St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-29
iINDORSED TO A MAN.

Enthusiastic Democratic Rally
Mayor Smiths Traducers ST.
fenced Once For All.
A. E. HAYES was the principal
speaker at the Democratic mass meet
ng held last evening at the corner of
George and Ohio streets, at which John
@. Mccarthy presided. Mr.. Halves
dealt in cold facts in REPUTATION of the
roorbacks promulgated by the kids
who are prosecuting Col. Kiefer'S cam
paign. The audience was largely COM
posed of the labor element, and Mr..
HaWeS' exposition was particularly
effective. Mr.. Halves said: The Re-
publican party says ''We give the labor
ing men eight hours as days labor if
nothing 'intervenes, but they are GER
tain of bunting up something to inter
yene. On the other hand. the
eight hour system is one of the
prominent planks in the Democratic
platform. and will become law be-
cause the Democratic platform, as forti-
fed by this plank, will carry the entire
Democratic ticket to glorious victory"
Speaking in refutatlon of the common
charge that the Democratic party is
composed of ignorant men, Mr. Halves
said that the records show that 6, 600 la
boring men. the bone and sinew of the
Democratic party, take books from the.
public library each year. He also de-
clared that possibly the allegation that
there are more illiterate men in the
Democratic party than in the Republic
ali party is correct, but he said it is so
because the Democratic party is twice
as large as the other when they vote
their convictions.
Mr.. Halves, well-stored with Stats
ties relative TO the growth and pros
perity Of the city under Democratic
regime. narrated again the appreciation
of St. Paul'S bonds, and attributed this
increase in value to the extensive pub
lie Improvements effected, which the
Republicans howl about so V0ciferously.
He then gave a description of these
various public improvements. In reply
to the rOorbach that under a Demo
cratic administration it is unsafe to in
vest private capital here MI. Halves
showed that st. Paul stands fourth OF
all the cities in the United States in
the matter of investments of private
capital the past year, and accentuated
this point by eXclaiming that st,
Paul's credit stands ahead of all others.
There was invested here last year
S12,939, PA in buildings erected by pri-
vate capital. leading Minneapolis
under Republican rule-by $3,20S. 146
He explained that Minneapolis, under
former and Democratic administration,
had been the most promising in this re-
Spect. Mr.. HAYES then mailed to the
cross" the gross Misrepresentation
concerning Mayor Smiths attitude dur
ing the street car strike year ago by
showing that the mayor did his sworn
duty, and that only, in protecting prop
erty and person against violence. Fur
therm0re, in contradiStinction to Mayor
Smiths official conduct, he cited the
fact that arrest after arrest had been
made in Minneapolis, while only two
were made in st. Paul. Not
only this, but in Minneapolis the
punishment was the most extreme,
500 fine and Imprisonment for
ninety days. In ST. Paul the fines were
only S25. This exposition elected ap-
plause.
'The Republican stump speakers"
continued Mr. Halves in like line of
thought. nave charged that Mayor
Smith vetoed an eight-hour law last
facts are. The Republican council
passed an ordinance granting the labor
ers in the employ of the city haif-holi-
day Oh Saturday. What was the out
come? When this measure reached
Mayor Smiths desk for his signature
he considered it carefully. aud. having
doubts relative to its legality, referred
the matter to the corporation attorney.
who at once replied that the ordinance
was in direct violation of the tenets of
the city's charter. These facts were
reported back to the council by
Mayor Smith, and what did
the council do then? They
quietly dropped the subject, and that
was the end of it until this campaign
opened. 1t seems perfectly patent to
me that there was all Interior motive
which actuated our Republican council
in passing that Illegal ordinance. They
set trap for Mayor Smith; they wanted
a chance for their stump orators to rant
and howl that Mayor Smith had signed
a measure that took $500 every Satur-
day from the city treasury without Civ
ing any return for it.
Mr.. Halves closed his remarks with
an eloquent eulogy of the remaining
candidates on the ticket.
Aid. Melady was another speaker, and
he was received with cheers. He pointed
to the fact that Mayor Smith is con-
demned because he did not veto the
measures providing for bridges across
the river to the Sixth ward.
Eloquent and earnest addresses were
also made by eX-Ald. Geiskey, A. w.
Martinson and A. n. Hare, and reso-
luton pledging the meeting to vote the
straight Democratic ticket was unani-
mously adopted, when the meeting adj
journed with three cheers for Mayor
Smith and his compeerS.