The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-29
THE BIG ONES LAST.
Davis and Allison Will Wind Up the
Campaign.


The Republicans of this city intend to wind
up this memorable campaign in a fitting man
ner and what will probably be the last demon
stratlon of the season will occur tonight. The
citizens Of MINNEAPOLIS will be afforded an
excellent opportunity to hear two Of the ablest
statesmen OF the Republican party discuss
the issues of the day. The meeting is to be
held at the Exposition building and it is ex-
pected That its seating capacity will be taxed
to the utmost, for it is not every day that an
opportunity is offered to hear such men as
Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa, and
Senator Cushman X. Davis, who represents
the North Star state in the upper branch of
congress. The third speaker will be Victor
H.. Doiliver. of Iowa. a brother of the con-
gresham and a man who has an enviable
reputation as an orator.
All efforts are being made to make this
meeting a fitting close to the campaign and
doubtless it will be a repetition of the several
imposing demonstrations already made in the
interest of sound money during the campaign.
There will undoubtedly be an audience worthy
Of the speakers tonight. The Masonic choir
will furnish campaign songs, while the
Flambeau club will serve as a guard Of honor
for the speakers on their trip from the hotel
TO the hall. $3.50
The unemployed meeting at the Union Vet
Grams headquarters, 80 Hennepin, was
called to order promptly at 2:30 yesterday
afternoon. 1t was a great success in point
Of numbers, the seats were all filled and the
crowd overlooked on the sidewalk.
E.. H. Blackburn introduced the speak
ers. L.. G. Powers, state labor commissioner,
made the principal address. In his intro
ductory remarks he asked those who were
unemployed to hold up their hands. About
$50 hands went up. He then asked those who
were unemployed in 1882 to hold up their
hands and only one went up.
Taking his text from this, Mr.. Powers
spoke of the lack Of confidence and the fear
Of an unstable currency which kept the mills
and factories idle, and men without employ
ment. He said he thought there was hon
esty of opinion on both sides, but the free
silver men are advocating a plan about which
they admit themselves they do not know
whether 1t will bring the desired results or
not. The gold standard men are equally
sure that they are right, and what they adj
vocate is not an experiment.
He showed that the most conspicuous adyo-
Gates of free silver are not sure that what
they preach will be true in practice, for
Altgeld, Sewall and even Lind put the gold
so they will be safe, no matter what the
outcome. He thought that If these people
were the real friends of the laboring men
they would be willing to risk everything with
them instead Of protecting themselves.
The labor speakers who had been adver-
Used were not present. E.. H. Blackburn, of
the .cigarmakers' union, spoke briefly. Ben
jamin Fraser, Of Virginia, made the closing
address.
The East Side Bimetallic club held a rally
at their headquarters, 400 Central avenue, last
night. Judge Stocker was the first speaker,
and confined himself principally to local af-
fairs. The speaker of the evening was Col
A.. A: Harris, of Duluth. He is among the
Oldest silver men of this state, as he was a
delegate to the Chicago convention. His re-
marks last night dealt principally with the
silver issue.
The Minneapolis Sound Money club las
opened another branch at 425 Cedar avenue.
at which there will be good speakers every
evening. Col. Norton, of Duluth, made an
address last evening.
A rousing Republican rally was held last
night at the headquarters of the Minneapolis
Sound Money association at the old Olson
store building on Nicollet avenue. Judge o.
o. Whited first addressed the audience. His
speech was a red-hot one for Republican
principles. and the Popocrats received no
mercy at his hands. Benjamin Davenport vas
the next speaker. AS is well known, this
gentleman was formerly a Democrat, but was
unable to swallow the free silver theories of
that party. He spoke at some length on the
money question and held the closest attention
OF those before him. The third and last
speaker was William R. Morris. who. in te-
gf1ning h 8 address, appea'ed to the IaIiotism
OF the American voter. saying that this was
an important time in the history of this coun-
try. He arraigned those who sought to array
labor against capital, and said that they went
hand in hand to build up a country. A. B.
Robbins acted as chairman of the meeting.
The Eighth Ward Relief hall was crowded
with an old-time Republican gathering of
men, women and boys last night. The princi-
pal feature of the meeting was the address
by Victor B. Dolliver, of Fort Dodge, To-, one
of the most famous stump-speakers in the
country and the brother Of the eloquent Con-
gresham Doliyer of that state. The other
speakers were ]. A. Peterson, Gov. Clough,
Congressman Fletcher and G. A. Pillsbury.
A big camp fire in the Seventh ward Re-
publican wigwam was well attended. The pro
gramme was a long enc. and included speeches
by c. A. Pillsbury and Gov. Clough, but the
leading attraction was a statement by Billy
Woodland, Republican candidate for alderman.
in answer to- charges preferred by the Sew
enth ward branch of the Good Citizenship
league Music was furnished by the Welsh
Quartette and Scandinavian quartette.