The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-30
MORE SILVER IN CIRCULATION
IN EVERY COUNTRY TODAY THAN
AT DATE OF ALLEGED DEMON
ETIZATION.
SENATOR DAVIS TALKS TARIFF
Large Audience Greets the Two in
the Minneapolis Exposition
Building.

people, thus preventing their listening
to what was, perhaps, the best polit-
ical meeting of the campaign. 1t cer-
tainly was second to none in it's con-
vincing and reasonable treatment Of
the great issue of the present political
contest.
1t was really too bad that the rains
| could not have been withheld for a
few hours. Thousands Of people have
looked forward with pleasure to the
| meeting to be addressed by the dis
7 tinguished senator from Iowa, and the
eloquent senior senator who represents
the state of Minnesota in the greatest
legislative body in the world. For
it was a great meeting, despite The fact
that only a quarter Of the space Of the
hall was occupied. But 1,500 people do
not assemble upon such an inclement
night to hear a subject discussed
which is already familiar unless they
mean business. To the ladies and gen.
tlemen who assembled at the Iixposi-
tion last night this campaign is an af-
fair of great Importance and their
attention and applause showed that
they were overwhelmingly in favor of
sound money and governmental, as
we'll as private, honesty. 1t was fit
ting finale to the greatest politico-ed-
| ucational drama which has ever been
presented on the American continent.
An audience of 1,500 people on a
rainy night like that of yesterday is a
compliment to the greatest orator. 1t
was so regarded by Senator Allison.
who addressed them. They would
have more than filed any ordinary
auditorium, and they comfortably
filled the downstairs part Of the Ex-
position hall as well as the stage.
Among those who braved the elements
were Mrs. Senator Davis and party Of
four or five ladies from St. Paul. Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Washburn and party
of ladies, s. B. Lovejoy chairman of
the Republican campaign committee:
G. A. Pillsbury whose two boys were
also in the university contingent; C.
A. Carpenter, Reuben Tomlinson, John
A. Young, Rev. l.. G. Powers, Charles
A. Wheeler, Capt A. Sanborn, c. S.
Cairnes, Howard w. Commons, Sam
uel r. Thayer. ex-United States min
lister to the Hague; DR.. w. A. Jones'
Congressman Fletcher, III. w. Foote
and others.
1t had been arranged that Victor B.
Doliver, of Fort Dodge, To-. should
make short speech as a sort of cur
tain raiser. and the feature was very
acceptable to the people who heard
him. He made one Of the old-fash-
ioned campaign speeches and he woke
the echoes which had been dormant in
that hall since the great cheering for
Blaine and Harrison over four years
ago.
He had been briefly introduced by
Mr.. Lovejoy, and while he was speak
ing the university boys, clad in Sou
wester hats. as worn by the fishermen,
black slicker coats and white duck
| trousers, marched into the hall, and the
first chance they got they rah-rah-rah-
ed for Mckinley. They were the most
conspicuous aggregation on the floor
| and they received a fair share Of Mr.
Allison's attention, particularly when
be treated of the experiments at bi-
metalllsm made by Great Britain un-
der the instigation Of John Locke.
Mr.. Dolliver had an engagement to
| speak at arother meeting, and he
withdrew as soon as the other speak
ers arrived, which they did after he
had spoken fifteen minutes
The arrival of Senators Allison, Da-
Wis and Do1liver was the signal of a
generous and hearty cheer of welcome.
After this had subsided Mr.. Lovejoy
presented Senator Washburn as the
chairman of the evening, and the lat
ter spoke very briefly in assuming
charge, expressing thanks for the hon
or conferred, and saying that the two
gentlemen whom he would have the
pleasure to present had been men,
/ toned, and were fit for the presidency
the highest Office on earth.
Senator Allison was given welcorn-
ing applause and cheers which he could
not but appreciate, for it was hearty
| and sincere. He is close to sixty years
| of age, but he looks twenty years
/ younger and his stocky. firm figure in
| dicates a solidity of mind and char
| acter which has made him the most
! prominent of all the Western senators.
| He was the personiffcation of conserva-
tive common sense, just the kind of
/ men the people need and turn to in a
| time of financial disturbance, like. the
| present. He wears q full beard which
| is strongly marked with the frost of
winter, but his face beams with the
| soft sunshine Of summer; his eve is
! dark and bright and his smile is pleas
/ ant, though he is generally serious.
| He always wears a well-built Prince
! Albert coat, buttoned up and never
| quite new, but always fresh and well
kept. He looked just as he has looked
| on the floor Of the United States senate
| any time during the last ten years He
! spoke with a good voice and with the
| ready command of language which is
born of full understanding of the sub
ject. Mr.. Lovejoy in opening the meet
| ing, presented ex-senator Washburn to
the audience, saying:
| Ladies and Gentlemen: present to you
as the chairman of the meeting gentleman
who needs no introduction to the people of
! Minneapolis, Hon. W. D. Washburn. JAp-
| plause.)
Mr. Washburn said:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fellow Citi-
zens. / need not assure you that I esteem
| it both privilege and an honor to preside
over meeting like this at this time Just on
| has ever occurred in this country a time
when there is more ct stake, when the re-
/ suits are more far-reaching than in any
election we have had, either before or since
the war but it affords greater pleasure
TO be. able to present to you tonight two very
distinguished citizens. gentlemen with whom
I have served in public life for many years
and who I know well and thoroughly, two
i gentlemen who have been named in con-
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