The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-22


McCleary and John Lind meet in joint
debate. McCleary is to open the ball
and will have the closing speech as
well. If possible. the argument be-
tween the two gentlemen will be re-
peated in the Exposition building at
Minneapolis at an early date The
Populfsts are willing to raise the money
for the rent of the hall, if the orators
can so arrange their engagements to
meet in the Mill city before the close
of the campaign.
Signatures to the petitions nonli-
mating the electors on the National
Democratic ticket are received rapidly
and the filed blanks returned to the
headquarters in the Merchants hotel.
There is no doubt sufficient names will
be received before the end of the week
to warrant the central committee fl
ing the petitions with the secretary
of state. But 5000 names are re-
quired.
Republican county primaries will be
held Thursday evening and the conyen-
ton the following day. Monday the
Democratic primaries will be held and
the convention Tuesday. The bosses
do not seem to be able to get together
on the question of electing district
judges, and it now seems highly prob
able that each party will nominate
three canOlOdl6S.
Meetings outlined for this evening
Silver, Liedertafel hall, State and
Congress streets, J. M. Hawthorne, F.
Fl. Clarke, r. N. Hare, speakers.
Sound Money club, Case and Arcade
streets. T. E. Byrnes, Of Minneapolis,
speaker.
Page Morris, Republican candidate
for congress in the Sixth district, was
in the city yesterday en- route to Slap
les, where he spoke last night. Speak
ing of his canvass, he said he felt more
confident Of election now than at any
time during the campaign 1t is true.
he said, that the Republicans have
lost many votes owing to the hard
times and the removal of working men
from the district but he thought the
Democrats had suffered equal loss from
this source and the result might show
decreased vote in districts that roll
led up big returns in previous elections.
Towne, he said, is already beaten on
the issue. The Republicans have been
gaining for weeks and the working
men particularly are not the friends Of
Bryan as the Democrats claim. Every
day, he Said the working men are
learning that a continuation of the
present stagnation in business will GER
CdllHy 1OllOW 61ocLlOn.
F. G. Stevens, Republican candi-
GATE for congress, from this district,
addressed a well attended meeting in
the First ward last night. Tonight he
will speak at White Bear and tomor-
row night at North st. Paul At this
latter meeting Judge Flandrau will also
deliver an address.
Republican Sound Money club was
organized in the Tenth precinct of the
Eighth ward last week. Henry LANCE
was elected president; Anton Nowak,
secretary, and Charles Nitz, treasurer
The club intends to hold a big rally at
Germania park in the near future
Ninth ward Populists met last night
at 296 East Thirteenth street to protest
against the action Of the county COM
mittee in throwing out delegates 1t
was charged that the action was illegal,
and the following resolutions were
passed in spite Of the opposition of
Henry Kaufer, and A. Welsh who were
among those turned down:
Whereas, The county committee of the
Peoples party has violated the primary law
IN regard to the election of delegates to our
county convention; and
Whereas In seeking to perpetuate them
selves in office and control the conventions in
the future; and
hold elections according to law have been
most fagrantly insulted by refusing to allow
their legally elected delegates to sit in the
convention; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we denounce the so-called
county convention for its gross and unpar-
donable conduct in refusing our legally elect
ed delegates a seat in the county convention
of our party, and seating others, who were
not elected, nor citizens Of the precinct; and
be it further
Resolved. That we will oppose with all the
Vlgor at our command the election of any
candidate in our ward who succeeds in Sc
curing nomination by these methods and
Resolved, That we pledge the Peoples
Party League of the Ninth Ward to use all
honorable means to secure the election of
61enry hauIer as our Independent candidate
TOT the legislature from the Ninth ward.
The club will meet again Monday.
John K. Cook presided and Aft. Ander-
son was secretary of last nights meet
ing.
Reports from Little Falls where
Judge Kerr has been spending his va
cation, show that he Is now. in good
health, having recovered from his ILL.,
ness of the summer, so that specu-
lation as to his possible inability to ac-
cept denomination was out of season.
The Central Scandinavian BRYAN
and Lind club meets tonight at Vega
hall, 218 East Seventh street Messrs.
IS
s. M. Owen told several hundred
people at first Baptist church last even
ing all about how the country went
to ruin because of the present cur
rency system. The audience was COM
posed of both men and women. who
listened to the speakers arguments
with polite attention, but without en-
thuSiaSm.
Mr.. owen argued that under the
present monetary system the per cap
ita wealth of the nation had de-
creased. He claimed that the free
and unlimited coinage of silver would
vastly Increase the country's wealth
per capita and would give the indi-
vidual an advantage over corpora
lions and mOnopolies. Speaking for
the farmer, Mr.. owen claimed that the
tiller of the soil was the real founda-
ton of the nations prosperity He is
the source of all wealth, and when the
prosperity of the nation is traced back
through every channel. 1t will be found
that 1t originates in every case with
the farmer. The speaker used this as
an argument to show that, If the pros
perity of the farmer was enhanced
that the prosperity of the nation would
grow in comparison.
Speaking of the unparalleled growth
or riches during the past thirty years.
Mr.. Owen said that the glory was
dimmed under the shadow OF the cor
responding increase of debt He
claimed that the growth of wealth
and the increase of debt should NOT
have followed hand in hand. but that
with the increase of wealth. debt
should have decreased As an illustra
ton of the size of the debts of the
American people, the speaker
said that SO,Oo0.O0O,OOO seconds
We're euivalent to 1000 years,
O fny.