St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-26
SAINT PAUL.
ENTHUSIASM RAMPANT.
The Democrats Fire the Public
Heart All Along the Line.


The Democrats Fire the Public
Heart All Along the Line.
'The Democratic camp fires are burn
ing brightly all along the line" is the
way the managers of the local campaign
put it. During the past week the meet
ingS in the several wards OF the city
have been well attended by enthusiastic
voters. When contraSted with the
meetings of Republicans the Democrats
have felt gratihed and disposed to crow
over the greater success of their meet
ingS. / he interest manifested in APP
plauSe, and the fact that working peo-
pie have remained III the halls until
late hour to hear repeated discussions
of the tariff. indicate that they are much
Interested in.the question, and desire 10
vote intelligently at the coming cleo
ton. The meetings last night, like
those of the evenings preceding. were
interesting.
The First Ward
meeting at Turgeon's hall on Payne avenue,
was corker. Addresses were made by Hon.
W. NJ. Campbell. Gen. X. W. Johnson and
Judge j. j. McCafferty. Mr.. Campbell is
master hand at discussing taxation, and he
dealt hard but fair blows at The Mckinley
bill aud his remarks were greeted with en-
thusiastic applause. Gen. johnson invited
calm and conservative consideration of the
questions involved in the campaign, and de-
clared that the weight of sympathy from The
great body of people ought TO DE With the
Democratic party.
Judge McCaflerty delivered telling speech
md rung the changes on a comparison of the
two political parties
Tn the Second.
The Democrats had splendid rally at
Eattenhauser hall, corner Mendoza and Mar.
garet streets, i'll the Second ward. last night.
Judge McCafferty. LoXton Hunter, Hon. j.
Nelheway and Aid. Bott delivered eloquent
speeches. I he Mckinley bill was discussed
ably and exclusively. The hail was crowded
and The audience unusually apprecalive.
Housing Third Ward Rally.
There was pretty fair illustration of the
political feeling in the Third ward last night.
and it was altogether encouraging to the
Democrats. The Republicans held Il meeting
on one side of the street. and the Democrats
ON the other. The Republicans had a brass
band. banners, and tranSperancies; and after
ali their tooting got an audience of just four
teen persons 10y actual count Ill their hall.
The Democrats assembled without Il flourish
of trumpets and the hail was packed to
overlooking. 1t was a rousing meeting of
the Third ward Democratic club held at Vega
nall on East Seventh street, between Sibley
and Wacouta. D. c. Hanlev, president of
the club, presided. and introduced j. j.
Ryder as the first speaker. Mr. Ryder
WHO'S m .mber of the trades assembly,
spoke from the position OF a laboring man
and discussed the tariff in its relation to
wages. He made all able and forcible argu-
ment against the Mckinley bill and demon
strated how injurious il was TO the wage
earners. He scored Congressman Snlder fore
and aft, and his speech W6s well received.
Hon. G. d. O'Brien was the next speaker,
who enlarged upon the tariff subject from
the standpoint OF American citizenship.
Mr.. O'Brien spoke for nearly an hour in
an eloquent, energetic. and entertaining
manner while the enthusiasm created by the
speech showed that the good Democratic
doctrine fell on good ground. Capt George
III. Moffett was the last speaker and in an
earnest and eloquent manner explained the
onnipresence of the tax gatherer who pur
sued every footstep from The cradle TO the
grave and ravaged every substance except
the richest. In conclusion he dwelt upon the
eXceIlency OF the Democratic state cOnereS-
sionGl and county candidates. a novel feat
nre of the concluding part of the speech was
that AZ each candidate was named his picture
was thrown against screen on the stage by
a Slereopticon operated by Alfred Palmqnist.
This ELECTED unbounoed applause and proved
very entertaining portion of the evenings
enjoyment. The Third Ward club now num-
beTs 3b7 memLeTs. and new ones are being
ADDED ateach meeting. The next meeting
of the CLUB will be held Monday evening.
The Eighth Ward
meeting at Alpachten hall, corner of Dale
and Arundel streets, was, like all Democratic
meetings in that stronghold of Democracy. a
pronounced success John l.. Townley and
4. Z. Hawes talked Democracy and tariff to
All interested audience and created good feel
ing and enthusiasm.
The Prohibitonist meeting at Relief hall.
AL East Ninth street, was gratifying to the
advocates of The theory that the saloon must
go. 1t was very evident from the interest
taken and the enthusiasm shown that they
believe their cause is moving in an ascend
Ing scale, and is destined to cut consider
able figure in politics.
The speaker of the evening was James P.
Pinkham, the Prohibition candidate for gov
prnor. lie received ali enthusiastic welcome
and delivered a strong speech from his stand
point. He arraigned the rival parties, and
morals and homes Of the people by doing
away with the saloon.s He considered the
cause of prohibition the great concern of
lawabIdipg people. and urged his people to
stand by theifcolors.