St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-01

point. If it be the fact, he said in sub
stance, that justice to the people OF
this state and this nation demands that
the state and the national governments
take hold of these common carriers and
hold them to account for the things they
do. requiring that they render justice
between man and man, then 1t is
equally the fact that justice to these
same people demands that the state and
the nation protect these railroads
against the interference of employees
who assume to dictate terms regarding
property which they do not own. These
are not the exact words. but they cover
the ground.
How the People Took 1t.
Probably the explosion of thirteen
inch she'll in the midst of the crowd
would not have surprised the people
more than that utterance did. They
had come to hear fulsome compliments
to the Drawn and sineW and the brains
and intelligence of the world; i. e., the
laboring masses. They heard a speech
of few words, replete with good sense,
and in it utteranceS of perfect fearless
ness, spoken because the orator deemed
them right and fit to be spoken. That
is what has done more than any other
thing to endear the man to the people
of this part of the state. n few enc
mics were made that day, land they went
away ready for anarchy or anything,
but the good sense of most of those on
the ground taught them the perfect cor
rectness of the position taken by the
speaker, and they are more his friends
than ever, and they will vote solidly for
him in November.s
Democratic Organization.
In the good old day of chronic defeat,
when tickets were put up for the Re
publicans to knock down, some good
work was done. The Democrats hung
to each other and jointly hung by the
willows with unItedness that would
have been flattering to success, but
which was something wonderful in view
of req eated disaster. But the good, de-
voted work of those days has been COM
pletely distanced by the organization
and the unitedness and the perfect har-
mony that pervades the Democracy of
Iowa to-day. There is no division in
sentiment, none in policy, and none in
plan or purpose of work. The party Is
a unit. 1t is working as one man.
Here III Davenport a few nights ago
the leaders of the party met and organ
lied a Horace Boies club with mem
bership of couple of hundred. 1t is
Incorporated. it has a suite of handsome
rooms, and it keeps them open day and
night Scores of prominent Democratic
papers are there on file, and it is nu-
cleus for the rallying of all the Demo-
cratic organizations and workers,
county, district, state and national.
This action here in Davenport is bet
ing initiated all over the state. The
organization of clubs of this kind is be-
ing carried OIL on much the same plan
everywhere. While the old party lead
ORR al Of 70 r.ta nj ha
men who are soon to take their places
do the work, and they are given no
small place III the councils. This adj
mirable organization extends over the
eastern portion of the state, and reaches
out into it, as well. There is similar
club at Burlington, the home of Con-
gresham John II. Gear, who was de-
feated last fall by combination Of
tariff and prohibition. There is Il SPLEEN
did organization of this kind at Keokuk,
in the extreme southeastern corner az
the state. There are others in other
places, and they are all centers of Dem
ocratic enthusiasm and radial points for
Democratic literature and facts and
arguments.
Republican Encouragement.
The feature that is most encouraging
after all is the fact that the Republicans
are already beaten, and are willing and
free to say so. They did not expect,
though some of them feared, that Gov.
BoieS would be elected when he was
two years ago. That was a shock that
deprived them of the small stock of
confidence that was left to them, and
since then they have grown still less as
sertiye and less sure of their ground
than they were when that landslide
swept over them. Now their leaders
u tO hot hax lal =
will be Boies again. They admit his
record, his popular hold on the people,
his character and ability, and they also
admit the mistakes their party has
made. There is no mistake in laying
the farce of prohibition at the door tof
the Republican party. but nevertheless
there are many men in its tanks who
do not sanction that browning piece of
folly. Thousands talked of DESERVING it
after the last state convention, when the
temperance women walked boldly in
and ran the meeting, their way, and
some did desert. There are others,
probably greater number, who swal-
lowed the pill, but they are sick of the
treatment, and they cannot long be held
If things go thus. These men, the
brighter and keener element of the
party, do not believe that Wheeler has
even a chance. They are satisfied the
chair of the state will go to the man
who now holds it. More than this,
there are plenty of ardent Republicans
who will tell their friends confidentially,
as they have told your correspondent.
that while they hope otherwise, they do
not have any great amount of faitl On
the election of their man. This lack of
confidence as the contest comes on is
more than made up OH the Democratic
side, however. There is no doubt in
that camp as to the result.