St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23

! the big exposition building to suffoca-
tion with thousands more. come to
drink of the stream of political truth
/ as it flowed from the fountain. For
the representatives of the Democracy
of the nation, as we'll as of Mime
| sofa, were in Minneapolis last night.
They were, with Lawler, the guests of
the city's people. And they were such
men as every city delights to honor
There was Senator Roger Q. Mills, who
| for years has. from the floor of the ma
tlonal congress, fought the battles of
the people without hope of other reward
than the knowledge that he was right
| and was doing his duty, typical of De-
mocracy; there was w. G. Ewing, one
of a long list of men who have made, in
the history of American Statesmanship,
that page devoted to the territory west
OF the Allegheny mountains one of the
brightest.
Last night he stood before the people
OF minneapolis as personal representa-
tive OF Adlai E. Stevenson, the COM
panon in arms of that leader of the
American people, Grover Cleveland.
And there was Henry George, one of
the brightest of minds, man of whom
it can be said that he has. within the
memory of the youngest voter, changed
the whole trend Of political thought in
this nation. and awakened the world to
q realizing sense of the great problems
that must be solved before all men can
become what they were created.
| brothers.
These men are all champions of the
people. They speak, not for a state. for
collection of states. for class, for an
interest, but for the people, the whole
people, the nation which is symbolical
OF the people, from which it derives its
powers. And SO they spoke last night.
1t Was Multitude.
| Such tremendous army of auditors
as greeted Gov. Dan w. Lawler and
the distinguished gentlemen who to
some extent shared the honors with him
at Minneapolis last evening, might we'll
! appal the stouteSt-lunged orator that
ever addressed an audience in ancient
or modern davS. 1t was superb in quail
lty. magnificent in number. truly multi
tudlnous in proportions. Its exteut and
enthusiasm may be imagined when it is
stated that such thing as a speech was
utterly impossible.
Stretching away amost to the limit of
vision from the platform-front, rear,
right, left, on the main floor and in the
| galleries were what seemed millions of
| cleaning faces. all beamng with ex-
pectancy, delight and joyous anticipa-
ton of the treat in store.
But the uncountable multitude itself
| ended bn
| feast promised.
On the platform were seated hundreds
of the most prominent Democrats of
| Minneapolis, st. Paul and Minnesota at
large, and LAWYERS admirable, unassail-
| able personality inspired every man of
them. Back of the platform were banked
other hundreds of deeply interested
citizens-Republicans, Democrats, inde-
pendentS, mugWumps, Prohibtionists,
wayerers-all patriots, all completely
in harmony, SO far as audible mani
festation goes. with the spirit of
the universal welcome TO the foreor-
dained successor of William r. Mer-
| riam in the executive Office of Mime
sofa, Daniel W. Lawler
Those in closest proximity to the
speakers stand but reflected the senti-
| ment of the seemingly
countless Thousands
who faced the platform. Packed TO-
gether in crush beyond even the point
of ordinary discom fiture-in chairs.
standing in the .aisles hanging onto the
very edge of the gallery, jammed into
the band stand away up under
the roof until it seemed as it
the swinging structure would fall
and crush those below - the
masses of men and women listened
with almost painful intensity to catch
the echo of every blow struck for
economic freedom by the men of world
wide fame who, in turn, stepped to the
front Of the stage in the great EXPOSE
ton hall which witnessed the forced
nomination of Harrison earlier in the
! season.
The bewildered eye of the observer
could not begin to comprehend the eX-
tent of the acres OF people surrounding
Gov. Lawler as he rose to speak on the
introduction of Mayor P. B. Winston.
The manly, courageous man who has
made such marvelously successful
campaigning tour of Minnesota was
visibly affected as he began to deliver
his message of encouragement from the
yeomanry of the state to the deniZens
of two of the proudest cities under the
banner of freedom.
Such an ovation as Democracy's can
dldate for the gOvernorship received
was
Calculated to Unnerve
any ordinary man; but LaWler, master