The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-23
HE IS IN THE POLITICAL ARENA
FOR VIGOROUS CAM
PAIGN.
DENYING NUMEROUS CHARGE!
BROUGHT BY SILvERITES
AGAINST HIM.
Y. P. $. c. E. CONVENTION pEeuN
State Meet in Tenth Annual
Session.

David Marston Clough, governor of
Minnesota and the Republican NOM
inee for reelection, opened his cam
paign yesterday. Besides speaking at
the meeting held in the rooms of the
Veterans Union league in the after
noon, he addressed two meetings last
night. The first of these was one
which filled Sherman's hall, Franklin
and Twelfth avenue south, in the Elev-
enth ward, fuller than it had bee in
many~a day. The hall will accommo-
date 400 people, and there were several
hundred more who could not get in.
The meeting was presided over by
Charles Cork, and the first speaker to
be introduced was the governor After
he had concluded his remarks he ex-
cused himself, saying that he was an
nounced to speak at another meeting,
and he was rapidly driven to the East
Side Turner hall to speak to the First
Ward Republican club.
At his Eleventh ward meeting the
governor announced that from now on
to the end of the campaign he would
make his campaign, speaking every
night in two or more places in the
city, and visiting among the laboring
men and others during the day.
AT both of these meetings Gov Clough
covered in a general way the same
points. In the Eleventh ward meet
ing he proceeded almost from the start
to discuss state issues, particularly
some of the charges which have been
made against him by John Lind and
the free silver organ of the city, These
were covered also in the First ward
meeting, but in the last named he
spent a few minutes discussing the
financial issues. Said the governor:
| am always glad to meet the people of the
First ward-people with whom | have lived
side by side, for many years. l like to talk
to my near neighbors and l am always
pleased to meet the lahoring man, with
whom l have been associated for almost all
my lie. You know thaS l am in sympathy
with the tsboriDg man; there is not Q. man
here who knows me who does not know that
| am telling the truth. 1 want to say that
l am always glad to see them, and will be
as pleased to serve them after election as
am today.
Four years ago we were In prosperous and
happy circumstances in the United States
But when the Democrats took the reins of
authority in the nation a change came over
the country, and we have had four years of
terribly hard times in the United States /
was over the river today; l spoke to the
Veterans Union league and | was surprised
when reached there during the daytime
to find the place packed with workingmen.
Ihey were not the kind who do not want
work; they were men who, for the time had
nothing to do. | say l was surprised: 1
should have said that l felt sorry to see SO
many men who wanted nothing better than
loD at falr wages to make them happy.
Debs told you here a few days ago that
what threw these men out of a job was the
gold standard 1t seems to me that was the
most foolish thing I have ever heard there
IS absolutely no reason in that statement
nd
trouble to get all the work we wanted
was hiring men at that time, and 1 remem-
Der that we used to have to keep a man
hunting up men to do our work. We did
not have trouble about the gold standard then
although we had the same currency then as
we nave today. never had to ask man
lor 9op IN my life; they always hunted me
up, and never had to work for less than 81
a day in my life. Yet all that time we had
the same money as we have today.
But we are going to have a change We
are going to restore this country to the party
which gave us the prosperity of four years
ago. We are going to elect William Nc
klniey lApplause) Minnesota is going to
give Mckinley tie old-time Republican ma
Jorlty tell you | know what | am talking
about No man in the state is better in
formed; | know the situation. and 1 tell you
one side of Mckinley
Now. want to say few words about nv
sell. am not so modest that I cannot say
few words for Clough and the entire Rennh-
lican ticket. My opponent, John Lind is
gong around the state; he is going to be in
the city before election and he will tell vou
gentlemen, that Dave Clough is robber. He
says IT sometimes in different words, but he
charges me with having robbed the state of
$500 acres of land and given it to railroad
company.
about this robbery. When became governor
l found in the office the deed of this land
ready for the governors signature 1t was
presented to me by the state auditor. a Demo-
crat. and it was referred to the attorney gem
eral of the state, elected by the people of the
state to decide upon the legality of such mat
tiers, and he reported to me that it was the
duty of the governor to sign the deed Dur
ing that time the legislature was in session.
The matter was known to all the people in
terested in the land question: and not until
SIX weeks ago was there a word of criticism
or OF protest against the transfer of the land
The two men who represent the part of the
state in which this land lies, Senator Young
and Representative Jacobson have since Mr.
Llnds charge, come out and stated that they
believed that had done exactly right Jacob
son is candidate fCE reelection and want
to tell you that If he vas hot sure I did right
he would not defeLd ny seton, because the
people would elect him to 0tay at home is he
did -ct repr sse1t their interests fairly and
honestly. rant you 10 bear this in mind
when John Lind comes.
There is another story published in an
evening paper in Minneapolis today which
says that a Mr.. Perry says that Gov Clough
had eighty teams working on the reservoir
n
others. AS matter of fact, I have not
owned work horse for over year. and
will give LOCO to any man who can prove the
story which Mr. Perry is claimed to have told.
or any part of it.
Now, they say that don't know enough and
that | should not be elected governor. I don't
claim to be great speaker and may not be
overly bright. but I know enough to defend
myself. either in speech or any other way I
have the backbone to say and do, as believe
is for the. best interests of the state and if
l am elected again shall be governor in the
future l have been in the past for the
interest of all the people of the state for
the working people as much as for any other
class.
One of the most enthusiastic meetings of
the present campaign was held at Germania
hall under the auspices of the FIRST Ward Re-
publican club. last evening. The spacious hall
was filed and the different speakers enthusi-
astically received.
]. H. Ellis county committeeman, called
the meeting to order and introduced David
Sorman as the chairman Of the evening.
The speakers of the evening were Gov Da-
vid NJ. Clough, Frank M. Nye and T. E.
Byrnes. The reception accorded the governor
upon his entrance to the hall was of such a.
character that nothing but feeling of graft
fcation could have been the result.
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