St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-02
MUNICIPAL REFORM.
The Peoples Club Of the City
Holds a Meeting in Arm
DRY Hall.
Rev. Golightly Morrill, Makes
One of His Typical
Addresses.
Comptroller Caldepwocd Pre-
sents Figures the Crowd
Doesn't Like.
Speeches Are Made by Rev.
M. Falk Gjertsen and
Judge Welsh.

IdITPI Il cTtlNNus CD!tSISlIilS vi A''O
men who were attracted nv the an
nounrement that the present munir-
pal administration was to he roasted
ont "Of sight" held what Sam Z. John
son calls an enthusiastic mass meeting
nf the people at ArmOry hall last even
Ing. It was purely an anti-admIniSfra-
ton gathering, but there wPre manv npo-
nile In the audience who. while willing
To admit that there were mary chances
for municnai reform did not quite like
the idea which Mr.. johnson advanced
in his nnrning address. which was in
t"nAed 10 convey the idea that the adj
ministrati0n was rotten to the core. and
should he consigned 80 Or KilVin"tnn'S
crpmatory. The organization at the
meeting was not at all cumpfrafed.
Sam Johnson ranp"d on the table win
his cane. and said that Nominations for
chqirman Of the meeting were in ORD r.
and graciOuSly accented when II was
suggested that he should engineerevery-
thing in his own way.
In thanking the audience for the
honor conferred unnn him. Mr.. John
son SAID that it was the nrOnpr thing TO
commence the agitation Of reform early.
candidates for office who had the right
ring about them could be nominated for
office. lie declared that the meeting
had no political Or religious significance.
hnt that something was wrong with the
present administration everybody knew,
and inst what that something was the
MEETING was gong 10 find out.
Rev. G. l.. Morrill, was introduced as
the Gichurchman and the representative
IF the Eighth ward" He started off In
his sensational style aud made one Of
his characteristic talks. stamping the
platform and pounding the air IN a
STYLE which pleased his audience.
he said he was there, both
as preacher and as a
politician and declared that the nnlnit
had a perfect right to discuss politics.
He Gaid: eff member Of nv church
wants to go to a cancus and nominate
good men for office. even II he has to
STAY awav from church to do II. Will
excuse him. Now this s not MrG'nty
Joke, but fact. A country without a
god
rs NO COUNTRY AT ALL.
and the same NAV he said about a gov
eminent. You may saw that God may
have nothing 10 do with America.
will tell Won that II will he a colt day
for America when he don't. Now, am
not here for any more nOtorietV. nut
will say this. If we have honeVmoon
with the devil we must expect monkey
and narrot time. We have a
largo influx OF Immigrants every
year. One Of the worst dangers
which threatens the country Is the
cIannishnpss which are occasionally al
lowed 10 come M. When it comes to a
vote there should he no nationality. but
everybody sh0nld be an American. |
am an anti only against hose who aSsail
the Bthla and the co"stitntiOn."
In sneaking of the reforms which he
Thought were necessary he assaulted the
administration for allowing gam
bling to exist and certain saloons
TO he Openrd on Sunday. He
turned his batteries upon the mock
auctinn stores and said: "Have we not
rvht on our principal streets mock auc-
ton stores and fakes? If there is any
thing tina can reach this d'ahniical
swindle. for heavens sake hit it with a
pole or get gun and shoot at it," IN
sneaking Of the social evil he roasted
the administration for
ILLEGALLY LICENSING PROSTITUTION
and he did not agree with DR.. kilving-
toms idea Of sanitary inSnertiOns. He
declared that street walkers TAINTED
their shame and piled their trade around
the puhlic library and along Hennepin
avenue all because the administration
allowed is, Another evil which thu re-
form movement should take IgniZance
of was the bill boards which contained
rictureS of variety actresses. The Snn-
| day theaterS also came in for their usual
roasts. In closing. he said that the only
remedy was the proper education OF the
people to the use of the ballot.
CITY COMPTROLLER CALDERWOoD
| was the next speaker. He was intro
! duced as ''the watch dog Of the treas
urv." and he was billed to tell the re.
| formers what lot of bnndlers the pres.
ent city officials were. and to explain
| what a hard time he had to keep them
| from stealing everything about the city
| hall. But he didn't do anything of the
kind. He started out hy saying that
he was q Republican, and that
| he had not deviatPd from the
promises he had made prior to his
| election. Then by long array OF fact
and figures he argued that the present
administration Was all right. He showed
that while the appropriation for 1899 haC
| been $S63.900, a surplus OF S2.~o re
| NAMED in the city treasury. and thai
| there was no chance for bOndle. He ar
gued III 1t the city government was heins
| economically conducted. and that all thu
| reform pledges had been kept.
REV. NJ. FALK GJERTsEN
said that while men were out of Office
they generally knew better how thing:
! should be run than those in office. or
rather. they thought they did. There
should not I've any 'anti'' business il
municipal life. except "anti-wrOng." hi
said. In speaking of the Catholics, ht
said that he knew many o.
them who made the best of citi
zenS. They made good municina
officers, and it wasn't the Catholic The
people should be afraid Of, but tn;
Protestant lick-Spittle politician wht
would crawl on his hands and knees t
do the bidding of any party or any stc
or nationality which could control thu
votes. He made strong plea for tht
public schools, and sail tina
church to teach religion ant
the business of the schools to give tn,
pupil an education. He wanted to know
no sect or nationality in politics. bu
eyerv man to worship his God accord
Ing 10 the dictates of his own con
science, and to know no country blu
free America. Speeches were ais,
made by Judge William Welsh and j
| a. Temple.
The chairman announced that in con
sequence of the lateness of the hour
Judge Welch would postpone his ad
dress for future meeting of the club
The Judge was called for. however, ono
responded In brief address In which
he strongly and emphatieally con
! demned the infusion of religion int
politics. Though he had not beer
inside a Christian church in fort!
| years. ne believed In the fullest free
dom for every one, regardless of creed
and desired The paper to state that h
condemned the utterances Of the las
speaker of the evening. while he APP
proved OF the sentiments of Rev. Mr.
Gjertsen, who, though foreigner, hat
displayed more genuine Americanisn
than the preacher from New Jersey
j. A. Temple, the attorney, introduced
resolution TO the effect that com
mittee of seven. including the chairman
be appointed for the purpose of select
ing a committee of fifty to attend to tn
affairs of the club and promote its oh
iects. The f,i|0Ving was the commit
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