The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-02

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the bench"
| Gen. Moses e. Clapp was introduced
as THE John A. Logan OF the state
of Minnesota" and was heartily re-
! ceived. His reference to Senator Nell
| son was received with enthusiasm. In
| part the speaker said: -
| 1T Is one OF the peculiar features OF
this campaign that we are linked to-
| gether for a common cause, though we
| may differ as to details of accomplish
ment. In my Judgment free silver is
the smallest issue of the campaign. 1t
Is the danger from revolution that
faces us, for which free silver Is
merely the rallying cry Altgeld and
Tillman tell us we are loaded with a
mountain of debt The great bulk Of
this country's debt is a debt Of en-
ergy and hope-the evidence of thrift
on the part of those who have bought
and developed farms on credit There
may be individual cases where such
debt brings hardship and disaster, but
the greater part of such debt is evil
dence of energy and courage"
Gen. Clapp spoke very briefly, as the
hour was late. to enable J. Adam
Bede, fresh from his successful tilt
with Towne, to deliver an address.
Mr.. Bede, who was introduced as a
Democrat, said:
This is the first time I have ever
had the honor of speaking in a Repub-
l1can meeting. l am a Democrat. It's
hard to classify people this year You
might call me a sort of emergency
Republican. 1 have not taken part in
any convention this year, for when I
went to Minneapolis and saw the Dem
ocrats fire Dan Lawler and nominate
John Lind, concluded that the Demo-
cratic party was no place for me, and
l have come into the Republican party
to find respectable company.
There's mistaken notion about
tEis money question. They say that
silver is the poor mans money. But
where DO you find any poor man who
owns silver mine, or an iron mine.
! or a copper, or lead or zinc mine? On
the contrary. gold Is the poor mans
money. 1t Is worth more than silver,
because scarcer. Silver has cheapened
WIN the discovery OF new mines, with
decreased cost Of transportation, In
1913 st. Paul had 10000 people: Mime
s0oa had l,C00 miles Of railroad Today
ST. Paul has 100000 inhabitants and
the state 5000 miles of railway Ali this
IN the face Of that dreadful crime of
Is. Ii you want to go back to the
gcod Old times of 1873, you must de-
people want to experiment with disas
ter. They insist that 16 to 1 is the only
proper ratio for the metals. The two
most distinguished silver friends in
this country-Mr. Bryan and Mr..
I'owne-say they want the 16 to / ratio
because we used to use it, All these
people you are now opposing were on
the same platform two years ago. that
| you now stand upon.
TWO years ago Towne, In his accent
ing speech at Brainerd, thought iron
minnesota iron, would make as good !,
dollar as silver. Now he wants free
! coinage OF his silver and your silver
anu my silver whether the government
| stamps its seal Of approval upon the
coin Or not. 1t may seem strange for
q Democrat to give Republicans advice.
But want to tell you that one Of the
| chief objections / have to the candi-
dates on the Democratic ticket ia that
they don't know any more than do,
want to vote some one to occupy the
PRESIDENTIAL chair whom I can look up to.
Two years ago these Populistic fellows
thought you were all right now thew
are charging you with corruption and
coercion. l am voting with the Renuh-
l1cans this year because I recognize
that the result at the polls must be de-
c1sive., This question cannot be tenn
porized with. 1t must be crushed out.
for that reason I am going to vote for
what believe is best for the interests
OF the nationwide for Mckinley and
| sound money
There's another issue We are deal
ing not only with the f1aters but the
rioters. rms country cannot be run
by mobs. We must do away with hate
and passion, If we want peace and
pienty. am inclined now to believe
| that free silver Is but a step toward
fiat money, that would bring more ruin
than all the wars in the history of the
republic, and they couldn't stop it. A
man may have genius but not be. fit
| TO run a campaign. In investigating
| this question we find the men we would
| trust our business with are opposed to
Is to 1. I say this without ill-feeling.
| Some men cannot help 1t that they
were born with genius instead of hard
horse-sense. It's not a question of
men but political principles that should
| influence voters this year. If YOU
want 1t said that this state has been
turned over to the Popu1ists-then vote
| for Mr.. Lind. Mr.. Lind may be able
to run this state, but the party with
| which he trains has not a specially
| good reputation for running states sue
cessfully. It's poor business for q Re
publican to be in. to vote for free
| silver Republican and ignore a sound
money candidate"
Mr.. Bede's address pleased the audi
| ence, which remained until the close
and urged him to proceed His ref
erences to Towne, when he said he had
been UP in the Sixth district ''punctur-
| ing bubbles" was thoroughly appreci-
ated. All the speakers were given re-
| ceptions as hearty as would have been
accorded Senator Nelson, had he been
| present. Aside from the one trouble
| some individual, whom 1t were kind
| ness to assume was not responsible for
his conduct, all the speakers were ac-
| corded the most respectful hearing.
There will be a meeting Of the Ma
| tional Democratic county committee to-
night at the rooms of the Sound Money
/ club in the Germania Life building. The
committee will then determine whether
| any nominations shall be made for
| county offices. Some of the members
| Of the committee are urgent in their
demand for at least one nomination,
but the majority are opposed.
John Wagener's acceptance of the
| Democratic nomination for sheriff Is
source Of much joy among the faith
| full They claim that Wagner, more
! than any other man, will enable the
| Democrats to upset all the calculations
| Of the enemy. Chapel's friends are ull-
easy and the Republican county COM
| mittee gave evidence of the belief In
| Wagener'S strength when 1t sent ennis
saries to Wagner urging him not to
| accept the nomination. These ennis
saries were Germans, who are friendly
| to Chapel and who were partially in
strumental In securing the defeat OF
Col. Kiefer when he asked a renomi-
| nation for congress. But the friends
Of Col. Kiefer had more influence with
Wagner than the friends of Chapel
and he concluded that 1t was his duty
to accept the nomination and do al
in his power to assist in the defeat OF
the Republican candidates. Such i'll.