The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-18
ST. PAUL BUSINESS MEN REc.Ix Aw
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST SILVER.
THIS CITY TO BE THE FIRST
TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE FTcuT
AGAINST "ANARCHY AND
COMMUNISM.
WILL ORGANIZE WARD CLUBS.
In order That the True Philosophy
OF Money May be Taught the
Voters.

The sound money men of ST. Paul are
not going to let Minnesota be carried
away on the free silver wave without
a light. No more representative meet.
Ing of st. PauPs business men, its size
considered. could be selected than that
Whlch gathered last night at the chan-
Der OF commerce rooms in the Fire and
MARINE building to consider the adj
vlsaoility of organizing a sound money
ciuo. II was hurried meeting, in q;
sense, and the personnel of the gath-
erlng showed that selections Of those
to whom invitations had been sent for
the preliminary meeting were men of
lnnuence both in party and business
lines. The discussion showed that the
business men Of the city have not been
changed in their opinions by the recent
agitation at Chicago.
Little was said about the meeting
yesterday, lest on account of the brief
tlme In which to make ready for it,
some might be overlooked and feel
,slghted. For that reason the names
OF the organization committee will not
be published until next Tuesday night,
when another meeting will be held at
the same place for the purpose of or
ganizing the club on a broad and def
mite basis, for aggressive work durings
the campaign.
When the meeting was assembled,
the plan of campaign was in very
lnchoate condition, and for that reason
! the small discussion was much more
effective in a meeting of the kind as
sembled. Ex-Attorney General Moses
/
who were instrumental in calling the
meeting, very largely, had in mind,
they said, the organization Of an eco-
nomic club, where might be had a
forum for the full discussion of the
financial problem in it's relation to tha
political campaign
This, however, did not meet the de-
mands of the situation, in the minds
of the other gentlemen present. They
were of the opinion that the silver side
had been given sufficient prominence
already. They would not object to the
idea of debates and public discussions.
but as for the club organization, they
insisted that be firmly and strictly q
club for sound money, and for the ag-
4 gressive education Of the people in the
philosophy Of the single standard
Kenneth Clarke spoke. in behalf of 4
thorough organization. The central
sound money club to be there organ
lied should be but the nucleus of a.
series Of clubs embracing every ward
IN the city. The issue must be brought
before the people, and to do that, there
must be vigorous organization
| L. ID. Merwin spoke of. the SUCCESS
tion made to him just before he came
to the meeting that the battle-ground
of the national campaign would be
Minnesota and the two Dakotas The
suggestion was made by shrewd stu
dent of the political pulse; the reasons
with which he sustained it were con-
vincing. Mr. Merwin did not go into
detail however.
Thomas Cochran warmed the meet.
ing to its highest enthusiasm He said
there was no doubt in his mind that
st. Paul was in favor of sound money!
that Minnesota was in favor of sound
money; and that the nation was in
favor of sound money. 1t would not
do tc ignore tie present dangers 1t
was question of whether the sound
money men should remain on the de-
fensive against the silver inflationists
or assume the aggressive. The sound
money men should not be ashamed Of
their colors. They were not. 1t was
O case of business and sense against
| wind. The blatant inf1ationists who
pealed tS the communicate, the anarch-
istic elements in the community. The
best speeches there were but wind
The men who made them were orators.
masters Of the tricks which sway
mems emotions, but when those
speeches were reduced to type, they
were not found to appeal to the in
tellect at all. No argument was ad-
vanced 1t was simply wind St Paul
should see to 1t that the sound money
should be properly sustained.
Much discussion Of similar tenor
followed. among those who particf-
pated being George r. Finch. c. w.
Hackett, Gustave Scholle, Richards
Gordon, Maj. Espy and others.
The eyes of the nation were on ST.
Paul and the Northwest The East
was gratifled that Minnesota had sent
to both Chicago and st. Louis, delega-
tions instructed firmly in favor of
/ sound money. and hoped that they
might be able to convince their neigh
bors in North and South Dakota that
| the single standard was the honest
money system. Mr.. Cochran said that
he had not enough confidence in the
United States, great and glorious as it
was, to believe that it could afford to
lock itself within a wall, shut out all
foreign capital, foreign investments
and foreign trade.
and means Of propagating and spread
Ing the philosophy of money, the name
of the club and the best means of piac-
Ing the matter before the public.
Maj. Espy ard Thomas Cochran
agreed that Col. Towne was one Of the
most fascinating speakers in America.
He was a foeman of no small calibre.
The major dropped in at Market hall
on his way down, and he was awake
to the fact that means should be taken
4 and at once. to prove to the common
people that the workirgnan needed az
\ good dollar as much as the banker,
and as much as the banker needed it.
The time to strike was while the iron
was hot.
Senator Davis and Congressman Nc
Cleary. Of this state, and other orators
! of national reputation were considered,
but no action was taken, committee
being appointed to draft a plan Of per-
maneEt organization and report it to
the meeting next Tuesday night.
The club is to be entirely non-par-
tisan SO far as the old party lines are
concerned. and those present last night
included Democrats as well as Repub-
licans.