St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-31
Mr.. AAR1ER, OF OHIO.
The Famous Free Trader
Speaks at the Exposition
Building.
AN AUDIENCE OF 5000.
Splendid Exposition of the
Tariff Question and Indi-
rect Tax System.
NEWS FROM MINNEAPOLIS
Haney Turned DoWn--"Cleve-
land Democracy"--One
Days Politics.

About 5000 people were present at
Exposition hall last evening to hear
expounded Democratic doctrine and
learn the principles underlying Amer
lean institutions. They were attracted
thither by these opponents of DEM
ocracy: Hon. Michael ID. Harter, of
Ohio; Gen. George l.. Becker, Demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Mime
sofa, and Hon. Dan W. LAWYER, of ST.
Paul. Owing to previously advertised
meeting at Anoka, at which Mr.. Lawler
was billed to speak. he was unavoidably
absent. Shortly after s O'Clock John Il.
Martin, president of the chamber of
commerce, called the meeting to order
and introduced as the chairman of the
evening F. G. Winston.
Mr. Winston made few brief re-
marksu rglng every Democrat to vote
the straight ticket. lie introduced as
the first speaker of the evening Louis
R. Than, Democratic candidate for
mayor of Minneapolis. Mr.. Than said
that in view of the fact that there was
present distinguished Democrat from
Ohio whose reputation was not con-
fined to the United States, and other
eloquent speakers he would be very
brief He called attention to statement
which appeared in the Journal relative
to the alleged sensitiveness of himself
to its criticism. He said that if he had
any fault to find on that score at all, it
would be that the opposition press had
not been more severe. Referring to Mr..
% I,a
be formulated by him. The present
city executive was turned down by the
Republican party, and Mr.. Pratt has
not told the citizens of Minneapolis in
what way he intended TO improve on it.
Mr.. Than was enthusiastically ap-
plauded when he closed his remarks.
Owing to the illness of Oliver L. Erick-
son, Democratic candida Tor congress,
James F. Williamson represented him.
That any one would refuse to vote for
Mr.. Erickson OH account of his name,
he argued. was to exhibit intolerance
unworthy of an American. He called
attention to the fact that it was an
Ericsson who came to the relief of this
country when in its direst peril, and
by his inventive geniues destroyed the
rebel ironclad Merrimac; also that it
was an Ericsson who discovered Amer
lea.
Gen. Becker. who followed, was re.
ceived with considerable applause. He
said that he had made VOW when TAX
ing the stump that he would not in.
dulKe III any personal abuse of any of
the other three candidates for governor
no matter what they, or either of them,
might say of himself. He gave an in
terestlng history of Democracy In the
Minnesota OF
thirty-6ve years. The nomination for
governor was unsonght by him. Duty
called him TO be the standard bearer of
his party, and he, with much expense,
loss of time and great personal incOn-
venience, responded. He was the can.
didate Of the Democrats. named by
them, and he expected and believed
they would elect him.
Mr.. Ludwig, OF Winona, Democratic
nominee for lieutenant governor, made
very humorous address, and placed
the audience in receptive mood for
the speaker of the evening, Hon.
Michael ID. Harter.
MIR. Harter's Speech.
Mr.. Harter wasted no time in getting
down 10 that question which he has
made life study-the tariff. The ful-
lowing are the principal points devel-
oped by him in the course of his schol-
arly and instructive exposition of that
question:
The duty of government is to protect
people in their rights in the pursuit OF
life. liberty and happiness. Whatever
interferes with the Individual liberty of
the citizen. not imperatively necessary
for the enjoyment of these rights by the
community, is vicious legislation. The
Republican party proceeds on the
theory that the citizen is incapable
of selecting that employment which
is best suited for himself. and there.
fore by artificial means forces him into
! certain channels of trade without any