St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-25

rupted with loud expressions of APP
prOyal. The profoundest enthusiasm
also greeted Mr.. LAwLER and the 6is-
tinguiShed strangers, from abroad who
spoke at Market hall. at the Grand opera
house and in the open air at Rice park.
1t would have been better for the
educational purposes CT the campaign
had there been no conflict Of meetings,
and had the voters of this community
been accorded an opportunity to hear
both sides Oh successive evenings. The
Republicans, however, were not willing
that this should be DONE With sug-
time this fall they placed their rally on
an evening already selected by the De-
mocracy, i'll transparent fear of the
effect of Democratic arguments on in
telligent minds. should their parti-
sans listen to them. The comparative
size of the crowds proves either that
the Democracy is in a large majority in
this city, or that the Republican plan of
keeping itS'OWn voters from the tempta-
tons and allurementS of the truth eo-
Quently pleaded was not altogether
successful. But, in spite of this regret
table feature, the evening was memo
rable one, and full of announcement to
the man who rejoices in the sight of
American citizens participating in the
sacred privileges secured them by the
constitution.
1t would not be fair to contrast at
any length the oratory ut the different
gatherings. Mr.. .TowNE. who opened
the Republican meeting, is & young
man with remarkable gift of fluency,
who acquitted himself very cleverly in
the hard task of entertaining the crowd
in advance of the arrival of the clubs
and the introduction of Senator
DAVIS. His main object was to be
amusing rather than instructive, and
he played his part with a display of
talent not often eXcelled, even by the
hired actors of comedy who are wont to
appear on the stage which he graced.
His effort was not intended to be seri-
Gus, and should not be criticised from
this standpoint. Senator DAVIS, who
followed him, labored under heavy dis
advantages. He evidently was in bad
health, and talked with evident diff
Guilty. His voice had the dizziness of an
old mans, and the contagious fire
which on former occasions has warmed
his public utterances was sadly absent.
He is placed in trying position at this
hour. He made his reputation in his
younger days as the temperate but de-
termined foe of ring and corporation
domination. This role we'll befitted
him. and won for him the affec-
ton even of his political foes. When
man of his caliber and dlscernment is
called on to eulogize KNUTE NELSON,
the railroad attorney, to commend A.
K. KIEFER as a model of ability, high
character and representative capacity,
or to speak in praise of the local Re-
publican legislative ticket. made I'D of
''bum" lawyers without practice and
business men without business, he is
out of his element. He sees the shadow
OF WILLIAM r. MERRIAM, who in secret
is fighting to dlsplace him in the United
States senate. He knows that he be-
longs to a party where money counts
more than brains, and his tongue is
paralyzed because his heart is faint.
Senator DAVIS did not do himself JUS
tice last night, but it was not his fault.
With the Democratic speakers it was
different. The crowds which they ad-
dressed were of another character from
that which assembled in the Metropoli-
tan opera house. The arIsUocracy was
conspicuous by its absence. There were
no box parties of rich men and women
present, clad in sable and bedeeked
with jewels. There was none of the os-
tentation Of society, so called, or the
pretense of an artificial interest in the
sorrows of poverty. The men and the
women whom Mr.. TowNE and Senator
DAVIS met believe that the country
is prosperous. They have no reason to
complain. Their coupons have been
paid with regularity, and the pangs of
hunger have never had the effrontery
TO approach their dainty persons. But
at Market hall, at the Grand opera
house and in Rice park gathered labor
ing men and women, addressed
and with tired faces; clerks who
work from early in the morn
ing till late at night for small
| salaries and with no hope of advance
| ment, mechanics forced out of business
by the competition of heavily capital
lied concerns. These people are ready
to admit that there is vast wealth in
| the country, but they know before God
that they get none of it. DANIEL W.
| LAWYER, HENRY GEORGE, THOMAS G..
SHEARMAN, Gen. EWING, and the local
orators who talked with them, told them
why this was SO. They explained to
| tuOlb uON anu VI uSl laws DdQ ul-
verified the profits of industry from their
natural channel and turned them into
the pockets of few favored by the law.
The crime of monopoly in state and ma
ton was exploited in their hearing with
power and resistless logic. SINGER
ity, deep feeling and patriotism
characterized every spoken word,
| and the issues of the campaign
were presented with such clearness
that they could not be misunderstood.
| On the one side are the beneficiaries of
class legislation, such as those who
passed pleasant social evening amid
lights and music at the Metropolitan.
On the other are the toiling masses, who