St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-29
ST.PAUL IS IN IT.
The Rubicon Is Crossed and
We Are Out for the Con-
vention.
& Non-Partisan Mass Meeting
Formally Commits the
City.
Cheers Greet minneapolis
Sturdy Assurance Of
Loyalty.
Patriotic and Enthusiastic
Speeches and Proffers Of
Finances.
& Great 0utpouring Indiea-
tive Of True Northwest
ern Spirit.
Committee Of One Hundred
to Control the Big CAM
paign.

The decisive step has been taken. If
1t is within the possible grasp of st.
Paul the next national Democratic con-
ventiOn will donate its efforts and in
iuences to the glory and fame of the
capital of the North Star state.
st. Paul will get it.
That was the consensus OF opinion at
the adjournment of one of the most in
teGsely enthusiastic, patriotic and repre-
sentative gatherings ever held in st.
Paul. 1t was, as had been contemplated,
nOn-partisan gathering-everybO body
bent upon getting the convention.
While fair majority of the
participants in the demonstration
were Democrats, there was large
Sprinkling of earnest and sincere Re-
Dublicans, who were nOwiSe backward
in giving voice in unmistakabe lam
guage TO the common sentiment thatact-
uated and prompted one and all alike.
1t was not politics, but patriotism, and
it was not narrow in its hablliments.
but broad cloak that covered not only
the Twin Cities, but envelOped the ell
tire NOrthWest-MinnesOt the Da-
kOtas. Montana. Wisconsin and Iowa.
To rebound to the benefit OF all this tel
ritOry was the burden Of inSplriting and
eloquent speeches.
The RubicOn is crossed. and there is
now no turning back with credit to
either st. Paul or its twin. Both are
pledged to enter the struggle-and it Is
all for st. Paul. Money to meet the
eXigencieS is pledged-that is, fair
start is made-and the rest is left to
citizens committee of 100 to work out.
That committee will be announced to-
morrow in these columns.
One of the means to the end. as
planned. is to send a formidable COM
mittee to Washington. patterning after
the successful Republicans. Hon.
Michael Doran, the Minnesota member
OF the national Democratic committee,
united with a sincere earnestness with
the spirit of the gathering which was
held III the chamber of commerce, pur-
Suant to the announcement which was
published in the GLOBE. He promises
TO go on in advance of the regular am
bassadorS, such as may be selected as
the ArgOnautS of the city, and exert his
utmost in paving the way for the
mighty flood of influence that will fol-
low.
The Minneapolis contingent at the
gathering was a mighty host, headed 10y
those dauntless warehouses of the party
Hon. Charles NJ. FOote and Col. NJ. w.
Glenn. Their eloquent words of cheer
went long way towards creating that
enthusiasm. that bursted itS.bonds and
spend itself in seXuberent echoes that
resOunded throughout the confines of
the city. Cheer after cheer rent the
air in recognition of the intense
patriotism displayed by both Col.
Glennl and Charley Foote, of the
North Star Association of Democratic
clubs. when they proffered their aid land
when Mr.. FOOte, as a Minneapolis man
with limited means, contributed S1O0 to
the common fund of st. Paul and
pledged that st. Paul would find hun
dreds Of other Minneapolitans equally
liberal, the mass meeting resembled the
anticipated nominating convention
itself. The cheers and the tigers from
500 luSty Threats, made athletic and
strong in the most salubriouS and brac-
ing climate in the world, started the
very ceiling of the old chamber of COM
MERGE.
what Was Done.
AS had been arranged. Mayor Robert
a. Smith called the assemblage to order.
In practical and earnest way, more
eloquent and more effective than fine
rhetoric. stated the object of the gather
ing. 1t was a digniiied and unOstenta-
5 tious speech, in which there was a re-
freshing absence of intended political
effect. 1t was st. Paul speech, Twin
City speech, Minnesota Speech-more.
Northwestern Speech-and it was re-
ceiYed with applause.
Hon. Dan Aberle was CHOSEN secre-
tary by reclamation. and, upon asSum-
ing his duties, read a characteristic tele-
gram from the lrrepresSible Col. w. S.
King. The text is:
Robert A. Smith. Mayor: Put on your war
paint sharpen your tOmahaWks and go for
the national Democratic convention. Min
Eeapolis will show you how Loyalty and en-.
Enthusiastically she viii follow st. Pauls lead
III securing twin convention.
This was signal for renewed ap-
plause. Otto Miller, Minneapolis
sachem who delights in the earnest elo-
Quence Of his platform hero, called for
Charley FoOte. The latter, never 10th
to attest to his convictions under all
conditions and circumstances, took the
floor. But he mOdeStly declined to take
the Initiative. He had been chosen as
the chairman of the Hennepin delega-
ton present in the absence OF Mayor
Winston. He assured the hosts of RAM
sey that Hennepin was with them, and
there to stay until victory is won.
Gen. Clapp called out Aid. Haynes, of
@hiiIHSdDOlfos Ilt pIOleSl61 the most
enthusiastic feeling on the part of Min
neapolis and averred that there is no
question of the common sentiment that
will actuate the general populace in the
race Tor the one desideratum. He
pledged every aid and assistance in his
pOWer-in the power of his city, in
fact-in the event st. Paul sees fit to
make the undertaking. He advised the
appointment of committee after the
fashion so successfully set by the Re-
publicanS of the two cities, and said
Minneapolis will 90 on to Washington
ii asked-free and without expense.
To settle the question once for all,
Lewis Baker here introduced a resolu-
ton pledging the city to the endeavor.
lie prefaced the same with few words
of cheer and encouragement. The reso-
luton reads:
reserved, That it is the sense of this meet
ing that the citizens of ST. Paul should make
the attempt u secure the sitting in this city
D. the next Democratic national convention,