The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-25
OLD WAR HEROES
NIGER, SICFNLEs, HOWARD, STEW,
ART AND TANNER TALK AT
DULUTH.
SICKLES DENoUNcEs BRYAN.
HIS REPUTATION TALK STAMPS
HIM AS UNFIT FOR THE PRESI-
DENCY.
PLATFORM IS NOT DEMOCRATIC.
Alger and Others Talk Patriotism
Entire Party Leaves for st.
Paul.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 24-One Of
the most notable meetings of the cam.
paign was held here tonight, when
Generals Alger, Sickles, Howard ami
Stewart and Corporal Tanner ad-
dressed an audience OF between 3500
and 1000 people at the street car barns
The distinguished party arrived n the
city at o'clock, escorted by a re-
ception committee of ten from the
Union Veterans Patriotic league, who
met the visitors at West Superior. They
dined in their special car and proceed
ed directly to the place of meeting, at
tended by fifty members CT the Vet
erans' Patriotic league AMI the Young
Mems Republican club 800 strong. The
assemblage received the warriors with
the greatest enthusiasm, the applause
continuing as they marched down the
hall to the platform. Profound silence
followed the touching spectacle that
was presented as the manned Sickles
and Tanner were assisted upon the
platform steps. The speakers were in
troduced by Judge White. Gen. Sickles
was the first to speak. He commenced
by saying that he is Democrat and
therefore opposed to Bryan. Bryan
might be Populist, or a great many
other things, but the fact that he
stands on the Chicago platform proves
that he is not a Democrat Millions
of Democrats have rejected that plat
form. There is
NO DEMOCRACY IN IT.
Bryan might be a wonderful man
or boy, rather-a progidy of youthful
precocity, but he has not the expert
ence and knowledge of public affairs
that would fit him to fill the REQUIRE
ments Of the chief magistrates office.
His remedy for hard times is to stamp
SO cents worth of silver as dollar. He
proposes to coin the silver miners stuff
and force it on the people The So
called crime of '73' was wise legisla-
ton demanded by the operation of the
law of supply and demand, to which
silver is subject as we'll as all else.
Said he:
What gave us good times between
1888 and 1892? did their wonderful
crime of '73' make good times from
1888 to 1892 and then like a cruel
monster turn and make bad times in
1895? What wonderful genius is
silver. 1t waves its wand decreeing
happiness and prosperity today and
that be its nature then it Is worth all
the struggles of the campaign to rid the
country of it." The speaker enlarged
on the folly Of the theories of Bryan
and his followers and called on Ameri-
can citizens to rally as they did in 1861
to preserve the country that had been
preserved to them by the expendi-
ture Of so much blood and treasure.
''Diaz of Mexico, Victoria empress of
India, nor the Car Of the Russias
have not been able to maintain the
value of their silver coin. How then
can Bryan expect to do it even though
clothed like the czar with political and
spiritual power? 1t has never been
done and never can be. If Bryan could
succeed in stamping the flag with the
word Repudiation' and make us a
by-word by refusing to pay our debts
when our resources are ample, he
would not be fit to preside over the
American homes
Il shall not be satisfied with mere
success" said he in conclusion, 'I
look for an overwhelming, final
triumph
Gen. Alger followed. He called on
the comrades Of the Grand Army to
grid themselves to preserve the coun-
try's honor as they had it's unity on the
bloody field from 1861 to 1866. He
pledged Michigan for Mckinley and
honor and said he expected the men of
Minnesota to stand by the flag. The
heritage left by Grant Sherman and
Logan in the hands of Sickles and How
ard. Said he, I'VE have them with us,
thank God"
Gems. Howard and Stewart and Cor
poral Tanner also spoke their remarks
being applauded to the echo. The
party will leave here tomorrow morn
ing for Brainerd. The itinerary, an
nounced tonight is as follows. Brain
erd, Aitken, Little Falls, st. Cloud,
Willmar, Litchfield, Colsat and ST.
Paul.