St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-09
AN ENEMY'S STRONGHOLD
Invaded and Enlivened by the
Democratic Cohorts.

Invaded and Enlivened by the
Democratic Cohorts.
Judge McCafferty delivered an in
cisive speech last evening alta Demo-
cratic meeting in the First ward. The
place of meeting was SAT Decatur street,
and the room was we'll filled with citi-
zens, mostly workingmen. Mr.. Nc
Cafferty twitted the Republican press
with making the whole fight of their
party ON r. Il. O'Connor, as
if he was the only candi
date put up by the Democrats.
However, the Democrats were not
afraid of pitting O'Connor, as clerk of
champion of the Republicans. O'Con-
nor had made a record of which any
man or party might be proud. His
management of the court records was
simply superb and far away ahead Of
anything of the kind in this country.
Documents for forty years back could be
found in few minutes. Before OCon-
nor took the office, hours were wasted
in searching for records attorneys de-
sired. O'Connor had demonstrated his
ability. What about Freaney? The
only thing we heard about FreaDey was
that he was "a good politician" and
that he "came from Indiana" and, per-
haps, knew President Harrison" Mr..
Freaney was plumber, but being
practical plumber did not qualify him
was Mr. Freaney the clean
and square man that his friends
claimed him to be. Let the people
Judge. Mr.. Freaney was chairman of a
committee of three empowered by the
building inspector to issue licenses to
master plumbers. A journeyman
plumber had to go before this commit
tee and answer large number of ques-
tons in writing. A young man named
Tanning, highly recommended, went
before this committee. He passed. He
went up a second time year after.
He failed. Why? Among the
questions asked were: Are you going
to commence business? Ii so, are you
going to take partner? Give the name
of the partner" flaming answered
that he was going to commence bust
ness, that he was going to take part
ner, and gave his name. This partner
was Objectionable to one of the MEM
bers of the COMMITTEE, and so Tanning S
license was refused. Judge McCafferty,
as Fanning's counsel, protested against
such a proceeding, but without avail.
And MIR. Freaney was a party to this !!
The ''clean" and ".Quare" Mr.. Freaney.
What did the people think of such a
proceeding. A young man refused a
certificate because his partner was OBJ
jectionable to this autocratic committee !!
If Mr.. Freaney tolerated such a
high-handed action as chairman. what
might he not possibly do ii he should
though he never would become
clerk of courts? Judge McCafferty
spoke in brief terms of the general eX-
cellence of the Democratic candidates
for county Offices. They were all men
of ability, men of high integrity, and
had demonstrated by their past life that
they deserved the confidence of the
| people. The Republican candidates
were not to be compared with them.
Mr.. McCafferty incidentally referred to
Capt. Hanft as Democratic candidate
| for sheriff. AS an officer of the police
Capt. Hanft had displayed marked abil-
| ity, demonstrating that he would assur-
eddy excel in discharging the duties of
| sheriff.
Ii. c. Mccarthy spoke shortly on the
| tariff. He denounced class legislation,
with which the Republican party had
identified ITSELF The tariff worked
against the interests of the working
! people.
A. E. HAYES spoke, and the meeting
was fittingly closed with an address by
| DR.. FlieSburg in Scandinavian.
| Gilbert Olson occupied the chair.