St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-04
ICE ISN'T ChILLIER.
John R. Lynch Frozen on His
Initial Appearance in
Minneapolis.
Small MASS" Meeting Where
Enthusiasm Was a Minus
Quantity.
What the Democrats and
Their Opponents Are
Doing Daily.
Hooy's Lake Noticed by State
Acknowledgement City
Roundup.

What in the world is the matter with
the Republicans of Minneapolis? Did
the exhibition Gen. George E. Sheridan
made of himself few weeks ago. while
speaking of the Republican party,
sicken the Minneapolis Republicans of
Republican speakers? 1t looks like it,
Last night John K. Lynch, of
Mississippi. and the holder of
fat office under Ben Harrison,
spoke i'll Minneapolis at Harmonic hall.
1t was we'll that larger hall had not
been secured, else the spectacle of a
nigh republican speaking to empty
chairs would have been presented. The
chairs on the floor of harmonic hall
were well filled, but none were COM
PEELED TO stand. The gallery was about
half full. And the seats that were oc-
cupled were occupied by whom? Not
by enthusiastic young men, seekers for
light on the issues of the day, but by
gray boards who are so old they think
there is no use in changing their pol
Itics. men who cling to the party they
have grown old in as a man clings TO an
CID shoe long after il has become UMPIRE
sentable Ill appearance and is full of
cracks.
One Anomalous Feature
of the meeting was that in it no attempt
was made to go into the foremost issue
OF the campaign, the tariff. Both speak
ers declined 10 discuss il. but confined
themselves to Ben Harrison's pet, the
force bill. Another anomalv-both
speakers were colored men, and not a
dozen colored men came to the hail to
hear then.
Senator Washburn presided In call
ing the meeting 10 order, he took occa-
sion to insult John K. Lynch. the
speaker o. the evening, by assuring the
audience in advance that Mr.. Lynch
was all intelligent man. But perhaps
an intelligent public speaker is a rarity
w. K. Morris. The coored attorney, was
the first speaker. Mr.. Morris usually
makes logical address. He didn'C do
so last night He made his whole speech
IN the nrst sentence he uttered. The
Republican party is right on all issues
and has always been right, and the Dem
ocratlc party Is wrong on all issues and
has always been wrong" All Demo
Gratis. he everred, will surely go to
eternal perdition when they die He
SAID few words about Southern out
RACES, then devoted himself to egotism
by drawing parallel between himself
ana Grover Cleveland. The point was
that Morris loves the Republican party,
While Cleveland does not. He tried to
swear everybody TO vote the Republican
ticket without success.
Then came the
Surprise of the Evening.
He made an Oratorical squirt on Loren
tletcher'S name, and the reception of
that name was so cold that frost formed
on the Wlndow5-so cold that Uncle
Loren" left the hall. Never was the
name OF al active candidate mentioned
IN pubic meeting i'll Minneapolis and
received with such GOODNESS.
John Il. Lynch followed. Mr.. Lynch
himself was applauded when he came
TO the front, but his speech was received
so coIdly, especially every reference to
Harrison, that Campaign Managers
GoOdnOw and Trussel left the platform
and the hall. Down on the street they
kicked because carriages were wait
ing 10 take the distinguished visitors
home after the meeting.
We bring 'em down here, but let 'em
get home The best way they can" said
GOOdnOW.
Mr.. Lynch said he was there as a Mis-
sissippi Republican Incidentally, as
sai2ried government officlaN to plead
the cause OF the Republican party, mean
ing his employer, Ben Harrison. He
created 10 enthusiasm at all by saying
lie hoped his hearers would vote as
| they fought
My eloquent friend. Morris. told you
| about elections in the South" he SAID
later. Il will also tell you something
about them.''
And he did. That was all he Gid tell
about. Early in his speech Mr. Lynch
emphatical!y declared that he would
not talk OF the tariff, and he didn't. He
| talked Southern elections. He also
mentioned the necessity for sending a
! hepuDllcan TO congress from this dis
trIct, because, he said, Northern Demo
Gratis always follow the rebel brigadiers'
when they get to congress. But Mr..
Lynch surely could not have meant
! that. James w. Lawrence is a Demo
crat. He will hot join the Republican
party to follow the rebel brigadiers."
| the important ones among them, like
| Moseby and Longstreet, being now Re
| pdbllcans. This was ali that Mr.. Lynch
said that was interesting. He didn't
discuss live issues, but talked South
ern outrages."
a noticeable feature of this meeting
was that the speakers studiously re-
trained from mentioning the head OF the
republican state ticket.
But. speaking OF noticeable features
and anomalies, this was
The Boss Anomaly
Of last nights Republican meeting:
The meeting was held, and John r.
| Lynch brought on from Washington to
address II for the avOwed purpose
OF creating sentiment for the force
| bill. Senator NaShburn presided over
the meeting. The national platform OF
the Democratic party denounces the
force bill, and. in denouncing it, refers
to II as having been characterized by a
| republican senator as 1.-The most in
famous measure ever introduced into a
Unite dStates congress-" The ReDub-
! llcan senator who thus characterized
Ben Harrison's force bill ana the Re-
publican senator who presided over last
nights Republican meeting in the in