The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-24

influenced against any one class Of cit
liens. If there was an idea that the
committee was not doing the thing
right, appoint a committee to investi-
gate. Make demands, not as beggars.
blu as honest. la~w-abiding citizens
ana with a proper regard fer law and
order.
Ignatius Donnelly was greeted with
a round of applause when he vas intro
duced. He was inclined to hin IL the
city gave money to men as charity, 1t
had the right to give it as 1t pleased.
Ii, however, the men worked a certain
number Of hours after they had COM
pleted their labors, they should not be
paid in orders, but in money. No mat
ter how the thing was planned, the man
Who worked would always have an idea
II orders were paid for labor, that he
had e shaved somehow or some
where. He appealed to those who had
the money to be distributed in charge,
to see that this provision was changed.
The men who were or had been called
rich, were now in the same oat with
the ones who were poor, and in fact,
were worse off, for they had enormous
debts and blasted ambitions. The pres
ent hardship was extending over the
entire world, and was not by any means
local. This had been brought about by
the contraction of the mon Of the
world. The question was now, what
could be done. The city was poor as
well as the people, and $40, 900 was I'M
doubleday all that could be appropriate
ed from the funds of the city. Some
gentleman had suggested that the leg1s-
lature make an appropriation for the
unemployed. This was not at all pract1-
cal, as In cases where appropriations
had been made from state funds for
seed wheat, it was with the understand
ing that such loans should be returned.
If, however, a bill should be intro
duced in the legislature by any mem
Der of the Ramsey county delegation,
appropriating money for the unemploy-
ed, he would both favor and vote FOR
1t. If the money now being distributed
by the city was only for married men,
there must be any amount Of suffering
among those who were out OF work ana
had no families. He suggested that
an entertainment for raising funds for
those who could not be reached by the
present fund would be a good idea. He
also suggested the adoption of the Pin
gree system during the coming year.
There vas no need Of anger or violence,
but intelligent action should be taken.
The whole world was in the grasp of
the Rothschilds. One class was extra
ordinarily rich, INK the other abjectly
poor He called attention to the Brad
ley Martin ball at which half a million
OClIdIS WAS CApSUuSO anu LIlC S1llcI (d1L1-
ment given by the ROthschild family in
Paris, at which a marriage between
two dogs had been solemniZed with
pCmp before a large and aristocratic
asSemblage. He did not wonder there
was discomfort and anger among the
hungry people after reading accounts
In the daily papers Of such affairs. At
a banquet held on Lincoln's birthday,
Carnegie, who had but recently started
tho n0ur stool frI1Cf ho6 Coj6 az tho
arbitration treaty was adopted it was
but he first step toward the uniting Of
the American and English nations I'M
der one government.
This, he said, showed what the arts
tocracy of the nation was looking for
ward to, and the Of people were
being blindly led toward this end.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Donnelly's
address, Rev. S.. G. Smith said that
as Mr.. Donnelly had agreed to do what
he could for the benefit Of the unem-
ployed, he would suggest a lecture by
Mr.. Donnelly. The Peoples church
could be had for nothing, and If a COM
mittee was appointed to work the mat
ter up, he was satisfied that 1000 could
be raised by this means.
A. Paradis read the following reso-
lutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas, The committee of the st. Paul
council having in charge the money appro-
priated for the employment of men out Of
work have insulted them by refusing to con-
suit with the m Of the organized un-
employed, and have determined to give en-
ployment only to such men as are d%esignat-
ed by the secretary of the Associated Chart
ties; therefore. be it
., Resolved, We, the unemployed, in mass
meeting assembled, condemn and repudiate
the action of the mayor and committee of
the council.
Resolved, That in asking for an opportunity
to earn cur living we are not asking for
charity.
Resolved, That we Will do our utmost in
the next municipal election to retire to pri-
waite life the mayor and members Of the
council who have delegated to a charitable
organization a duty they are paid by the city
to perform.