St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-01
LEAVITT FOR CHAIRMAN.


Rattling Speech.
Long before II o'clock the hall in
which the convention was called to
meet was filled with delegates and 9TH
erS who came to hear and see how
Democratic congressman are placed be-
fore the people. Tie Kenyon Demo
cratic Cleveland club. with their unique
badges and high hats, occupied promi-
nent seats among the old leaders who
were fighting the partys battles in the
period long ago when Democrats were
as scarce in Minnesota as Republicans
Threaten soon to be. Ex-senator E. A.
Chi.i. OF Mcleod county, shortly before
II O'c.ock raped the convention TO
order and i'll brief speech stated the
object of the meeting. He referred sar-
castically TO the fact that the Repub-
lican nominee has Sidetracked the Nc
klniey tariff law, ana taken up the sub
Ject or patent>i upon which lie is wag
Ing vigorous campaign.
nominations for temporary chair
man are in order" said Chairman Child
after reading the call.
Senator 5. w. Leavitt, of Meeker, was
nominated, and chosen by acclamatiun.
Amidst great enthusiasm the Little
Giant of Meeker" stepped forward and
took his place on the platform. Senator
Leavitt is always an effective and fore
lille speaker, but he was more than
usually so yesterday, and in his cutting
manner rlddled the false pretenseS,
hypocrisy and insincerity of the Repub-
lican leaders.
''Standing upon the eve of one of the
most desperate political battles the
In
with the opposing forces already ar
rayed in line of battle. their pickets in
position, most OF the leaders in their ap-
pointed places, with an occasional shot
from some advance post that preSageS
the coming contest, it Is both instructive
10 the student of history and helpful to
those OF us who are 10 serve with the
rank and file to pause for brief
moment and survey the persOnnelsof
these forces and the ground upon which
the contest is to take place. Upon one
side, with imposing array, are aligned
the forces of those who "toil not. neither
do they spin," the trusts, mOnOpollstS.
and all other combinations and aggre-
cations of capital that have been called
into existence and made possible by the
Republican system OF SO-called prOtec-
ton, who have gorged themselves upon
the fruits of the industry of sweating,
toiling millions, from whose brave
hearts and strong right arms spring all
the progress ana prosperity of our ma
ton, yet who enjoy SO little of their own
creation. This army, marsha1ed by
shrewd, experienced, desperate leaders,
entrenched behind the citidel of protec-
tiOn, With every weapon and munition
or war that money eau buy or inventive
genius produce, are ready for action.
About the neckS OF their leaders and
the thousands and tens Of thousands of
officehOlderS and placehunters that fill
their ranks and swarm about the com
missary are riveted the bonds of seryi-
tude to its moneyed powers, the Fricks
and Carnegies or America; over their
heads float thousands of silkeI banners
upon which we read the beautiful pa
trlotic words, america, Our Home,"
"PrOtection to American Labor" 'FoS-
ter Home Industries" but as the morn
ing breeze for moment lifts aside the
fiimsy veil upon which these inspiring
words appear we see beneath the true
colors of the advancing horde, the skull
and crossboneS of the piratical bucca-
neers who respect neither age, SeXn or
condition. Upon the other side are the
great American people, the laborers,
the bone and sineW of our land. Their
lines are nOI aS. regular, their equip
memts not as elaborate; no costly BAN
ners with lying notices float above
their heads; their leaders are not as
skillful in the arts of modern political
warfare; they are sheltered behind no
breastworks other than their own brave
hearts, no weapons but their strong
right arms, no munitions ofswar other
than the God-given ballot of freemen.
Yet their numbers are legion, and there
is that written upon their faces that
carries terror to the opposing forces, the
chill of death to the hearts of the op-
posing leaders.
"Who can doubt the result when these
two lines meet in November. Thanks
to the national convention at Chicago,
there is no uncertainty as to where the
Democratic party is to be found in the
coming struggle. 1t is now as it has
ever been upon the side of the people,
ready to stake its existence as a party
upon that great fundamental princi-
pie of Democracy, equalrights to ali,
special privileges to none.'
"Thanks to our great leader. Grover
Cleveland. there is no uncertainty as to
the ground upon which we stand. A..