St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-03
WITH Wild HUzzAS.
The Campaign Closed With a
Great Meeting in the
Sixth.
Hon. Cy Wellington Delivers
a Tpenehant and Eloquent
Speech.
The Fifth Ward, in Mass Meet
ing Assembled, HonorS
Mayor Smith.
His Old Home Pledged to
Double Ali Previous Ma
jorities.


municipal administration made the wei
kin ring as the different speakers nailed
the infamous SANDERS that the Repub-
lican strikers have SO indusiriouSly cir
culated Hon. Cyrus Wellington was
the first speaker. and his eloquence and
clear-cut logic carried everything before
him. The issues were defined Ill I'M
mistakabIe terms. and the duties that
the citizen owes himself, his city and
notion were dwelt upon and elaborated.
At times the caustIe orator arralgned
the culumniatorS of Mayor Smith in
such drastic and effective phrase that
the audience was stirred up to great ex-
cltement and enthusiasm. Mr.. Wellington
spoke as a lawyer whose professional
duties bring him in close contact with
the executive ana administrative head
of the municipal government. lie teit
no hesitancy i'll prOnonnclng st. Paul
the best governed city that he had ever
lived i'll. The saloon traffic was controlled
by the best system he had ever expert
enced. In striking contrast he drew a
graphic picture. and with telling effect
of the recent Iowa system OF controlling
the liquor business. He had lived i'll
that state, and spoke from personal
experience, and the audience seemed to
appreciate the force of the argument.
The Iowa law had been hollow mock
cry, and it had reduced the jury system
to mere
Sham and Farce.
He advised all who wished to have
such a system inaugurated in fatr ST.
Paul to vote for Wright today, and he
promised that all would have their
curiosity in this respect fully satisfied.
Mr.. w ellington touched upon the social
evil in general way. Before he became
resident of the city, he had been i'll
formed, a crusade had been inaugural
ed looking to the total suppression of
the evil, and he mad learned that it
had proven an aDject failure. 1t re
minded him of a little story about the
man who had three or four hornets
nests OH his premises. He stirred them
ND, and they flew to all parts of his
property. They came into his house,
and he sat down upon one, and the re
suit can be imagined. The hornets will
exist, and the better way would have
been not to have stirred them
up. So with the social evil re-
form in st. Paul under for
mer administration. 1t sent the hornets
flying into business blocks and scatter
ing everywhere, as will result if Wright
is elected. The present system is to
place the evil under strict police sur
Veillance, convert them into possible
aids to the detectives i'll tracing out
criminals. and the like. Mr.. Weiifng-
ton explained that his professional
duties had made him very familiar with
this phase of the municipal problem.
One of the most important branches of
his practice is in dealing with criminal
matters. His experience had shown
him that st. Paul has the best and most
effective police system in the country.
Crime is ferreted out and the criminal
brought
TO Summary RetributiOn.
Mr.. Wellington discussed, with facility
and rare tact, the money question. He
said that money to commerce, to the
oyernment-natiOnal. state and munlc-
ipal-and to the material welfare OF the
man is like the red fluid that flows
through the veins of the system and de-
nominated blood. Draw off the fluid
and place it in bottle and it can per-
form none of the important functions
for which it was designed, but allowed
to course through the veins it propO-
gates strength and vitality. 80 with
money. 1t is medium that gives life,
property and progress to the people, but
if boarded up in treasury, is hidden in
a stocking, invested in bonds and not
used in business transactions, or to
build up a city, it is of no more value
than the blood that is drawn off and
corked up in bottle. All great COM
munities are built up by the expendi-
ture of money in public Improvements,
and no city can have too many improve
ments. 1t gives employment TO the la
boring men, and that is just what Col.
Wright's followers are bowling about.
Mr. Wellington created furOre of
excitement and vOciferOuS cheering
when he painted vivid and realistic
picture Of the benefits that accrue from
giving employment to the pail brigade.
Talk about taXatiOn" he cried.
They say it is burden upon property,
and that the property must be pro-
teected. Never mind about protecting
the property. 1t will protect Itself.
Wealth needs no protection-it is the
poor men, the toilers and the bread
winners that need protection. In the
possible event of war, who will shoulder
the muSket and march to the front to
protect the nation? Will it be the aris-
tocratic residents of the hill?"
This excited perfect storm Of noes"
and the eloquent orator proceeded with
the vantage won, and the enthusiasm
swept through the hall like gigantic,
imperiouS wave. He asked. who had in
the War of the Rebellion followed the
star and stripes to victory?
Not the millionaire.
He was loaning his millions. and trip
ling and guadrupling his wealth.
Wealth and property need no protec-
ton. To the agnificentimprOvem
of St. Paul the ground was carefully
and logically gone over in effective ar
gument and telling phrase. The assets
of the city, more than double its indebt-
edneSS, indicated a healthy state of mu-
nicipal affairs. The bridges, the streets,
the school houses, the fire department t,
sewers, water system and other i'm.
provements had cost vast wealth, but
had given employment to the laboring
men, and this rebounds to the material
prosperity of the community, for every
dollar paid to the laboring men goes to
the grocer, the merchant and others,
and is put into circulation. Mr..
Wellington spoke of the parks,
and regretted there are sofew breathing
places for the poor-where the working
man can take his family On Sunday,
and the baby can roll on the grass and
enjoy the air and sunshine. Its neces-
sary to keep up liberal expenditure of
money to build up and maintain a great
city, and all taxes that are paid come
back again many fold. Mr.. v ellington
said it is often declared that figures Will
not lie, but when they are added up by
a liar they can be made up mighty de-
ceiving. He pursued that no SANDER
had ever been uttered against St. Paul
SO gross as the Republican platform
not even the census infamy has been so
damaging to the credit of the city-and
Mr.. Wellington continued his argument
at length, dissecung the SANDER and
eliciting wild cheers. THE man who
uttered these ISLANDERS ought to be
ashamed to walk upon our streets the
day after election" and Mr. Wellington
closed with an eloquent appeal to the
voters to 20 TO the polls today and
wreak vengeance upon the base cul-
umniators by voting for ''Bob'' Smith.
The cheers thai went up from the opera
house would indicate that everybody