The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-01

nominated, but Schoonmaker was par
ticularly out of sorts with the result.
He was willing to get even and told
the friends of Col Kiefer and Johnny
Wagner that he would be with them
If they wanted to make a fight on the
Republican ticket or on any particular
candidate. His offer was accepted,
and Shoemaker will be found work
ing for Wagner from now until cleo
tion day..
Sheriff Chapel has too good grip on
the underground wires of the Republi-
can party not to discover the Earring
of the machine at an early date. his
most trusted men were sent out TO re-
pair the breaks and some others OF
his workers, equally influential and
powerful. called on Mayor Doran. The
mayor was appealed to. In fact, the
mayor was told in set terms that he
must get out and hustle personally for
the Republican candidate for sheriff.
1t was pointed out to Mr.. Doran that
certain employees of the city We're not
disposed to remember they owe their
allegiance to the Republican party and
It's nominees. These men, it was said,
are already pledged to support Chapel,
but are in reality intending to help
Wagner. This ingratitude, the COM
mittee said, Mr.. Doran, as mayor of
the city, must nip In the bud
The supporters of Col. Kiefer say
they are for the rest of the Republican
ticket, but they are after ChapePs
scalp. The head of the national and
state tickets, they say, will be warmly
supported by all the Germans who are
intending to bolt Chapel for Wagner.
The Prohibitionists Of the Third
congressional district will meet in mass
convention at G. A. r. hall Mortified.
Friday, Oct. 9. at p. m. for the NOM
tnation Of a candidate for member Of
congress.
Jas. P. Pinkham will speak on the
Prohibition question at the county con-
vention at WATERFOWL, S. D., on Satur-
day OF this week. He VIII make several
addresses on the liquor question at the
same place on the following day and
will speak at various points on the M.
& ST. l. line next week. He will also
Rttend the Prohibition rally at Fergus
Falls, Oct. II.
County Attorney Pierce Butler and
Edward Peterson fusion candidates for
the legislature, will speak tomorrow
night at the meeting of the First ward
John Lind club, Sjoberg's hall, Payne
and Wells street.
The Hebrew sound money club of the
Third and Fourth wards, will meet
tonight at 8S2 East Seventh street S.
A. Anderson and D. F. PEBBLES will be
the speakers.
The Mckinley Sound Money club,
composed of the citizens Of the Second,
Third. Fourth and Fifth precincts Of
the Sixth ward, was organized at No.
LIP South Wabasha street last evening
with the following officers: President.
w. c. Squires; secretary, F. ]. Smith;
treasurer, Joseph Roupf. When the
organization had been completed, brief
speeches in favor of the gold standard
and sound money were made by S. A.
Anderson, Republican candidate for
county attorney; ex-Congressrnan Sto-
well, Of California, also ex-congressman
from Minnesota; David PEBBLES; and
DR.. A. ]. Stone.
Mr.. Anderson took Mr.. Bryan to task
on the proposition that the free coinage
of silver would result in raising the
price of silver bullion to $1.29 an ounce,
and denied the assertion of the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, citing by
way Of argument the price Of silver
bullion in Mexico and Japan at the
present time, where, he claimed, it
brought only the price paid for 1t in
this country. According to Mr.. Bryan's
own statements, Mr.. Anderson said,
free coinage would cause raise In
the price of commodities. If this was
so, how was the laboring man to sup
port his family if there was no cor
responding rise in wages. There would
be no accompanying increase In wages,
and consequently the free coinage of
silver would irreparably iDjure the
laborfng classes. The argument of the
free silverites that employment would
be more plentiful IL their policy should
be adopted, was met with the statement
on the part Of the speaker that 1t made
little difference If this should be true
e1l n
the money In which the working man
was paid was only worth half as much
as 1t was formerly. Optimistic predic-
items such as the free silyerites We're
now indulging, the speaker said, were
the product of hard times and meant
but little. On the other hand, he de-
clared the adoption of a free coinage
Jaw would mean ruin for the United
States from ocean to ocean.
At this juncture, Mr.. Anderson was
interrupted by one of the audience, who
asked him to explain how free silver
wcnld ruin this country. The man
said ne had always been a Republican,
but that as a railroad man, he had
L been blacklisted throughout the sys-
TENS of the United States for the part
he took in the strike Of 1894, and as the
railroads were supporting the gold
Standard, he thought the gold standard
was accomplishing some little ruin it
self.
Mr.. Anderson tried to reply to the
question, but such a mass OF questions
were fired at him by the seeker after
knowledge, that in order to keep an
engagement at another meeting he
turned him over to the other speakers
Mr.. Stowell, who served In congress
from California, and who at one time
represented the Sixth Minnesota dis
trict in the house, said that the So
ga lied crime Of '73 rNrt,Y1a
Much free silver sentiment was engen-
dered by leading the people to suppose
that silver had been demonetiZed by
dishonest means and as he had been In
congress when the act of 1873 was
adopted, and knew to the contrary,
he wanted to defend the passage Of
the law. It had been discussed by con-
gress for three years and especial en-
pbasis placed on the fact that the
silver dollar was to be dropped from the
currency Every congressman and
United States senator knew this and
the people at large knew It, yet the
measure was unanimously passed by
beth branches of congress
Mr.. PEBBLES explained his position as
sound money Democrat and then con-
demned free silver as q dangerous
policy for adoption by this country. It
would cheaper the price OF the work
ing mans money, raise the price OF
commodities and pauper1ze the Ameri-
cans as individuals and as q nation
A reference to Mexico brought the
former questioner of Mr.. Anderson to
his feet, and for twenty minutes he In
= .dulged in questions, compelling the
speaker to retire almost before he had
gotten started in his argument
DR.. Stone saad he placed country
above party. and in upholding the gold
standard. he believed himself to be
fighting for American honor He had