St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-29
THE EXPOSITION MEETING,
Governor Mckinley Addresses a
Vast Audience.

The crush at the Exposition building
last night was something unprecedent-
ed. McKinley'S name attracted the
masses like the magnet draws steel
siftings. Long before dark the stream
where the apostle of protection was to
hold forth, and once there it was almost
Impossible to obtain entrance. Even
the favored ones beariug white cards
admitting the bearers to the exclusive
entrance found it difficult work to get
inside the big hall. while the
front of the main door was packed with
a solid mass of humanity, to run the
gauntlet of which was almost to risk
ones life. The galleries of the big.
barracks-like structure and the main
the crowd come.
People on the outside struggled,
pushed. jammed and tore at each other,
and once inside they declared that they
would not go through the ordeal again
tor all the protection in the country. In
fact. it was anything but protection
and for once the name was misno-
mer. Wedged in the crowd in front of
the building were number of ladies,
many of whom succumbed to the pres
sure and tainted.
The hall proper would have answered
we'll as cold storage or ice house. 1t
was as cold as the proverbial barn. and
people Shivered and shook even with
| their heavy wraps Oh. While the hall
was filling up music was discoursed
by Thiel's band, and by the crack band
from st. Cloud. In the intervals the
crowd hOoted and yelled, to keep warm
evidently, as there was nothing else to
do until the appearance OF the star at
traction.
1t was long after o'clock when Gov.
Mckinley entered the hall, accompanied
by Gov. Kuute Nelson. The appear
ance of the distinguished parties was
| the occasion tor loud applause and
another series of boots and yells.
| Seated on the platform were a number
| of notable people from Minneapolis, ST.
| Paul and the state, including leading
politicians, lawyers, judges of the su-
preme aud local bench, bankers and
| other prOminentS.
Just before the proceedings opened
| word was sent to the platform that
| number of Old soldiers were struggling
made to get them in, but with indiffer-
ent success, the mass of humanity by
| this time extending from the EXposi-
| tion TO Central avenue.
In the meantime the Little Napo-
| leon" of the high tariff fetch sat and
| looked calmly on. HIS Roman-like, not
to say Jesuitlcal, face displayed no emo
| ton, and if he felt any he certainly did
not manifest it outwardly.
| 1t was quite 9 o'clock when John
Goodnow raped on the anvil and called
| the meeting to order by introducing
| Gov. Nelson as the president of the
| evening.
On taking the chair Gov. Nelson said
| the First in order would be song by
| the double quartette." The latter sang
a dlttv, the refrain of which was Billy
| Mckinley, oh," the song having refer
ence to what the Mckinley bill was
supposed to do with the Democratic
| party. The refined sentiment of the
song may be imagined when it is stated
that one verse alluded to the country
being in 'hell OF stew" An encore
was demanded, when the quartette sang
| another song having reference to the
| transportation of Grover Cleveland and
| other Democratic statesmen.
| During the evening selections were
| rendered by the Minneapolis Drum
| corps, and the welkin was made to ring
several times by the college yells OF the
university students.
| One of the officers stated that $500
people were admitted by tickets and
badges.
The audience was, of course, in touch
with the spirit that had called the as.
semblage together, and the illusions to
the tariff and pension issues met with
uproarlous applause-such vociferous
and unthinking manifestations as al
ways accompany large, good-hum ored
| crowd.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions, reported by c. A. Towne, chair
man at the afternoon convention of the
State League of Republican Clubs,
i speaks of the alleged unhappy condition
of the country owing TO the Democratic
administration and revolutionary legis.
| lation. The report said our foreign
diplomacy has discredited us in the eyes
I OF the world. 4iie attempt to reinstate
tQueen Liliuokalani is an act opposed to
the traditions of the American people,
and is fitly balanced by fiscal policy te
turn over our home market to foreign
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