St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-05
RIGHT SORT OF RING.
Democrats in the Fifth Ward
Hold a Rousing Rally.

The Fifth Ward Cleveland club held its
initial meeting last evening. and was attend
ed by all attentive and appreciative audience.
A. D.. Warner presided and William Koch
acted as secretary President Warner an
nounced the following gentlemen as mem
bers OF the executive committee to act Jointly
with the officers of the club: T. r. Ke1Iiher.
John ODonneI, d. CurfiSs, Henry Har-
rity and NJ Il. Murnane. Aid. Ban
holzer was made chairman ex-oficio of the
committee and honorary president of the
club. SO they can act harmoniously with rhe
county committee. The first speaker of the
evening was MOritz Helm, who made a clever
explanation of the meaning of the tariff ar
eulOgized the nominees of the. county ticket
referring incidentally to the congressiona
nominee, j. N. Castle, who, he claimed. was
the author of the lien law two years ago
which was so favOrably received by the labor
ing men. George Mitsch ST.. the e xtspeaker,
tongue, claiming the Democratic party was
the party of the freemen first, last n all the
time, and very humorously compared prohi-
D1tlon Iowa to the paradise of the Northwest.
John L.. Townley. who is, undoubtedly, one
OF the ablest, clearest and most explain
atory tariff speakers in the state.
He has just returned from the south
ern part of the state. where he was en-
gagged i'll converting the farmers to the DEM
ocratie tariff doctrine. He referred to the
tariff as a tax, and explained very clearly
how protection affected the Western states.
de gave many illustrations, some of which
applied to institutions which were located
right in the ward, to show the fallacy of high
tariff. He scored Congressman Snider, who,
he Claimed. was responsible for a tax of $50
per cent on wheat straw, when right in this
state, If you could go $50 feet in the air,
you would see 400 strawstacks on fire
to get rid of them. And this is what our
congressman Claimed is working for the pro-
lection OF the state. He referred sarcasticaIly
TO- the tax on hay, eggs. and other produce,
OF which we have an abundance and are
merely looking for a market to sell them in.
The finest illustration that he gave and that
was thoroughly appreciated by the audience
was the one referring to the
oLeary. packing house, located within
a stones throw of the hall where he was
speaking Before the Mckinley bill was
passed the manager made q contract for a
large amount of tin pals in which to pack
lard BY some oversight the contract was
not closed when made some time age, end
now when the Mckinley bill has become a
law, the protected Eastern manufacturers of
block tin will not supply the material unless
MI. OLeary pays the 230 per cent increase
which this Republican pet puts on and
calls it protective tariff. Who paws
this increase? Not the O'Learys, but
the individual consumer of the lard who
buys it a pail at a time, and every time he
buys he enriehes the tin baTons who are be-
ing protected. He offered to answer any
questions put to him.. then or at any future
time, and guaranteed to give to every one
who desired q full understanding of the tariff.
Resolutions condemning he Minnesota
delegation at Washington were adopted, and
the club adjourned to meet next Thursday
evening, Oct. 8.