The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-14

NINTH CREETS 'SCHIFFMANN
R0UsING MEETING AT TWIN
CITY HALL

DR.. A. j. Stone, Ed L. Murphy, r..
| The matter Is settled so far as the
| Ninth ward is concerned. ~,
The meeting last night at Twin City
| hall settled it. s. Not for many year
has there been a ward meeting so large
| in point of numbers. so enthusiastic as
| to sentiment and SO. we'll supplied in
the matter Of oratory. The hall is a
very large one, and 1t was crowded.
and crowded with the laboring people
| OF the Ninth. ward who had come to
| testify their loyalty to the party and
| their pleasure at the assurance that
| they could vote for g, set of city officials
| who would bring common sense and a
knowledge Of business life to the con-
| duct of the city government.
There were number of the city can
! didates present, including DR.. Sch1r-
mann. r. S. McNamee, Anthony YOerg,
Judge Egan, D. F. PEBBLES and Ed l..
| Murphy. Every mention of DR.. Schiff-
| mann's name was the signal for APP
| plause, and there was plenty of evil
| dence Of complete satisfaction with the
| ticket. ~>- sfe.i IS ,.,.. ~
There were 500 people in the hall
when the meeting was called to order
| by z. j. Miesen. p. J. Maloney was
elected chairman and Frank Malone,
| secretary. 4saG
The first speaker was D. f. PEBBLES.
Mr.. PEBBLES, in opening. called atten-
| ton to the fact that the encouragement
| given to the Scannell campaign by the
Republican organ was obviously part
Of the Republican plan to split the
Democratic vote. - >e4-.,+~--'
There is no split in the Democracy"
said Mr.. PEBBLES. 'It is claimed by the
| Republicans that there is, but the size
| and color of this meeting proves that
there issnot. Men from every walk in
| life. are gathered here, and the man
who labors predonlinates.. That man
belongs, to the -Democracy-the, party
| that has always been his natural ally.
They were, Democrats and we were
| Democrats when Erwin was a rock
! ribbed Republican, and he was that
during all the years Of his successful
| career 1t was at the close OF that
career thatlh he Joined the BARRIERS union
and became a working man-and Incl
dentally charged the union of which he
had just become member hundred
dollar fee for drawing up a paper as
long as that pencil. We have no quar-
rel with Erwin or his crowd, for they
are not of9us or with u.s. (Cries OF
Eyes we have, he's fakir," How
about bhe twenty-five hundred dollar
fee that he got out of the unions for
his Homestead work." and other and
less gentle remarks were interspersed
| with the applause that filled In the
period. 10 =
Mr.. PEBBLES said that if Kiefer should
by any hook or crook get himself elect
ed he would be the advance agent OF
the Democracy, for&if the present ad-
ninistration was to be rebuked, what
would be the result of two years OF
| Kiefer? He pointed to- the 5unanlmlty
OF Dr. Schiffmann's nomination and its
spontaniety He referred in sentences
| that were punctuated with applause to
| the war record of: the Democratic can
didate, his early struggles, and the
| tireless industry that had brought a
crown of competence and honor to him.
| With such a man lat the head of the
city government, it could not go wrong.
| The record of the life Of the candidate
| was a guarantee Of the success of his
conduct of tie affairs Of the city.
''The ticket that he heads is worthy
Of it's leader" said Mr.. PEBBLES, "An-
thony Yoerg will see to it that McCardy
! has no life tenure of his office. The
present comptroller has to administer
the law regarding his office; the law
| is very brief but because he has at
times administered the law, he Is per-
mitted to assume that no one else can
read it. In Yoerg he has an opponent
that will shake him loose from the
|
| lions Of the various candidates., and
| in closing touched the patriotism of his
hearers by adverting to the Cuban
| trouble and mentioning the name Of
| F,itzhugh Lee, the Democrat who was
head and shoulders above any states
man in public life.
f. DR.. Schiffmann was introduced and
| 1t was five minutes before the crowd
| gave him chance to make himself
| heard 1t was an ovation that might
| touch any man, and it had an effect on
| DR.. 'Schiffrnann that 1t would have on
any man. He had none Of the assur-
ance of the trained public speaker, and
! finding himself lioniZed in such fash
! ion drove all ideas of a speech out of
| his head. He spoke~less than 200 words,
| but they were as effective with the
| plain men he was talking to, as though
he had exhausted the art OF eloquence:
| Fellow citizens and friends. he said. at
all meetings two factors are neceSsary-talk-
ers and listeners. Now. I'm a good listener.
| And have been permitted to listen to that
which is sweet to the man who tries to do
| what is right, the appreciation OF my fellow
| citizens. = I can only say now that I have
never had any political ambitions, and that
| I am before you as a candidate for an Of
| fee on a nomination that did not seek. The
nomination came to me unsought absolute
| ly unsought. I was not asked If I would
accept. CIR in any way consulted about 1t.
But the distinction conferred upon me in Civ
| ing me the Nomination for mayor by acclama-
| ton carried with 1t an honorable trust.
/ That I shall discharge to the best of my
ability. and will give my best endeayors
| to secure the election of the ticket upon
which I have been placed. / am very earn
est in this matter-more earnest than elo-
| quent. perhaps. 1 want to promise you that
| If am elected to the high office Of mayor
| of st. Paul will give you straightforward,
| honest. business-like administration. 1
| say no more, and that promise means good
deal with me, for I keep my promises. 1
am not a speechmaker. and never faced so
| big an audience as this but twice in my
| life. 1 thank you most heartily for this
| trust you have reposed in me and the cor
| dia.ity with which you have received me.
The candor Of the speech and it's
| freedom from fine phrases caught the
crowd, and they cheered and yelled for
five minutes again.
| Robert N. Hare spoke Of the prom
| ises that had been made by and on be-
| half Of Mayor Doran two years ago
promises made by the very mon who
| had turned him down and Kissed his
name in the Republican convention the
other day.
"They wanted" said Mr.. Hare, "a
chance to reform the city, and they
got it, They did reform it. They re-
formed the detective force and put in
| detectives SO strongly tinctured with
reform that they conspired to rob
| strangers In the city,
The speaker scored the administra-
| ton unInerciful1y. and paid his re-
| spects to Mr. McCardy. by his pig
headedness in the matter Of the board
he was acting in bad faith on a bad
law, he took action that cost the city
$4,000, and his strictness in the man
| ceraapt Of hio Office WAS relavad For