'll not be the worse
for it, and the governor said: IF nee
essary | will saw wood; l do not wish to
be taken care Of" Loud cheers.
Mr.. Schetfer showed that a majority
of voters were instructed to vote for
him; how, in a mysterious manner,
fifty of these votes were changed to
Merriam; and how on every hand, peo-
pie openly spoke of the way votes were
bought by the Merriam managers. He
added:
What have l done that l should be at
tackled as l have been, and still am. l
haye committed no crime; nobody. has
ever sued me for debt. l can say that
l have never lied to any man in this
city. l have committed no crime. [
even pay my tailors, and speak respect
fully of my mother-ip-law, and I have
never parted my hair in the middle.
Loud laughter and cheers.
Mr.. Sche1fer remarked that his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for governor was opposed with the cry,
~
equality Of every man in this country,
and concluded by saying in casting his
vote he should strike from the state
ticket the name of the man who he be-
lieved obtained his nomination in
manner that no honest man could in
dorse, and he expected right-minded
men in that audience to do the same.