St. Paul daily globe., 1890-10-26
AND NELSON SPOKE.
The County Member and Senator
Washburn Try to Iinthuse a

w aSnpurn Iry to GHthUSe a
Crowd.
ArmOry hall was fairly well filled last
night by crowd which heard Senator
Washburn. Knute Nelson and other al
leged Republican orators deliver nau-
seating platitudes upon the position of
the Republican party. Upon the stage
were number of politicians who are
cusseS, while the candidates for office
were obliged to hustle for seats
on the floor. Among those who were
thus shut out in the cold was
r. ID. Russell. candidate for the district
bench. Frank Nye was the first man to
toy with the audience. He managed to
make himself heard. but very little at
tention was paid to him. He lauded to
the skies the candidates for the district
bench, and said that instead of an er-
ran rand boy, Judge Young was
ever walked through the mud
to catch one of Tom Lowry's street cars.
After an Opiate had been administered
he subsidized. The Flambeau club at
tempted to sing dirge to the tune of
"McGinty'' in long meter, but it was
evident that few were familiar with the
air. A. j. Blethen came in at this
moment and took seat at the reporters
table. His recent reduction in his staff
of reporters precluded his assigning one
to cover the meetings, and he was, there
fore, obliged to take" it himself.
Senator Washburn then spoke from a
type written statement prepared by his
amanuensis. After taking drink of
water he made an address dealing In
elittering generalities. He doomed the
dependent pension bill, which provides
for pensions to all soldiers who have
been injured since the war, but neg
lected to mention that instead of fight
ing for the country he got appointed
surveyor general of Minnesota and went
off into the woods to escape a draft.
The abolition of the duty on dirty sugar
was touched upon and declared one of
the greatest blessings to mankind since
Adam uIarried Eve.
At this moment piece of red-hOt car
bon dropped from the electric light into
D. G. Potter's lap. Eddie squirmed as
II some one had put pin in the may
ors chair and he had sat upon it.
Senator Washburn then resumed. He
loved the Mckinley bill for the enemies
it had made and the opposition it had
created. All the articles upon which
the duty had been increased were arti-
cles Of luXury-tin among them. The
allusion to the increase OF the
duty OH barley was applauded by the
rational advocates of cheap beer. After
tiring out the audience the speaker con-
cluded by accusing the importers and
wholesalers of raising the price of artl-
cles to degree not justified by the
tariff increase and also went so far as
to assert that the price had been IN
creased upon many articles which had
been placed upon the free list.
Another dirge and Mr.. Nelson was
introduced As he stepped to the front
of the platform. and before commencing
his acrobatlc gymnastics with the
English language, he was greeted with
yells by the Norwegians in the Flam-
beau club After the patrol wagon had
been called, the chairman was enabled
to calm the spirits of the speakers
countrymen, and then the man from the
country proceeded. He plaintively
announced that he did not want
to speak In Minneapolis, but since
he had been whipped into line by the
party leaders he had to obey their die
tates. Although an uncOmpromiSing
free-trader. one who voted for the Mills
bill and one who had failed to secure
reelection because of his vote, he
nevertheless had been compelled to
take the stump in support of the state
Mills bill as soon as he began speaking.
All through his address he was inter
rupted by cries. lyon voted for the
Mills bill. didn't you9" He said that
he had been sinner, but was anxious
to be redeemed. {. j. Buell. rose and
politely asked Mr.. Nelson question
relative to the tariff ON sugar.
Put him out,'' yelled some of the
Fiambeau club.
''lf that fellow doesn't shut up.''
shouted Loren Fletcher from the plat
form, 'he can leave the room. If he
don't go. we will fire him out"
This created an uprOar among those
who took exceptions to this decree from
the Republican boss, and it was some
time before quiet could be restored
Then resuming. the speaker said that
all measures he had advocated in con-
gress relative to the tariff had been in
corporated in the Mckinley bill. He
modestiy considered himself indorsed
Capt. Snider then bucked and backed
and tried to interest the audience. He
was unsuccessful, for as soon as he be-
gan TO speak he referred to the local
ticket. When he finished but very few
people remained in the hall. His speech
wasn't bowling success by any means
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