The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23

for congress-. talked so long to a meet
Ing at IAedertafei hall ON the West
side last night that the crowd tried
to choke him OFF BY loud calls for J. M.
Hawthorne.
The history IL the old political parties
was gone into by Mr.. Clarke, and he
endeavored to show how both had be-
come corrupted until neither sought the
interests Of the Reople. There were
good men in the old parties, he said,
but they were actuated by selfish in
tereSts. AS result of these conditions
the people oftthe' UNITED States were
today divided Unto 1.-TWO classes. On the
one side was the, trust, the monopoly
ana the money power, and on the other
side the cause of the people. The ques-
ton was, he said, which was entitled
to the suffrage Of the people. The issue
between these two classes was the
money question. Free silver at 16 to /,
without the consent of other nations,
or gold standard. All of the news
papers We're against the cause of the
people according to the speaker but
THIS was no reason for discoura cement,
and the history of Andrew Jackson and
the United States bank was cited to
show that the people would eventually
triumph.
Money, Mr.. Clarke defined as not
geld or silver. but the stamp of the
government upon either of these
metals. England favored gold stand
ard because 1t was a gold-producing
nation and 1t was trying to force the
united States to put It's stamp upon
the metal of England instead of upon
the metal of this country. AS BIZ
Tnetallists the free silver advocates did
not want gold to be discarded, but
they favored the use of both gold and
silver. The United States produced
the greatest amount of silver of any
/ not nV1 In 10
them to take the initiative in the mat
ter of free coinage and all other ma
lions would then follow suit.
After showing that the hard times
| of 1873 were due to the decentralization
of silver and that the good times Of
the SOS We're directly traceable to the
Rland-Allison act. Mr.. Clarke asked the
/ Kinley Is eleeted?" Good times"
shouted a voice from the audience, and
then there We're cries for Mckinley
and calls for Mr. Hawthorne. Mr.
Clarke waved his hand and said there
was plenty of time; that he was there
to be heard and he proposed to speak
until he had finished what he had to
say. There were more cries while Mr..
Clarke advanced an argument to show
that the country would go into national
bankruptcy iEe case of the election Of
Mckinley and then Mr. Hawthorne
took the floor 2to tell of his investiga-
tons in Mexico.
Mr.. Hawthorne explained that he had
fcrsaken the SRepublican party after
much study, which had convinced him
that every nation doing business on
gold basis was on the verge Of ruin
while those that coined silver freely
We're on the top wave of prosperity.
An insurance company Of New York
three years ago purchased a corner lot
in the city Of Mexico, for which it paid
$150,000. This year 1t was offered
100000 for it's property and refused to
sell it. These same conditions prevail
In regard to suburban property, and
real estate which three years ago sold
fer 20 cents a square foot now sells for
so cents.
I'm the factories he said, at found
men working nights kecause Of the
great demand for labor. It is true that
some Of this labor is done by the native
Indians, and that their wages are not
so high as the skilled workmen of this
country, but one of our laborers can
accomplish three or four times the
work which they do and receive 81 am.
$1.25 per day This Is higher wages
than is paid the negroes Of the South In
the cotton fields. and besides the poems
are given sections of land upon which
to live, rent free.
When the minis Of India and those
OF the United States We're closed
against the free coinage Of silver, ruin
was predicted But not realized
Mr.. Hawthorne concluded his re-
marks with an arrangement of the
newspapers and Of a st. Paul sound
money Democrat, whom he termed IAN
old fossil, who had not paid his taxes
for several years" This man, he
charged, had gone into the railroad
shops at South st. Paul where the
men had been forced to go to hear
him speak in favor of Mckinley only
to be locked for the time thus spent.
Ex-Alderrnan Hare said that the first
speaker had taken up too much time
and he would simply take time to say
that by the election of William Jen-
nings Bryan the people could obtain
their rights and escape from the bond
age which threatened them in the
event of the election of the Republican
candidate.
The national free silver machine is not in
good standing with the big express companies.
No more credit win be extended to the state
central committee of the Illinois free silver
Democracy by these companies. The credit
of the white metal agitators is no longer
the party to cry cut against the alleged dis
crimination and declare the express COM
panies are actuated by political motives. For
years 1t has been the custom OF the express
state committees for the payment of bills
and permit all packages to be sent out collect
on delivery. This was an immense conve-
nience for the distributing bodies, mas
much as the expense was thus divided up
between many local committees, which paid
for the matter as soon as received. Now
mile out OF Chicago. OF course, the free sill
verites are fumiIg with impotent rage and
bloyiating about the discrimination, which it
Is alleged is to prevent or delay the distribu-
ton OF free silvers literature to the hindrance
OF the campaign work. But those who know
say that the officials OF the express COM
panies acted upon pure business principles
and refused to carry the goods except for
cash in advance because they fear they will
not get the money. In case Bryan Is elected,
the officers OF the company reason, ready
money will be very hard to get and the
state committee may not be able to meet the
enormous demands that are being made
upon 1t.
An unusual and a very heavy drain upon
the resources of the Illinois committee is the
employment of ministers of the gospel to
make free silver speeches Few of the cloth
will consent to save the common people for
nothing. In addition to their expenses they
require certain stipulate sum for each
Grafton. II has been notable and common
event in the Illinois campaign for the COM
mittee TO announce with great gusto that the
REV. So-and-So has consented to deliver q
few silver speeches for Bryan and for free
silver, but the promulgators of this informa-
tieH did not give themselves the trouble to
duQ t4idl Tie remuneration OF these 0b1iE1ng
gentlemen was costing the committee pretty
penny.
Word GENES from Republican national head
quarters that the financial end OF the campaign
is being eyerworked likewise the writer's
who have been grinding out literature for
distribution throughout the country. Re-
Gently weekly agricultural paper made a
poll of Its big list OF subscribers who almost
unanimously declared for Mckinley, because
OF his views en- the tariff question. Accord
ing to Chairman Payne they want a home
market for their products. An order to the
writ nf Editor