St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-16

lay some fair propositions before them
and then allow them to decide for them
selves His first proposition was that
the rich did not pay taxes i'm proportion
10 their wealth as the poor did in pro-
portion to their poverty. He claimed
that the man worth 81 600 should pay
that many times more of the taxation of
81. He used the blanket as an
Illustration, and showed that the
poor man had to pay the same tax
as the rich man, and in most cases much
more, as the poor man was generally
honest enough to have large family,
and therefore used that article to q
larger extent. Does this show that the
Mckinley bill fayors the labOring map?
Ii man in the uniform of the govern
ment should stand at the door of every
store in the country and attempt to col
lect this tax how long would the people
stand ii? Another Illustration: Suppose
hat the St. Paul Street Railway com
pany should increase its fare to six
cents, 1t would certainly make larger
profits than it does now. But would
1T increase the wages of its employees?
Several voices from the audience, who
apparently know from experience,
shouted mo" before the speaker was
given chance to go further. That is
the answer, the speaker said,
and the same rule will apply
to the protected manufacturer
who receives an increase for
his productions but never offers to in
crease the wages of his employees until
he is forced to, from the fact that no
where in the world can he find the skill
and industry Of the American laborer.
He read several extracts from Henry
Georges book, and closed with an APP
peal for the election of the entire Dem
ocratic ticket.
+. Z. Ives was the next speaker, and
devoted his talk to organization and
asking the people of the Fifth ward to
follow the advice on that subject given
them by their chairman. He took up
the now famous report of Commissioner
Peck and literally tore it to pieces, and
said that before the Republican party
was through with it it would be one of
the greatest boOmerangS ever put forth
III any campaign.
john Ii. Ives was called to the plat
form by the chairman and gave short
talk on the tariff. He scored the tariff
robbers III great shape and stated that
his friends and neighbors would hear
from him again and at greater length in
the future. and that he was always at
their service.
He ldSt speaker OIL the evening Was
John Ryder, and his theme was 10y
atty to yourself, loyalty to your friends.
and loyalty to the party. He said he
would not refer to the tariff. as that was
like the boys kite in hail storm-rid-
died to HI and gone. But he did want
to call the attention of every one pres
ent to the value Of organization. He
also wanted every one to stick to the
entire ticket, as a vote against any
one man was direct stab at the
others, and above all, at the principles
which they represented. He wanted
every one in the ward to take an active
part and interest in the primaries, and
rebuke any back-office Slate-lnaking or
closet nominations. He wanted the
people to rule. and the sentiments ex-
pressed at the late Democratic state
convention in Minneapolis said that the
people should rule.
President Koch then announced that
there would be large mass meeting at
market hall Saturday evening under
the auspices Of the central club. at
which Hon. c. s. barrow, of Chicago,
would speak. and the club was asked TO
attend in body.