St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-02
STEVENS SHOWED UP.
Merriam Park Citizens Alive to
Election Issues.

Merriam Park Citizens Alive to
Election Issues.
The Democrats of Merriam Park had
their closing rally at Woodruff's hall
last evening, and rousing big meeting
they had. The Merriam Park band
eullvened the occasion with sweet
music. Hon. William Jones presided
over the meeting, and Introduced
Is. d. Schriber as the first speaker
MI. OcnrlDer gave plain, sensible talk
on the tariff, and closed with an earnest
appear To the voters of the Eleventh
Ward 10 stand in line, regardless of their
party afflllatlOnS. in support of their
neighbor and distinguished citizen. MIR.
Benedict. The speech was we'll re-
celyed and the applause which greeted
MI. benedlctS name demonstrated the
strong bold he has on the Merriam Park
people. MI. Benedict was the next
speaker, and abiding TO the fact that
Senator Davis had spoken i'm
the same hall the preceding
night IN support of his opponent.
ne began to realize that it was a sena-
terIai hght sure enough he had on his
hands. Mr. Washburp. the Minneap-
OILS senator, had been fighting him with
ms money anG his influence ever since
liz,
were with him, and he was going to win
In spite of senatorial influence and cor
poration money. He sailed into his or
ponent with unglOved hands. He ac-
cuSeu MI. Stevens OF downright false
mood In charging him with speaking in
Iavor OF the meat inspection bill I'm
one place and against it i'm an
other. Furthermore, Mr.. Stew
ems had charged him with
being saloon frequenter at one place
ana prohlbltionist at another. He de-
spised such political trickery and de-
h0unced 1t IN severest terms. Mr.. Ben
eellct closed with an eloquent presenta-
ton OF the eXcellency of the whole
Democratic ticket, state. congressional
and county. Capt. George Ii. Moffett
was the last speaker, who entertained
MS AUDIENCE for over half an hour with
concise and forcible review of tine
tarlf question. He said that MIR.
Blaine was right in saying the tariff
was the uppermost issue in this cam
paisn, although Mr.. Reed professed to
thInk 1t had reached finally.
lt never would be settled until
settled right. The issue presented in
dlils campaign was as old as humanity.
Ihere had always been two opposing
principles struggling for mastery in
anu al way NOulu De. lie
fauored few on the one side, and the
toiling many OH the other. Mr.. Reed had
SAID 1t the Democratic policy prevailed
we would all be living out of doors.
Nine.tenths OF us have been living out
side Tor the last twenty-five years. Only
the plutocratS get inside of the mansion
TO walk on velvet carpets. sleep OH
downy couches and banquet with wines
and smiles. The rest of US are merely
banging on the window stills, and if
some poor fellow tries to crawl inside.
he is shot down by a Pinkerton
thug. That is the effect of
high tariff legislation. At the close of
capt. Moffett's speech Mr.. Palmquist
gave an exhibition with his stereonficon
by throwing the life-sized portraits of
the Democratic candidates on the wall.
There was great enthusiasm through
out, and large number of Republicans
VINO were present conceded that the
Democrats had the best of the argu-
meut in this campaign.