St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-23
Observation-Disclosures
Some Plain Words on the Issues of
the Campaign.

Some Plain Words on the Issues of
the Campaign.
The Democrats of the Eleventh ward
held an Old-time mass meeting last
nightat Tollefson's hall. Over 500 voters
turned oat and listened to the different
addresses with the utmost interest. The
aldermanic and legislative situations.
were handled in very able manner.
c. j. Buell. was the first
speaker introduced. He opened
his remarks by reading an
advertisement that appeared in the
Evening Tribune, representing that,
NOW is the time to purchase goods, as
an increase of 80 per cent will be made
IN prices as soon as the old stock is dis
posed Of" AS this advertisement en-
anated from one Of the largest dry
goods concerns in the Northwest, he
deemed that it was sufficient proof that
the Tribune editorial stating that there
would be no visible advance in
the prices of goods was a lie of
the worst type. After discussing the
tariff and the trusts that it protects. he
touched upon local affairs. He recited
some incidents that happened during
the street car strike two years ago. He
believed that the interests of the rail-
way company were looked after by
Mayor Babb and the chief of police.
Both OF these officials, he asserted,
turned out OF their beds Cd several Oc-
casiOns and went and consulted Thomas
Lowry and Col. Goodrich to see
what they should do. During the
strike there were men on the streets
shouting and crying what they would
do were they aldermen. Among the
most enthusiastic men in the Eleventh
ward was Aid. Jay Phillips. He even
went SO far as to give S. to ''scab" to
leave his car. This same man, a few
months later, entered the council
chamber and voted to extend the
powers of the railway company. This
is the kind of a man that is now asking
you to recognize him again. Now don't
you think it would be a good plan to
leave this man at home this time?
tCries of yes" He touched upon the
Republican legislative ticket. Among
them were A. j. Blethen, E. M. John
son, John Vandewaker, w. q.
Nye and }. H. Bradish. He be-
lieved that all of these men If
elected would work in the interest of
the Minneapolis Street Railway COM
pany in securing ratification of that
Infamous franchise that was so bodily
and wide-Openly donated to Thomas
Lowry by the city council. When Capt.
Castle arrived and was introduced as
the successor of S. P. Snider, there was
tumuit of applause. Mr.. Castle
dissected the Mckinley bill as
would corpse. He got his listeners in
good humOr at the start, and when he
told them that the tariff on the good
the poor people wore was advanced 60
per cent, and the tariff on sealskins,
such as most cOngreSSmen'S wives uSu-
ally wear, had been reduced 35 percent
there was q terrible howl of that class
legislation" Do you want class
legislation? was asked. mo, give
us legislation for the Masses"
was the answer that echoed
through the hall. The protective;
congressman said that he had made no.
pledges, but he thought that his record |
IN the state senate for the past ten
years ought to suffice as guarantee
that he would labor in the direct inter-
ests of his constituents. There was one
thing certain, he would have no whip
applied to drive him into any party line. 2
He would exercise his own judgment
and seek advice from his con-;
stituents, and vote IF accordingly.
ID. b. johnson made neat speech, in
which he touched upon the lniquitiOusl
Mckinley bill. He did not see how any
man that earned his bread by the sweat
of his brow could vote for a Republican
congressman. The Republican party
has for years been robbing the masses
tor few capitalists. To show how
deeply interested the capitalists are
in the Republican party, he said
that Roger Q. Mills told him
while in Minneapolis. that he (Mills)
knew 1t to be fact that Postmaster Cen
eral Wanamaker and MIR. Carnegie, the
iron king, raised S450,0O0 in ten hours
notice for Senator Quay few days be-
Johnson concluded by telling several
anecdotes, with considerable political
significance. about the federal election
bill that evoked considerable laughter.