The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-08
ENTHUSIASM WAS
RUNNING WILD

the battle of Minneapolis last night
Lieut.. Lind, in command of the union
| FORCES, slaughtertng the Republican
forces North, South, East and West.
No campaign ever was fought to a
| more sensational finale, nor no arena
| more Sallantly contested, than the bat
tie of the politicians in the Mill city,
which was brought to a close last
| night.
John Lind, James Gray, and other
| prominent Democratic and Peoples
| party candidates campaigned the town,
systematically and thoroughly. Mr..
Lind between 9 and 12 p. m, delivering
ten addresses in nine different wards
OF the city.
The Republicans on the other side,
had meetings in every ward in the vain
hope Of breaking the force Of the Dem
ocuatic assault.
1t was hopeless, however, and Lieut.
Lind was heard during the night by
not less than 5000 enthusiastic follow
ers, while the Republican meetings
| dwindled away as the hour approached
when Mr.. Lind was expected in their
vicinity.
STARTED AT SUPPER TIME.
Mr. Lind opened the attack in the
Tenth ward, speaking at Thirty
and Washington avenues north, just
after the close Of the days work in the
lumber district, in the center Of which
the hall Is located. In spite Of the fact
the hour was that usually allotted for
supper, the hall was packed and Mr..
Lind's fifteen-minute talk was eagerly
listened to. The Republicans tried to
take the edge off of 1t later with
meeting In the same block.
Mr.. Lind, accompanied by Michael
Breslauer, e. w. Murphy, John Day
Smith and e. s. Corser, was then driv-
en- across the river to BUrnham hall,
in New Boston, or the Ninth ward.
Here, too the hour was earlier than
that usually assigned for political
| meetings, z p. M, but Mr.. Lind was
greeted by another enthusiastic crowd.
The ward has always been favorably
inclined to him and the indications
were last night that he would carry
1t by a splendid majority.
HIT THREE WARDS AT ONCE.
From there Mr.. Lind went to the
hall at Fifth street and Central ave-
| IldG, WullCIl lS lONdlEu LII uIlG OCCOIlu
ward, but is at the intersection Of the
First, Ninth and Second wards, so that
these lines were not specially plain In
the personnel of the meeting. 1t was
! the same old story here, and when Mr..
Lind reached the West Side Turner
hail at 8 p. M, UP in the Third ward,
he was greeted by one of the most tre-
mendous audiences OF the campaign
thus far. Further up the street in the
same ward Eustis and his followers
| had a meeting that paled into insig-
ndfcance beside this immense outpour-
ing.
HARMONIA HALL PACKED.
Harmonic hall was already packed
for half an hour when Mr. Lind arriV-
ed. not less than 800 people being pres
ent. The crowd was bu'bbling over
with enthusiasm, too, In spite Of the
fact that some curious Republicans cf
more or less prominence were there to
takes 1t temperature. This was the
Fourth and Fifth ward meeting osten-
sibly, although the Republicans chal-
lenged it with two. One of these was
at Labor temple and one on Western
| avenue. At Labor temple especially
| the Eustis meeting was ais still as the
| grave. Loren Fletcher and r. e. Web
ster being the best the party had to
offer From Harmonic hall Mr.. Lind
had q long drive to Eighth ward re-
| lief hall, and 1t was 8 o'clock when he
| arrived there, but the audience wait
ed patiently. This meeting was char
acterized by an especially large at
| tendance of the fair sex and more en-
thusiasm than has usually attended
| Democratic meetings in that former
stronghold of Republicanism.
NORMANNA AND DANA.
Norrnanna hall was next on the list
| and in spite of the fact that it was
nearly 10 when Mr.. Lind arrived the
immense audience, which necessitated
the early and late hanging out of the
standing room only" sign, stayed
Until he came and gave him a welcome
such as Is seldom accorded 10 a po-
litical speaker. This Is the largest hall
In Minneapolis with the exception Of
the exposition auditorium which Is de-
voted to political meetings, and 1t was
full, Not less than 1000 persons wait
ed to hear Mr.. Lind there.
Danta hall Is in the same ward, but
six blocks distant, but both these halls
are so close to the Eleventh that they
draw well from that portion of the
city, and when Mr.. Lind went from
Normanna to Dania hall he found,
even after 10 O'clock another crowd
that made 1t difficult for the speakers
to crowd through from the door to the
stage. Here. as everywhere, the same
enthusiastic condition existed.
It is safe to say that no two such
meetings Of one political faith were
ever held in the same ward or in any
ward in Minneapolis before. The con-
trast was made especially strong In
this ward, too. by the utter failure Of
the Republicans to arouse amy inter
est, In spite of the fact that they had
planned two meetings to detract from
the success of the union forces rallies.
Scarcely corporal's guard assembled
at the headquarters On Washington
avenue, short three blocks from
Normanna hall. and an equal number
at Eldredge hall, just a block from
Dania hall. Both these meetings dis
persed early, the voters going to the