St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-25
AN ATTORNEY NAMED ANDERSON
EMULATES ANANIAS AT A RE-
PUBLICAN MEETING.
ATTACKED CULLEN'S RECORD.
NORANCE OR WILFUL TWIST
ING OF FACTS.
WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE UP TO.
f. B. DOran Has q Pleasant Word
for Tim ReardOn-The Latter
Still Slandering.

Blatant demagoguery and unstinted false
hood were the distinguishing characteristics
OF the Republican meeting at st. Francis hall
In the Fifth ward last night. Men of sup
posed character stopped to the level of the
ward healer. To such an extent were facts
perverted and falsehood INDUCED In that one
Anderson, an attorney of some standing at
the bar, made the statement that while Mr..
Cullen was in the common council, the uues-
tion Of city laborers' wages came up four
times. and on every occasion Cullen voted
against paying them $1.5o day. This state-
ment was an unqualified falsehood. The rec
ords of the proceedings of the council show
that Mr.. Cullen, in 1885, voted in favor of
paying the city laborers 1S% cents an hour,
or s1.5o day for eight hours.
Comptroller McCardy, In order to boost
himself had to show what has been accom-
plished by the present city administration,
but lest he should leave himself liable to the
charge of having told the truth he proceeded
ON the theory that the present is Republi-
can administration. For the time previous
to the notorious Wright administration, Mr.
McCardy 1uggled figures in manner quite
as mystifying as an Indian fakir could the
implements Of his art. He cautiously avoid
ed. however, explaining that he had cost the
city many thousands of dollars in the pres
ent administration,
congressman Kefer was present and made
speech, in which he seemed to think 1t a
very laudable thing for himself and few Of
the Republican candidates for office to go to
certain seminary yesterday and talk Repub-
lfcan politics to the students until the whole
seventy-fve Of those in attendance probably
to get rid of the nuisance, consented to vote
the Republican ticket.
Moses E. Clapp talked national politics. evil
IDENTIFY not desiring to touch a local issue, pre-
ferring to leave that subject alone rather than
distort the facts about it.
w. j. Kirk and J. r. Thompson, candidates
for the assembly, were unable to say any
thing worth listening to. Mr.. Doran made
speech also, in which, to his credit be it
said, he avoided slander and falsehood. Mr..
Doran might have succeeded in making a.
good impression had it not been that, before
he sat down, he unqualifedly indorsed Tim
Reardon, and this is more than any meeting
OF decent citizens can stand. The fact that he
and Tim look so much alike may explain this.
f. c. Stevens repeated the same demaeogic
speech he first delivered something over a.
dozen years ago. 1t was two-thirds bombast.
ana the other third was limited to the cry
gang, gang, gang" Favoritism has been
shown by the Democracy in the MANAGEMENT
OF the cfty's affairs the past quarter of a CEN
tury he said, friends and chosen few com
ing IN for all the jobs. But he failed to ex-
plain the favoritism by which poor widow
scrub woman was discharged from the citv
hall and court house. He didn't explain that
she had been let out to make room for a. Re-
publican ward heeier.
At the close of Stevens speech half of those
present got up and started for the door. but
Chairman York induced part of them to take
their seat again by informing them that he
still had left for exhibition the best part of his
snow, and introduced Tim Reardon. Tim said
ne had little to say. That little proved to be
siander, as usual, however. 1t was limited to
the statement that City Engineer Rundlett
ought to be In Saltwater for the murder of
three persons, alluding to the Page and South
Robert street accidents. for which the city
council held Mr.. Rundlett entirely irrespon-
sible.