St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-28

Horst's friends are very much dissatisfied.
because he has been sighted and ignored in
the desperate fight that is being waged to
save McCardy, since it has been realized that
Doran is marked to lose. Before election day
there will be plenty of fun in the Republican
camp where money is drug. and the con-
stant howl Of the hired workers is for
more
No better indication of public sentiment,
and of the intention prevalent among the
voters. is to be found thar in the character
OF the public meetings now being held. A
o b e reporter last night attended two
in widely separated sections of the city
one at Jarosz's hall, in the Eighth ward,
and the other at the corner of st. Peter
ana Exchange streets. in the Fourth ward.
AT the aforementioned place nearly 800 peo-
pie had gathered, and almost to a man
they were workingmen, who had abandoned
their well-earned hours of rest to hear
municipal politics discussed. John L. Town
ley, John ]. Ryder, D. F. PEBBLES, Capt M.
j. O'Connor, C.. H. Helmes, e. ]. Darragh
and Thomas ]. McDermott were the speak
ers. No one man spoke very long, but it
was quite late when the last speech was
concluded. Throughout the meeting spirit
of patience and desire for knowledge was
exhibited which could not be disturbed. The
voters listened attentively to everything said
by the speakers, and even a friendly critic
could see that the least commendable senti-
ments were not we'll received. When the
orators touched on the true and vital is
sues Of the campaign applause was general;
when partisanship was eulogized there was
coldness; when the merits of o. o. Cullen,
the Demoratic- Citizens candidates and plat
form oil lnd dnd 70 fQd
ovations. A statement by one of the speak
ers. that "as between the welfare of st.
Paul and the interests of the Democratic
party, the former will always have my
support and my VOTE there was an ex-
preston of commendation which was un-
nistakable in its earnestness and in its
meaning. Throughout the various addresses
there was made apparent by the voters their
desire for an honest, fair. economical and
non-partisan administration of city govern
ment.
At the Fourth ward meeting number of
gentlemen addressed the voters. Among
them were W. A Shumaker, o. o. Cullen.
Mayor Smith, ]. I. Beaumont, J. A. RaSs,
John E. Hearn, T. D. OBrien, NJ. E. Muir
ray, candidate for alderman in the Fourth
ward; John E. Stryker and Louis BetZ, can
didates for the assembly, and others. Mayor
Smith, while claiming he could not make a
speech, most effectually took the wind out Of
the sails of the cold comptroller and his
friends who seeking to steal the credit
that belongs to Democratic administration
of public affairs. The mayor had with him
array of facts and figures to back up
his statements, and he was merciless in his
dissection of the hollow pretenses of the
Republican boasters. He exhibited them as
hypocritical in the extreme, and everybody
present was impressed by the force and
truth of his honor's argument.
The other gentlemen devoted themselves
to consideration of the platform and the
ticket. Every one of the candidates present
gave unequivocal pledges that they will, If
elected. strive to live up to the letter and
tho spirit of the Democratic platform. Their
declarations were mcst favorably received,
especially when it was fatty stated by the
candidates that they considered themselves
non-partisan in the broadest meaning of the
term, and that they mean to be governed by
the Democrat-Citizens' platform in every
particular.
From the excellent spirit of citizenship
manifested at these meetings, and the fact
that voters remained until very late hour
to hear the last word, 1t was apparent there
is working among them a determination to
make decided stand for the best possible
government to be obtained at this time,
Zens' ticket.
Last evening the BARRIERS union passed
resolutions indorsing the men affiliated with
labor unions who are candidates on the diff
ferent tickets now before the people.
Steps are being taken by the Democratic
city committee which will most effectively
check the crazy, if not criminal, projects Of
certain DamOpratio
under false pretenses. On election day alert,
welI-posted men will be stationed in every
precinct to see that no trickery is worked to
divert the votes of illiterate men to discred-
tied tickets or candidates. While the trick
sters and political cut-throats are serenely
planning to violate any or all rules which
may interfere with their schemes, other
men, honest, earnest and determined, are TAX
ing steps which will land some one in deep
trouble, if not in jail
One of the organizations which is doing
most effective work for the Democrat Citi-
Zcns' ticket is the Old Settlers Cullen club.
It's members are doing their work quietly
but increasingly, and the club will undoubted-
ly have large share in turning the con-
test toward a fair unpledged and non-par-
tisan administration Of the city government
Joseph Smith is the name Of the Demo-
cratic candidate for justice of the peace in
the Sixth ward. In some lists the name
has been printed as James Smith.
From this time forward Democratic jubilees
are to be held each night in several places
in the different wards. The great expendi-
ture of money by the Republican workers
has aroused the Democrats as nothing else
could, and they are not leaving any stone
unturned to arouse the voters to the true
meaning of the Republican campaign of pelf
for plunder.
What difference there is between the re-
spectacle, sober, but enthusiastic meetings
of the Democrat-Citizens' and the registering
affairs of the Republicans, a report of enc Of
which is given in another column.
When Thomas Lally, of 1172 Euclid street,
came home a few evenings ago he found that
deputy assessor, engaged in the work of
| readjustment about which so much has re-
Gently been said, and in which good citizens
of all parties have taken so active an inter-
est, had left with the regular blank provided
by law small card advising him to vote for
Doran for mayor. Mr.. Lally felt that the
assessor was becoming somewhat impudent
in trying to supervise his suffrage as well as
appraise his property and the more he
thought of it the more convinced he became
that some one was using the enginery of the
assessment for the furtherance of an intense
partisan purpose. The Globe, being ac-
quainted with the facts in the case, made an
investigation yesterday, and giving Mr. Seng
the number, 157, line 8, which the deputy in
question had on the blank left at Lally's, the
county assessor made an investigation, and
reported that the man in question was E. V.
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