St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-18

lies. He would depend upon the as
sistance of the convention for abe trans
action of the business before II. y 0sE
The convention being informed :. that
Mr.. Manigal could notserve as secretary.
Mr.. Winger was chosen, with Mr.. ,C,l-
derwood as assistant. ed, ii Z
Mr.. Cation called the attentions of the
delegates to the arrangement with the
railroads for reduced fare. and they
handed up their tickets for certification.
There being no other committee reports
ready, the Bell vocalists. will. organ
accompaniment, sang rousing fem
perance song This organization is COM
posed of MIR. and Mrs. e. b. KnomtiOn
aud P. +. Stair, of Madison, Wisis and,
are widely known as temperance sing
ers. having accompanied MIR. BepAett,
of Kansas, upon his prohlDitloNt gam,
paigns..the Bells-Van Bennett tea m"
having done enthusiastic WORK for the
cause. snoii s
The convention called forhProf.
Caton.,o of Minneapolis. who spokAia few
moments. He said he spoke for, pro.
hibition in Methodist pulpit last Sim
day evening, and his wife told him ne
made bis talk TOO political Bat. nhe'
continued, this is 10 time for, a 1hIfrch.
that is too pure for little politics from
che pulpit now and then. The temper
ance question and prohibition were
political issues. Moral suasion as an
effective agent was dead thing of the
of the past. 1t would be as sensible TO
20 to war and charge upon the enemy
in battle with popguus as to fight
against the rum power with only moral
suasion.s5 The pews, the platform, the
schools, she press must join i'll the on
slaught,, The Prohibition party stands
fer all that the PopulistS do, and, in
addition, the eXterminatiOn OF the
saloons, The PopuliSts want to nation
aliZe" the liquor traffic; what that
meant hea did not know. unless the
South Carolina fiasco explained. S. Nj.
Owen, the .PopuiisJ leader. IS a good,
safe, Sonpd man. except he favors
nationalizing the liquor traffic. The
aud Populists was on this issue, and it
was big difference.
1MR. BENNETT SPEAKS.
The Bells sang rallying song, and
Martin Van Buren, Bennett, ''the Kansas
Cyclone" was introduced. After words
of compliment to the audience he said
the pressing question was how to re-
lieve the country from its condition. A
st. Paul Republican had told him since
he came to Town that ali the trouble
came about from Cleveland'S election.
Ex-senator Charles Foster had said
everybody was prosperous and happy
Until Cleveland came. With that idea he
did not agree. The panic was prear-
ranged. Foster knew it was coming
when he tried to issue bonds and Harri-
son wouldn't let him because he wanted
TO put the Democrats i'll bo4t. It
came from thirty years of bad legislation
and no legislation for the people. Then
it is said the tariff tinkering made the
trouble. That had no more to do
with it than the Growing of q
Shanghai rooster could produce
an earthquake. The old parties
had brought the woe on the country and
the Prohibition party is the only one
that offers solution for the national
distress. 1t was going to down the Re-
publicans and whip the Democrats.
The Republican party says it's tor tenn
perance. but they lie about it. for they
vote for the saloon, every time. s-'Phe
Democrats don't pretend to stand up-fof
temperance, SO between. the twn4ithe
country has that awful thing, 25S,800
legaliZed dram shops. 1t was timesm4s-
sionaries were sent to the churches to
teach them how TO vote. People go to
church to get religion, but as MATTER
OF fact get nothing but liver complaint.
The national principles of the Prahihi-
ti0u party put the blush OF shamesaipDn
all others, upon the chimeras and visions
of the Populists and humbuggery efathe
old parties, between whom therA5dS
hardly any difference-that dlffefehce
being chiefly whetiierone set or another
should have the office. Nett her cared
for manhood OF the welfare ef the peo-
pie. Mr.. Bennett told several eomieal
stories and pleased his hearers very
much.
Rev. David Morgan came forward
with apractfeaf question, TO secure stiB.
setiptions of stock for the support of
the state Prohibition organ, the Nest
ern Leader. Ten thousand dollars in
shares of S10 each. One-fourth only pay
able annually, wasewhas was asked. He
made a stirring speech for his object,
and was particularly caustic upon the
PapuHsts. whom he characterized as adj
vOcates of wildcat schemes. Nearly
two hours was devoted TO this subject,
and when it was closed 240 shares of
stock had been pledged.
An Invitation Of courtesy from the
Commercial club received the thanks of
the convention. The Bells sanga couple
of songs. Neither the committee upon
rules and programme nor upon platform
was ready to report, so An announce
ment' for the evening mass meeting was
made. an invitation to photograph the
convention accepted, and an adjourn
ment taken to 9 O'Clock This morning.