St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-26
Ppohibitionists Take a Pre-
liminary Canter for the
City Campaign. .
The Saloon Element to Be
Entirely Purged From
Politics.
Rev. DR.. Morgan Lays Down
the Line Of Attack to .
Be Taken.
Drys Would Like to Carry the
City at the Coming Elee- i
ton. Z.

Hamline prOhibitionists believe that
first on field shall win the fray, and fired
the first gun of the city campaign in the
Tenth ward last evening. Masonic hall
was well filled with an audience COM
posed OF voters and a large percentage
of women, who had gathered to hear
the answer to the question in the hand
bills, What shall the friends of good
government and the enemies of the
saloon, the gamblinghell and the brothel
do in the approaching city election?"
The meeting was addressed by minis
ter and college professor. neither of
whom are professional politicians. The
Band of Hope, a collection of about
twenty children, proteges of the local
w. G. L. o., gave some temperance
songs, and Rev. e. f. Wells, of the
state central prohibition committee, in
troduced the speaker of the evening,
Rev. David Morgan, of the floating
bethel.
Mr.. Morgan said that one of the great
questions of our age is the government
of our great cities. AS the large city
goes. SO goes the state, and New York
city rules New York state. The boss
ward politician who said he would
rather have one saloon at his back than
hundred churches holds his hand on
the presidential nomination because he
has in his pocket the votes of the city
Sums. st Paul is somewhat better than
other cities in the matter of thugs, etc.
is even the equal of Minneapolis, but
she is under the rule of the saloon ele-
ment. Who is responsible for the city
government? Not Mayor Smith or the
city council. but you fellows whose
agents they are.
Roasted the Other Fellows.
Mr.. Morgan said he met Mayor Smith
on the street yesterday, who questioned
him, IL heard you were to roast the city
government at the clerical club. Did
you do it?" mo, sir; l roasted the
other fellows" Good" said Mayor
Smith; give us rest" The mayor
once told the speaker if he wrote an
order to Chief Clark, and meant it, he
could close every saloon, back and
front, next Sunday, but the men who
elected him do not want it. "There ar
$1,000 voterS-12,0 900 Democrats, 1000 2
Republicans. The saloon controls 400
votes. They are evenly divided between
the parties. each of the old parties de-
eiarlng the other has a slight majority.
Ii said | would enforce the law I
would lose 1900 votes, plus 1000 sym
pathizers, and at the polls when |
usually had 1900 it would be minus
5000. and the Republican, who usually
gets 10000, would get those 5000. The
sal0onkeeper means what he says and
delivers his votes promptly on cleo
ton day. and every politician knows it,"
Sixty percent of the laws on the statute
books are dead letters. The late pugil-
istic fight was referred to, and the peo-.
pie were tickled to find a law on the;
books which would stop it. The gov.a
ernor, himself, had ticket lin his pocket.
to the show, and wanted by his own cons
feSsion to go awful bad. If the clergy
would pour the walls of its wrathl
ers would make united effort against
corruption in city government the prob
lem would solve itself.
Prof. A. u. Drew made short speech
III which he advocated peoples ticket
in city elections.
DR.. q. S. InniS followed in an address
which told of the surrender of state pol
itics and the Capitalization of political
aims at Washington. Even in city
elections the Mckinley bill and reel
procity are made issues when they
really do not concern the local govern
ment at all. Prof. Innis declared that
the mayor is responsible and he should
resign If he is not willing to enforce
the law.
Rev. G. F. Wells told of the willing
ness of the party prohibitionists of the
city to unite on ticket for good gov
eminent, and Prof. Drew presented the
Million Voter Agreement" in which
the signers agree to vote for the prohl-
bition candidates in the national cleo
ton,