St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-13


and black, discoursed sweet music. Tie |
air of "Old Black Joe" woke a resp0ns- /
i've chord In the hearers of the assem- |
bied-the words,
Use q comm Use a comm!
An my head is bendln' low
fitted So well into the knowledge OF (;
the condition Of the q. o. p. which re-
posed under the shirt bosom of all pres
ent. A burst of applause followed the
rendition "Old Folks at Home" In
the excitement Jolly Bob Evans for
got himself and cried, "Hurrah for
Blainem One wild shrek of biscuit,
hurting through the air, was heard in
reply.
Gov. w. R. Merriam presided. On his
right sat A. j. Lester, of Illinois. and Oh
his left j. T. Kelly. president Of the
WISCONSIN Republican league. Next to
Mr.. Lester sat that great journalist.
George Thompson, and next him was
NJ. j. Costello. of the Dispatch. The
faithful were lined up and down the
hall busily engaged i'll eating, while
Tim Byrnes, s. l.. Trussell, Coal Baron
GOOdnOw and other young men with old
ideas of their political worth, roamed
up and down between the tables. The
small bills announced that the dinner
bell would ring at z; its tintinnabula-
ton was delayed until 8.
At $3.50 the food begen to play out.
and in order TO distract the attention of
the assembled. }. w. Nash. president of
the Union League, rose and thanked
everybody for coming. Gov. Merriam
was then introduced.
The governor. of course, congratu-
lated the Republicans, and made the
startling statement that the Republican
party needed no encOmiums at his
hands. A history of the Republican
party followed. The governor then
became personal and declared that free
trade. as voiced by Democrats, Is free
outrage. Free coinage was similarly
denounced and the party was assured
that RepublicaniSm would win on the
old issues of civil service reform and
fair ballot and a free count. The next
speaker was A. j. Lester of Illinois.
Mr.. Lester is secretary of the league
of Illinois; also a young man with a
real saucy air and no whiSkers. BE
compared the gathering to regular old
camp meeting. The resemblance was
not particularly clear to the majority of
those present, although it is possible
that Mr.. Lester found private lug"
Thcn Mr.. Lester became humorous and
Said
yesterday, for the first time in thirty
years, for the first time since the Little
Giant, Stephen A. Douglass, was sent
to the senate, the Democrats broke III
on US and elected old Gen. Palmer. |
took the first train and came up here,
where [ can smell some good Repub-
lican air. l told the editor of our paper
in Springfield that wanted to get out
where [ could find some Republicans
after last November. He said, Don't
go to Minnesota, there's nobody up
there but lgnatius Dol. nelly If | had
that editor here L believe l could prove
to him that there IS one of your Repub-
lican state senators in it, (BluSheS
from JOHN Day Smlth.)
Mr.. Lester then waved his voice
around his head and entered into long
discourse upon the necessity for Re-
publican clubs. Through no other
agency is Republican success possible.
James @. Blaine received a Jen-liEe
"ad' from Mr.. Lester, and everybody
applauded thereat. Maryland was mem
toned as the state were Democrats vote
people who have been dead for years.
He doubtless meant his auditors to in
fer that the Republican party is CON-
plctely dead there, SO dead that no one
remains to vote the gravestOnes. In
diana was mentioned as the only state
where every man is politician. In In
diana, Mr.. Lester SAID, Republicans can
win only by thOro ugh organization and
by the use Of clubs, blocks (Of fiVe) be-
ing no longer trumpS down there on
account of inconvenience of shape.
Mr.. Lester said a good deal about "the
boys" and their husting abilities, and
expressed his confidence in their work.
In closing Mr.. Lester predicted, as he
was expected to do, Republican victory
in 1892, and touched upon protection,
free coinage, reciprocity, the silver bill
and the work of the Fifty-frst congress.
Mr.. Testers speech was oratOrical and
finished in delivery, but commonplace
in matter, since 1t couldn't we'll be 9th
erWise, considering what he had to talk
about.
Toward the end Mr.. Lester did his
best to raise a cheer for the hat store
statesman, intending that to be the cul-
mnating point Of his climax, but it
wouldn't 90, and he had to turn back to
James q. Blaine, who had already been
cOmplimented once, when the applause
came.
j. t. Kelly followed. His tall, will
lowy form was seen in Minneapolis dur
ing the National Building and Loan
fight. His voice had lost none of its
power. He first told a story. not
a new one, and proceeded to enun-
ciate his first point, the universal
cry for cheapness due to the arguments
Il
Kelly demonstrated his proposition in
lot of cheap talk, but the speaker
warmed up and made pretty good
speech. His stories were all mouldy,
nor were his arguments all shrOuded in
veil of impenetrable mystery. His
arguments We're, however, of the trade
marked, he-bottle, blue
labeled, stereotyped Republican sort.
The tariff was declared to be no tax, but
lN1
as an ideal prOtectOnist'S theory. Mr..
Kelly went to the trouble of declaring
that he believed in the Republican
party, which declaration nobody ques-
toned. Then he struck a leading
Juvenile" attitude, quoted some poetry
and sat down.
Dan" Reese, of st. Paul, was called
for by TOaStmaster Merriam, but he
had escaped. Letters were read from
Senator w. ID. Washburn, NJ. S. Chand-
Ter, of Red Wing, and l.. P. Hunt of
MankatO. rheumatism and business
kept them away. The banquet almost
closed without cheer for Republican,
ism, but Lester, of Illinois, got to the
front, and prevented. The grand hustle
tor coats followed and all was over.
The local Republicans appeared to be
greatly overjOyed by the success of the
banquet. Wei, they did set up a pretty
good meal, but it came slow. Few of the
local men had the temerity to discuss
the speeches. THAT first was little
vealy. wasn't it?'' said one prominent
Republican. and he was not far wrong
The general impression was that Mr..
Lester was good man, only little
young. His declarations of victory
were too many. AS a plain business
man Kelly, of Wisconsin, pleased
everybody. One feature was notice
able-Ben Harrison was not "in it, and
James u. Blame was "Out of Sight.'
Where was William Henry Eustis?
HOLY SMOKE.
Is Golightly Morrill, to Be Prosecu-