St. Paul daily globe., 1892-10-20
STIRRED UP THE NINTH.
The Old Democratic Stronghold
Reused to Enthusi-
aSm.
Half Dozen Good Speakers
,-1 Wake Echoing Ap-., sis %
Ic plause. -

Democratic doctrine assailed the cita-
del Of Republican fallacies last night at
one of the most enthusiastic meetings
ever held in the Ninth ward. The
Ninth Ward Democratic club was out
for a general old-time party warming,
and the orators of the evening ex-
pounded IN a manner which stirred to
acclaim hall jam full Of men and
line of listening spectators which
extended across Park avenue. Hon. j.
w. Willis was expected as the first
speaker, but being unavodably detain-
ed, Harry w. Wack was urged 10 mount
the ro5trum and teach the simple truths
of the peoples cause. After few witty
sallies at the opposition and ludcrous
alusion to the record breaking run of
Coroner Whitcomb, Mr.. Wack said he
would take q few splinterS out of the
sweetest plank III the Republican plat
form. He frankly and kindly asked
some married man in the audience to
state how many pounds of white sugar
his wife could buy for a dollar three
years ago--a year before the advent OF
the Mckinley bill.
Twenty pounds, some one answered
vigorously.
.'How many pounds do you get now
"Twinty, the same, wifi a little jag O.
sand, sur-r-'-and good cheer reigned
then and there. Then the speaker,
adopting the figures of his audience,
proceeded to rip the sugar bounty
scheme up the back. He showed beyond
all doubt that in the case of free sugar.
as TO which the Republican party make
such great pretenses, the Mckinley bill
was supplying the sugar refiner and the
sugar trusts with all the capital required
to produce sugar and S2l.50 per ton be.
sides for each and every ton refined.
That sugar growers and trusts were pro-
tected $40 per ton, and that in partic-
ular instance the speaker conclusively
showed that $3.50 OF this bounty steal
paid for labor and all the costs
of producing ton of white sugar. The
lab0ring men got nothing out of this in
dustry, as the Republican party de-
clared they did, because in Louisiana
the negro is employed on the veriest
shadow of wages, while in California
the Chinese get so to so cents day.
Yet consistent with the Mckinley law,
which favors wealth and monopoly, the.
tariff robbers have put beet-sugar seed
on the free list, while they pay the sugar.
king bounty Of 65 per cent of its
product value, for which he emplOgs'
= VI.
With fortune remaining of his bounty,
with the seed free and the sugar at no,
cost, The sugar grower was shown up
along with the trusts and tyrants of
high tariff persuasion, in an narraignmenti
vigorous and entertaining, The argu-
ment is capital one, and Mr.. Wack
illustrates it by producing letters aud
sample of California sugar. -
II. A. Walsh, the Democratic caRN-
date for the legislature, next addressed
the meeting in an interesting talk UPON
his work in the last house of represent
atives. He urged the lie to those who
opposed him because of one alleged
wrong action two years ago. and when
he left the rostrum he was cheered to
the echo. N
Capt. NJ. J. O'Connor, president of the
club, was just about entering the feat
ures of rousing speech, when Mr..
Willis and T.. g. Ives appeared through
the assemblage. This was the signal
for q great stir. Mr.. Willis had been
speaking throughout the day, and when
he rose before the meeting he looked as
fatlgued as he declared himself to be.
But the next judge Of the district
court, always equal to the terms OF De
mocracy. gave utterance to splendid
exposition Of the party's place and prin-
cipie. He said that on his recent trip
through the country he had learned
that the people of the state know but
one man in the present campaign for
the governorship. That man was Dan
iel W. Lawler, the next governor, as
sure as snnrise Oh Nov. Q. Mr.. Willis
entertained the great crowd for forty