St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-30
Minneapolis Democrats Listen
to the Able Apostle Of
Tariff Reform.
For Nearly Two Hours He
Battered the False Doc
trines of Protection.
Fact and Argument Adduced
to Show the Inherent Weak
ness Of the System.
Judge Thomas Wilson and
Senator j. N. Castle Also
Heard From.

Between and o'clock last evening
the rotunda of the West hotel at Mime
ap0lis was black with as good-looking
collection of men as could be gathered
in any city in the Union. They were
all Democrats, too, and they had come
to the West to shake hands with Roger
@. Mills and to prepare for the grand
mass meeting at the Lyceum theater
later in the evening. Men were there
who had grown old in the service of the
Democratic party, whose gray hairs
showed how hard theyhad worked for the
principles of right, for the principles
framed for the protection of the hum
blest citizen in the nation. Young men
were there, too, and they seemed equal
ly as earnest as their fathers and uncles.
While they rhronged the capacious ex-
change of the hotel, the leaders of the
Cleveland and Jefferson clubs were
everywhere, distributing badges and
getting ready for the great meeting, the
first, of Importance held in the city this
year and one of the largest that will be
held in the state.
By 8 o'clock the Lyceum theater was
crowded from pit to dome, crowded
Democrats and Republicans who had
come to the house for information. And
ladies were there. The boxes, which
bad been reserved for them, were all
filled and fair proportion of the fair
sex was scattered through the body of
the house. The audience was a good
natured one, too, and even applauded
the stenographer who had come to take
Mr.. Mills speech. Their good nature
was not allowed to spoil because of de-
lay. The seats on the stage were pretty
we'll filled with prominent Democrats
and candidates when the hands of the
clock pointed to o'clock. But few
more minutes had passed when pro-
cession of we'll known fgces, headed by
DR.. Ames, filed on to the stage, while
the electric lights in the dome of the
house were cracked blythe applause. In
the center of the party was the speaker
of the evening, Roger @. Mills. AS the
cheers subsidized, M. w. Glenn arose
and introduced DR.. Ames. The doctor
blushed in acknowledgements of the ap-
plause as he stepped to the front, but
his bushes didn't interfere with the
action of his tongue and lungs. In a
few minutes he had outlined the Demo
cratic principles. and had arraigned the
Republican party to the satisfaction of
GNtIy Oucs Ills ASSAULT upOu bu0
bankers party was based on the score
that that party never had fostered any
legislation but class legislation until
nearly every branch of the government
has come to be owned by The capitalist,
even to the judiciary. He said further
that he would not speak long, as he ex-
pected to be heard many more times
this fall, his coat being off and hanging
up; so he gracefully, and in few words,
introduced Roger @. Mills.
Mr. Mills face is Well-knOWn to every
reader of newspapers, for what paper
has not printed the picture of the author
of the Mills bill, the arch apostle of
tariff reform? His whole personality is
not so familiar to Northwesterners. A
fine looking man he is on the platform.
Imagine a man above medium height,
brOad-shOuldered, compactly built, look
ing every inch an athlete, with ruddy
complexion. iron-gray hair and white
mustache, the under lip adorned with
small tuft of white hair. Looking
oyer sixty years of age, he seems not
more than forty when in action. He
is no OratOr-he utillZeS none of
the tricks of the orator-but
he is a forcible speaker. His
diction is clear and incisive,
his manner convincing. His language
is not above the heads of his hearers.
With sound argument. true logic. plain
statements, he leads up to his point and
clincheS it with a sentence, clear as
crystal and fOrceful as an epigram. His
familiar subjects; the application of
accent sOftens the stream of his dis
onnrca