St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-29
Duluth Republicans Put
Themselves in a Box
AND SHUT THE LID DOWN HARD.
Seek to Have Democrats De-
nounee the Wilson Bill.
THEY FAIL IN 1T MISERABLY,
And Shame-Faeedly Sneak
Away to Another Hall.
RINGING DEMOCRATIC RESOLVES
Snecial to The Globe

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. 2S.-The very
cleverly put up scheme OF the Repub-
lican machine here, abetted by six or
seven renegade Democrats, to get a
mass meeting protest against free iron
ore reacted in the most ultra fashion
today. The Democrats caught on and
turned the scheme into veritable
boomerang for the Republicans. Last
week call for meeting to discuss the
question of the removal of the duty on
iron ore as proposed by the Wilson
bill was prepared and circulated at the
instance of some machine Republicans
and few Democrats who are engaged
i'll what is py courtesy termed prom0t-
ing iron projects, or booming and fax
ing, as less elegantly called. Demo-
Gratis generally caught on later to the
fact that it was a Republican game.
The call was signed largely or entirely
by Democrats. When the time came
for calling the meeting to order at the
city hall this afternoon the Democrats
were there in force. The council cham
ber and the corridors and stairs leading
to it were crowded. T. L. Hudson
called the MEETING to order and nom
mated
C. o. BALDWIN FOR CHAIRMAN,
the motion being Immediately seconded.
Then E. c. Gridley attempted to gain
the organization for the Republicans.
and here was where Mr.. Gridley over
estimated his personal popularity. He
attempted to block the organization
with his mouth, but while the mouth
wagged the organization proceeded by
the election of Mr.. Baldwin as chair
man by great majority. Then Gridley
was allowed to explain, and c. A.
Towne, Il Republican, was permitted to
indulge in one of his customary flights
of meaningless language. Towne threat
ened to hold separate meeting if the
protectiOniSts present, less than quar-
ter of the whole number, were not
allowed to run things according to the
Republican machine programme. &. p.
MaginniS SAID it ought to be conducted
as a non-partisan meeting, but that the
Republicans were attempting to raviSh
the Democrats of st. Louis county.
Mayor d'Autremont said the Republl-
cans were responsible for getting a
dozen Democrats to call the meeting
after tan days of hard work, and none
Int oil -, cir -,
call. 1t looked like an attempt to get
the Democrats to
STULTIFY THEMSELVES
before the country. AS Democrat. he
certainly would not allow the attempt
to go through without strong protest.
Then T0wne moved to make Col.
Harris, a Democrat, lately arrived from
Kansas, chairman. but the colonel was
not in Oh Bit. and j. Adam Bede
just then got up on desk to make
speech in answer to numerous calls.
Before Bede could say anything the
Republicans moved to make Gridley
chairman. Gridley went up on the
platform alongside of the other chair
man. BY similar process Snively was
made secretary for the protectioniSts,
and w. r. Spencer for the regular
Democrats. Gridley read resolutions
against the Wilson bill, which were de-
Baldwin Immediately read resolutions
indorSing the administrators efforts to
decrease the tariff, and recommended
that there be no changes in the Wilson
bill's free list. The protectioniSts then
Withdrew to the Temple opera house.
Bede made a charact erstic speech
in the council chamber for free
ore, which was loudly applauded,
The resolutions backing up the Wilson
bill were reread so that everybody could
understand them, and were carried
without a dissenting vote. Attorney
Holiembaeck made strong speech on
the necessity of supporting the Demo-
cratic party in carrying out Democratic
principles. John Rustgard told of his
surprise at Gridley's new stand, and
told instances of how Gridley had pre-
Viously demurred to him that
THE CUBAN MINES
could not compete in this country with
the Mesaba ores. He also read from the
News Tribune of September an article
telling of the big profits to be made out
of the Mesaba ores. He didn't believe
the ore tariff cut any figure with
the Mesaba range. u. d. Scott,
a prominent lumberman. supposed
this question had been decided year
and half ago. He didn't know why
anybody should be nervous over it,
when there was corner mere IN ore.
Although a lumberman, he was not
afraid of free lumber. He thought on
the whole it would be better. Prices
couldn't be any worse than now. Judge
Tripp spoke on the Judas-like attempt
of certain people to betray the Demo
cratic party, and explained how the
meeting was worked up. He thought
the results of the meeting would, how
ever, show up the scheme to the whole
country and to Congressman Baldwin.
John A. Keyes, a low-tariff Republican.
spoke next, and made fine speech. He
gave the history of the Minnesota Iron
company, showing what 1t had been
given, but the legislature, for
the asking, released its prop
erty from taxation except the
insignificant sum of one cent per ton on
its output, which action was unconsti-
tutional. He believed in retracing the
steps taken in giving special privileges
or OUT government would finally meet
disaster. Mr.. Bede wanted to know
Ii ''Ask and ye shall receive" was the