St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-17
NIGHT OF BANQUETS.
The Single Takers Enjoy
Themselves by Dining and
Speechifying.
The Business Mems Union An
nual Spread at the Guar
anty Loan.
A Plan to Bring st. Louis
Park Within the Corpo-
rate Limits.
Election Echoes--NeW Audi
torium--An Exposition
Tax Levy.

The single takers we're in their glory
last night. They gave banquet in the
main dining room of the Central w. e..
Il. u, and devoted the entire evening
to feastiug the stomach and mind. The
banquet was a sort of a celebration Of
the recent victory scored by the single
tax men in the election. of three con-
greSsmen whose views are the views of
the single tax theorists, and
whose hopes are the hopes of
promulgatorS Of the new move
ment. The three congressman elected
were Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland;
Jerry Simpson and Judge Mcclure, OF
San Francisco. There were, too, pres
ent at the banquet, and, though all were
not converts to the theory of single tax,
they had leaning in that direction.
The postmaster of the occasion was E.
B. Barber. In opening the session of
speech making, which followed the an
inhalation of the menu, Mr.. Barber
made neat little speech, in which he
told of the objects of the banquet, and
referred TO the principles ana theories
Vi Tue Single Tax movement.
Albert Dplenmeyer, of the Tribune,
followed with an exposition Of the facts
concerning the election of the three
mentioned congressman. He also read
several excerpts from Cleveland and San
Francisco papers. which gave in detail
the manner in which they were elected.
Judge w. Willis, of st. Paul, took for
his theme Tom l.. Johnson, and deliv
in ioh ha t,NId nf
ing Nj. Johnson in Cleveland during
his canvass for congressman and
how he was looked upon in that com
munity as the idol of the people
Mr.. Johnson, Judge Willis said, was
elected in spite Of the gerrymander
made by the Republicans by 5000 ma
jority. The Republicans had hoped for
1900 themselves. c. j. Buell. spoke on
Judge Mcclure, and recOunted in an in
tereSiing manner how he had risen to
his present prominence as a barriSter
from out the humble environments Of a
blacksmith shop. Judge Mcclure was
a friend Of Henry George when that
eminent thinker was formulating his
ideas of single tax. Together they
plodded, and together they advanced
along the road of prosperity and public
prominence.
The speech OF .. L. Erickson Oh the
president-elect, Grover Cleveland. was
clever one, and met with we'll merited
applause. He spoke Of the man and
then of the president. "Grovcr Cleve-
land might not be a free trader" SAID
Mr.. Erickson, "but neither was Lin
coin an aboltionist Still, Lincoln
signed the emancipation proclama-
ton, and 50, TOO, would Cleve-
land sign the proclamation which
would perpetuate the Democratic party.
Among the other speakers were:
Mayor Winston. Aid. j. c. Haynes,
Davy Johnson, p. j. Smalley. Eva Nc
Donald-Valesh, Mrs. Kate Burlington
Davis and Rev. S. W. Sample. The
latter delivered the final address. His
subject was one fruitful OF much inter
est 10 the single tax meu. 1t was Henry
George" The mayor and Aid. Haynes
eXpounded some excellent Democratic
doctrine and each received an ovation.