St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-29

a difference to think of the gallant
colonel in any other light than a Pro
hibtionst who is going to wipe the
floor with theaters, ball games, beer
gardens and saloons the moment the
Prohiblt0nsts have seated him III the
mayoralty chair.
The meeting was called to order by
&. II. Melby, who had been constituted
chairman. Mr.. Melby said he was
pleased to see the members present, but
thought that more should have come.
eff we were here to liguratlycly cut the
throats of our party enemies,' said he,
at would have filled this large hall TO
the doors, or if beer were being dis
pensed, we could crowd the stairwayS."
He promised the audience that some
facts would be laid before them during
the meeting showing why ballot
should he cast Tor Col. Wright next
Tuesday, and introduced Oscar Wolf,
grand secretary Of the ]. o. G. las the
first speaker. Mr.. Wolf spoke as fol
lows:
Fellow Citizens: There was once a
member of the gospel who asked another
If he ever stood behind door to hear
what other people were saying about
him. The minister replied that he aid
so once, but never would do 50 again.
This is my position tonight. l cannot
help what people will say about me for
speaking the truth. am not learned
speaker, and labor for my living.
am free man. however, and can think
aud say my honest opinions, and will
do so tonight. We are all on the
eve of an election There are two men
before us, and il will be our duty 10 say
which one shall govern us for the next
two years Robert A. Smith has been
nominated by the Democrats. Col.
Fred y. Wright has been nominated on
the Citizens ticket, Endorsed by the Re-
pubicans and by the ProhibitloniSis.
You may ask who are the Prohibition
lists and what is prohibition? Prohibit
ton means to forbid the sale of intOxi-
eating drinks. In politics the Prohibi-
tion party is organized to work
Against the Sale of Drinks.
A good many will say, what has it to do
In st. Paul? We don't expect to reach
our end in st. Paul just yet, but we
must keep our heads above water. We
can only hope TO reach prohibition by a
legislative law. But as long as the
Democrats hold power we cannot reach
the legislature But would not the en-
forcement of the existing laws be ben
eft to us? We cannot now look for total
prohibition, but let us see if we cannot
change things little right here
in our city. l hold that city
election like this has nothing to do
with state or national politics. l
care nothing about wool tariff or a
Mckinley bilr OF any of those much
talked of topics. 1t is right here in our
home that | am interested. Look at our
fair city today and you will see many
things that ought not to be. We, eiti-
zens of the United States, look back
with pride to see how far we have prog
ressed. but we have much yet to learn
from Europe. We have not all that is
modern here yet. A few months ago
had the pleasure of visiting the grand
old city of Edinburgh, Scotland. i was
charmed with their many places of in
terest, but was most pleased to find that
every saloon was closed upon the Sab
bath, and there were no young men
spending their day in them or places of
worse character. spoke before con-
vention of 5000 people, and told them
of the beautiful city hailed from that
had sprung up in less than fifty years.
But was ashamed to tell them that we
had over 500 saloons running here every
day in the week.
Then here comes the question: Is it
possible to close these places on Sun
day? Many say it cannot be done. |
have seen 1t in Edinburgh. Why
can we not have it IN st. Paul?
Do not let it be like it was in Mime
apolls either, where seventeen men
were arrested for drunkenness on the
Sunday on which the law was enforced.
Remember that three-fourth of the
crime committed III this country is
caused by the saloons, and that
the vagrant who is thrown
upon the public for support was once
patron of the saloons. These are facts
that you cannot dispute. Is there any
remedy? Yes, there is way to Remedy
it in ST. Paul, and that is to vote for
Col Fred Wright next Tuesday. Wright
has said that he was going TO clean out
the gangs. He did not mean the city
hall gang alone, but the saloon gang,