St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-21
Oh. SO COLD.
Even Col. Plummer's Jokes Didn't
Raise a Cheer for Mckinley.


That old barrack, Washington rink.
looked empty last night, although a
Republican Observation-Disclosures as a
grand mass meeting-was in progress
there. Aid. Potter presided and intro
duced S. P. Snlder. That gentleman
immediately began plea for re-eiec-
ton. 1t was the same Old plea inflicted
upon those who We're unfortunate
enough to listen TO him al RepuO-
Ilcan headquarters couple of weeks
ago. He went over the whole
subject of Republican legislat on and
his arguments were the same as those
advanced at that time. demonstrating
that the Republican congress had done
no more than It's duty, and not all of
that. 1t was the Old stock speech. Then
the eX-congressnan-fOr he viii be that
few months hence-took up the Me-
kinley bill. He made tue same mis-
take regarding sugar being put upon
the free list that all Republican, speak
erS seem to fall into. Tney all agree
that sugar will he cheaper. The
QUESTION is, why hasn't the price of
sugar already been reduced? A II articles
upon which the tariff has been in
creased have gone up in price. Two
hundred articles have been added TO
the free list" shouted Snider. He
didn't add that those articles nut upon
the free list by the Mckinley bill are
nearly all chemicals. perfumes or some
thing of which no man buys more tnan
81 worth in a year. The congressman's
speech was received coldly, the few
people on the platform and dozen
STREET gaminS In the rear Of the hall
furnishing the applause Snider's
speech was so dry Ibat even the Flam-
beauX went To get drink as sooE as he
had finished.
Gideon ). Ives. candidate for lieuten-
ant governor. followed Snider. He
earned the gratitude of the audience. if
Nothing more. by refraining from at
tempting TO explain" the tariff. But
he did almost as Dad. He attempted to
''explain" the force bill. On this SUBJ
ject Mr.. Ives made most noble speech.
He spoke 10 the old soldiers, and made
a bold attempt to revive war memories
and pTejudiceS. Luckily for the repu-
tatiOn Minneapolis has for fair minded
ness, his remarks were received with no
applause whatever. From the looks
and whispers of the Republicans on
the platform Mr.. Ives lucubrations
didn't strike eventshem forcibly. Ives
escaped from St. Peter not long ago.
His explanations" were OF such a De-
cUlldIlA LLdL 10 one IN
the audience attempted to understand
him. Col. Piummer, of North Dakota,
followed.
As Lcren Fletcher Said
few days ago, when speaking of this
same meeting: "Plummer won't do us
any good on real Issues, but he'll tell
the boys some good Stories" Uncle
Loren's" estimate of what Plummer
would say was just. His talk-it wasn't
a speech-was joke from start to finish
not always good joke. but still joke.
While discussing the Mckinley bill the
Dakota colonel occasionally became Sc
rious, but every time he did the audience
froze up. He stuck by the Jokes most
of the time. Whenever he attempted
TO argue. he confined himself simply to
broad statements unsupported by facts.
About half the audience left the hall
while Plummer was speaking He
talked and talked and talked, until no
time remained for Tim By-nes, who had
been announced as a speaker. to go
upon the platform and smile at the
audience.
A feature of this mass meeting was
the number of people present who car
ried large, leading. luminous '.jags,''
ana who persisted in interrupting the
speakers for the purpose of making
complimentary remarks, or telling the
man on the platform that he was "a
good fellow" ''the right sort of q
boy" etc.