St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-06

yankee Doodle"
Senator Castl lie.
of Saltwater, was called for. but was
excused, as he had but yesterday
attended the funeral of his
friend, Judge AIcCluer. Ex-United
States Attorney Baxter was then intro
.duced, who responded IN very happy
speech. promising to, later in the cam
paign, deliver the speech which he
had prepared, and announcing his JEFF
/ fersonian Democracy. A. D. Smith was
introduced as 1.-The Tom Reed of the JEFF
ferSon club" He wanted to wipe out
the insult in blood even at the
risk of soiIing his new clothes. He
thanked God that he resembled Reed
only by being nj oOn-faced, and
with the Lodge c, INFO force bill, the he
menace of the free ballot and the fair
count, the offspring of an anglomaniac,
the whole thing reminding him OF the
words of the poet, ''Oh, for Lodge
in some vast wilderness" He animad-
verified to the frauds of the Tilden CAM
paign. to perpetuate which system
The Lodge Bill
was framed. 1--WE are" said he, Sin
this bill beginning where England has
left off, she being now ready to
grant home rule to Ireland"
After a review of the
visions of the bill, the speaker de-
clared it to be ga combination of Purf-
tanism and blacklegism, of czarism
and corruption" '.The Chesterfield
of the First ward" Harry Burke,
followed on 1.-THE Politician, the True
Patriot" Mr.. Burke declared that he
had not the temerity to speak ON ma
tional issues after the Nestors of
Democracy who had proceeded him,
but would speak word OH the local
situation. He reached the conclusion
that, after the sort of administration
which Minneapolis had experienced for
the past two years, Abraham Lincoln.
did he live in Minneapolis, would be a
Democrat. Mr.. Pfau, of New Ulm, the
only white male child left in
that town during the Indian war.
was introduced, but said only
few words. Mr.. Marble, of Duluth,
acknowledged an introduction, and was
followed by John MaginniS, brother OF
Martin Maginnis, of Montana. After
word in favor of
The Early Convention,
Mr.. McGinnis said word for the
farmers, one of whom he was until
driven out by hailstorms. grasShoppers
and incompetent Republican leg
isiation. He wound up by de-
clarlng that the farmers would
not have had to nominate a state ticket
this year had they always had
the courage of their convictions
and voted for their friends. Mayor
Pau, of MankatO, came next, in
opposition to those who had pleaded
for proper candidate. M. Pau de-
clared that he was confident of the con-
yention nominating candidate whom
every Democrat could support, which
was greeted with applause. In behalf
of the young Democracy OF Hennepin
county w. Ii. Donahue was
called for. who pleaded his Inability
to do justice to that branch
of the party. Mr.. Donahue paid special
the Lodge force bill, the denial of
seIf-government, which has been de-
MED to Minneapolis by Republicanism
The American senate he compared to
the Roman senate before the fall OF the
empire, seats in which were put
Up at Auction
and put the Republican gubernatorial
candidate in the same class, his only
qualification being his "bar'l." An
other word i'll favor of Minneapolis
| followed, and Mr.. Donahue sat down.
John T. Byrnes followed, with remarks
on the voter who votes from
his vest pocket. Chairman Glenn,
after few words on the objects
| of the jefferson club in the sense of the
| sdelivering of which he declared
that every Democrat would back the
jefferson club, ana that the JEFF
ferson club would back every
Democrat, introduced Mr.. Randall,
chairman of the congressional commit
tee in Hon. Thomas Wilson's dis
trict. Mr.. Randall gave a little his
tory of politics in the First district,
| detailing the two campaigns made by
| Judge Wilson, and declaring
| that in both Wilson made
gains among the farmers. Mr..
Randall defended the farmers.
since they should hot be expected to
grasp in couple of months the tariff
question, which statesmen were
a long time in hnding out.
| honest and were fast finding out the
| fallaeies of the high protective sys-
TEN. Mr.. Randall wanted the farmers
! given more time, and he was con-
| fident that they would come cut
all right. With prophesy of future
success Mr.. Randall closed one Of the
best speeches of the evening.
Col. Thornton, of St. James, came
next with few words in
commendation of the Jefferson club
| and strong condemnation of the Lodge
| force bill. Chairman Simmons, of
| the Fifth congressional district.
| followed with short speech
on the condition of the Fifth district,
! where, he answered for it, the Scandl-
navian farmers would be found all
right.
s'The next toast" said the chair
| man. '''Our Adopted Sons in Amer
lean Politics. will be responded to
| Lars. M. Rand. Mr.. Rand con-
| fessed his pride in being able to cast
| his vote as Democrat. In the course
of short speech Capt. Merriman
| took occasion to offer his service to
| the Democratic clubs for campaign
work, as he wanted to say a good
| deal on many questions, and one
of them was the condition of
| the agricultural interests of the
whole country, which every measure
| of the Republican party had contributed
| to crush. Capt.sMerriman went over
| the whole condition of the farmer in
how he had been continually growing
| poorer. He turned to the word PRO
tection," which had always been used
! as
| A Cloak for Robbing
every man in this country. Then turn
ing to the methods of the Republican
party. the speaker said: 1--WE can
afford to be robbed Of our
/ money, but we must not
be robbed of our honor and our votes as
we have been," which was greeted with
deafenng cheers. The closing address
was made by JW Lawrence, who made a
strong plea for a united and enthusias-
tic effort on the part of all Democrats to
down Republicanism and Doodle
ism-one and the same thing.
A final toast was proposed by
Col. Glen. who said that he had voted
for Pierce and every Democratic candi-
date since. and still regarded himself a
s.kid." This was drank, and the most
enthusiastic Democratic meeting ever
held in the state adjourned.