The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
DEBs IN THE MILL CITY.
Makes a Vigorous Attack on the
Republican Leaders.

The Exposition building was not filed
last evening when Eugene " Debs
spoke. But there was a large crowd
there just the same. The crowd COM
fortably filled the parquet and the
gallery to the farthest corners, but
that part of the hall behind the speak
ers stand was unoccupied. The audi
ence numbered fully 5000. The stage
was filled with Democratic and silver
leaders, including G. A. Quist, Michael
Breslauer, A. T. Ankeny, S. M. Owen,
Maj. Bowler, of Bird Island; Harry
d. Stocker Jr., r. r. Odell Lars M.
Rand, A. B. Choate, Ed A. Stevens,
Matt Walls, W. e. Gooding Many
ladies were in the audience, and it was
attentive rather than noisy, although
not failing in enthusiasm.
Harry ID. Stocksr Jr. called the meet
Ing to order and announced S. M.
owen as the chairman of the evening
Mr.. Owen made only a few minutes
talk, in which he complimented the
audience upon it's size, and reminded
them that when the money power of
Wall street was reaching out to control
the government it was time for the
honest yeomanry to get together. He
introduced as the first speaker of the
evening Sylvester Keliher. Mr.. Debs
understudy and principal supp ter
whose home Is in Minneapolis. Mr.
Kel1her spoke only a few minutes, de-
voting himself particularly to the rail-
road men, whom he claimed to speak
for. He said that there was a great
zeal OF coercion and intimidation
among the railroad men, but they were
meeting on the quiet at midnight. and
he had addressed a number Of these
meetings during the past few weeks
and he claimed that the railroad men
would vote right when they got into
q !,
plauded during his remarks, particu-
!arly when he referred to Mr.. Debs as
his champion and leader
II. II. Eddy, Of Colorado, who. was a
Republican candidate for congress four
years ago and was defeated. was the
next speaker. He is an exceptionally
cleyers and adroit silver advocate Of
the school of Senator Teller. His
speech was upon the conventional sill
Yer lines except that he discussed BIZ
metalhsm as a practical proposition.
He predicted that Colorado would baya
100 600 majority for Bryan and Sewai
and he said that every state west of
the missouri river would be solid for
silver. -
Mr.. Debs followed After a few in
troductory remarks he said:
me power of aggregated wealth has
well nigh over-shadowed everything
else IN this country. 1t has even err
tered the sacred precincts of the sl1-
preme court the tribunal which for
years was justly held as the highest
judicial institution in the world and
IT left its influence there until there
We're more stenches than Colridge
found in Cologne"
He charged that the supreme co,1rt
had usurped the legislative functions
Or the government and In support of
his charges against the court he read
the dissenting opinions of Justices
Whlte, Harlan and Brown in the in
come tax case, commenting upon them
as he passed. These are not the ut
terances OF demagogue,' he said.
these are not the charges of a wild
eyed anarchist" Cheers and ap-
plause)
Judge Lyman 1raznble, since dead
one OF the great men Of the century,
after he had argued the case of nv,
self and associates in the supreme
court came back to Chicago and he told
me: There Is no use appealing to the
supreme court. We are hopelessly and
helplessly in the grasp of the money
power. 1t has entered the White house
(cheers) at the front door. (more
cheers; it has debauched congress and
1t is menace to the very liberties of
the people. That was his solemn dec
larat1on. He then went on with the
statement that corporations and trusts
mao reduced the American working
man to the level of the Russian serf
Y GU working men employed on the
railroads. You are the men of whom
l speak. Your time and wages and the
rule OF your employment is fixed by
your employers. You have nothing IN
say. All you can do is to Quit Some
times you cannot even quit But. now
the corporations are not satisfied with
your services They want to control
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American manhood with the wages
they pay you. If you resist thew can
i putryou on the blacklist and You NAV
60 hunting for work the country over
r6ut7 you never will get another lob.
they combine to reduce your wages.
" hen there is meeting of the man
ayers &c discuss such matters it is call
ed in the papers a conference: when
there is a meeting of working men to
increase their wages or improve their
conGit1on the newspapers come out and
call it conspiracy. That is the Diff
ference between a railroad manager
and a section man." (Cheers)
The power of the corporations. he as
serted was more definitely manifest
now than ever He said it was the at
torney Of corporation who called the
Republican convention at st. Louis to
order corporation attorney pre-
sided at its deliberations. Corporation
alterations and every oppressor of
labor is on the Republican side
After naming few Of these begin
ming with Depew, Paine. Hanna, Frick.
Carnegie, ETC., and commenting on
them in very forcible language. he
closed with a defense of the American
tramp. painting 9. strong picture Of
the homeless wanderer and the causes
which had made him an outcast.
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