The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-08

silver vote. BY this he means the COM
bined vote Of Mckinley and Palmer as
against the vote received by Bryan
and his two vice presidential candi-
dates This big total is to come from
te Republicans, Democrats to the
number of 100000 and $4,000 Scandina-
VANS who have hitherto voted the
free trade Democratic ticket. Berg
figures that these totals added to the
normal Republican majority will bring
the sound money total UP to $4,000
This would mean plurality for Nc
Kinley of about $4,000 Berg doesn't
believe his own handiwork, even when
he has the evidence Of his eyes, but
the guess will do to keep up the spirits
of the friends of the governor, who
are really wondering whether Clough
will pull through.
The st. Paul Sound Money club has
entered into correspondence with Paul
Du Chaillu and Neils Groin with the
idea OF securing their services at a
sound money mass meeting to be held
In Market hall Oct. 16 Du Chaillu has
been making speeches throughout the
Northwest for some weeks and Groin
Is fluent talker and we'll known to
the Scandinavians Of this section. He
Is in charge Of the Scandinavian de-
partment Of the national Republican
committee.
Albert Scheffer and D. w. Lawler
will address a sound money meeting
at Pleibusch's hall, in the Eighth
ward, tomorrow night.
The young men of the Second ward
will organize a young mems sound
money club Thursday evening, Oct. s,
In Stutzman's hall, Seventh street and
Bates avenue. All interested are in
vited.
Hon. r.. P. Pinkham will give Pro-
h-bftion addresses in Otter Tail county
next week as follows: Fergus Falls,
18th; Dalton, 18th; Eagle Lake, 14th;
Clarke, Prohibition candidate for con-
gress in the First district, will speak
in Steele and Mower counties next
week. The Prohibitionists Of the Third
district will meet in convention at
Mortified on Friday of this week, Oct
8. The Prohibitionists of Dakota
county will hold mass county con-
yention at Pennington on Monday,
Oct. IL, at 10 o'clock A county ticket
will be placed in the field.
Edward Christopherson, president of
the st. Paul Trades and Labor assem-
bly,, writes to the G / o b e: cit is
stated in your issue this morning that
the trades and labor assembly has re-
quested the appointment Of the chair
man of the Rankin meeting, leaving
the inference that the assembly is TAX
ing some part in the political cam
paign. I wish to state emphaticalIy
that the assembly has not taken any
action in regard to this matter, and
that in fact it has never been brought
before the body. The assembly abso-
lutely takes no part in politics or
political meetings of any description"
The Organized Labor Bryan-Lind
club, at their last meeting, elected j.
FL. Wilson, president; John Gierke,n sec
rotary, and J. f. Krieger, treasurer.
The membership is now over 100, and
it Is expected that at the meeting to-
night at least fifty will be added to
the roll. John Day Smith, of Mime
apolis, will address the club this even
ing. Each and every member is re-
quested to be present, as a vote will
be taken as to whether the club will
turn out in parade Saturday evening.
Sjoberg's hall at Payne avenue and
Wells street, was crowded with Repub-
licans last night. Under the auspices
of the First Ward Mckinley club, they
met to hear Col Louis H. Ayme tell of
Lie ICdl VI III W1GAlCO,
where the 50-cent silver dollars come
from, and also to listen to Oar Reese,
Col. Kiefer and other Republicans ex-
toll the Republican county and state
tickets, and descant upon the blessings
of a high protective tariff.
Assemblyman Arosin, the president
of the club, introduced Col. A. R.
Kiefer as the first speaker. Col. Kiefer
devoted his speech to two topics, the
GV@n iaI eta 10,
ton. In the course of his argument
in behalf Of sound money, Col Kiefer
enumerated the nations Of the world
that had adopted the gold standard
There were "a in all, including all the
principal nations of Europe, save Rus
STA. AS against this array, there were
eight countries or nations, that had
adopted the silver standard, among
them being Mexico, Japan, India, Rus
STA and the South American and Cen
trail American states. Col. Kiefer con-
trasted these benighted countries with
the advanced civilization and prosperity
of the gold standard nations, and asked
his hearers which they preferred. Re
ferring to Mexico, Col. Kiefer exclaim-
ed
Look at Mexico. God help such a
people. They still use wooden plow-
shares and wear no shoes
coinage of silver, If adopted, would
make the shores of the United States
the dumping ground for the silver of
the whole world. 'sYou might enact a
law to prohibit the coinage Of foreign
silver, but what good would that do ?
The Chinese are forbidden to enter the
United States, but they keep coming.
The importation of opium was forbid
den, but enough Is brought into this
country to poison the entire universe. +"
Gaughter)
Col Kiefer then reverted to the
tariff question, and delivered a few
high protection maxims, which the adj
vocates of a high tariff have coined to
bolster up their theories. Col Kiefer
declared that the Wilson-Gorman- Bry-
an-Cleveland bill, by admitting wool
free Of duty, had resulted in the kill
ing of the sheep that would otherwise
have grazed on the prairies.
President ArOSin then introduced
Col. Louis H. Ayme. formerly OF the
United States consulate service in Cen
trail America. Col Ayme referred at
the outset to his debate about Mexico
with j. M. Hawthorne, which he hopes
to bring about, and predicted that If
Hawthorne would meet him he would
fay him alive - metaphoricaIly of
course-and stretch his (Hawthorne's)
skin on the fence to dry. Then the
speaker started in to describe the con-
dition of the laboring classes in Mexi-
co, and most graphic picture it was
that he presented
Mr.. Bryan and the great and good
Altgeld," said Col Ayme. have assert
ed positively that Mexico Is a land oil
unexampled prosperity. 1 say right
here that this assertion is an absolute
and damnable lie! I lived there fol-
eight years, and travelled on horse
back, in coaches and on foot over 10000
miles of it's land. I saw those people
after four centuries of the free coinage
Of silver. Cortez had swept the land
bare Of gold. During these four cen
tIIriac Maxicn ctannraod O7c nn0 cor