St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-13
A TALK BY TEDDY.
The Young Reformer Has a Fine Audi.
ence,
BUT is NOT AN ORATOR
Political Gossip---A Provident City Of
ficial---Republican Nomina-
lions.

The Republican meeting at the Peo-
pies theater last evening was some
thing of an improvement upon the
dreary failure of Thursday night at
Harmonic hall. The theater was filled
to its capacity, and there was golden
opportunity to work up the enthusiasm
that has been lacking thus far
during the campaign. The princi-
pal speaker was Theodore ROOse-
welt, of New York, but while
successful writer and practi-
cal politician, he is not much OF a
speaker, and his address lacked depth
and force, and he proved to be some
thing of Disappointment.
The curtain went up shortly after s
o'clock to the music of 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" and some vealy
youths from the state university set up
yell of ''Rah, Rah, MinneSotah." On
the stage were seated about dozen
members of the Union league.
President Robert Stratton first intro
duced William Henry Eustis, who APP
propriately alluded to himself as the
soup that was to precede the feast; and
it might be remarked that the soup was
decidedly thin, and that Mr.. EuStis' ar
the class that would be termed especial
pleading" by the profession to which he
belongs.
When the chairman called out Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York. a
young man of almost dudiSh appear
ance came forward, and after adjusting
his eye glasses, smiled an acknowledge
ment of his identity. Mr.. ROOSevelt's
speech, or rather talk, for he made no
pretenSe at Orat0ry, was not especially
impr0vised and Amounted in generali-
ties. 1t his hearers thirsted for in
formation upon the issues of the cam
paign rather than platitudes about the
greatness of the Republican party, they
could hardly have been gratified.
After expressing his pleasure in adj
dressing Minnesota audience Mr..
Roosevelt went on to state that the Re-
publicans of New York are in better
shape than since the Garfield campaign,
while the Democrats are split by the
mayOralty fight. Going on, he worked
up little enthusiasm by appealing for
the admission of Dakota, and next pro-
ceeded to roast the Mugwump. 1.-THE
Mugwump," he said, lis an animal
which. having found the fence pleas
ant place for temporary repOse, imag-
ines it will be comfortable as place of
permanent abode"
He disposed of the tariff question by
not touching upon it further than to as
sumo that unless American working
men are protected they will be driven
from their trades, or else reduced to the
level of European pauper labor. In any
event the Republican party must be
looked to for relief in the restriction of
immigration. The high license plank of
the Minnesota platform he praised, and
put in a plea fol the election of Merriam
for governor because he is young man
In closing he drew comparison be-
tween the present campaign and that of
HarrisOn's grandfather against Van Blu
rem. which gave him on opportunity to
mention Blaine by comparing him with
Henry Clay, and this drew out the only
warm applause of his ddress.
Frank NJ. Nye, the "timid fawn" from
Wisconsin, who is seeking to identify
himself with Minnesota politics. was
the third speaker and made the regula-
ton Republican harangue.
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