St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-27
CLo,ING UP THE RANKS.
rhe Eighth Will Roll Up a Big
Majority for Smith.


Majority for Smith.
The last meeting before election of
the Eighth Ward Democratic club was
held in Brands hall last night, Chair
man McHugh presiding.
We've got them on the rum" said
David PEBBLES. the first speaker, land
if the election were to occur tomorrow
Bob Smith and all the rest of
the ticket would be elected
by large majority. All we
need is to keep up the enthusiasm.
The visit of the clubs to Mr.. Smiths
house, demanding that he allow his
name to 20 before the Democratic con-
vention, was cited as proof positive that
his was no gang nomination.
The Pioneer Press comes out. as does
the Dispatch, editorially. and saws that
Mr.. Smith sanctioned prize fights. when
it is well-knowR fact that there have
been more prize fights in the last two
years than ever before.
The mention of John VOLTS name
was heartily received.
o. e. Holman, candidate for the as
sembly, feels confident that the good,
old Eighth will give Democratic ma
Jority of from 600 to 500, and Robert
A. Smith will be elected OH the 1st day
of May as surely as the suns rises and
SETS"
OF Mr.. Smith personally, he said.
1--WE know he is an honest man, and the
people love him."
He also regards it as wrong to tax the
people to pay off the city debt when
times are so hard. and he thinks that
the increase of taxation will drive the
wOrkingman out of the city.
Just as Mr.. Holman sat down some
one in the audience asked him if
they had not understood him
to say that there was hardly
any salary attached to the office OF
| assemblyman. On receiving an affirm
alive reply, the Questiorer said: "How
about Franklin's SIS a month";" the
answer to which came readily, "The
| jury's verdict will tell you about that in
| few days"
John Ives was so full of good things
| that space allows mention of but a few.
He gave comparative statement of
! the amounts recovered for accidents due
| TO the state of the sidewalks. In the last
| two years OF Smiths administration
the sum total was $4,000 which during
| Wright'S rule has already reached ST.
| 600. with siXtYtwo cases still to be
tried. The municipal expenses OF the
| last two years exceed their predecessors
| by $4,000.
| McCardy was aptly termed "a juggler
| of figures and mathematical Sleight-
| Of-hand man." One OF the best illustra-
tons of this truly wonderful comp
troIler's way of doing business was
| given thus: ''tie, McCardy, says he
| has paid SS64.000 of the clty's
| debt, and he can prove it, because he
has the certificates in the safe. Now
have the misfortune to owe some notes,
aud when [ go to the bank to get them
renewed l pay the interest and give
them new note in return for the old
one. 1t is just this way with McCardy.''
1.-The Republicans have saved by cut.
ting the salaries of the hremen and by
not employing laborers on the Streets
while they went further than Jim Hill
wanted them to when they eX.
pended $4,000 with Chicago mer
to build those useless white arches
They further spent 50, 600 To find ou
that George Refs books were all right
and withheld $4,000 from the street
sewer and bridge fund-the money
which would have gone to the poor day
laborer.
MIR. Ives was followed by Ed Darragh
Mr.. Darragh started off by speaking o.
the various Democratic leaders %
the city = Robert A. Smith. Dan
iel LAWYER and Pierce Butler
All three names received a grea
deal OF applause, as did The
mention of John Wolf and j. j. Ryan
Mr.. Darragh showed now, i'll defiance Il
the law which says that no contract fOl
over $50 shall be let without bids anC
that no municipal officer shall be givel
such a contract, f. Il. Doran, wlthou
even bidding, was given contract fol
1850 for furnishing wood to the votinI
booths in the fall of '92, which sun
would have bought enough wood tt
give every precinct One-haif a cord.
came into the hall at thi:
juncture. and was compelled
to take the platform at once. He gave
his reasons, and very good ones too. fol
speaking this year on the Democratic
side, and he said that the Republican:
have produced an alderman who sole
his soul for SIS month who will b.
sent to Saltwater, the place our chief o
police came from. by a Democratic
county attorney. Mr. MctIhee wanted
to know who had ever heard of DOran
before his nomination, other than as
member of the ''coal combine" ''Th
only resolution Doran has ever intro
duced was one to increase the salary 0
the building Inspector, the hardest wOrl
the holder of which position has to do i
to keep awake.
, Many other things were spoken o
and several of his usual laughaDie illus
trationS were introduced.
Feorge VESSEL, Of the Seventh ward